The TRUTH book Volume 1 (PDF) - For My People Ministry

Chapter Seven - Linda Kirk 239Those who were then deceived might since have come to the light.They might rejoice in the truth as it is in Jesus, were it not for the pride oftheir own rebellious hearts. They will be asked in the judgment, "Whorequired this at your hand, to rise up against the message and themessengers I sent to My people with light, with grace and power? Whyhave you lifted up your souls against God? Why did you block the waywith your own perverse spirit? And afterward when evidence was piledupon evidence, why did you not humble your hearts before God, andrepent of your rejection of the message of mercy He sent you?" The Lordhas not inspired these brethren to resist the truth.SummationWhen Satan personates Christ, he will not only heal the sick and present someof the same gracious, heavenly truths which Jesus uttered, but at the sametime he will claim he has changed the seventh-day Sabbath to Sunday. Inattempting to convince her readers that Ernie’s dreams are not from God, Lindafails to realize that when people reject messages sent from God, that this tooamounts to Satan deceiving them regardless of their being careful.ConclusionWhen we reject the truth sent to us through God’s prophets, we are attributingthe work of the Holy Spirit to Satan. Linda and Ernie’s other critics have donethis. As we continue to assess Linda’s letter, we will find many accusations andno concrete evidence that the dreams are not from God.Praying for a signLinda Kirk says: (see Appendix L)“Of course he can! He can put thoughts, even good thoughts, into ourminds, so it seems that our prayers are being answered. Oh, how very,very careful we must be to not fall for his deceptions, which areincreasing in delusive attraction. His deceptions are going to be thispowerful: ‘So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will beimpossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures.’GC 539 That tells me that we cannot be too careful in testing every littlething when dealing with supernatural experiences.“You will recall how I expressed several times how earnestly I waspraying that the Lord would reveal to me the origin of the dreams. Iprayed for several signs, such as things I would like the Lord to reveal toyou in a dream. None of those signs were fulfilled. My concerns andquestions were mounting even while I was becoming more personallyinvolved with your ministry.”FactWhy will God answer a prayer for a sign when He has provided us ways inwhich we are to test a prophet? If we fail to appropriate these tests, God will notanswer our desire for signs to prove He has sent a messenger.God says:Christ Object Lessons, p. 34They rejected the antitype, and clung to their types and uselessceremonies. The Son of God had come, but they continued to ask for asign. The message, "Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,"