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240the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTHthey answered by demands for a miracle. Matt. 3:2. The gospel of Christwas a stumbling block to them because they demanded signs instead of aSaviour.The Desire of Ages, p. 386They had seen Christ by the witness of the Holy Spirit, by therevelation of God to their souls. The living evidences of His power hadbeen before them day after day, yet they asked for still another sign. Hadthis been given, they would have remained as unbelieving as before. Ifthey were not convinced by what they had seen and heard, it was uselessto show them more marvelous works. Unbelief will ever find excuse fordoubt, and will reason away the most positive proof.The Signs of the Times, January 17, 1878Christ appeared in the disguise of humanity as a servant. But those whowere partakers of his divine nature had eyes to perceive his divinity, theglory of which had upon special occasions, flashed through his humandisguise, revealing indeed the Father. Sad indeed was it that one of hisdisciples who had been his companion, and witnessed his mighty works,had so failed to discern the character of his Saviour as to ask him foranother sign. Jesus looked upon him with mild reproach.ConclusionAmazingly, Linda states that Satan can put thoughts into our minds so itappears that God is answering our prayers. Yet then she prays for severalsigns to prove that Ernie’s dreams are from God. Does the Bible teach us topray for a sign so that we can identify a deceiver? No. We have to testeverything using the Bible—“to the law and to the testimony.” (Isaiah 8:20) Goddoes not bypass this simple process. As a result, we find from Linda’s ownadmission, that she has just set herself up for Satan’s deception by relyingupon a test that is not biblical. It would not make any difference what theanswer to her prayer was. Either way would not prove Ernie’s dreams are fromGod, as the following points show.• If her prayers seem to have answers, this would not prove anything, asSatan can answer our prayers (if he hears them or puts the thought intoour mind if prayed silently), just as Linda suggested. However, this doesnot mean that God will not answer our silent prayers.• If God did not answer her prayer for a sign, then she is going to rejectthe dreams.Because Linda did not follow Bible counsel, she sets herself up for Satan’sdeception, because he could answer her prayer or he could decide not toanswer.Character examination or character assassination?Linda Kirk says: (see Appendix L)“While we all have our faults that need to be overcome by the blood ofthe Lamb, a person claiming to have a divine calling puts themselvesunder the microscope of character examination. The Bible tells us to test