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

274the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTHFactGod is able to use rebellious, doubting people and exalt them to a height fewhumans have experienced. Remember Saul and Nebuchadnezzar? What doesLinda think about Esau, Pilate’s wife, and others listed in the Bible who receiveddreams from God?God says:Acts 9:1-6And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against thedisciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, And desired of him lettersto Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whetherthey were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shinedround about him a light from heaven: And he fell to the earth, and heard avoice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said,Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thoupersecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he tremblingand astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lordsaid unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee whatthou must do.The Acts of the Apostles, p. 113Not without severe trial did Saul come to this conclusion. But in theend his education and prejudices, his respect for his former teachers, andhis pride of popularity braced him to rebel against the voice of conscienceand the grace of God. And having fully decided that the priests andscribes were right, Saul became very bitter in his opposition to thedoctrines taught by the disciples of Jesus. His activity in causing holymen and women to be dragged before tribunals, where some werecondemned to imprisonment and some even to death, solely because oftheir faith in Jesus, brought sadness and gloom to the newly organizedchurch, and caused many to seek safety in flight.Manuscript Releases, Vol. 13, p. 61God had revealed Himself to Nebuchadnezzar in giving him the dreamof the great image, and in sending His servant Daniel to explain itsmeaning. God had made known to the king what should be hereafter, andhis kingdom was represented by the head of gold… God had greatlyhonored the king in communicating with him; but He allowed him tofollow his own inventions.Conflict and Courage, p. 70While Jacob was wrestling with the Angel, another heavenlymessenger was sent to Esau. In a dream, Esau beheld his brother fortwenty years an exile from his father's house; he witnessed his grief atfinding his mother dead; he saw him encompassed by the hosts of God.This dream was related by Esau to his soldiers, with the charge not toharm Jacob, for the God of his father was with him.Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 238