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

308the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTHto be responsible for supporting the pastor who was teaching spiritualism.What would happen to my own godly pastor’s salary if I withheld mytithe? What if all my friends did the same? What if half of the people inmy conference did the same? Wouldn’t that be what the “Jesus” in yourdreams would want us to do, so we wouldn’t support that spiritualisticpastor? So, what happens to my godly pastor whose salary comes fromthe same fund? He’s out of a job!Multiply that scenario around the world, and what happens to thechurch? I think you get my point. However you interpret the Spirit ofProphecy statements about tithe, this teaching in the dream could onlybring upheaval and confusion to the church.”FactWas Linda supportive of the dreams until she spoke with Steve Wohlberg inMarch of 2008?God says:The Review and Herald, October 16, 1900The eternal Father is waiting for us to take our eyes off finite man, andplace our dependence on him. Then look not to man for your light andstrength. Put not your trust in the arm of flesh.The Ellen G. White 1888 Materials, p. 170Those who have not been in the habit of thinking and investigating forthemselves, believe certain doctrines because their associates with themin the work believe them. They resist the truth without going to theScriptures for themselves to learn what is truth. Because those in whomthey have had confidence oppose the light, they oppose it, not knowingthey are rejecting the counsel of God against themselves.Our only safety is in testing everything by the Word of God. Those who rejectedthe 1888 message failed to follow this principle. According to Linda’shypothetical situation, if half the Conference stopped supporting the Churchwith their tithes, perhaps the Conference would follow the example ofNehemiah.Prophets and Kings, pp. 669-670Solemnly and publicly the people of Judah had pledged themselves toobey the law of God. But when the influence of Ezra and Nehemiah wasfor a time withdrawn, there were many who departed from the Lord.Nehemiah had returned to Persia. During his absence from Jerusalem,evils crept in that threatened to pervert the nation. Idolaters not onlygained a foothold in the city, but contaminated by their presence the veryprecincts of the temple. Through intermarriage, a friendship had beenbrought about between Eliashib the high priest and Tobiah theAmmonite, Israel's bitter enemy. As a result of this unhallowed alliance,Eliashib had permitted Tobiah to occupy an apartment connected with thetemple, which heretofore had been used as a storeroom for tithes andofferings of the people.Because of the cruelty and treachery of the Ammonites and Moabitestoward Israel, God had declared through Moses that they should be