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

Chapter Seven - Linda Kirk 315imagination, by exciting the emotions, by gratifying the love for what isnew and startling. Converts thus gained have little desire to listen to Bibletruth, little interest in the testimony of prophets and apostles. Unless areligious service has something of a sensational character, it has noattractions for them. A message which appeals to unimpassioned reasonawakens no response. The plain warnings of God's word, relating directlyto their eternal interests, are unheeded.’ {NL 9.2}”“The fact that the spiritual awakening came as a result of anemotionally charged supernatural dream causes one to wonder: Wouldthose whose lives have been changed by the hearing of your dreams haveresponded to a biblical message without the ‘appeals to the imagination,by exciting the emotions, by gratifying the love for what is new andstartling’? And if not, then, have their lives really been changed for thebetter?”“There seems to be a revival, but it is based on a shaky foundation. Justbecause there is a seeming revival at a new, startling, exciting messagedoes not mean that it is of God. False revival look very close to truerevivals.”FactSatan can never increase our love for Jesus! The “followers” of the dreams didnot seem to have experienced a closer walk with Jesus, they did. Anyone cansee that fact from the For My People Ministry testimonials.Referring to the quote referenced by Linda, there are good emotions and goodimagination. If experiencing “heaven” here now means experiencing emotionand imagination, then so be it. There is a right way to use what God hascreated in us.In addition, how do Ernie’s dreams gratify the love for what is new, startling,and exciting, when they simply illuminate the same truths already in the Bibleand Spirit of Prophecy, with added details or allegories (parables)?If Linda has a problem with what is new and exciting, does she have a problemwith the announcement on her church’s website as follows? Has she gone toher pastor and complained about the “new and exciting ways”?Spirit & Truth Radio Broadcast with Pastor MyersSunday Mornings on KPRLListen to Pastor Myers preach the word in new and exciting ways,each Sunday Morning at 8:00 a.m. on KPRL 1230 AM.Source: http://templetonhillschurch.com/upcoming_eventsThe followers of the dreams do not have “little desire to listen to Bible truth” or“little interest in the testimony of prophets and apostles,” because that is whatthe dreams are about. They are intensely studying the Bible and Spirit ofProphecy and reforming. Already someone made a website, wrote three books,and co-authored another—all using the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy to supportthe dreams. The followers are not interested in a “sensational character” butonly the pure, unvarnished truth. They are not attracted to things of this world,