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Appendix IEugene Prewitt’s Reasons for Rejectingthe DreamsThis appendix contains Eugene Prewitt’s document pointing out the reasonswhy he cannot accept Ernie Knoll’s dreams.Regarding Dreams and Ernie KnollBy Eugene PrewittApril 4-14, 2008SECTION ONE: INTRODUCING THE DREAMSI first read a dream of Ernie Knoll many months ago. A large church with a variety ofworship styles figured prominently in the dream. It was the Seventh-day AdventistChurch in figure. Irreverence, fashion, anxiety over baptismal rates, and worldlymusic characterized a number of church sanctuaries within the large structure.My values and ideas about the future were well expressed in the overall presentation.A shaking is coming that will remove unfaithful persons, restore reverential worship,and will lead to an influx of earnest Christians.I didn’t know that the dreamer thought his dream was inspired.Perhaps you have read the dreams of Ernie Knoll. It seems that two or three personseach week ask me what I think of his dreams. Now I am committing my response tothose frequent questions to print.One encouraging aspect of this business is that anyone who reads this documentcarefully will come away with a wealth of truth from the pen of Ellen White that willcertainly be helpful in life – even if Ernie had never had a dream that needed to beevaluated.Testing the DreamsMy first thought is that we are not ready for this kind of test. We are not spirituallymature. We, as a whole, are “yet carnal.” And spiritual things are spirituallydiscerned.But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: forthey are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because theyare spiritually discerned. . . .[And] ye are yet carnal: for whereas there isamong you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walkas men? 1Co 2:14, 3:3Every one of us will be sorely tempted; our faith will be tried to theuttermost. We must have a living connection with God; we must bepartakers of the divine nature; then we shall not be deceived by the