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

396the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTHYou may search in vain for this kind of lightness regarding revealed truths on the partof truly inspired persons. But it shows up even in the angelic demeanor in Ernie’sdreams.Not long ago there was a lady named Soo that had dreams that were widely regardedas from heaven. One of the interesting features of her dreams was that angels wavedat her and she at them. This was a warning sign to me. Angels, holy ones, havealways acted with the greatest solemnity and dignity when communicating openlywith men. But angels in Ernie’s dreams have the same buddy-buddy flair as they didin Soo’s.InspirationAnother point that strikes me with force relates to one of the most crucial issues inour church today. The question is the nature of inspiration. One of Ernie’s dreamsshows Jesus inspiring Ellen White by kneeling “on one knee” next to her.I see Ellen White sitting in a chair with a pen in her hand. It is early inthe morning and all is quiet. She is surrounded by many, many, manyangels. Jesus kneels on one knee next to her and is instructing her what towrite.Whether Jesus literally comes to earth (rather than being here by His Holy Spirit,while abiding physically in the heavenly sanctuary), is a question the careful studentwould want to consider. But this is not the ground of my solemn concern.It is, rather, the statement he makes about the wonderful little book CreepingCompromise.I see Jesus kneeling on one knee next to him. He is telling him what towrite. The angel says, "He is writing Creeping Compromise. This is what‘those which are they’ should be. This instruction is needed to perfect thecharacter of those striving to be one of the 144,000. . . . [Crews’] book,inspired by Jesus, is a foundation of what to do."What caught my attention immediately was the diluting of the significance of theTestimonies by claiming for Joe Crews the same quality of inspiration granted toEllen White. Does the reader realize that this was the argument used by many in theSouth Pacific who claimed to believe in Ellen White’s “inspiration.” They understoodher to be “inspired” in the same sense that a consecrated preacher is “inspired.”If Joe Crews had been a prophet, even for a short enough time to write CreepingCompromise, he would have written more as a prophet than three fourth’s of theprophets that wrote the Bible.But who is authorized to claim inspiration for a book written decades ago by anauthor that never claimed anything of the sort? Is the sequel, Reaping the Whirlwind,also inspired? Which other books? No need to worry over these questions. God hasspoken plainly about how he communicates to those chosen to be his inspiredpersons.Nu 12:6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet amongyou, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and willspeak unto him in a dream.