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September 29, 2003

Dear Robbin:

In reply to your letter of Sept. 18, 2003, I am very happy that you have finally found a wonderful church to attend and are happy there and that the Lord is meeting your needs! That takes a long-time load off my heart.

You are making a huge, wild assumption (based on partial evidence) when you say that these people on the Web site are speaking truthfully and honestly about their situation. You don't KNOW that, you only ASSUME that! You say there are no lies there and it is not correct to call them lies, simply because they don't agree with me. In saying this, you have assumed without proof that no one has lied against me on the Internet – but THAT IS FALSE! I'm not talking about people having different opinions; I'm talking about clear-cut, outright lies, which are not viewpoints, but rather, lies that have been purposely made to injure and ruin my credibility. I know whether or not I have done certain things, and a number of the people on the Internet have clearly lied against me.

So, you see Robbin, you have done the very thing that you have charged me with doing, and you have cast my statements into the garbage can with no knowledge of what was said that I call lies!

You also misunderstand my letter when you say: "it is not your business what we speak about on that site," "you are not our judge," "[your church] does not give you continual ownership of our lives or speech," and It does not give you the right to call down judgment and attempt to propagate fear in us by using Scriptures to condemn us." This is a total misrepresentation of my heart and what I said! First of all, it IS my business what people say about me to the public when it is untrue! Secondly, I did NOTHING to "call down judgment" on you, rather, I warned you (as a brother in Christ, who loves you) in order to try to help you to not come into judgment by God. Every brother and sister has a right before God to try to help each other by warning them, by giving them Scripture to endeavor to help them not to sin and/or to not injure themselves and others. It is improper to call this: "beating people over the head and threatening them with Scripture"! No, this is lovingly warning them, endeavoring to help them, because many people e are not putting the spirits on trial as the Scriptures tell us to do and demons are speaking through them and injuring lives.

Heb. 3:13 says "to exhort one another daily, while it is called today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin." This is not beating someone over the head! And, injuring your brother and sister by being a tale-bearer, a gossip and accuser of the brethren, raising false reports, slandering, revealing secrets that injure, laying charges against God's elect, touching God's anointed, being revilers, gossips or busybodies, or speaking evil of another, or speaking in malice are all contrary to Scripture, and therefore, they are sin!

I am not being a busybody when I endeavor to (in love) warn my brother or sister to help keep them from sinning and coming into judgment before God, as you charge. I gave no threats, I only warned, and I warned in love! I have no anger against anyone (even those that have terribly injured me). I am walking humbly and carefully before God and I am trying to help everyone I can get through the Great Falling Away to the Feast of Tabernacles and unto the Rapture and to miss the Great Tribulation – that's all!

I still love you and I still warn you against saying negative things about a Spirit-filled church that God loves. There is no reason that other people need to know how you feel about a church that neither you nor they go to! There is no reason that people should all pick on one church that hasn't been in existence for 15 years, and continue to say negative things against it. They don't do that to any other church, and this ought to be a tip-off to them that their attitude is wrong and they are full of bitterness, hurts, and that demons are using them to try to injure. They are doing no good to the Kingdom of God, they are doing exactly what the Bible forbids!

Why should a Christian take his time to inform everybody else about things they don't agree with, about some other church that none of them attend? Why not leave it alone and leave it up to God and let God be their judge? Nothing is gained by keeping negativeness in your life and passing it on; rather, God is calling His people to peace, to oneness and unity of spirit. God's people should all accept each other, pray for one another, and work together against Satan, not let Satan use them to work against each other!

This is my viewpoint. I know you will probably throw it in the garbage can, but God is judging your heart and your excuses mean nothing to Him, only your heart and your obedience to the Word of God. I still love you and advise you to keep going full-blast at your church and leave my church alone, for it is, respectively, none of your business! God is going to use it soon in greater ways.

I have found (often times) those that are criticizing others are in worse shape spiritually than those that they are criticizing. They don't know it, but usually there is a demon in their life that is causing this and the demon will keep defending itself and the person will think that defense is their own brain talking – and so, they accept it without putting it on trial according to the Word of God and its Principles.

I have said these things ONLY TO HELP YOU, but I will say no more, and I will continue to pray for you. I am not even going to judge you, even thought I have an opinion, because you are going through trials and difficulties and you need prayer, not judgmentalism. Besides, God is your judge. So, honestly Robbin, my heart is not filled with anger or negativeness towards you. I disagree with much of what you said, but I can still hug you and express love to you with no problem, whatsoever – I don't know if you can say the same towards me, I hope you can!

God bless you – look for restoration, for one day God will bring it, as He promised, even before the split.

In our Master's service,

Pastor Donald Lee Barnett