The Urim and Thummim #217

All the details are below without commentary from Tsiyon, so listeners can read what has been said and make up their own minds what it means. Please pray for both ISBN and Tsiyon Radio, since neither ministry needs this.

Report from Listener

Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:58 AM

Subject: Inspiredfaith.org airing Tsiyon

Shalom Eliyahu

I don’t know if this is my place to say anything, if I am wrong then I ask for your forgiveness, but if I don’t say anything at all, then I will still need to ask for your forgiveness.

Are you aware that inspiredfaith.org has removed your program from its radio schedule or has been attacking your ministry during Boker ohr/Paul live. You can always listen to their archives live broad cast from their website. Sunday night (the 2nd hour or part 2) another sister was sent me a text message during Paul’s live talk show, in the fellowship room that is, she was telling me, last Sunday night that she was considering doing your talimidim program, I was telling her that I was already in the midst of doing that. (she and I were having a conversation about Tsiyon) Also there were two others who were previous listeners of Tsiyon who said great things abut the Revelation Series (in the past that is) Then Paul started attacking & warning us about your teachings for over 25 mins live over the air (publicly). That I ended muting my volume button, so I wouldn’t have to listen to him anymore. Then the 2 others previous listeners who loved the Revelation series started typing messages to agree with Paul or so it seemed. You can listen to this on the archives, they are recorded. I was very upset about this. It has even become a forbidden subject to even discuss Tsiyon programs. This sister and I were talking about the talmidim program, & I was telling her how excited I am to meet with you in the Spring and over your programs.

Paul has made a public announcement over the air that he removed Tsiyon from his broadcast as part of his 25 mins speech attack against Tsiyon. What is this going to do the sister who was interested in the talmidim program or was considering it. I hope she is still interested. but I am no longer attending those live meetings with inspiredfaith.

I wasn’t sure if I should tell you. but I feel that it would be more wrong if I didn’t say anything at all.

Anyways, I thought you should know. I am sorry.

From Tsiyon Radio to Listener

From: Tsiyon Radio
Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2009
To: [Listener]
Subject: Inspiredfaith airing Tsiyon

Hello [Listener],

Thanks for writing. You did well to inform me of matters concerning Tsiyon Radio at IFBN. I appreciate that your tone is not to attack Paul or IFBN, but simply to inform Tsiyon of something that concerns our ministry. It is perfectly fine for him to drop our program from his schedule. However, justifying that to his listeners by apparently slandering Tsiyon is both an over-reaction and against the Scriptures. That behavior is definitely not good for IFBN and will alienate listeners who otherwise benefit from IFBN. Please pray with me that Paul will not behave like that, so that he will not get himself into trouble with the Boss of both ministries.

Listeners who hear the apparent slander of Tsiyon Radio from IFBN that you are reporting, are bound to wonder what is going on. As for me, I don’t wish to attack Paul or IFBN. Our policy on this is simply to be transparent here regarding what has transpired between IFBN and Tsiyon Radio. For the sake of listeners I am publicly posting the email exchange initiated by Paul in which we discussed his banning of Tsiyon Radio by IFBN. Listeners can read it and draw their own conclusions. That email exchange is copied below in its entirety.

Shalom,

Eliyahu ben David

www.tsiyon.org

PS - Copies of Email exchange between IFBN and Tsiyon Radio below.

Email #1 from IFBN to Tsiyon

—– Original Message —–

From: Paul

To: Tsiyon Radio

Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 2:01 AM

Subject: Shalom

Shalom,

It is very hard to write this e-mail. I find I must take your program off the air. I have seen first hand through my listeners that it takes them away from the straight Word. You have some very good explanations and I understand many of the things you talk about but when it becomes to go your way or the Lord’s way it puts a division between people.

Yeshua shed blood to break down the walls of enmity between believers and anything that puts walls back up is just denomination-ism. We are not supposed to have that, we are supposed to be one in the Body of Christ.

We, all of the leaders of CTZ, have prayed about this and read your teachings and listened.
The Lord has spoken to me many things also. Some I teach and others I do not so as to not to put a stumbling block for others.
We, as teachers, have to be infinitely more careful about what and how we teach because we are judged differently my the Lord.

The primary purpose of CTZ is to get people to understand, before all other knowledge, they must walk the walk and have the personal and straight relationship that Adonai and Yeshua want. Afterward they can learn the rest.

Thank you for your understanding.

Blessings

In HIS service, All day Everyday

Paul Sherbow

Director

Come to Zion Ministries

Inspiredfaith Broadcasting

Response to Email #1 from Tsiyon to IFBN

From: Tsiyon Radio
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 20:34
To: paul
Subject: Re: Shalom

Hello Paul,

Before I say anything else I want to thank you for the opportunity to air "On the Road to Tsiyon" on IFBN until now. We have greatly enjoyed our association with you. We have also been listeners and firm supporters of IFBN. We have prayed for you. We have donated to IFBN and we have asked our listeners to support IFBN also. Further, we have always been positive in all our comments about IFBN. In short, in every way we have acted as friends of IFBN and have never said negative things to divide people away from IFBN. If you know of some remark we allegedly made to divide people away from IFBN then please inform us as to what that is so that we can appropriately respond. In any case, we will miss our association with you, but frankly, we see this as primarily your loss and not ours. YHWH can and will keep opening new doors for the message He has given us to share, but IFBN, sadly, will not be having the benefit of our message anymore, so long as you are excluding our program from your schedule.

Clearly, it is up to you and the other leaders of your organization to decide what programs you choose to air on your station, regardless of your reasons. I have no issue with that and accept your joint decision without argument. However, you have made some statements that I find to be lacking in veracity and these I need to address, to complete the record regarding these events.

Your claims are all very vague. You offer no specific quotes of things you believe I said wrong and no specific cases of people you believe our message has injured. You say our message "puts a division between people" and you even call it "denomination-ism", but this is stated as an opinion without any supporting facts. You say our message takes listeners away from the "straight word." At first glance this comes close to accusing me of heresy, but again, without any example of wrong teaching on our part and no definition of what you consider the "straight word" to be. A little later
you offer your own example as a teacher, saying; "The Lord has spoken to me many things also. Some I teach and others I do not so as not to put a stumbling block for others." This suggests to me that you are not saying that what I teach is not true - only that I shouldn’t teach things that ARE TRUE that you feel may stumble others
(I assume from the context you mean stumble them by causing division). That summarizes how I understand your message. Now, please allow me to share my response.

The real message here is that your organization now values "unity" above truth. That is the only explanation for why you would infer that some truth is a "stumbling block" that should be withheld from listeners, so as not to "put a division between people."
As an IFBN listener, I do not accept the new position of IFBN placing unity above truth.
I don’t want you filtering what truth I am allowed to hear and what truth will be withheld from me. I want and am entitled to hear ALL of the truth that YHWH has to give. How else am I going to keep growing to my fullest potential in Him unless I receive ALL the meat of His Word?

Brother, in love I tell you that IFBN is setting a policy here that is out of sync with the G-d of truth. Indeed, how is your position any different than Christendom over the centuries that has suppressed the truth to protect "unity" based on doctrinal creeds that don’t stand up to the light of truth! If truth that YHWH is revealing challenges dearly-held traditions and doctrines then I DO NOT agree the way to deal with that is by suppressing the truth. The way to deal with that is to prayerfully reconsider those long-held traditions and doctrines in the light of the truth, and then to CHANGE and be TRANSFORMED in conformity with the truth. (Matt 22:16, Jn 3:21, Mark 7:7, Titus 1:14, Romans 12:2)

The Word of Truth divides. That is its purpose. G-d spoke a Word of Truth and divided the light from the darkness. He spoke a Word of Truth and divided the sea from the dry land. Through the Word of Truth YHWH divided Israel from all the other nations of the earth. All through Scripture YHWH divides by the Word of Truth. Y’shua prayed for us “Set them apart in Your truth – Your Word is truth." To be set apart is to be divided off. That is accomplished by the Word of the Truth in the heart of the believer. Messiah spoke truth that "puts a division between people." In fact, He even said His purpose was to divide. He said; "Do you suppose that I have come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division." (Gen 1:3-4, 6-7, 9-10, Ex 19:5, Luke 12:51,John 17:17)

"For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart." Yes, the dividing line of the Word of G-d is between soul and spirit, even proving out the "thoughts and intentions of the heart." To suppress the Word of Truth is to suppress the dividing work of G-d Himself, since He sends the Word of Truth into the earth for the very purpose of causing division. (Hebrews 4:12)

You say my message is causing "division"? Good. Then it is accomplishing the thing for which YHWH sends forth the Word of Truth. The truth He has given me to share has drawn a dividing line in the sand. By choosing "unity" above truth the "thoughts and intentions of your heart" have been revealed and have divided you into the camp your heart is captured by. Realize this: I care not about being reinstated on IFBN. I do care about you, Brother Paul. I pray that you will get your heart straight on the matter of truth, in keeping with the intent of the whole Word of G-d.

Love and blessings to you and to IFBN in Messiah.

Shalom,

Eliyahu ben David
www.tsiyon.org

Email #2 from IFBN to Tsiyon

—– Original Message —–

From: Paul

To: ‘Tsiyon Radio’

Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 9:18 PM

Subject: RE: Shalom

Shalom,

The removing of your program did not come lightly or “over night”. We have prayed about it individually and together. I received the feeling to remove it about 8 months go but I do nothing unless it is verified by the Holy Spirit. IFBN/CTZ is not “run” by me or others. Every step we take here is confirmed through prayer and guidance.

I am not your judge, I am responsible for my actions and thoughts only to the Father through the Son. Since He is my master and I the servant I do as He directs.

Blessings

In HIS service, All day Everyday

Paul Sherbow

Director

Come to Zion Ministries

Inspiredfaith Broadcasting

Response to Email #2 from Tsiyon to IFBN

From: Tsiyon Radio
Sent:

Sunday, February 01, 2009 10:35 AM
To: paul
Subject: Re: Shalom

Hello Paul,

Brother, I have always accepted that you seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit in your ministry. However, so do I. Every message I broadcast comes about as a result of seeking and listening to Him. That is how I live my life and conduct my ministry. Now, if I’m doing that, and you’re doing that, yet we are arriving at different conclusions about the message He has given me to speak, what does that mean? All I have to go on regarding your decision is what you have said. When I read your email giving your reason for dropping my program what I hear is you telling me that I am revealing too much truth and that is upsetting people. I’m sorry to have to say so brother, but that reason is not of the Holy Spirit. That is you (and/or those around you) trying to smooth out the ripples in the pond. My position is that YHWH is causing those ripples on purpose. These are the last days. A lot that we take for granted has to change for us to be ready for what is soon coming down the pike. For us to get from here to where we need to be, some ripples in the pond are unavoidable.

Paul, I’m not meaning to judge you or to condemn you. I’m not even mad at you in the least. I’m just trying to be straight up with you about how this appears to me, because I care about you. If you can’t see what I’m saying that’s fine. It will all get sorted out eventually. In any case, I continue to have genuine affection in my heart for you and for IFBN and I wish you continued success in His service.

Shalom in Messiah,

Eliyahu ben David

www.tsiyon.org

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Author: Tsiyon

Mar 7

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