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RADIO CHURCH OF GOD
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
PRESIDENT and PASTOR
Broadcasting
The WORLD TOMORROW
Publishers of
The PLAIN TRUTH
Ambassador College in ENGLAND
July 19, 1961
Dear Brethren of GOD'S Church:
I am having to write you this letter from England with a
heavy heart. WHY, Oh WHY does it have to be, dear Brethren, that
of all the opposition, persecution, and trials I have to meet and
hurdle over, the most discouraging and disappointing experiences
have to come from a few of you who profess to be brethren in Christ
---believers in and followers of Christ---converted, consecrated,
Spirit-led brethren!
This great surging, powerful world-wide work that Christ
started through me and a little handful of brethren has grown, and
expanded, and multiplied in power and world-wide influence only to
the extent that Jesus Christ, the living HEAD of this work, has
added and used other brethren and co-workers. I could never have
developed this work, without the help of brethren and co-workers,
to reach and influence more than a few hundred people. Today it
does reach and influence some FIFTEEN MILLION PEOPLE every week, in
every continent on earth!
Yet, when our Lord and Master and leader Jesus Christ
PUTS HIS CHURCH TO THE TEST, a very large portion of us seem to
FAIL HIM. We, like carnal Israelites of old, do not want to OBEY
His orders. We gripe and "murmur" and complain and criticize, and
want to go contrary to HIS way, even as carnal ancient Israel.
But, IF we are really IN God's own Church, WE HAVE RECEIVED THE
GIFT OF HIS HOLY SPIRIT----we have had our carnality CHANGED---we
have been graciously given, by God's mercy and loving grace, a NEW
NATURE---A NEW ATTITUDE AND SPIRIT---one of willing and eager
submission and cooperation, instead of the spirit of rebellion,
independence, and criticism.
I am thoroughly discouraged, and I'm going to tell you
WHY---and if some of you---yes, MANY of you---do not WAKE UP, and
REPENT, I say to you on Christ's authority that He is about to spue
you out of His mouth, and your end will be the lake of fire! I am
not going to soft-pedal or mince words. God commands me, as His
minister, to cry ALOUD and show you who profess to be HIS PEOPLE
your sins, lest you fall under HIS TERRIBLE CONDEMNATION! I do not
propose to minimize this, because MANY OF YOU PROFESSING BRETHREN
ARE IN DANGER OF THE FINAL HELL FIRE JESUS SAID SO MUCH ABOUT!
I am heartsick and grieved at heart. Some of you whom