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another fruit of the flesh--and spirit of competition, as on the
VANITY of wanting OUR SIDE, or party, or company or corporation to
WIN, against the competition.
Now the point I want to make in this analysis is the
DIFFERENCE between those in such worldly jobs and activities, and
ALL OF US in GOD'S SERVICE. I want you to see many IMPORTANT
things to be GRATEFUL FOR which you may not have realized before.
I want you to ask, whether you would trade jobs. We, too, have
LOYALTY. But it's a different kind. Loyalty, as such, is not a
fruit of the flesh, but of the SPIRIT. Moffatt translates it as
"fidelity." And Webster defines fidelity as "careful observance of
duty, or discharge of obligations; especially, loyalty." The AV
uses the word "faith" (Gal. 5:22). Now WE have that. In GOD'S
organization, it works both ways. From God, and Christ at the top,
then from me and those immediately under me on the human level,
there is a strong mindfulness of the obligation of LOYALTY from us
toward all under us--or, from employer to employe. There isn't
much of this in the businesses of this world. Of course, we demand
loyalty from employes, and God demands it from all His children,
else they are cut off. But, if we are really IN God's Church--if
really led by God's Spirit--we have that sense of mutual loyalty,
BASED ON LOVE--not for reasons of self-gain or expediency, but
because our hearts, motivation, and whole sense of PURPOSE are
in it! It just IS our life! How different from the motivating
REASONS for loyalty in worldly organizations!
But now to go back over that quote from the SEP.
This radio-TV breed of men are as a class well dressed,
well groomed. Their offices are usually very modern, with artistic
professional decor. That is one reason or at least minor
contributing factor to what acceptance we have been able to gain
from a class basically hostile to us and to religious programming.
Actually, it is impossible to estimate how much the cultural
character of our campuses and offices have influenced radio station
managers on the big prestige 50,000-watt stations. But both Mr.
Scott and I know this has contributed a MIGHTY important part. Not
only the cultural appearance, but the SUBSTANTIAL appearance. It
reflects dignity, soundness, resources, financial ability, which,
in the average radio-TV mind is supposed to be lacking in religious
broadcasters.
We have to realize, in dealing with them, that these men
are totally unsentimental. They are in a tough business. None has
more fierce competition. They want our dollars--yes, but not at
the cost of finding our program drove away more dollars than they
gain from us. That's what they are afraid of. Our job is to
convince them we let them have own cake, and eat their own, too.
But they are hard as nails. Of course we KNOW it is only our
DOLLARS--NOT our TRUTH--that can interest them. We have to
convince them that our dollars won't chase others away. We have
partly succeeded--the degree of which you will read on the radio-
log pages of the PT. However, on the important 50,000-watt top-
prestige stations, no other religious program has succeeded as far
as we.