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"tick," to use the words of this station representative.
I told him that these other people to whom he sells radio time
could also succeed and constantly GROW, IF they would begin all
over, and do as Christ led me to do. But, of course, you see, THEY
would never do that for the very reason they suppose that NOBODY
would follow them if they did!
Now Jesus Christ said there would be "False Prophets,"
deceiving the MANY--deceiving the WHOLE WORLD! But this deceived
world does not recognize WHO the real FALSE PROPHETS are!
Would a False Prophet start out teaching the very MOST
UNPOPULAR teachings? Would he preach a gospel that would be the
very HARDEST for people to accept and follow? Would he try to make
money for himself out of it by NEVER asking the public for money on
his broadcast--NEVER putting a price on his literature, but always
GIVING everything, FREE and simply relying on GOD? Would he figure
THAT is the way to build a big following?
HOW did the living Jesus Christ START this present phase of
God's Work? NOT LIKE ANY OTHER WORK ON EARTH WAS STARTED!
He started it by breaking up and crushing what I had not
realized was my IDOL. As a young man I was ambitious. I was
filled with vanity and conceit. My GOAL in life was to be regarded
as IMPORTANT by the important men of the world. I had thrown
myself in the business contacts with many of the great and near
great of this world. That included the TOP bankers, of the BIGGEST
banks in Wall Street, New York, and South La Salle Street, Chicago.
It included many of the great industrialists--Presidents and
Chairmen of many of the largest manufacturing corporations in the
Middle West--including such corporations as Ford Motor, J. I. Case,
Studebaker, Dalton Adding Machine, National Cash Register, John
Deere, Moline Plow, Goodyear, etc., etc.
When He had brought me low, He caused me to be angered into
the first real STUDY of the Bible in my life. This study led to
absolute PROOF of God's existence, and of the infallible
INSPIRATION of the Bible as God's INSTRUCTION-BOOK to mankind. It
led me to God's TRUE teaching--to the ASTONISHING discovery that
the teaching of organized "Christianity" today, in many BASIC
points, is precisely THE OPPOSITE of what JESUS taught--of what the
original Apostles taught--of what the Apostle Paul taught. It
opened my eyes in utter AMAZEMENT to see that the customs JESUS
observed and followed, setting us an example--the very same customs
the apostles and early Church observed--ARE CONDEMNED by the
ministers of organized "Christianity" today! And I was dumbfounded
to see, IN MY BIBLE, that God's Word CONDEMNS the pagan customs
that are falsely labeled "Christian" today!
These things had been PROVED! I was faced with the most
momentous decision of my life. Would I accept and follow GOD'S
teaching, so Plain in the Bible? I thought: "What would my former
business associates and contacts think? They'll think I'm a
religious fanatic!"