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until 1934--seven years later. And by this time, my wife and I had
learned to RELY ON CHRIST. We had given up a salary to do this,
and to remain FAITHFUL with His Word. And now, 1934, we KNEW God
commanded us not to SELL His Truth. We KNEW He had PROMISED to
supply all our need. We had set out to OBEY Him and to TRUST Him.
I don't think it ever occurred to me that it might take COURAGE to
refuse to SELL the Truth. We were IN THE HABIT of relying on
Christ. It did take FAITH--but HE gave us even that faith. It was
automatic. God said, "NO PRICE" on His Truth. That settled it!
Now SUM UP. What, after all, "makes it tick?"
It seems INCREDIBLE! Everyone would say, "People won't
support it."
But Christ raised up this Work--preaching the PLAIN TRUTH.
God's Truth CUTS--it cuts right AGAINST human nature--it angers
some people--it corrects, it reproves, it shows people what SINNERS
they are--it shows them WHAT THEIR SINS ARE! People don't LIKE to
be criticized, reproved, rebuked, told they are DOING WRONG. It is
the most UNpopular teaching there is! It's the HARDEST to accept.
Yet Christ guided this Work exactly THAT WAY! He caused it to
start out THE SMALLEST, like the proverbial grain of mustard seed.
It started with NO MONEY--NO CAPITAL--NO GROUP, ORGANIZATION, OR
SPONSOR of any kind--none but the living GOD, that is!
Christ caused this Work to start out proclaiming His Truth
straight from the shoulder--pulling no punches--and these punches
DID hit a lot of people! It did correct, reprove and rebuke. It
did show people just WHAT were their sins! It DID "cry aloud and
spare not, and show God's people their sins" (Isaiah 58:1).
It never even ASKED the public for support.
It put a price on NOTHING!
Co-Workers, let me tell you, THAT is NOT the formula any
"False Prophet" would figure would build him a big racket and make
him rich!
On the contrary, THAT is CHRIST'S formula which HE has
used, and none of our persecutors has DARED to use that formula,
RELYING SOLELY ON THE LIVING GOD!
WHAT, then, has "MADE IT TICK?"
Most certainly NOTHING that I or you Co-Workers have done!
I'll tell you what MAKES IT TICK! It is the POWER of the
HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD. It is the FACT that the living JESUS CHRIST is
heading and directing it--using you and me merely as His
Co-Workers!
It is THE POWER OF CHRIST--the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT OF
GOD--the GREATEST P O W E R there is! THAT'S what makes it tick!
Oh, WHAT a privilege for you and me to be allowed to HAVE