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But what about RIGHT NOW?
LISTEN! This, I think, will amaze you! In this Great WORK
OF GOD, in PREPARING THE WAY for Christ's coming to straighten out
and SAVE the world, He actually HAS called YOU to preach His
Gospel, NOW! Here is the explanation--in a way you probably NEVER
REALIZED before!
Jesus Christ, just before ascending to Heaven, said to His
disciples--not only His Apostles, but disciples: "Go ye into all
the world and preach the Gospel."
UNDERSTAND THIS! The Gospel Message was sent from GOD by
Jesus Christ over 1939 years ago. But even Jesus said, "I have not
spoken of myself: but the Father which sent me, He gave me a
commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak." (John
12:49.)
But, further: that of Himself He could do nothing: "but the
Father that dwelleth in me, He doeth the works." The Father dwelt
in and empowered Jesus, not in literal Person, but by His Holy
SPIRIT! It was the POWER of God's Spirit, working in and through
the then human body of Jesus, that started out the preaching
of the Gospel!
But when Jesus ascended to Heaven, He sent the SAME Holy
Spirit to enter into and work through the COLLECTIVE BODY of ALL
His disciples--and thus the CHURCH came to be called "the BODY OF
CHRIST." It is now the collective Body in and through which God's
Spirit PREACHES THE GOSPEL! That includes every real Christian!
Now Jesus said, speaking of OUR DAY, just before His
RETURN as the King of kings to usher in the peaceful and happy
WORLD TOMORROW: "And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached
in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the
END (of this world) come." (Matthew 24:14 .) But HOW?
The living Christ, working through human instruments, has
been doing it this way: In July, 1933, I began preaching in a
one-room country schoolhouse 8 miles west of Eugene, Oregon. I had
no money, no car. No rent was charged for the use of the little
schoolhouse. I walked over the sparsely-settled countryside,
inviting neighbors to come and hear Christ's GOSPEL. There were
only 36 seats. Attendance averaged 40--average, 4 standing through
the service!
Using me, alone, as a human instrument, the living Christ
was able to preach to 40 people! But then, beginning 1934, Christ
opened the DOOR of radio, and the printing press--MASS media. Of
course, in the very smallest way--at first! The very smallest-
power radio station--100 watts a week, and at a cost of only $2.50
per broadcast.
But I didn't have the $2.50 per week. Then a tiny group
of about 15 Co-Workers agreed to HELP, with their PRAYERS, and what
they could contribute in tithes and offerings. They were poor