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because God did not call and choose, as His instruments for His
Great Commission, the most highly trained and competent experts
-- the Great of this world. He says: "For ye see your calling,
brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many
mighty, not many noble, are called: ... but God hath chosen the
weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
and the base things of the world, and the things which are
despised, hath God chosen ..." (I Corinthians 1:26-28).
Co-Workers and Brethren, if I had been one of the GREAT
or mighty of this world, God would never have chosen me. The same
is true of my son, Garner Ted Armstrong, of Mr. Albert Portune,
Mr. Roderick C. Meredith, Mr. David Antion, Mr. Raymond Cole, Mr.
Wayne Cole, and all the other men God has chosen to surround me,
in highly important positions in His Work. Not one was among the
GREAT and MIGHTY of the world. Not one was a highly trained and
exceptional genius and specialist for his particular office.
No, God chose us who were lowly, who were willing to
become HUMBLE, but whose hearts were loyal and dedicated, led by
His Holy Spirit. He chose lowly and ordinary men SUBJECT TO MAKING
MISTAKES! And WE HAVE MADE SOME MISTAKES -- but because this Work
is HEADED by the living CHRIST, He has never allowed us to make any
MAJOR or FATAL mistakes.
God chose ordinary HUMANS. He delegated to us under
Christ's direction, the GREATEST and MOST IMPORTANT
RESPONSIBILITIES on earth!
Not one of us was already TRAINED expertly for such a
responsibility, in the professional sense. (True, God had
previously prepared some of us, but in different fields.)
But what I am trying to say is this: This was GOD'S WORK,
and it could not be developed and organized along conventional
worldly lines. We could not DO THINGS in the orthodox manner. We
had to learn to organize and function GOD'S WAY, and there was no
precedent to go by -- no pattern or blueprint -- no guidelines
except to apply the principles in the Bible. The world doesn't
DO things God's way.
You judge a work by its FRUITS!
This Work, starting with only the backing of a handful of
humble and poor brethren, able between them collectively, to
subscribe only $1.35 per week to get the Work started on the air,
has GROWN as no other work, activity, institution or organization
I know of has grown.
Ask yourself, what company, enterprise, business, or
institution ever experienced a GROWTH of 30% every year, regularly
and steadily, over a 35-year span? THIS WORK DID!
Most organizations, businesses or institutions do well to
hold about even over the years. But a growth averaging 30% a year,
year after year, for 35 years? It must be a record unmatched! It
means DOUBLING in size and scope of getting out the true Gospel