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Baptist -- but only TYPICALLY of one preparing the way for the
SECOND COMING, NOW, at the END of this age.
Notice it! "And he shall go before Him [Christ] in the
power and spirit of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to
the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to
make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
God's way of Preparing Us
And God has set before us HIS WAY of preparing us -- by
GROWING in spiritual character, in grace and the knowledge of
Christ, ready for our part in the Kingdom, reigning under Christ!
And THAT WAY is OUR PART in fulfilling the special end-time WORK
of Matthew 24:14: "This Gospel OF THE KINGDOM shall be preached
in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall
the END come"!
It would have been utterly IMPOSSIBLE for me to carry out
this great commission alone. THAT is why God has called YOU now,
instead of later, in the Millennium! And this great WORK OF GOD
is THE WAY God has set before us for each to GROW and develop
SPIRITUALLY. God's WAY -- that of HIS LAW -- is the way of GIVING,
not getting. Those who try to simply GET their salvation are in
danger of losing it!
God's WORK is a work of GIVING -- GIVING the GOSPEL of the
KINGDOM OF GOD. In 40 years I have observed that ONLY those whose
hearts are in this great Work are themselves growing spiritually.
I have mentioned how the early Church GREW and MULTIPLIED
in those God added to the Church. But soon the persecution came.
Soon the false preachers came, with the different gospel -- a
different spirit. They came fomenting a spirit of criticism
-- of DOUBT! They came saying Jesus' true apostles were preaching
WRONG DOCTRINES.
They said to people: "Peter, and Paul, and those apostles
won't admit they are teaching erroneous doctrines. Look how
many are FALLING AWAY from them. Their credibility is at an
all-time low. Don't follow them -- forsake them and the Gospel
they are proclaiming, and COME OVER WITH US."
Yes, brethren, and THOUSANDS DID -- TO THEIR OWN ULTIMATE
DESTRUCTION IN THE LAKE OF FIRE!
Look at the Fruits
But LOOK AT THE FRUITS! The work of the original apostles
BORE THE TRUE FRUITS!
The Worldwide Church of God has always produced the GOOD
fruits -- ABUNDANT fruits. It is the ONLY Work in 1850 years
that has proclaimed the true Gospel of Christ -- the Gospel OF
THE KINGDOM OF GOD to the world -- now GOING TO THE ENTIRE WORLD!