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In 1946 Ambassador College was founded in Pasadena. The GOVERNMENT
OF GOD -- with God's WAY OF LIFE, was established on campus. Its
administration was NOT PERFECT, since Christ was administering it
through humans -- but it PRODUCED THE FRUITS OF GOD'S GOVERNMENT
-- PEACE, happiness, developing and building in students God's
CHARACTER. In 1960 the British campus was opened, and in 1964 the
Big Sandy campus.
I have been able to point out to heads of many governments
GOD'S WAY of life as the WAY to WORLD PEACE -- and violation of
THAT WAY as the CAUSE of all the world's problems and evils.
I was able to point out to them that THAT WAY of GOD'S
GOVERNMENT had been put to practice, now, 26 years, as a LIVING
EXAMPLE of the fruits of THAT WAY -- and of the PEACE, HAPPINESS
and JOY in the members of God's Church.
Here, in the midst of Satan's world of evils, confusion,
suffering and evils was an oasis of PEACE and joy!
Satan saw this. He knew he had but a SHORT TIME, because
this very Gospel of the Kingdom now beginning to go effectively to
the leaders and RESPONSIBLE citizenry of the GREAT NATIONS,
heretofore unreachable, was the sign Jesus gave of the rapidly
nearing END of Satan's world.
So, subtly, Satan produced MISUNDERSTANDINGS, doubts in
some unsuspecting minds, false accusations.
He used these MISUNDERSTANDINGS, doubts, grievances
respecting physical or material things, to fill the MINDS of
ministers and brethren in order to GET THEIR MINDS OFF OF OUR ONE
REAL COMMISSION -- TO GET CHRIST'S GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM OF
GOD TO THE WORLD!
After all, THAT'S the ONE MAIN THING GOD WANTS DONE BY
AND THROUGH US!
And THAT'S the ONE MAIN THING Satan wants to STOP! The
HEAD of this Church, the living Jesus CHRIST, wants us always to
keep that Great Commission FIRST in our minds -- and NEVER to let
other things crowd it out! For THAT'S what this is ALL ABOUT!
Satan deceived some leading ministers to assume, and
spread falsely, that I was unreachable -- that they could not get
to me with their problems. They were induced by the enemy to take
grievances direct to their congregations (in a few churches). But
lay MEMBERS found that Garner Ted and I ARE reachable -- THEY got
the news of this situation to us, and found that we would ACT --
SWIFTLY!
These men profess that they are SINCERE MEN. But we have
to realize that Satan is more subtle -- more clever -- stronger
than we. And he is cunning enough to deceive sincere men!
Brethren, if I did not realize that I am NO MATCH