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church organization, is quoted to you, just REALIZE that it is
PROOF God's true Church DOES correct error, and does GROW ln
truth, AS REVEALED.
Now I want to make SO CLEAR there can be no
misunderstanding, the answer to the questions at the beginning of
this letter. To make it CRYSTAL CLEAR, we must begin at the
beginning.
First, then, I have to ask once again -- and GET IT CLEARLY
IN MIND -- WHY WERE YOU BORN? WHY did God create HUMANS? Why,
once again, did God call you and me NOW, instead of LATER? This
is NOT the time when God is trying to SAVE the world spiritually.
The Day of Pentecost shows we are now merely the "first fruits"
-- the very small first harvest of human souls.
Too many of us have been getting our eyes OFF the main
GOAL -- OF God's PURPOSE for us in our time, NOW. In order to
DESTROY GOD'S WORK -- to get our eyes off it -- false "ISSUES" have
been raised -- QUESTIONS designed to cause DOUBTS in your minds,
to destroy FAITH -- have been raised. Subtle, clever, deceptive
methods have been used to detract us from and cause us to neglect
God's REAL PURPOSE for us today! We must immediately get back to
THAT PURPOSE!
Brethren, YOU, each, as an individual, were born for the
most COLOSSAL, the most TRANSCENDENT purpose our minds could
conceive! Let me remind you of it! Let's get our minds focused
on the MAIN GOAL!
In Hebrews 1: God "hath in these last days spoken unto
us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things (Moffatt
translation, the UNIVERSE), ..." (Verse 2). And God has made us
JOINT-HEIRS with Christ (Romans 8:17).
WHY should the Mighty GOD be concerned about US, Brethren?
Listen! "Thou (God) crownedst him (each of YOU) with glory
and honor, and didst set him over the works of thy hands; thou hast
put ALL THINGS (the entire UNIVERSE of endless SPACE, with all
planets, suns, stars, etc., etc.) in subjection under his feet.
For in that he put ALL in subjection under him, he left NOTHING
that is not put under him. But now we see NOT YET all things put
under him. But we see Jesus ... crowned with glory and honor; ...
For it became Him ... in bringing many sons unto glory, to make
the captain (forerunner -- pioneer) of their salvation perfect
through sufferings" (Heb. 2:7-10).
Brethren, CAN YOUR MIND COMPREHEND THE TRANSCENDENT
MAGNITUDE OF THAT SUPREME PURPOSE? The entire UNIVERSE to be put
UNDER SUBJECTION to you? That means you are to RULE over it all
-- IF you are submissive, obedient to God and His government over
you NOW!
Do you want to let resentment against God's government over
you NOW disqualify you -- snatch you from God's GRACE and PURPOSE
for you, and cast you into a lake of fire? God's PURPOSE for us