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careful lest we fall into the fate of the man who said, "My lord
delayeth his coming."
The Apostle Paul thought the end of this age and the coming
of Christ would occur in his time, 1900 years ago. The apostles
all thought it would happen in their day -- 1900 years ago. But
let us beware lest we slack off in OUR PART in backing GOD'S WORK.
Jesus Christ Himself said -- and LISTEN CAREFULLY to this!
-- "WATCH therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come
...in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Who
then is a faithful and wise servant [Co-Worker in HIS WORK], whom
his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in
due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh
shall find so doing [doing his part in God's WORK]. Verily I say
unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. But
and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth
his coming [and some of you Co-Workers may have thought that]....
The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not
for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, And shall cut him
asunder..." (Matt. 24:42-51).
Co-Workers, I personally must speed up my activities more
and more and drive on harder and harder! We don't know the exact
day that shall FINISH this great Work -- but these world events
SHOUT to us that we are very near the end -- that time is growing
SHORTER AND SHORTER.
The only sign Jesus gave by which we may know when the end
of this world is upon us, besides general world troubles, is that
"this gospel of the kingdom" IS now going into all the world for a
witness (Matt. 24:14). That, YOU are having a part in! Satan
knows it, and it means he has but a short time left. He is
becoming more and more active in persecuting, in spreading more and
more malicious, foul, and lying RUMORS, trying to discredit the
Work of the Living God!
Jesus said, "If they have persecuted me, they will also
persecute you" (John 15:20). There are enemies devoting their very
lives to an energetic effort to DESTROY this Work of the Living
God! I wonder if WE are as energetic BACKING GOD'S WORK, BELIEVING
IN IT -- DRIVING FORWARD with the Living Christ -- as they are in
trying to destroy! But remember, "We wrestle not against flesh and
blood [humans], but against...wicked SPIRITS in high places" (Eph.
6:12).
I need your earnest, heartrending, believing PRAYERS for
God to RESTRAIN SATAN, the prince of the power of the air, "the
SPIRIT that NOW worketh in the [human] children of disobedience"
(Eph. 2:2). Jesus said that at this time we are now in, even those
who would kill God's servants who are delivering His message would
think they are serving God! Both my life and Garner Ted's have
been threatened a number of times!
Brethren and Co-Workers, this is no time to believe
fantastic and lying rumors deliberately spread by the ENEMIES of
this Work -- ministers of SATAN (II Cor. 11:13-15), who indeed must