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for him--because I have said to him I love him above all people
on earth.... When Garner Ted maneuvered to shut off communication
of what really was going on--when he shut off all authority above
him, he not only shut off God's Apostle, but also he shut off
CHRIST AND GOD ALMIGHTY.
"Finally, a year ago the men next in authority under Ted came
to me, begging me to TAKE ACTION. 'Your son, Mr. Armstrong,' they
said, 'has been trying to DESTROY everything Christ has built
through you, and build something for Garner Ted Armstrong.' "
His TV and radio programs were becoming secular, dealing in
worldly politics, with sponsorship announced, not as Worldwide
Church of God, who paid his salary, all production costs, and
the cost of air-time, but as that of "Garner Ted Armstrong
Productions." Everything was focused on featuring the name
Garner Ted Armstrong--instead of the name of the Church.
On follow-up outgoing mail to those responding to the programs,
he abolished the "WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD" letterhead--and instead,
the letterhead was printed, "GARNER TED ARMSTRONG." With his
picture beside it!
For more than a year those now in top administrative offices
have implored me to step in and once again take over complete
control, UNDER CHRIST--as it was until some ten years ago.
Again I repeat, as I wrote you then, "I say, this Church and
its work was built by the LIVING CHRIST! It was HIS SPIRIT that
inspired, motivated this entire work--but, He was being put out!"
Fellow ministers and brethren, Jesus Christ has been moving
dynamically, these past weeks, to once again ENTHRONE THE GREAT
MAJESTIC GOD within this Church and its Work!
Until recently all was CONFUSION at Pasadena Headquarters.
WHO was in charge--was it Garner Ted, or was it God's Apostle?
Well, I'll tell you emphatically who is in charge--JESUS CHRIST!!
It's time we all come to realize this is not the work of a man--or
of which man to follow--it is THE CHURCH AND WORK OF ALMIGHTY GOD,
with the living Jesus Christ at its HEAD, on His Father's throne!
A few years ago, one of the Church's ministers had inherited
some money. He left the Church to draw away our members after him
saying he and his wife were about the age of God's Apostle when
God started His Work through His Apostle. But this man was not
God's Apostle-- God was not IN what he tried to build for himself
--and his efforts failed completely!
In 1974, some 35 ministers left. They incorporated themselves
as the "Associated Churches of God." But GOD was not in it--and it
fell flat on its face! Tragically, a few thousand brethren followed
after these men, who were seeking to draw away those already in the
Church to follow them! Where are they today? I know many of those
former ministers have had to take jobs working with their hands
to earn a living. That is JUSTICE! But, the tragic part of it is
that those brethren, who followed them, as sheep without a shepherd,