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member of God's Church, was a SOLEMN PROMISE which shows he cannot be
believed in what he is now saying! Following is a direct quote from
the tape of his sermon before a group of area churches at Rochester,
New York, May 27, 1978.
"These statements were made during the time when Christ's Apostle
had put Garner Ted on an obligatory leave of absence. He had been
removed from his executive position and, instead of obeying the
obligatory leave of absence, he was in controversy with Christ's Apostle
by traumatic personal conferences via telephone, and written letters--
in other words--when he knew his disfellowshipment was hanging in
the balance.
"Can his word be believed?
"Following is a copy of his recorded speech to a large group of
brethren, May 27:
'I have to do what I have always preached to the churches, what
is a guiding light of my life, which is to say, he (Christ's Apostle)
is my boss. He's in authority. I will do as he says. That's what I
live with. I told a large group of ministers, during a traumatic period
of 1974 I said, if I should ever leave the Work of God, don't follow
me. And I will say that again today.
'There's only, say, two ways, or three ways, I suppose, that I
could ever be out of the Work of God. One is that my father would
simply put me out. And if he did, for whatever purposes or reasons
that he would have, I would simply, humbly, and quietly go with my
family and reconstruct some new life and do perhaps what I do best,
radio and television broadcasting. But not on religion.
'I would keep the Sabbath. I would faithfully tithe. I would
spend time in prayer and study. I would be loyal to God's Church. I
would never give the people of this church an alternative of some
other individual to follow. That is so deeply ingrained into the
marrow of my bones, that I could never do it.
'Now the only other way is if I die. I've always said that. The
only way I would go out of God's Work is feet pointing straight up in
the air and that's what I intend. I put my hand to the plow. How in
the world could I preach and stand in this pulpit and tell people--it's
until death that we endure trials, it is through the trials of our
faith that we are matured and so on and not really adhere to these
principles myself? So I must do that. I must remain true to these
convictions. I intend to!'
If he did not mean what he said then, can God's people believe
his statements now? Sowing the seeds of discord among the brethren
is one of the seven things God hates!
Brethren, GOD HAS ONLY ONE CHURCH, just as in King David's day
He had only ONE NATION ISRAEL. In His ONE CHURCH ONLY, Jesus Christ
works with the Holy Spirit!
He has not called SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS, each working in his own
way, to GIVE His Message to the world--and it's the WHOLE world--