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sufficiently from total heart failure to take charge of God's Work again.
I had come to see how both Christ and God the Father were being ignored in
the Work--the whole Church derailed on the wrong track. I knew the living Head
of this Church, Jesus Christ, had brought me back from death to be His servant
in setting His Work--including Church and College--back on GOD's track' My son
and
a very few others (now put out of the Church) had produced and given to all
ministers without my knowledge a sort of Church Doctrinal Bible--CHANGING AND
WATERING DOWN THE WORD OF GOD! It was called the "Systematic Theology Project,"
mostly written by Garner Ted's assistant, Robert Kuhn. It was distributed to
the
ministers at the Ministerial Conference in January 1978.
I was really not physically strong enough to attend the entire Ministerial
Conference. I knew that the year before, in my absence--behind my back--my son
had gone into a number of doctrines, watering them down. I asked him in
December, prior to the Conference, if he intended again bringing up doctrinal
matters in the Conference. He assured me he didn't--A DIRECT LIE! But unknown
to me the doctrinal CHANGES were brought up and discussed--and this printed
doctrinal project given to them.
For example, the "STP," as they called it, CHANGED God's law of TITHING,
by deceiving God's people, saying tithing is not commanded--not a law--and
calling it "giving"--IF YOU WANT TO! Also, because some ministers (now, I
believe
all put out of the Church) were neglecting prayer in their own lives (as I'm
sure Ted also was), and knew their prayers would not be heard by God, they were
terribly embarrassed if asked to pray for and anoint the sick. These ministers
had been clamoring for a CHANGE in Church teaching, throwing healing OUT of the
Church. The "STP" obliged them. Other such changes were made, CHANGING God's
teaching in His Word.
So, in April last year, when I felt I had gained sufficient physical
strength to take charge of the Work again, I knew THE WHOLE WORK--both Church
and College--had to be TURNED AROUND, put back on God's TRACK! I knew this
could not be done with Garner Ted sitting in his headquarters' office,
professing
AUTHORITY, and countering everything Jesus Christ was having to do through His
servant. So I asked Ted to take a leave of absence for at least the rest of the
year, 1978, leaving Pasadena--so I could do the job Jesus showed me clearly He
intended doing through me. But Ted contacted me three ways--by personal visit
and angry threatening words, by defiant rebellious letters, and by telephone.
Because of his attitude I had my telephone number in Tucson changed--I wanted
to avoid more of the bitter, strong contention if I could.
But Ted did not obey my instruction to go on a leave of absence. Of
course, that would have been on full salary. Finally I told him if he again
went to the newspapers trying to destroy God's Work by going to the world,
I would have NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO DISFELLOWSHIP HIM FROM THE CHURCH once
again--this time permanently! The very next Monday morning there was a big
tirade against me and God's Church from Ted in the Los Angeles Times.
Thereupon I DISFELLOWSHIPED HIM, AND, ACCORDING TO ROMANS 16:17-18, MARKED
HIM, and put him permanently out of God's Church.
I did NOT WANT TO HAVE TO PUT HIM OUT! BUT I WAS NOT WILLING TO FALL
UNDER GOD'S CONDEMNATION LIKE THE ANCIENT PROPHET ELI! If God calls a man,