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as he prepared me and called me, and built His Church of this Philadelphia
era through me, and his son, in an official position--as were Eli's
sons--is following SATAN instead of God, God demands His servant to correct his
son
if possible (I think this letter shows you the great length to which I have
gone to try to correct and SAVE him), and if impossible, to remove him from
all positions of authority.
That, very regretfully, I have had to do.
I did not want to have to put him out. I think the FACTS in this letter
make that clear to you Brethren. But he is not only disobedient to me, he is
disobedient to Jesus Christ and to God, and he is SERVING SATAN!
After I put him out, he wrote me one real nice friendly and loving letter,
begging for financial help. I thought it over--prayed for guidance. He had,
from
1953, for probably more than ten years, served God's Work well, although by
1965 or 1966 it was regretfully necessary for me to correct him for vile conduct
unbecoming a minister. I decided, as I had on two or three similar cases, and
as he himself had done at least once in retiring an employee, that for the
present, till he could get on his feet financially, to give him, in view of
those
GOOD years, one third of his salary, plus a home as good as he had in Pasadena,
plus full use of a house on Lake Tahoe. I told Mr. Rader my decision. He
agreed to take the job of writing this offer to Ted off my hands--but the whole
offer was mine.
I said above, GOD LOOKS ON THE HEART. God well knows--and I'm sure Ted
knows--the idea of "hush money" never entered my mind. Yet he immediately
ACCUSED me of offering a bribe, or "hush money." As God is my judge, I never
thought of that as "hush money," or anything but a loving father's offer to
help a wayward son when he was down.
When my son called my sincere offer "hush money" he was deliberately
using a term that implies WE were the sinners--not him. We have nothing to
hide--we are the loyal servants of Jesus Christ, being used of Him doing His
Work. There is nothing in THIS WORK OF THE LIVING GOD TO HIDE--BUT RATHER
TO OPENLY DECLARE TO THE WHOLE WORLD! It is Garner Ted who has sins to HIDE--
and which Christ, in His mercy, has led His apostle to COVER in LOVE--because
as God says, "LOVE COVERS"--and in James 5:20 it shall "hide a multitude of
sins." This I have tried to do for a rebellious son.
No matter what is in my heart, my son will misjudge it, and if possible
use it to try to DESTROY his father and God's Work, while he strives to build
a work of his own by taking members from God's Church!
I dislike more than I can tell you to have to write things like this.
But my son prompted and engineered this massive assault on God's Work through
the California Attorney General's office, though he managed craftily to keep
his name out and let other stooges take the blame.
I would gladly welcome Ted back into my arms if he would REALLY REPENT.
Many ask, "Did Garner Ted ever receive God's Holy Spirit--God's salvation--or
will he, hopefully, have a chance at salvation in the Great White Throne
Judgment?"
I can't answer that question--I am not his judge. But I certainly did feel,