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world is BLINDED to it by Satan--lI Cor. 4:4), "then cometh the wicked one, and
catcheth
away that which was sown....This is he which received seed by the wayside."
Verse 5: "Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and
forthwith
they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth."
Verse 20: "But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he
that
heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it. Yet hath he not root in
himself,
but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of
the
Word, by and by he is offended." How many of these have come for a while into
God's
Church?
Others came and went out because the cares of this world, and the
deceitfulness
of money-getting choked the Word. They, too have come for a while, and gone out
from us.
Then there were, also, the brethren on good ground, who have remained
faithful
and loyal.
But by far the largest number we have reached--whose ears HEARD the
Message
to some extent, perhaps more than 99.9%--have HEARD the Message, and it took no
root in them. It reached them ONLY AS A WITNESS!
Yes, brethren, the living Christ, through us, has actually come FAR closer
to
FINISHING His Work than most realize.
Now take Britain. For years we reached a really sizable listening audience
there
over Radio Luxembourg. Some fell on GOOD ground. A number of churches were
raised up. Later, for two years we were broadcasting nightly over ship stations
offshore, that was reaching most of the British population--so much that the
government
moved to put it out of business! We have reached many MILLIONS in Britain and
European nations through ads in Reader's Digest, German magazines, the London
Sunday
Times, Radio Europe, which has raised up churches in France, Belgium and other
European
countries. Also we have reached a sizable number, and have members, in Norway,
Sweden and Denmark--and churches in Holland and Belgium. We have reached a
sizable
number in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Philippines. We have reached
many in Mexico. A smaller number in South America, but still some. We have
reached
many throughout Southwestern Asia and India, the second largest nation in the
world.
We need to WAKE UP, brethren, to the fact that we are MUCH CLOSER TO