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Let me answer the last question first. We are not sponsored
or backed in any way, or connected directly or indirectly with any
commercial business or enterprise, or with any political party,
group, or interest. We are not denominational, even as Jesus
Christ was not denominational. When Christ was upon earth in human
flesh, there were a number of religious denominations among the
Jewish people in Palestine---among them the Pharisees, the
Sadducees, the Essenes, the Samaritans, etc. Jesus joined none of
them. They regarded Him as an "independent." He trained His
disciples, and commanded them to preach His Gospel of the Kingdom
of God into all the world as a witness. THAT is our mission today,
in direct fulfillment of Matthew 24:14.
I'm usually pretty skeptical about God speaking to anyone
today in visions or dreams. God speaks to us thru His Son, Jesus
Christ---the WORD of God---and the Bible is the written Word. I
didn't really believe it then, 38 years ago, but subsequent events
have verified that God did speak to my wife at that time, shortly
after we were married, revealing thru an angel in a vision that He
was calling us to the mission of WARNING the world of the fast-
approaching END OF THIS WORLD, the coming of Jesus Christ, and the
world-ruling Kingdom of God. At that time I was unconverted, not
bothering to attend church, interested only in business and making
money. I was embarrassed---a little awed---but immediately tried
to put it out of my mind. But at age 30 God took away my business,
struck me down, took away my idol of money-making and business
prestige.
During this ordeal, the religious issue came between my wife
and me---almost separated us. She determined to obey God and live
God's way---I objected. Finally, I set out to try to prove to her
by the Bible itself that a surrendered life of obedience wasn't
necessary to be a Christian. For six months of intensive study
night and day, I wrestled with the question, was forced to see the
truth that she was right and I was wrong, and found myself face to
face with the life-and-death decision of whether I would surrender
my will to the will of God, or reject what I had found to be the
TRUTH. God had softened me by repeated defeats to a point where
I had lost all self-confidence, felt my life was worth nothing to
ME any longer, and I was then willing to make the decision for GOD,
and present my life to HIM as a living sacrifice, telling Him that
if He could use it and make anything out of it, He could have it.
It is a crushing experience to give up one's life.
But this experience changed everything! Life began to take
on new meaning, hope, and intense interest. The BIBLE began to
open to my understanding, like entering, into the richest gold,
diamond or ruby mine in the world, in glorious splendor. As I
began for the first time in my life to UNDERSTAND it, I became
enthralled with it, and studied it night and day, very much of the
time on my knees in reverence, in excited and eager joy, finding
for the first time the REAL RICHES! The correction and chastening
I received from it was painful, of course, but I was now willing,
and the joys of finding TRUTH far exceeded.
After three and a half years of eagerly absorbing the divine