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ing? The answer is surprising
indeed! Those who volunteer to
have part in this great Work
do
find that it PAvs-their personal
incomes, on the whole, inc rease! 1
do not mean in every case- but as
a whole!
How can we account for that?
We ll , there is that Strong
Hand from someplace. l f that
unseen Ha nd does not exist,
humanity wi ll not survive on
earth another 25 years! 1 know
whereof 1 ,speak, for no organiza–
tion on earth has a more knowl–
cdgeable grasp and understand ing
of world conditions, trends and
causes, th an ours. W e know
where this confused world is
heading.
lt
is simply NOT finding
any workable solutions for its
major problems.
But there
is
that un seen
STRONG HAND! There will be
supernatural intervention to savc
humanity alive. And the revela–
tion g iven manki nd by the
S upreme Personage that wields
that Strong Hand explai ns WHY
such a small increase in support–
ing co-workers could account for
that 30 percent increase in what
they provide.
Listen to a few excerpts from
that revealed explanation: To our
own nations, He says: "Even from
the days of your fathers ye are
gone away from mine ordinances,
and have not kept them. Return
unto me, and 1 will return unto
you, saith the Lord of hosts. But
ye sai d , Wh erein s hall we
return?"
And He answers: " W ill a man
rob God? Yet ye have robbed me.
But ye say, Wherein have we
robbed thee? In tithes and offer–
ings. Ye are cursed with a curse:
for ye have robbed me, even this
whole nation. Bring ye all the
tithes into the storehouse, that
there may be meat in mine house,
and PROVE ME NOW HEREWITH,
saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not
open you the windows of heaven,
AND POUR OUT A BLESSING, that
there shall not be room enough to
receive it" (Malachi 3:7- 1
O) .
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Our Creator and Ruler of the
universe CHALLENGES us! He
chal lenges us to PROVE HJM! He
makes a promise. He says put
H im to the test! He PROMISES to
prosper those who tithe to His
Work.
Again, Jesus' words: "GrvE,
and it shall be g iven unto you;
good measure, pressed down, and
shaken togethcr, and running
over" (Luke 6:38).
And further, the apostle Paul:
" He which soweth sparingly shall
reap also sparingly; and he which
soweth bountifully shall also reap
bountifuly. Every man according
as he purposeth in his heart, so let
him give; not g rudg ing ly, or of
necessi ty: for God loveth a cheer–
ful giver. And God is able to
make all grace abound toward
you; that ye, always having all
sufficiency in all things, may
abound to every good work"
( Il Corinthians 9:6-8).
We know that we have been
given a very great Mission. That
Mission is to awaken a drowsy,
lethargic humanity to the fact its
WRONG WA Y.S a re leading all
humanity into a crisis t hat would
mean the extinction of human life
if the Almighty God did not come
to our rescue.
We have been assigned to pro–
claim the very
imminent
coming
of the Great Messiah in TOTAL
supernatural POWER and GLORY
tO set up THE GOVERNMENT OF
Goo over a ll nations, and to bring
this unha ppy world PEACE at
last!
I have said thesc co-workers
volunteered. In a technical sense,
if one understands, that is not
ent irely t rue. That is, it is not ALL
of the truth!
For the
whole
t ruth is, that
unseen "Strong Hand" is, literal–
ly, the living Christ who gave His
life's blood to pay the penalty of
the transgressions of the world,
and who was raised from the
dead-and is alive, in POWER,
eternally.
It
is He who guides and
directs this great Work.
And this same J esus, dur ing
His human lifetime, said of H is
disciples, "Ye have not chosen
me, but 1 have chosen you" (John
15:16). In a sense, those having a
part in this g reat Work with and
under the living C hris t have been
drafted.
But it is nota compulso–
ry draft. Except for a full-time
special mission, each individual
makes his own decision. "And
whosoever will, Jet him take the
water of life freely" (Revelation
22: 17).
Therefore, our co-workers, of
t hei r own free will, made their
own decision, unasked, unsolic–
ited , by me or any in this Work.
Even though caJled and chosen by
that unseen Strong Hand, which
they may not have realized, they
did volunteer to accept; to
have a
part
in changing and saving the
world, under the living Christ!
We know that we are mcrcly
poor human instruments in the
very Work of t he Almighty Liv–
ing God , preparing the WAv!
Even now, this Work is
changing
the lives of thousands every year.
Soon , under t he world - ru li ng
Government of God, it will final–
ly result in not only CHANG ING
THE WORLD, but also in SAVING
THE WORLD!
l t
was truly a " blood, swcat
and tears" st ruggle in t he early
years. I t still is, today. But wi ll–
ingness of co-workers to suffer
privation and sacrifice was re–
warded not only fi nancially, bu t
spiritually, socially and in other
ways.
Th is Work, worldwide though
it has grown, has never been able
to quit st ruggling for survival.
Jt
still is a daily struggle that the
income meet the needs. We have
to struggle constant ly with· the
budget. We dare not let it exceed
income. We have to struggle to
fi nd new ways to make every dal–
lar go farther- to g ive greater
SERv
1
CE to larger num bers of
people.
Paradoxically, as this Work
str ugg les to survive- a nd to
GROW in scope and power- it
does so to w ARN a world whose
greatest problem is SURVJVAL–
yet we are the only voice on earth
with the GOOD NEWS of
HOW
THIS WORLD WJLL SURVIVE–
AND OF THE HAPPY WORLD
TOMORROw! Our co-workers and
I
THANK YOU
for allowing us
to serve and crvE! o
The PLAIN TRUTH