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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, August 21, 1979
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that Wayne Cole and Ron Dart, in offices of Pastoral Administration, tried
to avoid committing themselves in any such case.
In cases where a man and wife have been married for almost a quarter
of a century, human reason has been used by church members to allow divorce,
and both parties to remarry! In one case, the wife of nearly 25 years, who
had actually "pursued" her husband prior to marriage, claimed she just
didn't love him any more. Both she and her husband are now remarried!
Such cases are a STENCH in the nostrils of a just GOD! They are a
disgrace to a church calling itself GOD'S CHURCH! Such "liberal" decisions
and actions SHALL NO LONGER BE TOLERATED in the Church of GOD, preparing now
for Christ's second coming!
The matter of fornication or other "fraud" prior to marriage CANNOT
BE USED AS GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE after the couple have gone
on living together. Unless such fraud is actea on at once--as soon as
discovered--IT IS NO GROUNDS for divorce and remarriage!
Jesus said plainly, "Whosoever shall marry her that is divorced
committeth adultery" (Matt. 5:32).
We are living in the LAST DAYS! Jesus Christ is COMING AGAIN--SOON!
When He comes His Church shall have made herself READY for the one SUPREME
MARRIAGE TO CHRIST! We are NOT yet ready! We are full of spiritual
blemishes, spots and wrinkles. We have been allowing lust, coveting and
serious SINS to invade this Church!
I am now calling on this Church to CLEAN UP!
CHRIST MOVES SWIFTLY
The living, active HEAD of this Church is Jesus Christ. Too many seem
to have forgotten that. Eighteen months ago it seemed as if many of those
active in the leadership of both Church and college had forgotten that.
They seemed not to be conscious of the LIVING Christ's active presence in
the Work. I was overseas most of the time.
But in the past 18 months Jesus Christ has moved swiftly to set His
Church and college back on God's track!
TIME IS NOW GROWING SHORT!
It has seemed as if Christ has been holding back world events prophÂ
esied to happen leading into Christ's coming in TOTAL POWER as KING of kings
and LORD of lords, ruling all nations. Jesus is coming again, not only as
KING of kings and LORD of lords, ruling all nations. Jesus is coming again,