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says that if God has granted that she could have been used by Him
as a means by which God has STIRRED UP His Church to its PITIFUL,
SHAMEFUL, spiritual lassitude, she is glad.
The ministers at the European headquarters, at the college
in Britain, are meeting together for these same sessions of
confessing their failings and praying together. Also at the Texas
campus, in Australia, in our offices around the world--Canada, the
Philippines, Geneva, Dusseldorf, Johannesburg. In all the
Churches, the ministers are calling the members to REPENTANCE, to
HUMBLING themselves before God--to REPENTANCE--and to spiritual
REAWAKENING!
But now, WHY?
And WHY at this time?
HERE is why! God's great worldwide Work is right now on
the threshold of the GREATEST LEAP FORWARD in multiplied POWER it
has ever experienced. All the years of this Work up to now have
been the PREPARATORY years, preparing us--training us by
experience--developing the organization--building the financial
resources--equipping us with the POWER to now launch forth on the
REAL JOLT TO THE WORLD that will SHAKE THIS WORLD TO ITS
FOUNDATIONS!
And WE--from myself and the evangelists and pastors and
elders on down to the FLOCK AS A WHOLE--had allowed ourselves to
come to a place of almost spiritual stagnation!
Brethren, God could not USE this Church, in our lethargic,
complacent condition, as His instrument to launch this final mighty
PUSH that is going to MAKE THIS WORLD CONSCIOUS of the LIVING
GOD-of His coming KINGDOM--of its SINS--of Christ's soon-coming as
KING over all nations!
Sure, we were going along--the Work was going along--it
has been expanding each year--but we were going on past
MOMENTUM--IN A RUT! God has had to WAKE US UP! Either that, or
reject us, spue us out of His mouth, and RAISE UP A CHURCH HE COULD
USE!
THANK GOD for this experience! PRAISE Him for this
chastening!
Brethren, I have suffered as perhaps never before, with my
wife lying there--with a bowel blockage that held locked inside of
her putrid human waste--knowing that unless God grants her
continued life by a MIRACLE of healing, I would have to go on
alone, without her! I NEED HER DESPERATELY! But I need her
CLEANSED and HEALED--PHYSICALLY!
But Brethren--up there ln heaven, at the right hand of GOD
on the throne of the universe, sits JESUS CHRIST, looking down here
at US--HIS WIFE (He is MARRIED to Israel--and we are Israel
begotten by His Spirit, affianced to MARRY Him [again] at His
coming). Yes, WE, Brethren, are HIS WIFE. And the living Jesus