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Meanwhile, the great false church went through a Protestant
"Reformation,"
which failed utterly to reestablish the faith once delivered. In Europe,
Protestant
churches--like the Catholic Church--mostly became religions of the state: the
Church of England in the U.K., Lutheran in northern Germany and Scandinavian
countries. But with the establishment of the 13 colonies in America, new sects
and
denominations sprang up. Disciples of John and Charles Wesley fled to America
for religious freedom. Those of George Fox fled to America to carry on the
Quaker
religion. Scottish Presbyterians sprang up in America. Numerous other sects
sprang up in the United States as the nation grew.
BUT NOT ONE OBEYED JUDE 3, to "earnestly contend for the faith which
was once delivered unto the saints" by Jesus Christ.
But in due time, 1926-27, God beat me down, challenged me on the very
point of his Law, opened my eyes to his TRUTH. This TRUTH of the faith once
delivered had been preserved in the Holy Bible. But NONE of the sects of
so-called traditional Christianity believed God's Word (II Cor. 4:3-4), for they
were blinded by Satan.
And now, through us, the original true Gospel OF Christ, the Kingdom of
God, is going in great POWER to the whole world. We have churches in 54
countries of the world--THINK OF IT! We have baptized members in 127
different countries. By the combination of television, radio and the PLAIN TRUTH
magazine "this Gospel of the Kingdom" is now going into all but three tiny,
small,
almost unheard--of countries of the world--certainly fulfilling Matthew 24:14,
"This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness
unto
all nations; and then shall the end [of this world] come."
We are comparatively small in membership, compared to large traditional
churches, yet a VERY GREAT AND REAL P O W E R in the world! Matthew 24:14
says this is THE SIGN THAT THE END OF THE WORLD IS NOW VERY NEAR!
The world is so spiritually DRUNK on false gospels that the TRUTH sounds
strange. But it is their false teachings that are crazy.
We are not OF this world. We have been called OUT from among them of
this world, to be separate in living GOD'S WAY.
It is only by God's tithing system that we can be such a tremendous power
in the world. But God requires special offerings beside. Ours is the ONLY
program that does not beg the public for money. We rely on GOD, and God
supplies the need through HIS PEOPLE--YOU! He does not rain down financial
manna from heaven. He does promise blessings, both spiritual and financial, to
the tithe-payer--and, conversely, God says the one who does not faithfully tithe
is
robbing God.
This Philadelphia era of God's Church began in October, 1933, with only
19 baptized members. It started the smallest, but like the grain of mustard seed
it
grew, and GREW, until today it is fulfilling God's Great Commission in a power