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that we finish the work to which He has called us--the Great
Commission of Jesus Christ--proclaiming HIS Gospel to all the world
as a witness to all nations!
Astounding as it may seem, there is no other work on earth
proclaiming to the whole world THIS VERY SAME GOSPEL that Jesus
taught and proclaimed!
How God called me to His ministry--how, years before that,
He had prepared me by education and experience for this very work--
how it all started, is being told in considerable detail in my
autobiography, now being published serially each month in The PLAIN
TRUTH. You probably have read part or all of it. In these
installments I am just now coming to the time when God struck me
down--took away my business, and brought about my conversion. In
these articles you'll get the whole story--how God opened His
TRUTH--made the Bible an open Book--set me in spite of myself in
HIS SERVICE as His minister--opened the mighty doors of radio and
the printing press, very small at first, but ever expanding to
WORLD-WIDE POWER!--to proclaim GOD'S LAST WARNING MESSAGE--yes,
Christ's OWN GOSPEL of the soon-coming END of this world, and the
nearness of the KINGDOM OF GOD!
And LISTEN AGAIN! Read this twice! Realize this,
incredible tho it may seem--NO OTHER WORK ON EARTH IS PROCLAIMING
THIS TRUE GOSPEL OF CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD, as Jesus foretold in
Matthew 24:14 and Mark 13:10!!
This is the most important activity on earth today!
Now to answer some of the often-asked questions:
This great work is NON-denominational! It is GOD'S OWN
WORK--not ours! HOW IS IT FINANCED? WHO IS BACK OF IT? Only GOD
is back of it, by living faith! Back in the fall of 1933 I came to
see by experience that if any denomination sponsored me or paid my
salary, I would be muzzled--forced to preach as men decreed! At
that time MEN paid me a very small salary. They demanded that I
preach and baptize contrary to the Bible, but according to their
HUMAN doctrines. I replied that I would serve GOD faithfully, and
not men--that henceforth I would look to God ALONE as Employer--
trusting HIM alone for every financial need. He has PROMISED to
supply our every NEED! I relied on Him to do it--and HE DID!
At that time it was necessary to hitch-hike to meetings to
preach. I had no automobile. I was preaching in a country
one-room school house. One farmer said to me: "Mr. Armstrong, you
won't last long."
"Why?" I asked.
"Because you are preaching the BIBLE exactly as it is--and
the Bible is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
REPROOF and CORRECTION. It's like a sharp two-edged sword--it cuts
people both ways. People don't like to be corrected or reproved.
People won't support it! YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT SUPPORT. No, you
won't last long, preaching the BIBLE exactly as it is!"