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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, May 16
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12:32, "Whatsoever thing I command you, observe to do it; you shall not
add thereto, or diminish from it."
God's method of determining how to give third tithe is recorded in
Deuteronomy 14:28. "At the end of three years, you shall bring forth all
the tithe of your increase the same year, and shall lay it up within your
gates." Does this verse sound as if God grants us the option to tithe,
the means to determine how much to give, or when it should be rendered?
Of course not!! A tithe means just that, 10% of the whole. And to be
given the same year.
Finally, God says you shall bring forth this tithe, but not for our detri
ment--it is for our good. I John 5:3 tells us, "For this is the love of
God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burden
some. The law of tithing requires an element of faith on""our part. That
God is our Provider--and is there to make up the difference--if not to
bless us above and beyond. Prorating a tithe over a period of time
diminishes God's role in our li
It is a matter of cause and effect.
To the degree you follow God's law, is the degree you will be blessed.
Would you wish for God to prorate His blessings and love towards you?
As man would reason, tithing does not cornpute--but as those who have put
God to the test know--the blessings certainly do add up.
New Procedure for Using WATS Lines
Due to increasing pressures of media response on the WATS lines into MPC
(800-423-4444), we need to change the procedure of ministers calling
Pasadena. The new procedure will be for you to call the WATS line through
the college switchboard. This number, 800-423-4464, is the one that
many of you have used for a long time.
Other than asking who you want to talk to or what you want to talk about,
the switchboard·will not take messages. Their new procedure will be to
ask you to give them your number and hang up. They will then immediately
call you back on an outbound line as soon as one is available (usually
immediately). At that point they will ring the desired department. By
using this procedure you can be transferred to any department on campus.
We think you will like this new procedure a lot better. It will allow
you more freedom of access to the departments on campus. And it will be
better for media responses because there have been times when the minis
teral usage of the lines has shut out any calls from people responding to
an advertisement.
The Pastor General's Hotline tapes will still be available through the
media response WATS number, but are being reduced to a once-a-week fre
quency, beginning the first week of June.
Remember--when you call for a department on campus, use the 800-4�3- AAi�
number.
News From Canada
The continuing decline in U.S. foreign relations seems to be provoking
Plain Truth readers and radio program listeners into considerable activity
in Canada. And so the focus on prophecy in our various media outlets is
producing fruit. Requests for the "Four Hosemen" series of booklets and