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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.2, N0.24
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
SATAN INTENSIFIES PERSECUTION
by
Herbert W. Armstrong
JUNE 13, 1980
Evidences increase and multiply indicating God's great Work through
His Church (Philadelphia era) may be FINISHED in a matter of months.
We may be right now at the time of Revelation 12:7-14. I want to
write another article on another phase of this prophecy which will appear
in the August number of either The PLAIN TRUTH or The GOOD NEWS.
Satan's master stroke against God's Church came with the massive
assault of the California Attorney General's office on January 3, last
year. Satan failed to knock out and destroy the Church with that civil
lawsuit. He only drove us closer together, and closer to Christ. It
actually helped in the process of putting the Church back on GOD's track.
So now Satan is trying something he has tried a number of times be
fore--since he could not knock out the whole Church with one blow, he is
now trying harder than ever to DIVIDE and SEPARATE US by a vicious attack
of false accusations against Church leaders. Proverbs 16:27 speaks of
those who would try to accuse and defame: "A worthless man digs up evil,
while his words are as a scorching fire" (New American Standard Bible).
Actually, Satan tried this
government take over running of
falsely accused (but not in the
millions of dollars every year.
strous lies with even a denial.
in the attempt to have the State political
the Church. Both Mr. Rader and I were
lawsuit) of siphoning off (stealing)
We did not need to dignify those mon-
But now Satan is corning at us in a more subtle and even more out
rageous and scurrilous accusation, implying personal immorality and sins.
Neither shall we dignify these infamous accusations and rumors with
a denial.
Adolph Hitler is reported to have said that if you tell a little lie
it may not be believed, but if you tell an outrag.eously enormous and
impossible lie it will be believed.
Brethren, I have no need for refutation or of the defense of
character witnesses, or personal recommendations. Listen to what the
Apostle Paul said. The same Satan tried to ruin Paul's credibility among
the Church. Paul said: "Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need
we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of
commendation from you?"