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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.7, N0.29
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
JULY 19, 1985
It's hard to believe, but five years have already passed since the first
Ministerial Refreshing Program started. The major emphasis of the first
program was to stir all of God's ministry to support and back Mr. Herbert
Armstrong in setting the Church back on God's track. The ministry itself
had to be set back on God's track before that effort could be extended to
every congregation around the world.
Perhaps many of us would be surprised to realize that it was seven years ago
that Mr. Armstrong reinstituted The GOOD NEWS magazine, and began to in
clude such articles as "And NOW--The PLAIN TRUTH Being Set Back on Track,"
"CHRIST NOW PUTS CHURCH BACK ON GOD'S FINANCIAL TRACK!", "AND NOW CHRIST
SETS CHURCH BACK ON TRACK DOCTRINALLY" and "CHRIST NOW MOVES TO PUT GOD'S
GOVERNMENT BACK ON THE TRACK."
As Mr. Armstrong has so often reminded us, we must not only stay on God's
track, we must be moving forward on God's track! As time goes on, the nat
ural tendency is to begin to let down. If we are not careful, the sense of
urgency and recommitment to the faith once delivered.that we all felt five
to seven years ago can begin to fade.
The Apostle Paul warned us in Hebrews 2:1 that "we ought to give the more
earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should
let them slip." If we do not heed this warning, we, too, will fall prey to
the very same attitudes of compromise and permissiveness that took members
and ministers out of God's Church seven years ago! Let's not forget that
Satan is ang!:_Y! He sees the growth in God's Church. He sees the increase
in PLAIN TRUTH circulation. He sees the increase in stations broadcasting
"The WORLD TOMORROW" program. He sees the increase in the number of begot
ten sons of God. Satan hates this, and will do whatever he can to cause us
to begin compromising with God's truth and eventually turn us away from
God.
The Apostle Paul was inspired to describe what this Satan-deceived world
would be like in the "last days" (II Tim. 3:1-5). And it is getting worse
and �.,,orse! Moral and spiritual permissiveness is escalating all around us.
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t think you and your family can't be affected! None of us is immune!
Only God is. Unless we are tuned in to God and close to Him, we will be
caught up in Satan's trap.
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I know that some in the Church will take great exception to the recent ser
mon about liberalism by Mr. David Hulme. Mr. Armstrong, when directing me
to send it out to all churches worldwide, told me he felt the sermon was
excellent, and that all our people needed to hear it. He even asked me for
a copy for his own personal use. Yet I know, because I know human nature,
that some, who are already compromising with this world and its ways and
attitudes, will be upset, even angry, by what they hear in that sermon.
They will see it as "right-winged fanaticism," as "going overboard," or
even "dangerous."
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