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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TOTHEMINISTRYOFTHE
WORLDWIDECHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 8, NO. 8
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FEBRUARY 21, 1986
Dear Ministers of Jesus Christ,
By now som� of you have received your copies of the special tribute
edition of "The Worldwide News." I am personally pleased by the fine
quality job Dexter Faulkner and bis staff have done on this remarkable
edition. We are now looking forward to the May tribute edition of "The
Good News." These outstanding memorial issues of the publications are
beautifully fitting tributes to the faithful servant God used to raise up
this era of Bis Church, and to lay the foundation of the Work of preaching
the Gospel of the Kingdom to the end-time generation. Now our work is
before us, to carry on to completion that task God started through him
more than 50 years ago.
We had a profitable and inspiring meeting of the Council of Elders
earlier this week. The unity and oneness of mind and attitude were most
encouraging. God has richly blessed Bis people with marvelous peace and
Spirit-led harmony for this final phase of Bis Work. As I have stressed
before, this kind of peace is the product of submission and obedience to
His holy, just and perfect law! God has granted us great unity, peace and
strength around the world at""what would be a difficult and uncertain time
in any other organization. But this is not any other organization. This
is God's Church led� His Holy Spirit!
As
we fully devote ourselves to
doing God's will, letting His way of life (Jesus is our example) fill our
time, our thoughts, our activities, our conversations, 2!:!!. whole lives,
God will continue to lead us and bless us.
I also viewed this week the taping of Mr. Richard ·Ames' first tele
cast. It is evident that God is giving His blessing to these men in these
first and therefore most difficult programs. Thank you for your prayers
for them and I'm sure they would join me in urging you to keep it up. God
wants- Bis people to do their part in prayerful support of every phase of
proclaiming the Gospel, demonstrating that our hearts and thoughts really
are on what God is doing.
As His called firstfruits, our primary
interests ought to be on those things Be is interested in.
Consider it from God's point of view. In a world of spiritual dark
ness, devoid of understanding of God's plan and purpose for mankind and
His way of life, there are a very few specks of light. God has called out
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a very few, as His firstfruits, to
receive His Spirit, enabling them
to really grasp who He is and what
He is doing
!
No one else is
capable at this time of really
understanding
His
transcendent
purpose for having created human
life, and what the future really
holds for mankind. Can you begin to
see more clearly � by the prayers of
the saints are like sweet incense
;O 1988 WorlCJWOI Cr..,en Of Goa