GET IT TOGETHER!         DO 123   10/71

         [HomeARC note (9/98): The current Charter declares the Family's principles, policies and attitudes regarding relationships, sex and marriage.]

         1. YOU LOVE JESUS? THEN WHY DON'T YOU ACT LIKE IT? Any idiot can wander around yelling & quoting! It's fairly sure that the louder they yell the harder they fall! Sometimes I think the screamers are just on a big pride trip trying to get attention! Most of the GREATEST saints I know were LITTLE people who just did what they thought should be done--without you hearing about it or even knowing they were around! But they were always around when you needed them. They were always there when you needed them. Always quick to jump. Always quick to respond--like the person who gave me this chair!--Probably their own. He didn't need to scream to get your attention, but he just quietly passed it down!
         2. GOD WAS ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE GREATEST THINGS WHEN THERE WAS COMPLETE SILENCE in the Heavens for half an hour. Some of us have the reputation for being loudmouths--including myself. But how does your religion work when you are lying in bed quietly with your wife? How does it work when you're sitting at the table with her? You who are in tune with the Spirit during these long pauses will be hearing from the Spirit of God during these pauses, the right answers, & you who are hearing the wrong answers, from the Devil--depending upon which you are in tune with! Amen?
         3. HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN, BOYS, SINCE YOU COMMUNICATED WITH YOUR WIFE? What kind of communication, girls, do you have with your husband? If your communication with God is good, you will have excellent communication with your husband, because GOD IS THE CENTRAL EXCHANGE that makes the connection. Without good communication with your Lord there cannot be much good communication between you. Because without good communication with God, you will be a God-damn, self-righteous, stuck on-yourself, critical pig!
         4. HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN, FELLOWS, SINCE YOU TRIED TO DO SOMETHING NICE, CONSIDERATE & KIND FOR YOUR WIFE?--Something unselfish, something she wouldn't even notice, something you might not even get the credit for--because you LOVE her! That means REAL LOVE--the kind that only God can give.--Because you are concerned about her welfare & her happiness & her feelings. How long has it been for you, girls? How long has it been since you have been unselfish for your husbands? That you did something for him that you didn't expect to get ANYTHING out of yourself? How long's it been?
         5. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HERE THAT SERVE UNSELFISHLY, SACRIFICIALLY, UTTERLY GIVING THEMSELVES TO THE UTMOST & yet never getting the credit for it & are virtually unknown! But God has a great big Book & it's known to HIM & He's going to REWARD everyone according to his WORKS--whether they be good or whether they be evil. What do you think you deserve? I know people you can walk all over, then just bawl them out for mistakes--some they didn't even make--& they will still say: "I'm sorry, forgive me for having lived."--Luk.17:10.
         6. YOU ARE TOO DAMN STUCK ON YOURSELVES! That's what your problem is! You're thinking you are too much of a hero.
         7. WHEN YOU'RE OUT DAMNING THE CHURCHES & DAMNING MOLOCH, YOU FEEL VERY SATISFIED WITH YOURSELVES!--And you feel real self-righteous because you've shown how much better you are than the rest of the World! Do you come home with the same attitude toward your husband or wife? When was the last time you did something LOVING for them?--Luk.6:38 & Gal.6:7! How have you been treating her lately, Boys? Have you been loving her with the kind of love that Jesus has? Have you been treating her like JESUS does? How can you say you love God & a soul you haven't seen, when you can't love your wife or husband whom you HAVE seen!--1Jn.4:20-21.
         8. HOW MANY OF YOU WIVES SUBMIT YOURSELVES AS THE TRUE CHURCH SUBMITS HERSELF TO CHRIST? Have you been submitting yourself to him like Jesus? He represents JESUS to you! He's an illustration of Jesus!
         9. WATCH OUT FOR THE SITUATION WHERE THERE'S NO PARALLEL IN THE SPIRITUAL FOR YOUR ACTIONS IN THE REALM OF THE PHYSICAL! In the church of Jesus Christ there is no male or female! Your damn sex organs don't mean a thing to God! In the operation of the SPIRITUAL GIFTS there is TRUE EQUALITY FOR WOMEN! He promised to pour out His Spirit upon His sons & daughters! But when it comes to the operation of sex & the home & husband/wife relationship, God has made it very clear who's the boss!
         10. YOU'RE BREAKING THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD EVERY TIME YOU REFUSE! You don't have to FEEL like it--but it would be bet ter if you DID! He doesn't have to be romantic--but it would be better if he was! But you'd better SUBMIT! How are you going to have a Revolution for Jesus if you can't even love your husband or wife, your brothers or sisters!
         11. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR HUSBAND FUCKING YOU, GIRLS! It won't hurt your saintliness! But it will shoot holes in your PRIDE! "Benevolence"--Bene volence: Good moving!--Begins with you guys!--Means some love-making & some old-fashioned necking & kissing! Start it off with some GOOD MOVING love-making! Some of you guys ride her like a horse!--Get on & get off! No wonder she does some bucking!
         12. GOOD LOVEMAKING BEGINS WITH TRUE LOVE. The best teacher is God! Begin with THAT point (true love) & maybe she will accept the other POINT! "Render unto the wife due BENEVOLENCE." Nobody wants to make love to a corpse or ride a polished log! Give him some cooperation! Or are you just thinking of your OWN selfish interests? I told one brother: "One way or the other you're going to have a better wife!" I'll say the SAME thing to you now, girls: One way or the other, your husband is going to have a better wife!
         13. BUT MARRIAGE IS A LOT MORE THAN JUST FUCKING! There's a HIGHER love--Agape! Eros is a small part of it. But breakdown of eros means there is something wrong with philos or agape. You are to honour your husband & give reverence unto him. That's a COMMANDMENT of God! Are you afraid of him?--You should be! It doesn't say, provided he fits my idea of a hero or provided he treats me the way I want to be treated! It says OBEY because he is the likeness of GOD to you! Your position is that of the Church to Christ! Is that clear? If you don't start doing better real fast, then God will start doing better for HIM!--Deut.24:1.
         14. JESUS MAKES IT HARDER IN THE NEW TESTAMENT: MORE RIGID--ALSO MORE LOVE.--You can only divorce for fornication or adultery. She's getting some loving somewhere--& loving herself. Fucking herself & polluting her soul by going after other gods. If you're not performing according to Scripture, we'll be ROUGH on you in order to get some of the pride out of you & save your soul! Been cheating on your husband?--You do so by denying him his privileges. RESPECT THAT. When you want to pray, you have to AGREE together! If you decide to fast & become holy, BOTH sides have to agree! Are you so holy & sanctimonious that you feel right in withholding your body from your husband?--That's enough to make ANY man enraged!--Denying God & breaking the commandments of Christ, when you withhold your body from your husband!
        
         16. YOU WERE MADE TO BE A HELPMEET: TO HELP HIS MEAT! "Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands." That means that you do whatever HE wants! Excluding sexual perversions--because it is unhealthy. "It is better to marry than to burn!" Better to let him marry you nightly than to make him burn! Watch out for sexual perversions; they are unhealthy & unscriptural, but as far as plain old-fashioned fucking--there's no law against it! There's nothing wrong with your body. GOD made it to feel that way!
         17. "WIVES, SUBMIT YOURSELVES UNTO YOUR HUSBANDS AS UNTO THE LORD." Have you been doing that? "For the husband is the HEAD of the wife even as CHRIST is the Head of the Church." Are you treating him like Christ? "Let them do what they will, they sin not. Even as Christ has loved the Church, husbands love your wives. Therefore, as the Church is subject unto Christ, let the wives be subject unto their own husbands."--Because he is the type of Christ as you are the type of the Church.
         18. BOYS, DO YOU LOVE HER AS CHRIST LOVES YOU? Are you showing her the kind of love that Jesus shows the Church?-Kindly, protective, considerate, loving, willing to come down from your lofty state & make simple love! Are YOU treating her like Jesus treats the Church? Then maybe that's why she's not behaving as the Church should! Do you GIVE yourself for her, even as Christ gave Himself for the Church?
         19. THAT'S THE FIRST BAD SIGN: WHEN YOUR HUSBAND & WIFE DON'T SIT TOGETHER!--If you don't talk together & share together & tell each other everything--I mean EVERYTHING! Between husband & wife, there should be no secrets; there should be COMMUNICATION! Love her as much as you love your own body! Are you as good to your wife as to yourself? I don't mean JUST fucking! "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that (she) should do to you, do ye even so to (her)." That is not always easy! You would like them to do it for you, so you will do it for them! Are you doing it, boys? Well then, maybe it isn't only the wives' fault!
         20. IT USUALLY TAKES TWO TO MAKE A FIGHT! Usually both sides are to blame! Do you try to make her happy? She is to encourage & inspire YOU! Do YOU do that for HER? I never fucked my wife without thanking her & praising the Lord at the same time! You don't even have the class to say THANK YOU to her!
         21. --AND COMPLIMENT HER! TELL HER SHE'S BEAUTIFUL & SHE'LL BE BEAUTIFUL! TELL her she's wonderful & she'll BE wonderful! He that loveth his WIFE, loveth HIMSELF! "No man ever hated his own flesh." You may not LIKE her, but you still have to LOVE her! She may be a hell of a fool, but you have still got to LOVE her! She may be as ugly as a mud fence, but you're still going to LOVE her!
         22. DO YOU CHERISH HER, BOYS, EVEN AS THE CHURCH? If you're not getting much out of it, it may be because you're not putting much into it! It may not be 50/50, but it should be at least 60/40! Do you love her even as yourself? Maybe if you gave HER a little more love like you give yourself, she would love YOU more!
         23. AND THE "WIVES SHOULD REVERENCE THEIR HUSBANDS." Sarah called her husband "LORD"! If you don't like this, get the hell out of here, because this is from the Bible!--Our Revolutionary Handbook! The only reason it hasn't caused a Revolution until now is because no one has FOLLOWED it closely ALL THE WAY!
         24. MARRIAGE IS A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP OR ELSE YOU COULD SIMPLY HAVE STAYED GOOD FRIENDS! Marriage is a sharing of ALL things! It is the most satisfying, most strengthening & most lasting relationship on this Earth! You share the parts of your BODY as well as your THOUGHTS! There must be something wrong with your communication with JESUS or else you would love EACH OTHER, even though you are MARRIED! You'd better go home & really show her that you love her or we will hear about it! This is no namby-pamby church game! This is an ARMY! You SAY you love your husband--you may have to show it to ME! So let's not hear any more reports like THIS! Amen?-God bless you!--Now, get it TOGETHER--NOW!--OR ELSE!

ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS

         25. P.S. DON'T TELL US YOUR ASTROLOGICAL SIGNS AREN'T COMPATIBLE, EITHER! Jesus is greater than your signs & can overrule all of that--so don't get hung up on the Zodiac! The influence of the stars is a part of His PHYSICAL Creation & can be completely overruled & overcome by the SPIRITUAL power of His Spirit, as the spirit in Daniel was found ten times better than that of the astrologers!
         26. THE STARS OBVIOUSLY AFFECT OUR NATURAL PERSONALITIES & even seem to influence some events, but this is a purely NATURAL part of God's PHYSICAL Creation, like the sun & the moon & the planets influence our lives with heat, photosynthesis, plant life, light, the Earth's orbit, tides, menstrual periods, etc. The astral bodies affect & influence the natural man & mind. They are God's system of controls of normal life & the balance of nature. They can even guide history unless the Lord overrules, but when people get to paying more attention to the Creation rather than the Creator, God condemns it! You, by your own natural efforts, can strengthen or weaken your natural traits, God-ordained by the stars, but only God can completely TRANSFORM your personality in defiance of these natural influences! "Be NOT conformed to this World, but be ye TRANSFORMED by the RENEWING of your mind"! "Ye must be BORN AGAIN"! Ye are NEW creatures in Christ Jesus"! A NEW BIRTHDAY! PTL!


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