THE FRENCH CONNECTION!            DO 335C                   6/75
(Dad's reply to Northern European leadership who protested his suggestion to divide France into two separate areas for greater indigenuity & to simplify printing. These leaders even circulated a petition against dividing the country:)

         1. I WAS FURIOUS OVER THE SECTARIAN, NATIONALISTIC & STRICTLY POLITICAL FUROR CREATED BY OUR FAMILY IN PARIS OVER THE DIVISION OF FRANCE, & am amazed at the ungodly, un-Child-of-God-like, un-New Nation & un-Kingdom-of-God furor raised by Northern French nationalists who prize their Worldly political origins more than their citizenship in the Kingdom of God, along with some Children of God politicians of N. Europe who prize power & finances over the welfare & unity of Spirit & His Kingdom!
         2. I have yet to know the names of some of these agitators & conspirators who stirred up this divisive spirit amongst us, & I am sure that the lowly French disciples themselves must have been shocked by your unspiritual attitude & lack of Heavenly-mindedness!
         3. YOU ALL NEED TO READ SOME OF PAUL'S WRITINGS ON THOSE THAT CREATE DIVISION amongst the brethren. From your sectarian & provincial views, you would think that the different Prime Ministers were not even a part of the same Kingdom & that you were not all citizens of the same Nation & members of the same Body! L
         4. I AM DISAPPOINTED IN YOU & ASHAMED OF YOU that you have such divisive outlooks & have stirred up & exaggerated divisions amongst you!
         5. YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT DOWN THIS DIVISIVE SPIRIT instead of encouraging it, so you have now had to pay the price of rebellion.
         6. APPARENTLY SOME OF YOUR PEOPLE MUST BE MORE FRENCH THAN CHILDREN OF GOD, unless you have misinterpreted their attitudes. May God have mercy on all those who stirred up this controversy contrary to our own agreed decision originally in the matter. We hope we will have all learned our lesson. "Behold what a great fire a little flame kindleth!"--Jam.3:5. God help us!--And forgive you!
         7. I AM VERY SORRY IF SOME OF THIS LETTER HAS SOUNDED A BIT HARSH or hard, BUT I MUST BE FIRM with those who are delinquent, even as the Lord Himself must rule with a rod of iron over them who will learn no other way.--Psa.2:9.
         8. SO WATCH & PRAY THAT YOU ENTER NOT INTO TEMPTATION that might lead you astray from the straight & narrow way which leads to a higher crown & greater reward! Amen?
         9. WE WOULD THAT YOU WOULD ALL SUCCEED, but as the Apostle pointed out, though many run the race, only a few can win the glory for the most excellent service to attain an imperishable crown & eternal rewards!
         10. MAY THE BEST WIN!--TO THE STRONGEST!--BUT SOMETIMES TO THE WEAKEST WHO DEPEND MORE ON THE LORD'S STRENGTH than their own wisdom, & who are the most loyal, faithful & obedient without fail & without question unto the end!
         11. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU NEVER MAKE ANY MISTAKES, BUT THAT YOU LEARN & PROFIT BY THEM & learn not to make them again, & by these lessons learn to become even more faithful, loyal & obedient each step of the way. Therefore the greatest crowns will, of course, go to those who are the most so & do the best job in the long run, despite some stumblings along the way. So there's hope for all of us, praise the Lord! Amen? Keep trying!
         12. SO LET THE OLD BOTTLES BEWARE, & the big shots of yesterday beware lest it go to their heads & cause them to tumble to very little shots of tomorrow! The cream of the crop of today can sometimes become the stinking old limburger cheese in the limbo of tomorrow!
         13. PRIDE COMETH BEFORE A FALL! Let him that thinketh that he standeth take heed lest he fall! For unto him who truly HATH what it takes it shall be GIVEN, but from him who THINKETH that he hath & boasteth of it, it shall be taken AWAY from him, even that which he THINKETH that he hath! Beware lest ye be found to be a prematurely exalted novice & fall into pride, which was the condemnation of the Devil!--Pro.16:18; 1Cor.10:12; Lk.8:18.
         14. SOME OF YOU MOST HUMBLE & SELF-EFFACING LITTLE ONES, time-tested through the faithfulness, loyalty & obedience of years, are now finally making it to the top where you can be trusted because you have been faithful in a FEW things, so He will now make you rulers over MANY things!
         15. But some of you old bottles who have been faithful, loyal & diligent over the years, if you do not REMAIN so but become exalted in pride & wilful in spirit & contrary in action, word & deed, these who leave their first estate, even though they be the Angels of God, shall lose their lofty positions for rebellion in heart! So please watch your step lest ye fall into condemnation!
         16. We should be all Children of God & members of His Kingdom, citizens of His New Nation, where "ye are all the Children of God by faith in Christ Jesus" & "there is neither Jew nor Greek, bond nor free, male nor female, for ye are all ONE in Christ Jesus".--Gal.3:26, 28.
         17. LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY & have no more of this Worldly, fleshly, Satanic nationalistic divisive spirit which has nearly destroyed the Earth with its division & wars! May God rebuke the guilty ones!
         18. I AM A FIRM BELIEVER IN LOCAL OPTION, & this is what the New R is really all about! So I think the local Homes should now decide the matter for themselves individually in view of ALL the facts, & we hope that next time you rebels will LOOK before you LEAP from the frying PAN into the FIRE! May God forgive you! May God bless & keep us all from making such mistakes! Sincerely, Your Father in the Lord.

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