THE FOUR DEADLY SINS!--THE DDDB!         DO 759   1/79
--Will You DOUBT, DISOBEY, DENY & BETRAY?

         1. WHEN PEOPLE ARE SO SHAKEY IN THEIR FAITH & OBEDIENCE to the Lord & so far off the beam & out of tune that they want to "stay & fight it out," then they become almost backslidden or tempted to backslide! Then you can't trust them anymore than the Lord could trust Judas, except to betray you to save their own necks!
         2. That's what you really mean when you say, "Well, Dad, we wouldn't really betray you, even though we would tell the government that we no longer belong & we don't like the Letters either, & we don't believe in them, & we don't follow you anymore.--Of course, Dad, that wouldn't really be the truth, but just to save the situation"--meaning your own necks! There's just something about false denial that the Lord doesn't like!
         3. I don't blame Peter for what he did. I think I might have done the same thing under the same circumstances. But the little maid still knew he was one of them.--And what kind of a testimony was it? What do you think she thought about him after that?: "You're not only one of those bad people, but you're a bad liar in the bargain!" (Lk.22:54-62)
         4. And what do you think the LORD thought about it? Do you think He approved of it?--Of his lying & denying Him thrice? He was willing to die for them, but at that moment Peter was too weak to suffer for the Lord, he was afraid to stand up for the Truth, so he denied the Lord! Jesus Himself had said before, "If you deny Me before men, I will also deny you before My Father which is in Heaven"! (Mt.10:33)--& Peter was denying Him!
         5. [O]nce they catch us, we'd have a hard time denying that we're "those people"!
         6. The Lord Himself said He's going to let us be called before courts & judges & magistrates & kings & princes & so on (Mt.10:18), as a witness against them. So which way did the Lord figure the case was going to go?--against you! But when it goes against you in their court, brother, in His court it'll go against them!
         7. But when it comes to facing courts & judges & sworn testimonies & things like that, I don't think we're going to get away with denying Him before man, much less before God!--Like denying me or the Letters or the Family!
         8. ... Jesus said ["But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of Man be come."] (Mt.10:23) But when the time comes, I don't see how anybody can think that they are going to be able to deny us.
         9. Of course, there's an exception to every rule, if there's some very good reason. But for some of you in your prominent positions with your widely-publicised record & history with the Family, to think you're going to be able to now deny us to the System after all this, do you really think the System is going to believe you?
         10. Do you think they even believed JUDAS? They knew he was trying to buy his freedom, they knew he was trying to save his own neck! Did it do him any good? He couldn't even live with his own conscience! He went out & committed suicide because he knew he'd betrayed the Lord, that he was guilty of His death! (Mt.27:3-5)
         11. AND DO YOU THINK THE SYSTEM WOULD LET YOU STOP WITH A MERE DENIAL? What does the System usually do to make you prove your denial?--What follows denial?--Betrayal! The System demands it!: "If you are truly denying Him, prove it!--Betray Him!" That's the only convincing proof you can give. Otherwise, it could just be words to save your own neck. But if you betray us, then you have really denied us, right?
         12. The FEAR of MAN & the DECEITFULNESS of RICHES brings DOUBT, & DOUBT is eventually followed by DISOBEDIENCE, & DISOBEDIENCE by DENIAL, & DENIAL by BETRAYAL! There is no such thing as backsliding only a little way. Some of you think, "Oh, I'll never go that far!--Just a little."--But there's no halfway, no in-between, no compromise!--Jesus said, "You're either for Me or against Me!" (Lk.11:23)
         13. You CAN'T be on the FENCE--it's too UNCOMFORTABLE & DANGEROUS & IMPOSSIBLE! You'll fall for one or the other--either for Jesus or the System! "Ye cannot serve two masters!" (Mt.6:24) Who will yours be?--Jesus or the Devilish System? Will you doubt, disobey, deny & betray for the System?--Or believe, obey, witness & die for the Lord?--Which will YOU do?--Which are you doing?--God help you!


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