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well what the response of the ministry will be if they dare to open their mouths and say what's on
their mind.

These poor, foolish people. Don't they know what Isaiah said? "Who are you that you shall
be AFRAID OF A MAN WHO WILL DIE, and of the son of a man who will be made like grass?
(Isaiah 51:12).

The sad reality is, these people love or fear men MORE than they do their Lord and Master
Jesus Christ. Don't they know what Christ said through Luke?

If anyone comes to me and does not hate [LOVE LESS] his father and mother, his wife and chil-
dren, his brothers and sisters -- yes, EVEN HIS OWN LIFE -- he CANNOT be my disciple. And anyone
who does not carry his cross and follow me CANNOT be my disciple.

Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see
if he has enough money to complete it? For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone
who sees it will ridicule him, saying, "This fellow began to build and was not able to finish."

Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and con-
sider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thou-
sand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for
terms of peace. IN THE SAME WAY, any of you who does not give up everything he has CANNOT be my
disciple. Salt is good, but if it LOSES ITS SALTINESS, how can it be made salty again? It is fit neither for
the soil nor for the MANURE pile; it is THROWN OUT. He who has ears to hear, LET HIM HEAR. --
Luke 14:26-35.

These members thought they had "counted the cost," but they did not realize the cost could
be so high. They are not deceived, as most in the Church are. They know better. But justify it how-
ever they will -- by their presence on the Sabbath (in most cases, the WRONG Sabbath) and by
their tithes and offerings -- they, by doing so, support and uphold that which they know CHRIST
and the FATHER HATE!

They are walking on dangerous ground! With their lips they profess Christ, but by their
very actions they are DENYING Him before men. Sooner or later -- if they do not REPENT -- He
will DENY them before His father and the holy angels!

Brethren, please -- OPEN your eyes and look around you, at the great religious organiza-
tions of the world. Are not the pews overflowing with men and women who have COMPRO-
MISED their conscience before Almighty God? Men and women who FEAR MEN -- who love
their families, or their friends, or their jobs or the attractions of this world MORE than they love
YEHOVAH?

The simple, underlying truth is that a man or woman of God MUST STAND FOR THE
TRUTH! The truth as the spirit of YEHOVAH has given them to see it -- NOT someone else's in-
terpretation of truth. If they do not, then they are not "OF" God but "OF" someone else -- and, you
know, "his servants you are, to whom you obey," and "you CANNOT serve two masters."

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