2nd UPDATE Apparently Rod Meredith sent out two letters a day apart. One to be read in the churches and the other a more begnin co-worker letter. The first letter below is about the current division within LCG. The second letter below is the one specifically sent out by Meredith and is on the web site.
Rod Meredith of the Living Church of God sent the following letter to his members concerning a fast that he wants the church to do on February 23. Rod claims that the LCG is on the verge of doing a mighty work that will speak out against the gays and other evils in the British Israelite nations. Because of that forceful preaching the LCG is being attacked by Satan.
Also in the letter is a part about the church being protected from certain men who are causing division. Has the self-appointed, non-ordained false prophet Thiel finally become a thorn in LCG's side? Are people in LCG actually dumb enough to follow the joke that is Thiel?
This first letter is the letter that had to include Rod's favorite topic - SEX.
FROM THE PRESIDING EVANGELIST
Dear Brethren and Friends,
With the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, prophetic events in Europe and elsewhere will no doubt speed up a great deal! Mankind is in desperate need of God’s Kingdom and His righteous way of life. Here in the United States, with President Obama’s obvious approval of so-called “same-sex” marriage, the homosexual agenda is continuing to heavily influence nearly every facet of society. Maryland has become the eighth state to approve same-sex marriage. And in Great Britain, the House of Commons has just voted to approve this abomination. Even the French—normally thought of as a “romantic people”—are preparing to join in this satanic push to bring much of the formerly professing “Christian” world into line with ancient Sodom and Gomorrah!
How much longer until God Himself puts a final stop to this egregious behavior? As Almighty God looks down from heaven, He is looking for men and women with the genuine faith and courage to boldly proclaim His Truth. God declares that the modern “house of Israel has become dross to Me” (Ezekiel 22:18
). Regarding our modern “mainstream” ministers, God states, “Her priests
have violated My law and profaned My holy things; they have not distinguished
between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between
the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so
that I am profaned among them” (v. 26). Indeed, it is sorrowful to realize that
hundreds of millions of formerly professing Christians have been led down this
road! Untold millions of our young people have somehow been led to totally
confuse what is “clean” and what is “unclean.” They have not been taught that
by professing ministers of God.So Almighty God is looking for “a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one” (v. 30). Dear brethren, let that not be our epitaph—that we were not willing to “stand in the gap” and powerfully warn our peoples of what is just ahead unless we profoundly repent of our horrifying behaviors! We are now being cleverly led into these things by Satan the Devil—often with the connivance of false ministers.
As all of you know, we in this Work are doing our very best to proclaim the Truth. Just this past Sunday, we presented a powerful “live” Tomorrow’s World Presentation wherein I strongly proclaimed God’s Truth, “warned” our peoples against homosexuality and the other abominations of the land. And I tried to help our people realize the absolute necessity for the return of Christ as King of kings. Our Father in heaven has certainly blessed this Work over the last several years. This past year, God granted us 12 percent financial increase for which we thank Him deeply. We have had a great deal of unity and loyalty throughout our congregations and in this Work as a whole. Within the last two months, Mr. Richard Ames and I have added a number of very fine television stations to the roster of those stations carrying the Tomorrow’s World program. Our impact is increasing weekly. We do have much to be thankful for.
But Satan the Devil knows that we are now on the verge of doing a far more powerful Work than ever. So Satan is stirring up trouble and trying to divide and confuse God’s people.
Within the last few weeks, the income for this Work has dropped somewhat, and a spiritual malaise has appeared to set in among a number of people. They have apparently “taken for granted” all the work we are doing and the blessings God has given. Some have “let down their hair”—spiritually speaking—and are becoming easy victims for Satan’s devices. We sincerely love these people. We fervently pray for them for their spiritual salvation. But we—as a Church—must rouse ourselves to draw even closer to God and to honor His name in every way so that He may use us even more powerfully to proclaim His Truth and to “finish the Work” as Almighty God certainly wants us to do.
In this semi-public letter, I certainly do not want to go into details or name names. But I hope all of you who are aware of my ministry for the past 60 years will have enough faith that God is guiding me in this Work that you will join me and our Headquarters team in praying fervently that God will help us overcome any weaknesses that are appearing in our spiritual “armor”! Our Father in heaven wants us to “reflect Jesus Christ” in everything we think, say and do. Most of our ministers and brethren are certainly doing this. But Satan is on the prowl. God’s word tells us that he is constantly watching and waiting to destroy the people of God. In his letter near the end of his life, the Apostle Peter warned, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world” (1 Peter 5:8-9
).All of our leading ministers here at Headquarters join me in asking all of you brethren to join us in a spiritual fast a week from this coming Sabbath—which will be on the Sabbath of February 23. I ask that all of our ministers and elders and leaders of various little groups around the world show complete fidelity and join with us in leading your brethren to fast and seek God’s help beginning Friday evening at sunset and ending Saturday evening at sunset on February 22 and 23. We know that a few local Church picnics, activities, parties, etc. will no doubt be interrupted. But we do not need to “wait” before seeking God, as Satan is certainly not “waiting” before attacking the very Church of the living God at this time!
Passover is coming. We all need to draw closer to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and to God our Father in every way. We all need to realize our great need to look to the sacrifice of Christ to cover the sins and transgressions we have all committed. We also need to look to Jesus Christ the living Head of God’s true Church (Ephesians 1:22-23
) to inspire, guide and deliver us from
every trial and test in this life and bring us into God’s everlasting Kingdom.
He is our Savior. He is our Head and High Priest. He was sent here by the
Father Himself to set us the example of the perfect life all of us should be
living—totally surrendered and walking with God in every way.Dear brethren, this Work will carry on with increasing power as it always has—if we do our part. But I do ask you, in Jesus’ name, to heartfeltly join with us “seeking God” and earnestly giving of yourselves in this period of fasting and prayer that God will rebuke and chasten, cleanse and purge and then empower all of us—individually and collectively—to “finish the course” and fully prepare ourselves and the Church of God for Christ’s coming Kingdom. Thank you, dear brethren, for your love, for your loyalty, your support and your extra help at this time.
With Christian love,
Roderick C. Meredith
| January 15, 2013 |
| By Roderick C. Meredith |
Dear Brethren and Co-Workers with Christ,
Greetings from Charlotte, NC! How much longer? How much longer can this sick society continue until the Creator has to intervene? All around us we see confused, disillusioned and discouraged people—far more than at any other time in my 82 years of life! Virtually every thinking person seems to be aware that “something” is going terribly wrong in this world’s society!
But practically no one has any real understanding of the genuine cause of this universal malaise.
Why?
The true answer—if you are actually willing to believe the Bible—is that the Eternal God is not now “trying” to save humanity. Otherwise, everyone would understand why we were born, what is the real purpose
for our lives, etc. But the Creator is now allowing humanity to “go its
own way” for a period of around 6,000 years. Then, He will send Jesus
Christ back to this earth to truly “save” humanity from destroying
itself (Matthew 24:22
). Right now, however, God reveals in His inspired Word, “But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded,
who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of
Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them” (2 Corinthians
4:3-4). In order to allow humanity free rein to experiment with its own humanly devised
systems of government, religion, education, etc., God is allowing
mankind to go its own way—and eventually come to realize the utter
emptiness, the suffering, and the mental, physical and emotional agony that a world without God produces.
Also,
of course, God is allowing Satan the Devil to exacerbate the sufferings
brought about by man’s rejection of God’s way. The Bible reveals the
battle for your mind being waged by Satan the Devil, “…the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among
whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh,
fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature
children of wrath, just as the others” (Ephesians 2:2-3
).
Indeed, we have all been “children of wrath”—sinful human beings cut off from God. However, within a comparatively few years, God Almighty will intervene! As God’s inspired Word tells us again and again, the true Christ of the Bible will return to save humanity from itself: “And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, ‘The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!’” (Revelation 11:15
).
Until that happens, however, those people who have had their minds opened to God’s precious Truth should be realistically preparing
for the soon-coming Government of God to be set up on this earth under
the returning Jesus Christ. Over and over, my friends, God’s Word makes
it very clear what we should be doing right now.
In the famous “Parable of the Pounds” in Luke 19:11-27
, Jesus Christ clearly describes how His true servants ought to grow in
their capacity to serve until He returns. For the faithful Christians
who truly “overcome” and grow, Christ promises the opportunity to rule in His coming Government. To the person whose pound or “mina” increased tenfold, Christ states, “Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities” (v. 17). To the one who was also faithful but only increased half as much, Christ stated, “You also be over five cities” (v. 19).
As
Jesus Christ directly states in Revelation 2:26-27
, “And he who
overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power
over the nations—‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—
as I also have received from My Father.” Again, in describing the
inspiring “Song of the Saints,” God’s Word reveals, “You are worthy to
take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have
redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and
people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth” (Revelation 5:9-10).
Could anything be more clear? True Christians in the Church of God today are called by God not only to obtain personal salvation. Rather, we are charged by Jesus Christ to do two major things:
I. “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned” (Mark 16:15-16
). As all of you Tomorrow’s World readers should know, the true “Gospel” is the Good News of the coming Kingdom or Government of God. As Jesus explained, “this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come” (Matthew 24:14).
II. The second thing all genuine followers of Christ are instructed to do is to become those “overcomers” who will assist Christ in ruling over the cities and nations of this entire world upon Christ’s return. Remember, Jesus Christ is the “King of kings and the Lord of lords” (Revelation 19:16
). True Christians are right now
supposed to be “in training” for that awesome responsibility. That is
why the Apostle Paul was inspired to tell us, “Do you not know that the
saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are
you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Do you not know that we
shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?” (1
Corinthians 6:2-3).
My friends, are you personally really studying the inspired Word of God regularly? Are you meditating about your God-given purpose in life? And are you fervently praying for
God’s help in overcoming your own weak human nature, overcoming the
distractions and temptations of this world, and overcoming the constant
bombardment of Satan’s attacks with his input of wrong attitudes being pushed at you continually?
Truly, we are in a genuine spiritual “battle” in all of this. But our Almighty Father loves us and He intends that we become overcomers—if we are truly “stirred up” to do our part with zeal. Yet, with Jesus Christ living His life within us through the Holy Spirit, we can and we will make it! As the Apostle Paul stated, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13
).
Please be totally honest, my friends! Recognize the fact that it is only through this Work that most of you have become fully informed about the true understanding of why you were born, about what your real purpose is, and how to achieve that purpose! We are doing everything we can to strengthen you, to encourage you and to inspire you to achieve God’s great purpose
for your very life! In turn, thousands of you have already been helping
and supporting this Work in a wonderful way for which we thank you very much!
Your fervent prayers and encouragement, your faithful tithes and
generous offerings have made it possible for us to accomplish a great
deal this past year in spreading the genuine truth
of Almighty God. Our television programs are now regularly bringing in
five to seven thousand responses almost every single week—some responses
coming in at even eight thousand for one week’s program! Recently, we
have added a number of new television stations including: KPXB
in Houston, TX, airing Sunday mornings at 10:30; Beaumont, TX, has KBTV
airing Sunday mornings at 6:30; WZME airs in New Haven, CT, at 11:00
Sunday evenings and reaches the New York and Long Island areas as well;
WPXW in Washington, DC, airs Sunday mornings at 10:30; KPXC in Denver,
CO, airs Sunday mornings at 9:00; and KCWI in Des Moines, IA, airs
Sunday mornings at 7:00. We are also working on more opportunities and
pray that we will have the opportunity and the income to begin to reach far more millions
of our fellow human beings with this end-time message as God makes
possible. Again, none of this could have been accomplished without God’s
guidance and without your dedication and your financial backing. Thank you!
My
dear friends, most of you—as well as we here in Charlotte—realize we
are really near the “end” of this present age. God is watching as to how
stirred up we are about reaching our fellow human beings before it is
too late. We all know that only God will be able to truly bless and to reward
us in the magnificent way He promises. In His inspired Word, our
heavenly Father promises, “And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers
fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may
rejoice together” (John 4:36
). The great God of the universe indicates
that He will give “wages” leading to eternal life
for those who help reap this spiritual harvest at the end of the age!
Let us all get truly excited and energized with the opportunity we have been given to be a direct part of His Work at the end of this age.
Even
now, at 82 years of age, I am going “all out” in trying to reach this
world with Christ’s message while I have the strength and the
opportunity. I am far from perfect, but I am earnestly trying to give my
life to the God who gives me breath and do His Work while there is opportunity. May God inspire us all to be energized and absolutely zealous in preparing for His coming Kingdom and therefore have the privilege of being rewarded forever
in the very Kingdom and Family of the great God who gives us life and
breath! God’s Work does need your help now. Our income has fallen
somewhat at the beginning of the year, and I personally ask you to be unusually generous
as best you can. Let us truly go “all out” in honoring our great
Creator, dear brethren, and letting God know exactly where we stand by
serving Him with all of our being.
With Christian love,
Roderick C. Meredith
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