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The Work of GOD Is Growing

the Official Churches is no longer in alignment with the teaching and
behaviour of our LORD and Master JESUS CHRIST; for example, the
commanding authority and claims to power of the hierarchical church
leaders, the use of all the GOD-opposing ecclesiastical office titles, the
unmanly, colourful and flashy vestments of the shepherds and
dignitaries, the legislation which has become more extensive than that
in the Old Testament (although CHRIST wanted to free us from it). This
and much more is the work of man.

Last Whit Sunday, GOD commissioned me to be His Instrument for
the renewal of the Church – and this no longer according to the
teachings and guidelines of the Church, but directly according to the
will of GOD! I was shocked to recognise that the HOLY SPIRIT has left
the great Church and chosen our community, which I am to lead as
His Instrument!

Yet I could see that we are not a new Church, but that we sprouted out
of the old one like a green branch. Now, however, we have taken root
on our own, as the old tree has become rotten and is now decaying.

Even though I believed that I could build this Church immediately, I
was nonetheless taught that it would take a while. For not only are the
customs and the like to be changed, but likewise the hearts of men
must be transformed at the same time.»

In the Following 20 Years,
the renewal of the Church took place “under the ground” – the roots
were being worked on. The Sword-Bishop was bearing the whole
burden of the Church’s sins, mystical atoning sufferings, which also
had a physical effect. In December 1991, he underwent a serious heart
operation, after which his spirit did not want to return for 24 hours and
his life was very much feared for. GOD actually wanted to take His
Sword-Bishop to Himself, since he was so rejected on earth. But the
fervent prayers of Mother Paula, his family and the spiritual children,
and more besides, caused GOD to leave him on earth to go on
carrying the Church. The surgeon guaranteed him 10 years of life at
that time, but in the meantime it has become 30 years.

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