THE TRUTH

Proverbs 3:5-7, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways
acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.”

Food, Hunger And Starvation Facts

• In the Asian, African and Latin American countries, well over 500 million people are living in what the World Bank has called "absolute poverty"
• Every year 15 million children die of hunger

• For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunch every day for 5 years
• Throughout the 1990's more than 100 million children will die from illness and starvation. Those 100 million deaths could be prevented for the price of ten Stealth bombers, or what the world spends on its military in two days!
• The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is well-fed, one-third is under-fed one-third is starving- Since you've entered this site at least 200 people have died of starvation. Over 4 million will die this year.
• One in twelve people worldwide is malnourished, including 160 million children under the age of 5. United Nations Food and Agriculture
• The Indian subcontinent has nearly half the world's hungry people. Africa and the rest of Asia together have approximately 40%, and the remaining hungry people are found in Latin America and other parts of the world. Hunger in Global Economy
• Nearly one in four people, 1.3 billion - a majority of humanity - live on less than $1 per day, while the world's 358 billionaires have assets exceeding the combined annual incomes of countries with 45 percent of the world's people. UNICEF
• 3 billion people in the world today struggle to survive on US$2/day.
• In 1994 the Urban Institute in Washington DC estimated that one out of 6 elderly people in the U.S. has an inadequate diet.
• In the U.S. hunger and race are related. In 1991 46% of African-American children were chronically hungry, and 40% of Latino children were chronically hungry compared to 16% of white children.
• The infant mortality rate is closely linked to inadequate nutrition among pregnant women. The U.S. ranks 23rd among industrial nations in infant mortality. African-American infants die at nearly twice the rate of white infants.
• One out of every eight children under the age of twelve in the U.S. goes to bed hungry every night.
• Half of all children under five years of age in South Asia and one third of those in sub-Saharan Africa are malnourished.
• In 1997 alone, the lives of at least 300,000 young children were saved by vitamin A supplementation programs in developing countries.
• Malnutrition is implicated in more than half of all child deaths worldwide - a proportion unmatched by any infectious disease since the Black Death
• About 183 million children weigh less than they should for their age
• To satisfy the world's sanitation and food requirements would cost only US$13 billion- what the people of the United States and the European Union spend on perfume each year.
• The assets of the world's three richest men are more than the combined GNP of all the least developed countries on the planet.

• Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger
• It is estimated that some 800 million people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition, about 100 times as many as those who actually die from it each year.

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“Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes it's laws.”
—Mayer Amschel Bauer Rothschild

“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent they conquered.” —U.S. President, Thomas Jefferson

GERALD CELENTE - Top Trends 2012 - .PDF File (martial law, war and tyranny coming by 2013)

Gerald Celente - Alex Jones Nightly Infowars 08 June 2012 (Obama likely to be reelected 2012)

Proverb 30:14, “There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their
jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.”

       We are all so blessed by God. Below is a heart-touching photo of a man from Pakistan whose home flooded in 2012.

A dear man retrieves belongings from a flooded room of his
home following heavy rainfall in Karachi, Pakistan Picture: Fareed Khan/AP

“You can't love anybody, until you love everybody!”
—Pastor Jack Hyles, a precious quote from the MP3 sermon titled, “The Test Of Spiritual Maturity.”

In Defense of Defending Friends

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2016

Words of church wisdom from Dr. Bob Gray Sr.

HOW DO YOU HANDLE THE SLANDER OF A FRIEND?

(Thank you Dr. Gray for caring!!! We love you!)

Someone once asked Dr. Hyles, “What should I do when a friend is accused?”

Dr. Hyles’ response was, “Defend your friend.”

They went on to ask, “What about if I feel that the accusation is true?”

Dr. Hyles said, “Defend your friend.”

This person went on to ask, How can I defend my friend if I think they may be wrong?”

Dr. Hyles replied, “I always assume the innocence of a friend. I assume my friend did nothing wrong until it is proven otherwise.”

“So how do you handle it in the interim?” They asked.

Dr. Hyles said, “By letting my friend know that I am assuming their innocence, and that I do not believe that he would do anything such as this. I will ask why he thinks someone is saying these things. Inevitably,” he said, “they will either tell me the truth or ask me to help them arrive at a solution.”

When someone is accused they want a person in their corner who doesn’t believe the worst. A friend assumes innocence and then asks questions based upon the assumption of innocence. If the law assumes innocence until guilt is proved then why shouldn't Christians? As long as I knew him, Dr. Hyles continually handled situations in this manner. He always gave the benefit of the doubt.

Recently I was accused of handing a situation in a manner of which I was totally innocent. I was accused of taking a church to court, which of course I did not do. Some attacked me, but not one personally spoke to me about it. Some assumed it to be true. Someone very near and dear to my heart called and rebuked me, assuming my guilt. They did not ask if what they heard was true. They assumed it was.

Later I discovered that there was a misunderstanding created by a third party about which I knew nothing. Unfortunately, some had already assumed my guilt without ever asking me. People posted untruths on the Internet and said there was proof, but I knew nothing about it. They assumed the worst of me. They did not look at the over four decades of faithful service and assume my innocence. Instead, they deemed me guilty. Friends who defended me were attacked because there was so-called “proof.” I knew nothing about it, so my friends knew nothing about it.
Finally, on a public forum, someone told me that I had been misrepresented. I was able to correct it immediately. But, why did it take so long for someone to assume my innocence and ask me a question so the misunderstanding could be resolved? I don't understand. Well, I guess I do understand. We love to believe the worst about people, even people who we claim to love and respect.

A simple question of "Is this true?" could prevent a lot of needless speculation and hurt. When you say to someone "Why are you doing this?" there is NO open door for a sane conversation about what you think happened. Perception may not be reality and many can be hurt by pontificating perception.

Here is a step-by-step process that will help you avoid a lot of conflict. These are the principles taught to me by Dr. Hyles:

1. When someone is accused to you immediately assume their innocence. When my friend, Dr. Hyles, many years ago was accused by Evangelist Robert Sumner, I immediately assumed Brother Hyles’ innocence. It is a shame that those who are supposed to know the Scriptures do not respond scripturally. Matthew chapter 18 makes it clear the progression of events in order to arrive at a scriptural conclusion.

I, along with two other men of God, confronted Robert Sumner in his office. We asked for those witnesses and for proof against Brother Hyles. None was offered, but in extreme bitterness he raised his voice to me and said, “I will shut down Pastors’ School and your Soul Winning Clinic when I’m through.”
Many times over the years I have people deal with me in a manner which was not scriptural. Not one incident was handled scripturally. When an elder or layman is not allowed to “respond” treachery awaits, as an injustice on one is an injustice on all. It is always scriptural to assume innocence.

2. There should be two or three witnesses before you entertain the accusation. Uh, this is scriptural. It is amazing how we do not care about that. By the way, a witness is not someone who heard something second or third hand. First of all, no one should ever be accused without two or three witnesses. Even the accused is allowed to answer. Strange, but in the Old Testament the party put on trial were the “accusers” not the “accused.” It is best to assume innocence. Someone's good name can be ruined in a matter of seconds when the accused does not have his day in court. There are always THREE sides to every story. Yours, theirs, and the truth!

3. If someone provides some proof, continue to assume their innocence until the person is proven to be guilty. Assume that there must be extenuating circumstances. Assume there could be something wrong with the information. Let the person be innocent until proven guilty. While working for Dr. Hyles, dozens of accusations arose where we later discovered there was vendetta at play. Brother Hyles was wise enough to patiently look into situations without jumping to so-called logical decisions. Logical decision-making may not be Biblical decision-making.

4. If the accusation appears serious, say something to them. Something like, “I respect and admire you. I know you have always tried to do the right thing. Someone has said that you have taken an action that they feel is unscriptural. I want you to know that I am defending you to these people. Is there anything that I can do to help you?” The dialogue is then open. It is far better to assume this position than to be on the attack and defeat the opportunity to defend.

5. Do not talk about this to anyone else. I cannot tell you how many people last year talked about something of which I was totally unaware, but did not talk to me. There were preacher friends of mine who said they had seen proof, yet who did not take the time to tell or ask me about it. By assuming my innocence this could have been corrected sooner. I am old enough in my ministry to move on, but some who are much younger could be deeply damaged by not assuming innocence. I am accustomed to betrayal, but some cannot handle it or respond properly. Give everyone an opportunity by not talking to anyone else, except the person involved.

6. Do not assume that those who were talking talk about it publicly have good motives. How can you tell whether someone is accusing with the right motive? Let me give you a hint. If they talked about it publicly, their motives are suspect. That is simple enough. If they are out and out accusing, then they do not have good motives. I have had friends throughout these many years who read or heard accusations and never called me.

7. Mind your own business and let the situation run its course. Do not assume that you need to stick your nose into a questionable situation. One preacher said to one of my friends who recently defended me with an issue that hit the Internet, “Keep your nose out of it, it is a church issue.” That is astounding, because what was his nose doing listening to church members in the first place? Do yourself a favor and always keep your nose out of it.

8. Do not attack a friend. You might learn something from a recent situation in my ministry. Be a friend to your friends. I now know who my friends are. My friends are the ones who contact me assuming my innocence. They are those who want to know the truth. By the way, in this recent situation, the minute I found out that I had been misrepresented by a third party, I contacted the friends who defended me to inform them. Not one of them regretted defending me. In fact they said, “Dr. Gray, I defended you because I believe in you and I knew there had to be something more to this situation.” Obviously there was, and because they assumed the best about me they showed their friendship.

9. Fight the tendency to believe the worst. Why are we so quick to accept the worst about others? Why do we want to believe accusations against others? Why do we not defend our friends? If there was anything about Dr. Hyles that was consistent above all else, it was his friendship. He paid a price for defending his friends which is one reason why he had so many friends defend him when he was falsely accused. I never went to Dr. Hyles and said, “Dr. Hyles, I need to know if the accusations against you are true.” I went to him and said, “You are my friend and you have been my friend through the worst of times. I am your friend and I believe in you.”

10. Never forget the one who sticketh closer than a brother. By the way, there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother. That is the friend who not only does not assume the worst about us, but, when the worst is true, still cares about us enough not to want to hurt us. Had every accusation against Dr. Hyles been true, I would like to think that he would have had a friend in Bob Gray, Sr. who would not have forsaken him. I question the kind of friendship that forsakes a friend when there is an accusation even if it is true. What kind of friend is that?

Satan often comes before God and accuses me. Sad to say, sometimes the accusations are true. However, never once does my Heavenly Father accept those accusations against me because He has all already made me righteous in Christ. He has already proven His faithfulness. Oh that we would be more evenhanded in the way we deal with accusations against those we claim as friends. END

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         BATTLE OF THE AGES (MP3 by Dr. Hyles, “The King James Bible crowd is going to come out on top!”)

“God will still use you, I don't care what you've done!”
—an encouraging quote from the MP3 sermon by Dr. Jack Hyles titled, “If Thou Should Mark Iniquities, Who Could Stand?”

“The Devil will make you guilty about your past... You're not worthy to serve God, but neither is anybody else worthy to serve God, and so God's gotta have unworthy people serving Him... That's one reason why we should do everything we can to salvage people.” —a beautiful quote from the MP3 sermon by Dr. Jack Hyles titled, “If Thou Should Mark Iniquities, Who Could Stand?”

Don't judge others because they sin differently than you do!

Scientist, Albert Einstein (1879-1955), eloquently wrote in 1954:

Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else. And what a person thinks on his own without being stimulated by the thoughts and experiences of other people is even in the best case rather paltry and monotonous. There are only a few enlightened people with a lucid mind and style and with good taste within a century. What has been preserved of their work belongs among the most precious possessions of mankind. We owe it to a few writers of antiquity (Plato, Aristotle, etc.) that the people in the Middle Ages could slowly extricate themselves from the superstitions and ignorance that had darkened life for more than half a millennium. Nothing is more needed to overcome the modernist's snobbishness. (SOURCE: Albert Einstein, 1954)

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