MO'S WORLDWIDE FAMILY LETTERS NO.6,7,8!           DFO 311C        6/74
THE WAY OF KINGS--HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM!

         1. There are problems in being unequally yoked together with unbelievers! So once we have derived all the benefits we can from our unequal association with kings, I believe we may sometimes do better on our own. Maybe we had to go this way in order to learn the business, but once having learned, as poor David did under unscrupulous Saul, & as we once did under Fred, we don't have to keep ON being HAD!
         2. THERE USUALLY COMES A TIME WHEN WE'VE BEEN HAD ENOUGH! I don't believe any of us are strong enough to stand this kind of pressure & dominate this kind of men, so I believe what the situation sometimes needs is a lawyer to get the business straightened out the best he can. But also a good strong man with wisdom, conviction & the power of the Spirit can often talk up to these kings sweetly but firmly when necessary. You must be strong enough & diplomatic enough to stand up to your kings when necessary.
         3. BUT IF THEY INSIST, SOMETIMES YOU MAY HAVE TO JUST LET'M GO AHEAD & RUN THEIR OWN SHOW regardless of the mistakes they make, & suffer their own consequences as long as it does not involve us too much & cost us too much. They sometimes do a good job despite their mistakes, so maybe they can finish it if it doesn't finish them!
         4. I BELIEVE IN LETTING PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO as much as possible, for then they usually have more faith for it & will put more into it as well as enjoy it more, from which we will all receive more benefit. I'm doing what I like to do & I enjoy it!--Are you? I hope so!
         5. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT WHEN FRED BEGAN TO RESIST FAITHY & PLAY HER DOWN & TRY TO PUSH HER INTO THE BACKGROUND & USURP HER INFLUENCE OVER THE KIDS, IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END? He really thought he could get rid of her & keep the kids & run things all by himself!--Like ALL kings: DUMP the PROPHET & KEEP the POWER & the PEOPLE! But God will not tolerate it! "Touch not the Lord's anointed, & do His Prophets no harm!--For He that toucheth YOU toucheth the apple of MINE eye!"
         6. I BELIEVE THE MISTAKE WE MADE WITH FRED WAS THAT WE DIDN'T WARN HIM SOON ENOUGH that if he rejected our leadership he would lose the kids too--the whole show! We didn't make it clear enough that the KIDS wouldn't follow him without US in the lead. He really thought he could steal THEM & dump US! Like these Paris kings, he thought he'd found a goldmine of free or cheap labour & talent, so he decided he wanted it all to himself without any Prophet telling him what to do!--So he decided to try to kill the goose so he could get all the golden eggs at once! But you know what happened: He lost the eggs too!--They followed us out, every one of them! He must have been dumbfounded! He was really stunned on that first "Childless" show afterward! He just didn't believe it would happen! c
         7. KINGS ARE JUST THAT DUMB WHEN IT COMES TO SPIRITUAL THINGS & THE WAYS OF GOD & HIS PROPHETS! God will not take second place! He will not let Himself in the person of His Prophets be pushed back into the background!--With God, it's ALL or NOTHING at all! You either take Him & His Prophet WITH Him to get His blessings TOO, or you lose EVERYTHING! Eventually, because they seldom go all the way with GOD, God seldom goes all the way with THEM, & they're left out hanging on a limb somewhere high & dry WITHOUT Him! They think they can have it ALL & NOT share it with GOD, so they wind up with NOTHING!
         8. BUT THE PROPHET'S MISTAKE IS NOT TO GIVE THE KINGS FAIR WARNING OF THIS! You must warn them fairly & in advance that either you do it GOD'S way with HIS leadership or we will not follow the king! ALL you kids must make this very clear to your kings.--They always think, "Well, SOME will follow without the Prophet!"--& then they are surprised when everybody leaves! When I sent that letter of ultimatum to Fred that either the kids got the Coachella Ranch & what was coming to them, or they'd pull out, he really didn't believe it! When I encouraged you to tell him off & demand your rights, he thought he could just have the leaders arrested & evicted & his troubles would be over--everybody else would stay--but it didn't work that way!--Even though you had to camp out in the park & vacate both Los Angeles & the Ranch, he didn't get ONE of us!--Not ONE!
         9. AND THIS IS WHAT YOU MUST WARN YOUR KINGS OF IN ADVANCE: It's only fair to them!--That if they don't honour God's leadership & quit trying to compromise or suppress His Message, they're going to lose everything!--They'll wind up with nothing but a bunch of empty worthless CONTRACTS & no PEOPLE! Many of those music contracts are ungodly anyway because they despise your birthright for a mess of pottage!
         10. SO YOU MUST GIVE YOUR KINGS FAIR WARNING THAT IF THEY CONTINUE TO DISHONOUR OUR LEADERSHIP & MESSAGE, THEY'RE GONNA LOSE EVERYTHING!--Make it clear & definite.--The only way labour ever gets ANYTHING out of management is by THREATENING to strike or STRIKING if they don't get what is their due!--And you must make them believe you will really ALL do it too!--Take a vote by a show of hands of the kids right in their presence if necessary to convince them!--You've GOTTA do it to let'm know you mean BUSINESS! You've compromised & kowtowed & licked their boots long enough!--You've been patient & kept sweet & taken a lot, like with Fred. But there always comes a time to get firm & set your foot down & say, "Thus far & no further!"--A time to rally 'round your leadership & take a stand for your convictions!
         11. AS IN FRED'S CASE, THE DECIDING FACTOR OFTEN SEEMS TO BE THE ONE WHO CARRIES THE SPIRIT OF THEIR FATHER & IS NO COMPROMISER!--Like Faith, who is a battlefront general & is always in the forefront of the battle if there IS one--& there always seems to be one impending if your kings don't wake up & say they're sorry & ask God to forgive them--at least ask YOU to forgive them!--And then give you their proper recognition & respect & at least listen to your suggestions! This whole thing is either of GOD & must be led by HIS Spirit or it will come to naught anyway!--If it be of MAN & you let MAN run it & run you down & even defy you & God, it will absolutely come to naught no matter how hard you all try!--It's gotta be GOD!
         12. SO EITHER YOU TELL THOSE KINGS OFF NOW BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER IN SELLING YOURSELVES TOO CHEAP & SELLING GOD OUT, & take your stand for what is RIGHT & your PLACE & your DUE, or you're going to be sorry!--And so will they!--It's now or never! "Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers!"--2Cor.6:14. Either they've got to accept YOU & your MESSAGE or reject BOTH!--Including your leadership!--They can't have their cake & eat it too!--They've got to share it: Read the Letters on kings & how far you can go with them--& go no farther! (Nos. 27, 193, 211, 217, 218. etc.)

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