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The amazing thing to observe from 1 and 2 Samuel is that while David sinned and many suffered thereby , God sovereignly chose to bring about great blessings through his failures . Bracing the fearful cold of the Arctic regions and the enervating heat of the torrid zone ; heedless of the hazards , the loneliness and the austerity of the deserts , the far-away islands and mountains wherein they will be called upon to dwell ; undeterred by the clamor which the exponents of religious orthodoxy are sure to raise , or by the restrictive measures which political leaders may impose ; undismayed by the smallness of their numbers and the multitude of their potential adversaries ; armed with the efficacious weapons their own hands have slowly and laboriously forged in anticipation of this glorious and inevitable encounter with the organized forces of superstition , of corruption and of unbelief ; placing their whole trust in the matchless potency of & Baha'u'llah 's teachings , in the all-conquering power of His might and the infallibility of His glorious and oft-repeated promises , let them press forward , each according to his strength and resources , into the vast arena now lying before them , and which , God willing , will witness , in the years immediately lying ahead , such exhibitions of prowess and of heroic self-sacrifice as may well recall the superb feats achieved by that immortal band of God-intoxicated heroes who have so immeasurably enriched the annals of the Christian , the Islamic and & Babi Dispensations . He will accept one ( truth A , God is one ) either to the neglect of the other or reject it completely ( truth B , God a tri-personality ) , or he will swing to the other side and either minimize or reject truth A and emphasize truth B. FGC provides resources and opportunities that educate and invite members and attenders to experience , individually and corporately , God 's living presence , and to discern and follow God 's leadings . The first is from Numbers , 11 , where Moses , not being able alone to undergo the whole burden of administering the affairs of the people of Israel , God commanded him to choose seventy elders , and took part of the spirit of Moses , to put it upon those seventy elders : by which is understood , not that God weakened the spirit of Moses , for that had not eased him at all , but that they had all of them their authority from him ; wherein he doth truly and ingenuously interpret that place .