Good News 1978 (Prelim No 23) Nov 20 - Herbert W. Armstrong

Monday, Nov. 20, 1978 The GOOD NEWS . 13
,'SEVEN PROOFS!'
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(Co~t i n ue d from pa ge 12 )
He put DOUBTS in her mind
about God' s veracity. He deceived
he r into belie ving God had
been unfair - selfish . He subtly
injected vanity of mind. He misled
her into thinki ng it was right to
take of tbe forbidden' fruit.
-, Adam , not deceived , nevertheless
went along with his wife.
With her, he took to himself the
determination of what is right and
what is wrong thus
DlSBEUEVING what His Maker
had said, ReJ ECTING God as
Savior and Ruler-c- rejecting God .
as the source of revealed "BASIC'
KNOWLEDGE. He be liev ed and
followed Satan ' s WAY !
Man's sentence pronoun ced
Whe n God " dro ve o ut the
man " from the Garden of Ede n
and barre d reerirrance-t-fesr hego
back and receive eternal life in sin
(Genesis '3:22' 24),' Go d PRO­
NOUNCED SENTENCE!
. God said. in effect ; "YOU have
· made the decision for yourself and
the world' that shall spring from
you. You have rejected me as the
basic sourceof knowledge - you
have rebelled against my corn-
· mand and my gove rn ment - yo u
have c hos en the GETTING, '
TAKI NG way of Satan. Therefore.I
sentence you and the world you
shall beg et to 6,000 yearsofbeing
CUT OFf from access to me, my
· revealed know ledge, my WAY of
life - E XC~PT for the comparativel
y exceeding few I shall specially
call for special serv ice preparatory
[Q my King dom.oo, and
prod uce 'Yourown fund of knc wl:
edge with your carna l, hostile
minds . Produce your own carna l
. scholarship and sys tem of disseminating
it. GO and create you r
own gods and relig ion s. GO,form
yo ur ow n human -devised
GOVERNMENTS. Satan, in all this,
will deceiv e your world into recei
ving his ,0\TI lTUDE of vanity,
lust and greed, envy and jealousy,
s uspicion and disbelief , competition
and strife and violence - into
unrea lized REBEL LIONagainst me
and my WAYof outflowing LOVE!
After your wor ld has written the
lesson of yo ur WAy in 6,000 years
of-evils . . troubl es , frustrations ,
sickness , sorrow, suffering and
DEATH . I will INTERVENE! I will
by supern atu ral di vine POWER ­
take over the governme nt and
educationofthe whole world, calling
all to me - to repentance.of
your false way , and to eternal salvatian."
.
Excep t for those s pec iall y
called for special duty preparing
fr ,-:od ' s K IN G~M. ALL HUMAN ~
I l H.\S BEEN CUT OFF FROM GOD
T!-lE SE 6.000 YEARS!
I know and privately discuss
world conditions w ith many
heads o f sta te - ki ngs; emperors,
president s, prime ministers,
ambassadors, men high in
governments. T hey all have to
dea l with problems and evils with
which they are utterl y unable to
cope.. ~
WHY? Few indeed know. But"!
have just told you rhec xu ss. This
KNOWLEDGE makes the one true
C hurch of God UNIQ UE in the
world! .
The TRUTH that all are CUTOFF
from God except those specia lly
calle d by God was emp hasized by
Jesus. He said , plainly, "NO MAN
CAN come to me, except the
Father which .. . sent me draw
him . . ." (John 6:44) . No scripture
contradicts that . '
The onl y day of salvation?
The most universal false teachin
g, believed by vi rtually all
churc hes called Christianity, ex-:
cept the one and only true and
originalChurchofGod is that ALL.
are auto matically lost unle ss they
profess Jesus Christ as Savior ­
and that now is the only day of
salvation. . --';
Tho se cutofffrom God are NOT
lost - unle ss called and then lost .
T he y are ' sim ply NOT YET '
JUDGED! All so far called since ­
Adam have been called , not8l0 ne
for salva tion , but prim arily for a
special mission - and salvation
goes along automatically if the y
do repent , belie ve . receive and be
led by the Holy Spirit. .
All still living will be called
d uri ng 'the mill ennium , "with
Christ ruling all nations - and all
others uncalledrpreviously) will
be resurrect ed and called in the
Great Whi te T hrone Judgment
follow ing the millennium . There
willbeno Satan to overcome then .
Just as Adam was req uired to
reject and overcome the pull of
Sat an to qualify to succeed to the
throne of the earth , so was Jesus
Christ, tbe .second Adam . Jesus
Christ did "qualify. Those ' can"
verted prior to His return must
also qualify, in order to sit with
Him on His throne (Revelation
2:26, 27 and 3':21).
- ' PROOF NO, 4 ",
THE TRUTH ABOUTISRAEL
The Holy Bible is essentially
the book of and concerning the
nation Israel. It is concerned with
other nations only as they come
.into contact with Israel.
But the answer to WHY God
Moses was not seeking God ,
but God called Moses at the burning
bush.' But Mose s made excuse.
protesting the assignment
- saying he could not do it because
' he had an impediment
of speec h. But God ca lled
his brother Aaron to speak for
him.
. The c hildren of Israel, 430
years after Abraham, were groaning
and cryi ng out because of their
slavery.in E gypt-but"there is no
statement reco rded that they were
seek ing a relationship with God .
However, God heard their groan ­
ings and deli vered them by supernatural
mi racle s out of Egypt
unde r Moses.
There must have been two to
four million of them - for there
God ' s revealed knowle dge.
"
. WHY carnalIsraell
"One reason-God raised up ancient Israel was to prove,'eventual/y
(not yet realized) to aI/ humanity that the carnal mind"withal/its
intel/ectual accomplishments simply will not accept and live by the
revealed knowledge of GOD . . ." . . ' ..
called that nation and the fact of
theirdivision into the TWOnations
- the kingdom of Israel, and. the
kingdo m of Judah - and the
present-day identity of tbe hou se
of Israel fo rms another vital
PROOF that identifies the one and
only o riginal C hurch of God .
, God's true Chu rch know st'r-t
ONLY those specially called by
God for special purpose have had '
access to Him from Adam until ­
now.
Certa inly it is almost without
exception that those called did not
first seek God '- He sought out
and ca lled them .
Noah was not seeking God, bUI
God called Noa h to build a great
ship on dry land away from any
ocean. Noah carr ied out .the assignment
amid Persecut ions and
jeers. _
Abraham was not seeking God ,
. but God called Abram - and
witho ut protest or quest io n
Abram obeved and went and became
the " iather of thc faithful ,"
to whom the promises of both the
national Israel birthright and eternal
salvation through Christ were
give n.
"Except for those special/ycal/ed for
special duty preparing for God's KING­
DOM, ALL HUMANITY HAS BEEN CUT
OFF FROM GOD THESE 6,000 YEARS!';
were 600.000 men. not co unting .
wome n and children.
At Mt . Sinai God proposed to
them His.cpvenant that they be­
completely from the rev ea led degre e - until Joshua died at age
knowledge from God . But, as 110. " .
stated previously, God retained
The~ . true ' to hum an experience,
when that generation died ,
come His narion and His congre - '
the prerogative of cal ling out of
gation (" the church in the wildeme
ss " Acts 7:-38). God
man ' s world certain few in preparat
ion for His Kingdom . So God tion after them. which knew not
"'.' . . there arose another gener a­
offered them , forobed ience to His
. deli berately called a NAn ON, and : the Eternal . . .' And the children
go vernment , mat erial and na ­
throu gh Moses revealed to them of Israel did evil in the sight of the
tional rewards - but nq spiritual
the knowledge of Hl S LAW- His Eternal. and serv ed Baalim" --=- a
salvation. The Holy Spirit was
WILL- His WAYOF u Fi :'which · pagan god of the Canaanites
given only io the prophets whom
is outflowing LOVE! •
(Judges 2:10-11).
God called and diose.
God OlD N ~T give them His Repeatedly they wo uld forsake
Now WHY did God call a car­
God, turn to idolatry of neighbo r
.nal,': un sp iritual 'people into a
nation s.j go into captivity - cry
husband- and-wife relationship ,
. out to God for deliverance . when
as well as His nation with His
God wo uld ra ise up j udges
gove rnme nt? .
(heroes, leaders) by whom God "
W onde rful abilities of
natural mind
Natural carnal MAN . with the
one " human" spirit imparting
materialistic intellect . has been -c.
even without co ntact with :and
help from .GOD~ abletoaccom­
'p l is h- ' w (}~ der-s in the 'physical
realm. Thi s is not testimon y to the
good ness of MAN. but to the wonderfu
l creati ve abilit y of man ' s
Maker! .
At the towe r of Babel God said:
" . . . this they begin to do: and
now nothin g will be' restrained
from '. .. which they have imagined
to do" (Genesis 11:6) . Inventio
n and production of the
modem computer- send ing men
to the moon and safely back - are
two modem examp les.
Cut of f from GOD"- having
_ only the one " human" spirit that
.empo wers intellect - ' MAN· has
develo ped a scho larship that says ,
" Given suf fic ient KNOWLEDGE
and we can solve every probtern.
" The mod ern univer sity is a
.KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION fac ­
tory.
Yet, I h ~ ve said the ;"ost highl y
educated are the mm.; ignorantbeca
use their >,.It " elopment of
knowled ge has ' on lI MITEDco-fi
ned to the yll) .iicalaHd rnaterial.
Without the Holy Spirit of
God , they are. in the vernacular .
"not .all there!"
. God says of this "intellectual"
human mind . that it is ". : . deceitful
above all things, and desperately
wicked " (Jeremiah
17:9) - aod , " the carnal
mind is enmi ty [hostile] against
God : for it is not subject to the law
of God, neither indeed can be"
(Romans 8:7). .
Goo had shut man off from
Parlia ment, Knesset or Diet. He .
through Moses . was their Lawgiver
.
Under God was " the Wo rd" ­
Yahweh - who was to become
Christ. :Under Him was Moses .
Under Moses were captains over
tho usand s, ca ptains over: hun ­
dreds. over fifties .
When Aaron and their , siste r
Miriam wanted eq ual authority in
the government with Moses , God
punished! When Kor ah .and his
group wanted equal"say-so" and
authority, God destroyed them. It
'was GOD- not the peo ple - who
chose and put Moses in authoritv.
There was po.dem ocracy. . • ;
-HOW did ca rn al Israel
respond?
But how did carnal-minded Israe
l res po nd to Go d' s great
generosity, love and blessings? .,.
Let God answer! ;1,,[;-,· ;\
~He says: ' "Hear, O hea ~e~~.~~ .
and give ear, 0 earth: for the Ete~-= .".
nal hat h spoken, I have nourished
and brought up children , and they
have rebelled against me. The ox
knoweth his owner•and the ass his
master' s crib: but Israel doth not
" .,( ~< ~rw0 't'kmy ~o p l~ do not consider .
'iJ ~§!' sII,i ~uL@~o n, a people laden
One reason Go4 raise d up an-
With iniquity, a seed of evildoe rs,
childre n that are co rrupters: they
ci ent Is ra el w as to prove ;' have forsakenthe Eternal, the y
eventu all y (not yet realized) to all haveprovoked the Holy One of
hum anit y that the carnal mind Israeluntoanger. T hey are gone
with all its intellectual accorn- [ha ve done] awa y backward"
plishment s simply will not acce pt (Isaiah 1:2-4). .
and live by the revealed knowledge
of GOD- even though God
After Mose s
should reve al it to them. (Romans
1:20-21).
Other nation s were c ut off
Aft er Mo ses , the Israelites
were 'led into the promised land by
Joshua. Israel served God':- to a
Hol y.Spirit. He gave that only to
Moses, and the prophets --c- all .
spec iall y called .
But I God did give them His
spiritual LAW . As a substitute for
the shed blood of Ch rist, He gave
them anima l sacrifices. whic h
could not remitsinsc-- were only a
rem inder of sin. He gave them
also , as a temporary substitute for
the Holy Spirit, a law of physical
. ritua ls, meat and drink o fferings
, and carnal ord inances . These instilled
the habit of obe dience .
'Then. of course. as a civil nation
He gave them His' GOVERNMENT·.
with its basic spiritu al Jaw and its
, , statutes and judgm ent s- He gave
them HIS SYSTEM of government
- authority from the TOPDOWN.
. God Himself was the ir Congress ,
freed them - 'hen after a degree
of peace amid idol wors hip when
the ."judge died , Go d allowe d
them to be take n into captivity
.again.
Th is continued for some few
generatio ns . :!~ _ ~ ,'·1:• .; , _:. ~ ,,:,;:,'.
T hen Israel' was ruled by the ,,"
. priest El i. Eli had two sons, also in
the pries tly service. These ,sons
were taking unlawfu l gain from
the peop le , mis leadin g the peo ­
ple . 'having immoral rel ations
with the women who asse mbled at
the door of the tabernacle . Now
Eli was very old - near 90 -c'and
said to his sons, " . . . Why do ye
such th in g s? . ~ .. (I Samuel
2:22-25 ) . " . : . Notwithstand ing
they hearkened notto the voice of
their .father; . ." The sons continuedtbe.evils,
andthe priest Eli
didnotput them out of the priesthood
. .
When ~ris go wrong
God said 'to Eli, " W herefore
. . . honorest thy sons above
me? . . ." (I Samue l 2:29) and decreed
they should die. When news
came to Eli , past 90 y~ars, th at hi,
sons had been killed and the ark of
Go d taken in battle , Eli fell
backward, broke his neck and
died!
Perhaps another evid ence of
the Worl dw ide C hurch of God '
bein g the one original Church of
God is that its apostle did remove
hisson. who was secu lariz ing
God's Church and college, besides
other sins . It is a difficult and
heartbreaking thing for a father to
have to doc-Eli honored his sinning
sons..hold ing priestly office.
above God ;' God's apostl e of our '
day, · c~~hi ~·g and heart breaking .
though tt 'be;-was given the courage
b~' i h eli vin g Chr ist to do that
very'difficulithirig. . . '
. S.a m'~ ~i ! 'had ~~n trained as a
prophO't frrima chi ld under Eli . He
was 'Israbr s" ne xt leader. Bin the
people rejected God as King over
them and dem anded a.humanking
" that we mav be like all the na-
(See SEVEN ' PROOFS, ~~. , 16 )
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