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August, 1966
The PLAIN TRUTH
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REPENTED of transgressing God's Law
- which after all is THE WAY to success
- and have now received God's promised
Holy Spirit to give them the
strength to QUIT MAKING so many mislakes
and to begin obeying the Living
Law of their Creator. The Holy Spirit
is promised only to those who have
repented of their sins of transgressing
God's Law and have accepted Jesus
Christ as their Savior and Ruler (Acts
2 :38).
God imparts to us the power to overcome
our human nature and quit making
so many mistakes by giving us of
His Spirit. Notice: "For God hath not
given us the spirit of fear; but of
POWER} and of love, and of a sound
mind" (II Tim. L: 7). It is through
the POWER of God's Spirit, then, that
the true Christian can LITERALLY begin
to conquer his human nature, overcome
his mistakes and make the kind of
permanent success his Creator intended.
Your Wholehearted ACTION
Required
To really quit making constant mistakes
and to become a success, you will
have to FERVENTLY DESIRE this result!
Just "thinking about it" isn't good
enough. You must be willing to pay the
price of success. It is worth it!
Let us review the FIVE
should take:
ST EPS you
First, you need to find the real
CAUSE of your problems or mistakes.
Don't spend aU your time and effort
coming up with a temporary solution
which only alleviates the resllit of your
mistake. Get at the CAUSE and thereby
a1loid fllture mistakes of the same nature.
Second, learn to ADMIT and go to
work on your mistakes. Follow Bernard
Baruch's example of seeking to determine
where YOll have made YOUR mistakeS-NEVER
seeking to excuse yourself
but gttardillg solely agaillst a repetition
of the same error.
Third, leam and practice the LAWS
of life, health and success. Write for
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Seven Laws of Success} How to End
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in your life!
Fourth, begin to discipline your emotions,
words and actions with God's
help and power of His Spirit.
Fifth, be wholehearted in fervently
desiring to overcome your mistakes and
in DOING JT!
God says: "Whatsoever thy hand
fi ndeth to do, do it with thy MIGHT"
(Eccl. 9: LO).
THE BIBLE ANSWERS
In deali ng with your personal mIStakes
and problems, if you will learn to
find the real CAUSE-and then follow
through with the above five steps-you
will surely find success. In overcoming
your mistakes AND YOURSELF, you will
have a deep sense of accomplishment
and a growing realization that this process
is also leading you far down the
road to fulfilling the very PURPOSE of
human existence!
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questions, While we cannot promise that all questions will find space
for anSwer in this department, we shall try to anSwer all that are vital
and in the general interest of our readers.
• The Bible says "believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt
be saved" (Acts 16:31), I have
been told chac we can disobey
God's Commandments and still
be saved) jusc as long as we
"believe." Is this right? G, A.
What do you mean-"beJieve"?
The word "believe" is a big, strong
word. It implies faith, conviction,
confidence, trust, certainty.
Faith and belief are not little words.
When you say "I believe on Christ,"
you go to the very heart and core of
your reason for being.
When we "believe on" Christ, we
come to know him.
Now read what 1 John 2:4 says about
those who claim to know Christ: "He
that saith, 'I know him,' "-that is, he
that believes on Christ-"and keepeth
not his commandments is a liar, and
the truth is not in him. "
Anyone who says he "believes," but
,·efllses to obey} God calls a liar! Because
he doesn't really believe what
Christ said. What did Jesus say? What
did He command us to believe?
"Repent ye, and believe the gospel"
(Mark I:L 5). The gospel deals with
obedience.' Now read these verses:
"If thou wilt enter into life, keep the
commandments" (Mat. L9:17).
"And hereby we do know that we
know him, if we keep his commandments"
(I John 2:3).
"For this is the love of God. that we
keep his commandments: and his commandments
are not grievous" ( I John
5:3).
Acts 5:29, 32: "We ought to obey
God ... " And to whom does God give
His Holy Spirit? " . .. The Holy Spirit,
whom God has given to them that
obey him."
"Faith [and that includes belief]
without works is dead!" (James 2:26.)
Why is obedience so necessary? Because
"the law is holy, and the commandment
holy, and just, and good"
(Rom. 7:L2) . The Law of God is good
for you. Sin is bad for you. That's why
Christ commands you to obey God's
Law-it's for your own good!
Will you believe Him ?