Plain Truth 1962 (Vol XXVII No 08) Aug - Lcgmn.com

August, 1962
The PLAIN TRUTH
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the knowledge of God's rrmh that has
been opened to his mind!
How Hell Fire Works!
Long ago God set an example in His
Word of what cilis fire is like, how it
works, and what the result of it is. "Even
as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities
abom them in like manner, giving [hemselves
over to fornication, and going
after srrange flesh, are sec forth for an
EXAMPLE, suffering vengeance of ETER­
NAL FIRE" (jude 7). Sodom and Gomorrah,
the tWO sinful cities in the valley
of the Jordan by rhe Dead Sea suffered,
as you can read dle account in
Genesis 19, from a grear fire rhat fell
from heaven conwmil1g everything it
fell upon, All the people in those cities
were bumed to deatb, The cities themselves
were conmmed and ARE NOT
THERE for itS to Jee today!
Bur they are NOT STILL BURNING!
Tbey have suffered as an EXAMPLE of
lhe vengeance of eternal fit·c,
THEY ARE BURNED UP. The eternity
of this fite is its everlastiug effectl
God explains that this is going co be
exactly the penalry for those who insist
on disobedience to Him, "For, bebold,
the day cometh, that shall burn
as an oven; and all rhe proud, yea, and
all rhar do wickedly, shall be stubble:
and the day thac comerh shall BURN
THEM UP, saith rhe Lord of hosts, that
it shall LEAVE THEM N EITHER ROOT
NOR BRANCH, .. And ye [chose who
become the Sons of God in His Kingdom]
shall tread down the wicked; for
they shall be ASHES LInder rhe sales of
your feet in rhe day rhat I shall do this,
saith the Lord of hosts" (Mal. 4:1, 3).
When physical bodies come inca contact
with Aame chey burn up! David
very graphically describes this in the
Psalms. '·But the wicked shall PERiSH,
and rhe enemies of the Lord shal l be as
THE FAT OF LAMBS: THEY SHALL CON­
SUME; INTO SMOKe SHALL THEY CON­
SUME AWAY'· ( Ps. 37:20).
Yes, thtll is whttl GOD saYJ.' Very
plain and easy co understand! There is
no mystery about it, no strange fire
~hat burns forever and yet does noc con-
,-,.une anything, No sad istic God on high
who desires to execute pain on a human
body forever because of sins commirted
over a period of a few years. Only a
loving God Who, after offedng a human
being His Very Own Spirit and Mind
and Power decermines· to PUt that individual
our of his misery when that
simple human being finally rebels against
his Creator and refuses to hear any of
His advice and to use any of His power.
There is a very real hell fire-(~ very
real pain--tl very real DEATH! "He that
overcometh shall inherit all things; and
I will be his God, and he shall be my
son [born into the very Kingdom of
God-this is rhe purpose of life, the
plan of creation from the beginning,
the reason why you draw hrearh now).
But che fearful, the unbelieving, and
the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers l
and idolators,
and all liats, shall have their pan
in the lake which burned) with fire and
brimscone [gehenna-hell] : which is [by
Goo's own i1Uerpretation, NOT by tbe
imagimetion of mankilld} the SECOND
DEATH" ( Rev. 21:7-8).
Whom You Reall)' Need co Fear!
God offers salvarion, nor su.ffering!
You do nor need to fear men's imaginations.
You do not need co fear the un·
reasoning torrures of an ever-burning
hell, bur you DO need to have a healthy
"Dad" was preaching. Of COurse he
had always heard me preach, from
babyhood. litrle children have rheir
minds on other things during the
preaching of sermons, usually. Dick had,
of course, taken my preaching for
granred-bur he was a middle-teenage
boy, and he had never) as yec, shown
any real personal interest in God's
TRUTH.
'·Dad;· be remarked in our hocel
rOom one night after service, "I never
really paid special attemion co your
preaching before. Bur geeting . away
from home like this, with JUSt you and
me alone, it all seems different. I'm
beginning to see thar what you say
makes Je'1/.seF'
Each \Vednesday evening, prior co
rime for rhe evening service, it was
necessary for me to cake che train for
Denver in order to record rhe weekly
radio program. I stopped overnight at
Autobiography
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reJpect for rhe One Individual in all
creation \'{Iho is able to Jave YOtt from
being BURNED UP in a lake of firegehenna-hell-and
grml.t YOft LJFE FOR­
EVER with Him in. His Kingdom.'
"And feat 11 01 rhem which kill the
body [those who kill and execute God's
chosen people, making them matryrs because
they believe the trmh of God],
bur are 1tot able to kill the soul (in
Luke's account the word is "Ufe"]: but
rather FEAR HIM [fear God, oat hell
or rhe Devil] which IS ABLE TO DE·
STROY both Jo"l and body." [gehenna-]
hell" (Matt. 10:28) .
Do not fear the imaginacions of
ignoram men's mjnds. Do not fear that
che Devil will plunge you into torture
for eternity, But do begin to see
how powerful and lov ing and reasonable
and true your Creator really is.
Begin ro have that fespect and awethat
proper fear, respect and honor due
to the greatest Power in rhe universechar
fear (har is the beginning of wisdom,
not rhe beginning of terror.
Seek this God of trueh, beUeve His
Word, and His Word ONLY! Ask of
this great God and He will gram to you
the Spirit of love and of power and of
a SOUND MIND!
Colorado Springs, catching the eady
morning streamliner from Kansas Cit)'
on into Denver. The transcriptions were
air-expressed by a recording studio in
Denver [Q the various radio stations
for broadcast On the following Sunday.
I rhen tea veiled by bus back to Canon
City) arriving shortly before the evening
service.
During the last cwo weeks we held
daily morning services, as well as evening,
and about two-thirds of the audience
was able [Q attend {he morning
service.
Sensual "Spirituality"
The local minister whom I had come
ro help had, in his zeal to become "more
spiritual," made rhe mistake many wellmeaning
people have made, of confusing
emotional and sentimental feeling
with true spirituality. This feeliug is
of the senses-and, of itself, Ie1lIuot--