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Th e G O O D N E W S

March, 1963

Letters to

Im p i r i n g M a t e r ia l

This office just received the two

booklets entitled Truth About Earth-

quakes and

1975

in Prophecy. I im-

mediately read them. Im very glad to

inform you that I found the messages

very enlightening, factual, and inspir-

ing.

I

would like

very

much to have

more of this reading material

for

our

Municipal Library.

A Philippine Librarian

Sugges t s New Book le t

May I offer a suggestion for a new

booklet? Please ask your son, Garner

Ted. to gather all the material he has

published in the past on the subject

of

child training and put it into one

booklet.

I

have

read

several of his

ar -

ticles on this subject and sincerely be-

lieve that his teachings should be re-

l ig ious and legal REQUIRED READ-

ING Tor every new parent on earth.

I

only wish I could have had such a

booklet when I was young instead of

now when I am a gray-haired grand-

father.

The Voice

of

Experience

A New C o - w o r k e r

I received your letter informing me

that I was a Co -w ork er. I t makes me

very happy and

I

certainly will help in

any

way

I

can. I thank

you

f rom the

bottom of my heart for letting me help.

A

Grateful Servant

Baffled Doctors

The doctors said

I

had emphysema

in an advanced stage, but I now work

from 1 2 to 16 hours

per

day and they

cant understand it. I was anointed by

Mr.

Hill and the distressing symptoms

disappeared.

A Membei fiom Aiizoiia

T e l l -T a l e C h a r t

I wonder i f you realize that you ac-

tually told all observant readers your

Sabbath Day was Saturday over

a

year

and a half b efore you printed your

series

of

articles

on

the Sahhath?

On

page

6

of the March, 1961 P L A I N

TRUTH there appears a photograph of

one of the offices at Ambassador Col-

lege. In the background is a chait with

every day written on it except Saturday.

This to me certainly shows that you

practice what you preach.

God Heals

Our son had an allergy and was sick

all the time. W e would have to sit up

with him at night. We sent for an

anointed cloth and God has healed him.

Observant

the Editor

We

took him for a checkup and the

doctor said he couldnt find a thing

wrong with him. He said he was per-

fect.

North Carolina Couple

Public Schools

Our schools arc practically Godless.

I can go through a whole day at school

and never once hear God mentioned,

unless it is His name being used pro-

fanely. W e dont learn desperately

needed moral and spiritual values. The

kids certainly dont seem to be taught

the difference between right and

wrong. God blessed me with good par-

ents who teach me to know what is

right. Your magazine does a great deal

to help straighten me out also.

Oklahoma High School Student

Amazed

I received the anointed cloth you

sent

me and I placed it upon my forehead

and prayed and thanked God for my

healing and the pain stopped.

I

had

a blood clot in my leg and had heat

on it. I removed the heat and slept

soundly all night. The next morning

I got up and told my daughter I was

now healed a nd ready to go home, to

my own house, to take care of myself.

I

had been in bed for five days in my

daughters home. She was amazed but

as

I

had been healed some time ago of

a lung ailment she believed and took

me home.

I

have been doing my own

house work and have no pain in my

leg. My friends have never known of

anyone except me to have been healed

by God

so

they keep on asking

ques-

tions and being amazed.

People nevei cease t o be dmazed . G o d

has

power

T h e

Burr

U n d e r

His

Sadd le

My husband had a chance to talk

with a young, unmarried minister. He

questioned my husband about his

church. When he found out Mr. Her-

bert

W.

Armstrong

was our

pastor, he

was flabbergasted. H e said that . . peo-

ple from his church were listening to

Mr. Armstrong and four or five that he

knew about were actually getting The

PLAIN TRUTH and ask ing h im ques -

tions that he couldnt answer.

Rejo ic ing in Afr ica

The Lord has been good and won-

derful in many ways and we thank our

Father for everything. W e were ever

so

glad to see one of our pastors, Mr.

(Please coiftinlie o u page 1 4 )

Woman from Pennsylvania

Members from Iowa

we

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International magazine of

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Published monthly at Pasadena, California

963,

by Radio Church of God

EDITOR

HERBERT . ARMSTRONG

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Garner Ted Armstrong

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A

K E Y TO

A B U N D A N T

LIVING

HUSBANDS-

Love

Your

Wiues

The

Director of the

Visiting

Program here a t th e Headquarters

Church g ives

in

this article a clear-cut defin it ion o f a heartbreak-

ing

and present problem

in

Gods

Church

wor ld -wide .

. .

and

gives

Gods

plain and practical solution

in

concrete ac tion

YOU

C A N T A K E T h e fa th er

of

eight chi ldren , a husband fo r twen ty-

one years, and an Elder

in

Gods Church,

M r.

Hegvold wri tes

wit h b oth concern and authori ty

O V E n o t

V I T A L

So s a y s t h e

chairman

of

an Irish marriage

guidance council , Wilfred Bren-

nan, in a declaration before a Church

of Ireland group recently. This au-

thority on marriage on the Isle of

Eirc proceeded

to say,

Romantic

love

is not essential for a good marriage;

neither are wealth and education. W ha t

counts most are loyalty and having a

place

ot

ones own .

However, the

nb.ro/iite

A U T H O R I T Y

on love, marriage and happiness

charged, Hiishands, L O V E your

wives (Eph . 5 : 2 5 ) .

Hollywood and the T V writers say

your marriage cannot be happy without

the real bond o f

l o v e .

Yet, do the?)

know the way to a full, rich and abun-

dan t l i fe? What

is

the right and the

wrong of modern marriage? Should you,

the husband, fabricate the movieland

type of romantic aura around all of

your daily relationship with your wife?

Or should you he the strong, silent-type

mate who cows your wife into a sub-

missive, slave-like obedience to your ev-

ery whim?

W h a t is the happy balarice

for

your

home l i fe? Do you know?

L

W o r l d s E d u ca t io n

Not

t h e An s wer

A true Christian has proved God

exists; that the Bible is the inspired

Word of God; that God is working

out a purpose here below H e looks

to the Bible as the B L U E P R I N T for

working out that purpose. H e yields

willingly and wholeheartedly to the will

of this SUPREME G O D Modern

educators do

t iof heljezv

in God

Hence, m o d e m education is not the

answer

Evolution denies Go d Evolution

is

by

Selmer Hegvo ld

the basis of the worlds educational

institutions

I t

s

INPOSSIBLE

f or euo-

1ntionjst.r to

iwder..rfnizd vnnwiage

T h e

vast majority of the teachers, doctors,

psychiatrists, and marriage counselors

are God-denying evolutionists. This is

wciety You

nd the people about

you re the product of such educa-

tional doctrines. Your marriage is at

stake

Further than this nd more shock-

ingly realistic is the terrifically unbe-

lievable impact of another medium of

false education which has engulfed you

Nearly every billboard, every display

window and every paper

or

magazine

plays up ost attractively he ro-

mantic angle in advertising. This, they

say, is the way to real romance o

ecstatic LOVE The universal under-

standing of romance stems straight out

of the motion picture production centers

of the world

T V a nd the movies, in vivid motion

nd color ealistically depict ro-

mantic love You live and thrill vicari-

ously in a never-never-land of make-

believe Are these writers wise to the

iiieaiiiiig of love

?

H e r e in Gods Church

Details of tragic divorce and remar-

riage problems and wretched marriages

have consumed literally thozisands of

hox ss

of painful counseling. Innumcra-

ble counselings among you brethren

have brought to light the serious im-

pact that false indoctrination and satanic

deception

has

had on the very

Work

of God.

It is heart-rending to have to wit-

ness at close hand the desperate strug-

gle many are forced to

go

through to

salvage a union that has degenerated

into abject misery. A great part of the

ministry is taken up with marriage

counseling and family relations and

many

are

the nights that have bccn

spent bringing husband and wife to mu-

tually see their responsibilities and their

faults. These are the problems that e w p t

into the lap of local pastors. Yet

hozc

many others lack the nerue

t o

ais their

grieziances,

and continue on in a hope-

less mire of animosities and disagree-

ments? The evidence in lack of spirit-

ual fruits, the deplorable lack of drive

to accomplish prayer and study indicates

how widespread this problem really is.

Too ofte n G ods ministers are called

in

only as a

L A S T R E S O R T re-

quenty too late to effect a beneficial

reversal of trend. Grief and heartache

are tragic in any individual, but the

most z m f ortzinate

recipients of adult

mistakes in marriage are the r h i l d r m .

Aside from the dread, and sense of in-

security these little ones suffer, is the

long-range result of disrespect f o r aid-

thority and a totally warped personality.

These are life-long blights that remain

to plague society.

Today many of our own college stu-

dents are struggling to overcome these

scars in their personalities, the product

of upside down or strained family re-

lations. With

Gods

merciful help

it

can be done. But how much better it

would be

if

our homes, our families

cozild recognize early the symptoms of

gross misunderstandings

?

How

much

more effective servants of God will

your

children become if they have been

reared in an atmosphere of real love and

companionship ?

Recognition, N O W , of the wrong

concepts of love, of marriage, and of

basic rights can change enormously your

concept of G ods purpose f or you in

the days ahead.

Lets

clear ozis heai.ts

and

minds

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T h e

G O O D N E W S M ar ch ,

1963

prejudices aizd false concepts and un-

der.rtaizd

Is Romance, Love?

Publicity agents splash colorful pic-

tures and articles across the pages of

magazines and newspapers with full

details of the private lives of filmland

celebrities. These, they say, are blissfully

happy marriages. Time disproves the

fallacy of such high-sounding claims

In time, pictures of these same happy

couples appear in the same news me-

dia together with lurid stories of mari-

tal spats f divorce battles nd

in some, not too rare cases f mu r-

der and suicide

Does movieland have the ariswer? Is

romance REAL love? W ha t is romance?

Webster defines romance: 1 A

species of tale

. . .

2. Any fictitious

and wonderful tale . .

.

3. A romantical-

ly adventurous act or experience. 4. A

dreamy, imaginative habit of mind tend-

ing to dwell

on the

picturesquely un-

usual as a girl full of romance . 5 . A fic-

titious tale; a falsehood.

Had you real ized?

Is this

LOVE?

An adventurous act

or experience? A fictitious tale or

falsehood ? Is your relationship with

your wife to be based on that concept?

Most are

Is

yours?

W h a t I s Love?

Here is the question that should be

in the minds of all who contemplate

marriage. Few really know. Because so

few know, trouble lies ahead

Satan has a false concept of love H e

is confused and he has confused and

darkened human mind s Th e present

generation is the most confused of any

generation that has ever existed

Satan, the Deceiver, has been at work

(Rev . 12 :9 ) .

One beautiful movie actress, declared

to be an authority on marriage and

men (after three marriages in twenty

years), in effect admitted that being

a movie star

has

izothing to

d o with . . .

knowing how to act or be ing a happy ,

fzrlfill ed persoiz

She has passionately portrayed, in a

totally

fa lse l ight

in movie after movie,

her version of love She, and others

like her, have tutored you in the art of

romance ot LOVE The result has

been false indoctrination

Look

at the

fruits hree marriages on the rocks

By their fruits you shall know them

(Mat.

7 : 2 0 ) .

God warns, They be blind leaders

of the blind. And if the blind lead the

blind, both shall fall into the ditch

(M a t . 1 5 : 1 4 ) .

What is love?

Webster defines love : A feel ing

of stro ng personal attachment induced

by sympathetic understanding,

or

by

ties of kinship; ardent affection. Only

deep concern and desire to help

a n d

protect, to nourish and care for another

individual could fulfill that definition.

Go d says of love, Perfect love casteth

out fear ( I John 4 ~ 1 8 nd, He that

loveth not knoweth not G od ; for God

is love ( I John 4:8) and again,

For

this is the love of God, that we keep

His commandments ( I John

5

:3 ) .

Paul was a man of God, full of wis-

dom and authority. He said, This love

of which I speak is slow to lose patience

t looks for a way of being construc-

tive. It is not possessive; it is neither

anxious to impress, nor does it cherish

inflated ideas of its own importance.

Could these be the words your wife

would speak to others concerning your

love toward her ?

Love has good manners and does

not pursue selfish advantage. It is not

touchy. It does not compile statistics

of evil, or gloat over the wickedness of

other people (I Cor. 13:4-8, Phillips

translat ion).

Can you truthfully say you meet these

requirements? Do

you

have

this LOVE

ot the pseudo-romantic love or

your wife?

Tour Responsibility

Marriage is a stern responsibility. A

famous marriage counselor in N ew Y ork

City

has stated, The greatest need for

marriage preparation today is due largely

to our changed cultural attitudes.

Yes Cultural attitudes certainly have

undergone a drastic change in just less

than one-half century

Woman suffrage is almost universal.

Woman has been elevated by society

to the level of equality with man. This

has been mans, not Gods doing This

is called culture God has a name for

it BOMINATION

God certainly does hold the women

responsible, and they will have to an-

swer for the results nd are presently

doing so

At the same time God holds

y o u

re-

sponsible You have failed your office

as a husband Untold suffering, great

perversions and inequalities have re-

sulted. Women have supposedly freed

themselves fro m untenable (even sa-

distic) shackles as a direct rcsult of

mans failure. Yet they have not freed

themselves ut only left themselves

more vulnerable to heartache and dis-

tress than before All have become con-

fused Th e way that seemeth right

(Prov. 14: 12) is the wrong he con-

fused ay

Responsibility lies heavily upon you

Are you a ma n? Are you helping your

wife to be a woman? The masculine,

natural leadership from creation

faithfully carrying out Gods purpose

here below ould have made it un-

nereswry

fn r womankind to entertain

any thought of usurping mans place in

their relationship. You as a husband

have slipped from that right pattern

established by Christ

The children

of

God make up the

Church of God. Christ loves each of

these children more than any human

in the Church can. This is not a ro-

mantic love Th is is all-fu lfilling love

utgoing, cherishing, never selfish.

However, Christs Wor k has always been

far more than just that of providing

love and sustenance for His Church. He

rules the

universe

He has

mzlltiple

tasks

NeuerthrleJJ-,

H e

has izever

f ov-

sak e n one

in

favor o f the o ther.

H e

has not forsaken His children Christ

has perfect balance in everything. You

need that balance desperately

Christs

Instructions

You1

l i r ~ ~cquircmcnt in order to

qualify for salvation is to care for those

of your own house. Many have just

not comprehended

Have you qualified for the office of

a bishop? Whether or not you are ever

ordained

to the office ou should

he qi ia l i fying nnw

Paul, under inspiration, wrote, This

is a true saying, If a man desire the

office of a bishop, he desireth a good

work. (Tr y substituting the pronoun

I

for

b i s h o p ) A

bishop then must be

blameless, the husband of one wife,

vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given

to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given

to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy

lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not

covetous. These are on l y common-sense

requirements of basic Christian character.

O ne that ru leth well his own house.

One who directs, by leading

or

showing

the way. Not a bullying, suppressive

iron on those und er you ut in

kee ping with all of the precepts of God .

Having his children in subjection

with all gravity;

(Fo r if a man know not

how to rule his own house, how shall

he take care of the Church of G o d ? )

Not a novice, lest being lifted

up

with

pride he fall into the condemnation of

the devil. This requires rnatzirity; it

requires LOVE Moreover he must

have a good report of them which are

without; lest he fall into reproach and

the snare of the devil.

Th e deacons too Likewise must the

deacons be grave, not doubletongued,

not given to much wine, not greedy of

filthy lucre; holding the mystery of the

faith in a pure conscience

( I

Tim.

Bishop, deacon or

hzisbaiid;

it ALL

3

:1-9).

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RESEARCH REVEALS

Pagan Doctrine of the Soul--

Deliberate Decebtion

Modern believers in the immortality

o f

the soul would be laughed

t o

scorn by the philosophers of antiquity. Ye t , theologians

of

today base their doctrines

on

the philosophers

of

old who pur-

posely lied in the name

o f

religion

by Ernest L. Martin

H E T R U T H

about the doctrine of the

Immortality of the Soul and the doc-

trine of Hades is startling. There is

clear testimony even from the originators

of the doctrines themselves that their

pagan teachings about Immortality and

about Hadcs (with its purgatory, limbo,

etc.) were all LIES Since it is a known

fact that Catholic and Protestant teach-

ings about those doctrines have stemmed

from the ancient Greeks and Komans,

it

is

time the TRUTH about their ori-

gins be more fully known. Frankly, if

the ancient pagan originators were alive

today, they would langh

to .rcom

the

educated people who believe such non-

sense

Yet, so-called Christianity has been

deceived into believing these same LIES

ies which the political and religious

leaders of antiquity

I N V E N T E D

in

or-

der to govern the unlearned masses of

common people. The teachings concern-

ing the Immortality of the Soul were

i izzwited to support the idea of imme-

diate rewards or punishments after

death. If the people had believed that

once a person dies, he was

DEAD,

as

the Bible teaches, the pagan doctrines

concerning i i u t a n t punishments or re-

wards after death would have had NO

ba.ri.r.

T

Paul Condemns Those LIES

Paul said that those who call them-

selves the philosophers of the world

became foo1.r (Rom. 1 : 2 2 ) . Why? Be-

cause they

held

back from the people

the general knowledge of God

W H I C H

T H E Y K N E W (v. 18 and

19) .

It

is

no wonder that he condemned the an-

cient philosophers hy saying: They are

without e.Yci/re

( v .

20) .

These

so-

called philosophers he leaders of the

masses new the truth, but zcithheld

it lrorri

the people, telling the people

outright LIES. Who chczizged the truth

of God into a LIE (v. 2 5 ) . These are

strong indictments, but Paul knew what

he was talking about.

The Ancients

ADMITTED

They Lied

The primary reason for the invention

of the doctrines

of a

terrible and

never-

ending Hades, and its supporting doc-

trine of inherent immortality, was clear-

ly that of state expediency. Th e common

people were told falsehoods to keep them

subject to the state. This was especially

true among the Greeks and pre-eminent-

ly among the Romans.

We

have these

judicious remarks by one of the most

stable historians of the old world:

Polybius. This Greek writer lived in

the f i r s t century A.C. nd

wrote

a his-

tory of the Roman Republic. In his

section on Roman government he writes:

But, as the people universally are

fickle and inconstant, fillecl with irregu-

lar desires, precipitate in their passions

and prone to violence; there i s no w ay

to restrain them, BUT BY THE

DKEAD

OF

THINGS UNSEEN [ix.

the compartments of Hades), and by

the pageantry of TERRIFYIhG F I C -

T I O N . The ancients therefore acted

not absurdly, nor without good reason,

when they i w e n t e d the notion concern-

ing the gods AND THE BELIEF OF

INFERNL 4L P U N I S H M E N T S ( Bk.

VI.

5 5 , 56.

The quote is from Hamp-

tons translation,

vol.

11,

pp.

4 0 5 , 4 0 6 ) .

This is pretty plain, isnt it? Polybius

was wise enough to know that the pagan

doctrines of Hell and the heathen gods

were plain FICT IO N. However, he

thought that such teaching was a good

thing

so

that the passions of the masses

could be bridled and that the state

could function properly. But, as he

states, the educated leaders

R I ~ CZ L

hc

whole teachitig was a LIE

We have the records of many learned

men of ancient Greece and Rome who

plainly knew that the doctrines about

the Immortality of the Soul, the com-

partments of Hades, etc. were ALL

falsehoods. They were invented to de-

ceive the common people into a type

of obedience to the state. Cicero,

Seneca, Panaetius, Polybius, Quintus

Scaevola (The Pontifex Maximus), and

Varro regasded religioii s a deuice of

~ ~ a ~ r . , m e i to

i-uizti.>l

the masses by

mystery and

tesros

(Dictioizary

o f

Re-

ligiorz

& Ethics, vol.

7,

p.

6 1 ) .

Pagan religion and all its ramifica-

tions was simply manufactured to con-

trol the masses. The doctrines of a hell

immediately after death hich signi-

fied that people had inhcrcnt immor-

tality ere meant to scare the com-

mon people into being faithful citizens.

Philosophers, theologians and statesmen

developed what became known by the

first century B.C. as the double doc-

trine or the double truth teaching.

This double truth doctrine was

manifested principally through the Mys-

tery religions. Those few who were

initiated into the highest degree of the

Mysteries were told the truths regard-

ing the Immortality of the Soul, Hades,

etc. They were TOLD that the

com-

moiz doctrines were LIES, but belie-

ficierztly

given to control the people

This double truth doctrine

is

men-

tioned in the Dictionary of Religioiz &

Ethics (p . 6 3 ) as one truth for the

intellectual classes and one for the com-

mon people, the climax reached is the

phrase,

I t

is expedietzt f o r the

state

[the people) t o

be

deceived if2 re-

ligion.

The populace were told one thing

a pack of lies nd the intellectuals

(actually those initiated into the Mys-

teries as we will see) were told the

naked truth. It is no wonder Paul said

that the leaders werc

WITHOUT EX-

CUSE hey k n e w better. They hold

[ b a c k )

t h e

truth (Rom. 1:18). The

leaders would not tell the people the

facts which they were very much aware

of. The

Dictionary of Religion

&

Ethir.r

shows how these men made jests about


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The

G O O D N E W S

March, 1963

tlie credulity

of

the common people in

accepting their teachings.

Cicero was an augur {a Roman re-

ligious official] yet he quotes with ap-

proval Catos saying that

he wondered

bow one azigzir could meet another

without LAUGHING (ibid.,

p.

6 3 ) .

Even these

two

were pagan theolo-

gians sponsored by the State, yet they

were well aware of the nonsense they

were

so

sincerely and reverently teach-

ing the common people.

T h e

Dictionary

of

Religion

6

Ethics

continues :

The latter-day philosophies of Greece

proved to the Roman that the founda-

tions of his religion were baseless,

yet

its existeme was indispensable

f o r

the

preservation

of

the

S t a t e . This conflict

between private belief and public con-

duct can be seen, for example in Ennius.

H e wrote treatises, embody ing advanced

sceptical doctrines, and

he aljo wrote

patriotic poems in which the whole

cycle of Roman gods was exhibited and

most reverently treated (ibid., p . 6 3 ) .

Ennius used the familiar

Double Doc-

trine

method of teaching.

Double-Doctrine Manifested in

ALL Philosophical Schemes

One of the most important observa-

tions to be made regarding the teach-

ings of the pagan philosophers and/or

theologians

is

that they

ALL

adhered

to the double doctr ine method of

teaching. Pythagoras in the sixth cen-

tury B.C., Plato, Aristotle, and even

those of the first century always had

two doctrines

Invariably, their disciples

were told the t ruth

(as mzlch as the

ph i l osopher s zmdcrstood , and the com-

mon people were told as many

bold-

faced LIES as was necessary to control

them and render them governable.

Notice the teachings of one of

the first of the heathen philosophers:

Pythagoras. Origen says of him and his

system:

He divided his disciples into two

classes, the one he called ESOTERIC,

the other , the EXOTERIC. For to

those

[the first] he trusted the more perfect

and sublime doctrines; to these [the

latter} the more popular and vulgar.

(Oiz Philosophy,

see fragments.)

Dr. Warburton who quotes this sec-

tion about Pythagoras says: This, we

may be sure, would incline him to a

more than ordinary cultivation of the

D O U B L E D O C T R I N E

(Divine Lega-

tion,

vol. l

p.

434) . I t i s Warbur ton

who proves that

ALL

the philosophers

used

t he DOUBLE

DOCTRINE

teach

ing t was simply the common thing

to do

(ibid., p.

4 4 4 ) .

One of Pythagoras intimate disciples,

Tiiiiaeus Lucrus said, speaking about

the Immortality of the Soul and punish-

ments immediately after death:

A s we sometimes cure the body

with unwholesome remedies, when such

as are most wholesome have no effect;

so we restrain those minds [of the com-

mon people] by F A L S E

RELATIONS,

which will

not

be persuaded by the

TRUTH.

There is a necessity therefore

of instilling the dread of those FOR-

E I G N T O R M E N T S

(World Life,

near

t h e e n d ) .

In other words, it was perfectly all

right to use as many LIES as was nec-

essary in order to

teach

the people

How perverse the natural human mind

i s ( J e r . 1 7 9 ) .

Pythagoras, in his teaching about the

Immortality of the Soul, was followed

by another of his disciples, the re-

nowned Plato.

W e have the clearest testimony of

Galen on Platos DOUBLE DOC-

TRINES. Not ice i t :

Plato declares that animals have

constantly

a

soul

[i.e. all animal beings,

including man, have an immortal soul},

which

serves

to animate and inform

their bodies; but as for stones, wood,

and what we commonly call inanimate

parts of the creation, all these, he says,

are uite destitute of soul. And yet in

his gimaeus, where he explains his prin-

ciples TO H I S DISCIPLES A N D

SE-

LECT FRIENDS, he there GIVES TJP

THE COMMON NOTION,

declares

that there is a

soul

diffused through

the universe, which

is to actuate and

pervade every part

of

it. Now we

ure

NOT

to

imagine that in this case he

is inconsistent with himself,

or

main-

tains contrary doctrines, any more than

Aristotle and Theophrastus are

to

be

charged with contradiction, WHEN

THEY DECLARED TO THEIR DIS-

CIPLES THEIR REAL DOCTRINES

and

to

the COMMON PEOPLE, prin-

ciples

of

another nature (On the

Natural Faculties,

fragments) .

All these philosophers told FABLES

utright LIES o the general

populat ion, but they told the t ruth ( the

truth

that they

lied to the people)

to their

owti

disciples. Notice how

Galen says that Plato

told the masses

about the Immortality

of

the Soul,

but to his real friends he rightly

said that

one

universal spirit pervaded

the universe to give life to all . There

was nothing about the Immortality of

the Soul

to the

1attPr

grou p I t i s as

clear as it can be that Plato, himself,

did not

really

believe such nonsense,

even though he taught it to the laymen.

Listcn to Strabo, whu kiiew what

Plato really tau ght.

He

is speaking about

the religious doctrines of the Indians.

They INVENT FABLES also,

after

the manner of PLATO, 012 the immor-

tality

of

the

soul,

and on the punish-

ments in Hades,

and other things of

this kind Bk.XV, Ch. 1

57,

Bohn

Trans lat ion) .

Plato plainly

lied

to the common peo-

ple and he knew that he was lying.

Read Platos bold admission

:

As for the symbol on the private

note, you

desire

t o K N O W

M Y

SERI-

OUS LETTERS

and which contain MY

REAL SENTIMENTS f rom THOSE

LETTERS

THAT

DO

NOT,

know and

remember that ( the word) God 1i .e

Go d ingular] begins a serious letter,

and (the wor d) gods [i .e. gods-pplu-

ral) begins one that is otherwise

(Epistle 1 3 ) .

Lying Necessary

It is well known that Platos teach-

ings on the Immortality of the Soul

and about the punishments in Hades

were his EX OT ER IC teaching eant

for

public

consumption. It was clearly

FABLE. But what is strange, Plato, and

the other philosophers,

felt no wrong

in teaching such things. They thought

that

lies were necessary

We are told by Synesius, a thorough-

going Platonist, that philosophy, when

it has attained the truth, allows the use

of LIES and FICTIONS

(Synesius,

Epistle 1 5 ) .

These are well-known facts.

Lies and

fictions were regularly employed by the

apicipnt

phi loraphers .

The ancient pagans believed that the

people, especially in the realm of re-

ligion, NEEDED to be deceived. They

fel t it was expedient fur the State. Even

the Roman Pontifex Maximus Scaevola

frankly declared

that Societies should

be deceived in religion

(

Augustine,

City

of

God,

Bk IV., ch.

l o ) .

Augustine further tells

us

that :

Varro, speaking of religions, says

plainly, that there

are

many TRUTHS

which it is

NOT

E X P E D I E N T t h e

common people should know, and that

many FA LSE HO OD S which yet it is

useful

for

thc people to receive as

truths

(ibid).

I t

is

striking that the Bible says just

the opposite to this. W e are told that

God is sending us His Spirit in order

that we can be led into

ALL

the t ruth

( J o h n 1 6 : 1 3 ) .

There can be no doubt that Pythagoras,

Plato, Aristotle and the rest taught de-

liberate LIES about the Immortality of

the Soul, and that they laughed among

themselves at the doctrine

of

punish-

ment in HADES immediately after

death. These people

knew better.

Dr. Warburton, a thoroughly trained

classicist specially in the field of

pagan religion emarks:

It is very true, that Plato in his

writing inculcates the doctrine of a fu-

ture state of rewards and punishments:

but this,

ALWAYS

I N

THE

GROSS

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on Page

12)


7/16

1NSTALLMENT

TWO

CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE

A RELIGIOUS PARADOX

Modern Christ ianity is a

P U Z Z L E t o

many people M audlin

ministers m ou th pious platitud es of love and kindness on the

one hand nnd snnctimoniously sanction bloody wars on the other.

Th is sets up a do uble standa rd, and frustrates any serious attem pt

to apply the teachings of Jesus Christ in todays chaotic wo rld.

Read this article to understand this wor lds plight nd to see

Christs ow n clear-cut advice for true Christians.

by

L.

Leroy Nef f

PERSON

reading the teaching

of

Jesus

caizizot

reconcile His teach-

ings regarding

l ov e

and

k indness

to neighbor with the v io lent and b loody

uw r in

which many

midtiplo milliom

of Christians have participated N o

wonde r there is confusion and uncer-

tainty regarding Christianity today

The pagans and heathens have looked

at Christianity and have evaluated it

as a

hypocritical religion.

It teaches

love and kindness, justice and mercy.

but comple te ly fa i lr

TO

PRACTICE

these virtues in such areas as war, big

business and brutal sports such as box-

ing and wrestling.

Because of the conflicts between the

teaching and the actual practice of

Christians, even many of the educated

of

our

day have questioned Christianity

and have accused it of failing.

Is

it any

wonder that there are so many people

who are irreligious agnostics, skeptics

and atheists? Christianity to them ap-

pears unreasonable because of this great

flaw in what is today called Chris-

t ianity .

A

Religion Has CAUSED War

Not

Prevented

It

Instead of prev entin g war, the re-

ligious peoples of the world have fre-

quently been the

caz/.ie

and

instigator.r

of

war. There have been many holy

wars fought over this earths surface.

History has proved that the re l ig iom of

th is

u1orld

cannot bring about a change

in man or a solution to

our

mounting

increase of wars and rumors of wars.

T h e character of man must be

changed before we can have peace. But

w h o is going to bring that about? W il l

it be the Catholic Ch urc h? W ill i t be

the Protestant churches? Wi ll i t be any

of this worlds religions?

Although many religious systems ac-

cept

the same

basis

for their creeds,

their differences as to

interpretation

have caused the most v ic ious and an-

tagonistic co nflicts

onflicts that have

led to murder and massacres, and

to

the bloodiest wars man has ever suf-

fered upon this earth (Joseph Lewis,

noted atheist, in T h e A g e of Reason

magazine, December, 1959).

Any student of history knows that

these accusations are true

W h a t a

shamc that such murdcrous and bloody

conflicts have been a result of religion

rather than in spite of religion. This

is not the way of the meek and gentle

Carpenter of Nazareth Who taught that

we should l ov e

our

enemies and do good

to

t he m tha t ha te

us

This worlds religions ale also shown

guilty by ano ther source he Encyclo-

pedia Americana, Volume 2 3 , pages

346-347, 1941 edition.

. . .

In the past i t (religion) has

certainly been the direct or indirect

cause of war

here has been no cen-

tury without its d ~ t h o r i z p d

represent -

atives

or INTERPRETERS inci t ing the

nations to conflict for its greater glory

and power.

Religions of old failed admittedly

to appreciate their opp onents point of

(Please continue o n page I

3 )

Battle o f Milvian Bridge

312 A.D.).

Constantin e had seen a fiery cross in the sky-with the word s

b y this sign you shall conquer emb lazoned on it. Thus thous ands more were killed

in

a rel igious

war supposedly sanctioned by God.


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Gerald D. Waterhouse-

EumgeZist

Writes From Africa

Dear Brethren in Gods Church:

Greetings from Johannesburg, Re-

public of South Africa I arrived

Wednesday, March

1 3 ,

at 1 2:30 p.m.

and would like to relate how wonder-

fully God has blessed the beginnings

of establishing churches and the Work

in this country t has been phenome-

nal

In that we have no offices here and

consequently no credit references, you

can appreciate more thoroughly what

has been accomplished in just two and

one half days, up to the weekly Sabbath.

First, without any knowledge of

where

I

ought to start looking for suit-

able facilities

in

which to conduct Sab-

bath services, weekly Bible studies and

the Passover as well as the Days of Un-

leavened Bread, Christ very definitely

led me

in

a fast-moving

series

u l events

to a most suitable place which is able

to accommodate us for ull of

o w

need.r

throughout the entirety of the year No t

to elaborate on these events, but only

to show how speedily these things

transpired, I will state that from the

time

I

left the hotel until these

hook-

ings were finalized was only two and

one half hou rs This could very easily

have taken days, or even weeks

In the afternoon of thc 14th, I

was

able to purchase and take delivery of a

typewriter on which a letter to the

brethren, informing them

of

the GOOD

NEWS that a church would start in

Johannesburg on March 2.?1.d,was typed

early yesterday morning, the 15th. A

printing concern was engaged to print

the letter t was ready by 12:45

p.m. While the printing was being

done, I purchased envelopes and other

necessary supplies to facilitate the mail-

ing of the letters in the afternoon.

Before I returned to the hotel ith

little hope of having a car for at least

a week Christ led me to just the

right car salesman who was unusually

favorable toward extending credit, in

spite of my being new in the country

and without any credit references, mak-

ing possible the acquisition of a car

delivery is to be effected Monday A

car is vitally needed to properly carry

out the work necessary between now

and the Passover. Later in the afternoon,

the letters were mailed to the brethren.

I

was

piivilegcd

tu

v i s i t brctlircii

this morning and while in their home,

the letter arrived Most of the brethren,

then, will have been informed of this

GOOD NEWS by Sabbath morning, in

spite of the fact that

I

arrived only

Wednesday.

When through this area for twelve

ddys in December 1962, it seemed

Christ inspired me above anything I

had experienced before. This in addi-

tion to the way He had already been

dealing with

His

people here, certainly

indicated Christ was very concerned

with feeding them by raising up

churches in the area erhaps fore-

seeing that time is short iii this

country

Everything which has transpired since

my arrival Wednesday certainly sub-

stantiates all this In spite of the many

problems which confront

us

here, it is

most encouraging and gratifying to see

that Christ is able to give us the vic-

tory And, when H e sees it is vital to

His Work, He can accomplish miracu-

lous things through the human instru-

ments He calls

in

a very spccdy manncr.

Brethren, I know all of you will re-

joice with me in all this, for it is very

definitely the beginning of another vital

facet of the over-all COMMISSION

Christ is accomplishing through His

Body, the Church. Overseas branch of-

f i c e s and churches are vital to properly

back up the witness being placed before

the nations through The WORLD

TO-

MORROW broadcast

On

m y w ay

to

South Alrica

fro111

the

Philippines, I spent twelve days in Aus-

tralia. While there, I had the wonderful

privilege of visiting all three areas

raised up while Christ directed the W ork

in the land down under through me

ydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. As

I

viewed the tremendous growth Christ

has given His Work there during the

past forty

moizths

left Perth, West-

ern Australia, for Johannesburg on

March 12th, exactly f o r t y tnotrtks from

the date on which Mr. Ted Armstrong

and I arrived in Australia to start the

Work, November 12, 1959 could

not help but reflect on these miraculous

beginnings.

N o less miraculous have been the

two assignments carried out through me

from the time I left Australia to my ar-

rival here oth very vital in prepar-

ing me for this assignment This is

being realized more fully each day as

I reflect on the experience received

through the work in Alabama-Missis-

sippi and later in the Philippines.

There were very definite reasons why

Christ would not open the door to this

country in 1961, but has now fter

experience was gained in these other

areas.

To show the control Christ exercises

over His Work and His ministers, let

me Doint out iust a f e w of the signs

which followed the Gork in AlabaGa-

Mississippi, confirming it.

Christ worked it out that

I

arrived

in Birmingham on January 24 (2x12)

and did not pcrmit churches to start

until February 24 (2x12). After

2 1

( 3 x 7 ) Sabbaths in Birmingham, Christ

had added 77 (7x11) to these attend-

ing church. He had allowed me to con-

duct 14 (2x7) Bible studies in Meridi-

an, Mississippi for the Negroes n

experience vital to the future conduct

of the Work here There were 7 Bible

studies in Birmingham. And, my de-

parture pon direction from Head-

quarters as after conducting my last

Sabbath services in the seventh month,

July 14 (2x7).

Not to dwell on numerics at length,

it was very satisfying to see Christ per-

form in a most phenomenal manner in

the Philippines. I arrived on Monday,

July 23, and by early afternoon, Mr.

Ortiguero and I were led completely

away from an area in which

I

thought

offices would be opened to a most in-

spiring, newly-opened business district.

In this district in Makati, Rital, space

was opened to

us

in the CCC (Com-

mercial Credit Corporation) Building.

And, I will say that had I been given

months to try and find a more suitable

place, it couldnt have been done It is

convenient in most every way and up-

E a s t

side of

CCC

Building where our of ice

entrance

i s

located.

holds the dignity of Gods Work

around the world very respectable

building, having two law firms

just

across the corridor from us, one of

which is directed by a very prominent

senator in the liberal party under Presi-

dent Macapagal. The way God opened

a completely new and modern home

for us was no less miraculous.

But, above all, it was gratifying to

( P I e m e roiztiiiiie o n

p a x e

1 6 )


11/16

WILL

YOU BE

CAUGHT OFF GUARD?

This

question was discussed thoroughly

in

u

recent graduate

prophecy class here

at

Ambassador College. Here a graduate stu-

dent reports the important points brought out.

by Eugene

M.

Walter

U D D E N L Y Cuba is a Communist

mili tary base UN EXP ECTED LY

Great Britain is out of the Common

Market Withoiit ziJai.uitL8 the entire

Northern Hemisphere finds itself in

the cold, icy

grip

of the worst winter in

the last one hundred years OV ER-

N I G H T 87 per cent of the American

citrus crop is

zciiped

oi i t

by a fierce,

merciless cold wave

T l i r se majur

headlines have all

screamed across yozir jzewspaper within

recent weeks and months. With them

have been literally hzindredJ of less-

significant reports of SU D D EN and

UNEXPECTED loss of l i fe and proper-

ty through fires, drownings, highway

accidents, heart attacks, accidcnts on thc

job

Those in the world react to these

things like the proverbial ostrich who

sticks its silly head in the sand hey

quickly bury themselves in their own

little routine, fearful to

face reality.

They turn

to

thrills and pleasures to

shut out of their minds any thought

that siidden

di.ra.rtei.

could strike t h e m .

To be sure, they reason, there are

problems but, after all, any

real

danger is in the far-off, distant future

heres nothing we need to REALLY

worry about t oddy . It will all turn out

all right. The re will always be a brighter

day tomorrow. And

i f

there isnt . . .

well, well worry about that tomori.ow

This is the natural reaction of the

huma n mind he way the zijorld looks

at it. And because this IS the attitude

of

todays world, never has

a

society

been more vulnerable to SU D D E N D E -

S TR U CTIO N than we are. And never

has man had more numerous ways to

bring this destruction abou t Few realize

how precariou.rly balanced our society

is what a thin, frayed, nrtificial

THREAD is holding it together.

For example, in todays world, electric

and telephone lines, water and gas lines,

highways and transportation lines are

our LIFEZ.INES. They must all be in

top operating condition or our man-

made society cannot function normal-

S

ly. Yet

all

of these lifelines can very

quickly and easily be severed in any

izzimbev of ways y ma n or by the

forces of nature.

And consider the delicate balance of

our gold supply. France and Germany

simultaneously demanding their gold

from our dwindling supply could SUD-

D E N L Y W R E C K our entire economy

Or consider the paralyzing, chaotic ef-

fects of

a

general,

natioit-wide

Jtiike

called in an outburst of uncontrolled

passion by a greedy, selfish labor union

leader Or let your mind envision the

holocaust of accidental nuclear war

to say nothing of calculated, deliberate

nuclear attack.

These

are

not vague, unlikely-to-

happen possibilities affecting only a

f e w peo ple These are just a few of

many very REA L possibilities Possibili-

ties

of

S U D D E N D E S T R U C T I O N

with far-reaching consequences f-

f e c t i n g W HOL E NAT IONS an d h u g e

sections

of nations Truly, never in all

human history has a society been more

susceptible ore RIPE or SU D-

DE N an d UNE XP E C T E D

D E ST R U C -

TION than ours today And that cle-

struction will SURELY come Go d Al-

mighty SAYS SO

God

Punishes

SUDDENLY

God is infinitely patient with man-

kind but once man has filled the cup

of sin and lawlessness to the brim, God

intervenes SWIFTLY and SURELY in

meting out justice and punishment.

God inspired Solomon to write: There-

fore shall his [the wickeds] calamity

come s u d d e d y ; SUDDENLY shal l he

be broken without remedy (Prov.

6:15). For man also knoweth not his

time: as the fishes that are taken in an

evil net, and as the birds that are caught

in the

snare;

so are the sons

of men

snared

in an evil time, when it falleth

SU DD EN LY upon them (Eccl . 9

:1 2 ) .

The flood at the time of Noah and

the destruction

of

Sodom and Gomor-

rah are two ou tstan ding examples of

this liviizg principle. Jesus Christ Him-

self used these examples as types of

the destruction that will come in our

day. He said: And as t was in the

days of Noah , so shall

it

be also in the

days of the Son of man. They did eat,

they drank, they married wives, they

were given in marriage, until the day

that Noa h entered into th e ark , and th e

f lood came ,

and DESTROYED them

all. Likewise also as it was in the days

of

Lot; they did eat, they drank, they

bought, they sold, they planted, they

builded; but the SAME DAY that Lot

went out

of

Sodom it rained fire and

brimstone from heaven, and destroyed

them all. Eveiz

thus

shall it be in the

day when the Son of man is revealed

(Luke 1 7 : 2 6 - 3 0 ) .

Destruction came QUICKLY when

Go d intervened in those days nd it

will come quickly again ulhen He in -

tervenes in our day. Just as God warned

ancient Israel that if they sinned their

pun ishment wou ld be SUDD EN A N D

SURE (Deut . 7

:4),

so God warns mod-

ern Israel that if w e continue to sin, we,

too, wil l be destroyed SWIFTLY AND

S UDDE NL Y.

Take heed to yourselves, God says

to modern Israel, that your heart be

not deceived, and ye turn aside, and

serve other gods, and worship them.

And then th e Lords wrath be kindled

against you, and He shut up the heaven,

that there be no rain, and that the land

yield not her fruit; and lest ye PERISH

QUICKLY from off the good land

which the Lord giveth you (Deut.

11 :16-17 ) . Today modern Israel has

broken

this command and now this

punishment his CURSE s begin-

ning to be carried out. The Lord shall

send upon thee CURSING, vexattoiz,

and rebzike, in all that thou settest

thine hand unto for to do, UNTIL

THOU be destroyed,

a n d

until thou

PERISH Q U I C K L Y ; because of the

wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou

hast forsaken me (Deut. 28: ZO .

This IS PROMISED by God Almighty

to come on modern Israel today

wherez,er Israel may be. And on Israels


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1 2

T h e

G O O D N E W S

March, 1963

captor modern Babylon unis h-

ment at the hand of God will also

come

qn.jch/y

and . r ~ e l j ~Jer. 5 1 :8; Isa.

47 :

1

1 ) .

Yes, the

W H O L E W O R L D

Israelite and Gentile nations alike

are going to be taken by

c om ple te s ~ r -

pri.re otally caught of f p a r d y

the catastrophic events which will soon

come crashing down on it.

Destruction A L W A Y S falls SUD-

D E N L Y A N D U N E X P EC T E D LY o n

an uiisuspechg ar id God-rejecting

world.

How About

YOU?

Rut wha t about Y O U ? Wil l YO U

be caught off gua rd ? Wh at is YO UR

reaction to world news and the events

you see taking place about you daily?

Does it seem unlikely

or

highly im-

probable that anything sudden and dras-

tic could happen to

Y O U ? Is sudden

death

of a heart attack

or

in an automo-

bile accident something youve always

thought of as happening to the

other

fellow ? Th e fellow in the

z~or ld?

Do

yo// think none of these things

could happen to YOU, because youre

a

member in Gods Church?

God says, Boast not thyself of to-

morrow;

for

thou knowest not what

a

day may bring forth (Prov.

2 7 :

1

) .

God has not made ANY of His chil-

dren immune from .ri/dden death Any

one of us nd that includes Y O U

ould be called to give an account

of our

lives

at a n j m o m e n t

R u t

beyond the possibility

of

person-

al

disaster striking you in the normal

routine of your life, what about the

CERTAIN disaster which is coming in

a few years

when the prophecies of

your Bible are fulf i l led? Will YO U

have Gods protection

then?

Do you

think you stand? (1 Cor . 10:12) .

Its very easy to forget about these

unpleasant things which are coming

to throw them out of your mind. But

that wont keep them from happening

Its

ea.ry

to trust in a chi.onological date

date which gives a false sense of

security because its

a

number of years

i r i Llie J 7 i 1 ~ r e . But the date may be

W RO NG nd the fu ture may

s i d

cienly be here rooner

than you ex-

pected Its

ea.ry

to kid yourself that

there is plenty of time hat you

can settle down to the serious business

of OVERCOMING YOURSELF jus t

a

little later. Rut plenty

of

time will

.r//ddenly be NO TIM E nd just

a

little later will

n e 2 w

arr.i71e

C h a n g e

NOW

These thoughts and attitudes are

all

very NATURAL. But they are also

~ r a z ~ e l j.4RTGEROUS If

YOU

have

any such thought

or

attitude,

T A K E

H E E D

The Bible soberly warns of

jns t

sirch

an

nftitz/c/e.

It is a warning di-

rected

NOT

to the

world ,

but to

GODS

O W N P EO PL E

Christ Himself gave the most serious

of these warnings: And

take heed to

yozirselzies,

lest at any time your hearts

be overcharged with surfeiting, and

drunkenness, and

cares of this l i f e ,

and

so

that day come upon you {members

in Gods Church) UNA WA RES. For

as

a

sndve

shall it come on all them that

dwell on the face of the

whole ear th .

W A TC H ye {Christs own disciples)

therefore, and PRAY ALWAYS, that

ye may be accounted worthy to

escape

all these things that SHALL COME

T O PASS, and to stand before the Son

of man (Luke 21:34-36). Mark also

records this warning given by Christ:

WATCH YE the re fore : for

ye

know

not when the master

of

the house

cometh, at even,

or

at midnight, or at

the cockcrowing,

or

in the morning:

Lest

c o i n i n g m d d e n l y

he f ind

Y O U

SLEEPING. And what I say unto you

I say unto ALL, WATCH. .

(Mark

Christ KNEW the tendencies of hu-

man nature and He warned against be-

coming entangled in the cares of this

life

gainst

going

to

sleep

sp ir i taa l ly .

But He also showed how to c o m t e r a r t

this tendency and to

oziercome

it. His

solution was simple, yet

.ri/re.

H e said

to

be alert and awake, to be

o n

p a r d , to

W A T C H , T O P R A Y A L W A Y S ,

The Apostle Paul gave this

same

identical warning to

Gods people.

He

said: But of the times and the seasons,

brethren, ye have no need that I write

unto you. For yourselves {Gods own

pcoplc) know pcrfcctly that the day

of

the Lord

so

cometh

as

a

thie f i n the

n igh t .

For when they [the world) shall

say: Peace and safety; then S UD DE N

DbSlRUCllON

cometh upon them,

as

travail upon

a

woman with child; and

they shall not escape. But YE,

brethren,

are not in darkness, that that day should

overtake YOU

as

a thief. YE are all

the children of light, and the children

of the day: we are not of the night,

nor of

darkness.

T here fore l e t

11s

NOT

SLEEP,

as

do others; but let us WATCH

and BE SOBER (I Thess.

5 : l - 6 ) .

Those living in the darkness of Sa-

tans world WILL be overtaken by the

Day of the Lord. But there will be N O

EXCUSE

if

W E are caught off guard .

To

us God says:

. . . knozuing the

t ime ,

that now it is high time to

A W A K E O U T O F S L E EP : fo r

n o w

is ON^

. salvat ion nearer than when we

hrl ieved.

The night is

fa r spen t ,

the day

is at hand;

let us therefore

cast off

the

works of darkness, and let us

p u t o n

the armour of l ight (Rom. 13:l l-12) .

In other words, W AK E UP BE

spir-

i tzal ly PREPARED

for what lies ahead

f or Y O U

13 35-37) .

World

events are snowballing

prophecy is rapidly being fulfilled. To-

day the world i n k ~ ~ o z ~ ~ I n g I ~tands

on the brink of SUDDEN DESTRIJC-

T I O N .

Very soon now Jesus Christ will

return

Q U I C K L Y

( Re v. 3 : l l ; 22 :7 ,

20) as a thief (Rev. 16:15)

bringing His reward with Him (Rev.

22:12). Only those who are spiritually

awake and a le rt AT CH ING AN D

PRA YIN G ill be

prepat.ed

to meet

Him.

W i l l Y O U be r e a d ] ?

Soul

Doctrine

(Contiuiied f r o m pa ge 6 )

SENSE O F THE PO PULACE : that the

souls of i l l men descended into asses

and swine {by virtue of their immor-

tality]; tha t the uninitiat ed lay in mire

and filth; that there were three judges

of hell {over purgatory, limbo, etc.),

and talks much of Styx, Cocytus,

Acheron, etc.

and

all

JO

serioicsly,

as

shows that he had

a

mind

to

be be

lieved. Gut

did he indeed

belietie

these

FABLES;

W E M A Y BE ASSURED

Plato and all the rest KNEW

BET-

T E R

N o wonder Paul strongly rebukes

these men. They were the ones

frzLho

hold

( b a c k ) t h e t i x t h

in unrighteousness;

because that which may be known of

God is manifest

i n t h e m ;

f o r God

bath

showz

it mzto

t h e m

. . . so that they

are without excuse.

Why? Because they

changed the

trnth

of

God

IhTO A

LIE

(Romans

1 :18-25)

and then the only truth

they had as that they themselves

WERE LIARS

Remember, it is not LIES which

make Gods people

free,

but the

TR UT H and ye shall

k n o w t h e

truth,

a nd T H E T R U T H S H A L L

MAKE Y OU FREE ( John 8 :32) .

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4 5 2 ) .

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What is an education at Ambassador?

Your

1963

ENVOY has the answer

in

a

great variety

of

informal, often un-

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of

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March, 1 9 6 3

T h e G O O D N E W S

1 3

Chris

tian

Violence

( C o n t i w i e d f r o m p a g e 7 )

view. When argimzeizt.r failed, the

i l l

uaricrble ixcomJe u1a.r

to

artm.

, ,

.

On the whole

. . .

when religion

dominated the state, the religions in the

customary ecclesiastical me anin g of t he

term were too absorbed by worldly am-

bitions under specious masks of humil-

ity and piety to realize the divine pos-

sibilities at the root of their creeds.

. . .

Not only the historic creeds, but

smaller religionists who forgot to ex-

ercise toward others the toleration they

demanded

for

themselves, made religion

so

empty and delusive

a

phrase that

a

Madame Roland might well have ex-

claimed : Religion, what crimes are com-

mitted in thy name

These worldly religions, including

what has

masqueraded

as

Christianity,

are guilty before God because

of

the

terrible atrocities committed in the name

of the Prince of Peace.

It should now be evident that the re-

ligions and churches of the world have

not known the way to peace. The

churches do not know what causes war.

They dont know or care to know how

to

avoid it.

They

Iiaveut uriderstood

fully nor practiced the t w e t e ac h in g s of

the Bible which show the way to peace.

If they had, they would not have be-

come involved in these so-called holy

wars.

These churches have obviously not

known the way to peace. They have not

understood the plain teachings of Christ

about whether

or

not a Christian should

fight or be involved in war.

A careful look at todays world

shows an entirely different Christianity

in

most respects,

from the Christianity

of New Testament times. This is

especially

so in regard to the Christian

teachings regarding war and violence.

In this present installment the con-

tra5t of the teachings and practices of

early Christians with present Christians

will become very clear.

W e will see plainly that early Chris-

tianity started off in a f a r different

manner than it is being practiced in

most professing Christian communities

today.

T he period of history covered in this

and the next installments will be from

the beginning of Christs ministry in

A.D. 27 to the destruction of Jerusalem

in A.D. 7 0 .

Christs Teachings

Most Christian sects especially claim

to believe and practice Christs teachings

summarized in the .rermolz

oiz

the

n r O i l t 2 t .

Blessed are the meek: for they shall

inherit the earth (Matt.

5 : 5 ) .

A person who is meek is one who is

humbly patient

or

submissive, as

un-

der provocation from others

( T h e

American College Dictioizary) Such a

person will not be provoked to anger,

but will be patient and submissive.

Blessed are the peacemakers

. . .

(Matt .

5 : 9 ) .

Peace is exactly the OPPOSITE of

uiolence aizd war.

Anyone involved in

violence and destruction cannot be un-

der Gods divine blessings

T h e s w o r d

of war

i c d l

NOT bring peace

The Christian cannot expect to live

under peaceful circumstances at

all

times. He is going to be involved in

coriditioris whicli arc riot at all peace-

able, even though he himself will be

at peace with man and God. He need

not have anger

or

malice toward those

who are angry at him.

Christ showed that the true Christian

is one who

will be persecuted

(Matt .

5:10-12)

for the sake of righteousness

(right living according to Gods laws,

Psalm 1 1 9 : 1 7 2 ) , but he will not be-

come angry and take up arms against

other individuals or othcr nations who

may be angry with him or his country.

Instead he will take it patiently and

not strike back. By taking this persecu-

tion patiently, he will receive his great

reward.

T he Christian is instructed resist not

evil (verse 3 9 ) . How can anyone

J U ST I F Y resisting evil

in war

or

at any

other time in view of this PLAIN

statement

?

I m t e a d

of

resisting others,

Jesus imtrztcted

t ha t w e aye

to

turn t h e

other cheek

Love

Your

Enemies

Christ taught that we are not to hate

our enemies (verse 4 4 ) . How can one

KILL in war and

not

hate?

Certain philosophers and religionists

take the view that it IS possible to kill

slid not hate

How

silly

Any experienced soldier will tell you

that you MUST HATE in order to be

a good soldier and ki l l the enemy Hate

is taaght to soldiers so that they will

be effective. How can any human being

say that he can kill others in love? T o

make such

a

statement is to distort and

pervert

all

scripture concerning real

Christian lotie. It is exactly opposite

f rom a dictionary definition of love. It

is even a travesty

on

cold, carnal

logic.

Instead of hating and killing our

enemies, Christ

comma72drd

His fol-

lowers:

But I say unto you, Loue yonr eize-

mies , bless t he m that curse yo / , do good

t o t h e m t h a t hate yon , and pray for t hem

which despitefiilly riJe yon, aizd pevse-

cnte

you

(Mat t . 5:44) .

Can any professing Christian go to

war in face of such plain and clear

stateme nts? Can any man claim to fol-

low Christ who

gave

these biizdiizg

in-

structions on His

disciples fo r all t ime,

and yet kill his fellow man?

Christ sent His followers out as sheep

among wolves (Matt.

10:16) .

Sheep

have not protection against wolves

they are defenseless.

Lets compare that with a Christian.

The Christian has

n o

natural or physical

defense against those that persecute and

hate him. If he used weapons to protect

himself h e

w o d d

have protection.

A Christian engaged in war against

an enemy force who has atomic and

hydrogen weapons at his disposal,

would not be a sheep among wolves

Even though

a

true Christian is de-

fenseless by himself, he

does have

Gods

divine protection ( I Pet . 3 :1 2 - 1 4 ) .

Should We Fight

or

Flee?

Instead of Christs disciples fighting

against those who persecuted them, they

were instructed to flee.

But when they persecute you in this

ci ty flee Y P i tn nnnthw

(Matt.

1 0 : 2 3 ) .

Later on, the disciples followed this

instruction. There is an example where

Christ actually fled during severe per-

secution to save His life. He had just

begun His ministry, and was in the

synagogue at Nazareth. He told the

congregation that the scripture of Isaiah

concerning Him was being fulfilled. He

had come to preach the Gospel to the

poor and to set the captives

at

liberty.

Th e people were incensed and angered

at His statements. T h ey wanted to k i ll

H i m by throwing Him headlong over

a

clifl.

11

waJ i i u l

ye1 HiJ l i m e t o

die

His ministry and the training of His

disciples was yet a head.

If it were proper for a Christian to

fight , here u~a5His opportiiizity. B UT

C H R IS T D I D NOT FIGHT. He never

did. Instead He just slipped through

their midst and fled (Luke 4 : 3 0 ) . Later

on, after His ministry was finished and

it was His time to be crucified, He

again was threatened by violence. What

did H e d o? He did not f ight , nor even

revile those who persecuted Him. He

accepted His unjust punishment as a

lamb led

t o the

.r/aiighter..

These scriptures, and examples of

Christ, ought to teach us that there is

a t ime to f l ee here is also a time to

stand nd ctciz be p / / t to d r d if

necessary. But there is no time to fight

back and hurt others as these and many

scores of other scriptures plainly show.

Many people will fight back in time

of crisis or peril o n t of fear. Christ in-

structed us

no t t o

f ear

other..r

(Matt .


14/16

14

Th e

GOOD

NEWS March, 1963

1 0 : 2 8 ) . We are to have real peace that

comes

oii i j ,

from God. Such peace does

not come from fighting or hating others.

Peace I lenile ziVth

joii ,

iizy peace I

give unto you: not as the world giveth,

give I unto you. Let iiot yo.w

heavt be

trvublet/> iieither let it be ifraid (John

1 4 : 2 7 ) .

Instead of trying to .raze

oiii.

1jve.c by

fighthzg

we must be willing to gizw

thein

for the sake of Christ. If we try

to rr~ie N

1 j i w .c

by fighting we zuill

l o s e

them

Whosoever will save his life shall

lose it: and whosoever will lose his

life for my sake shall find it (Matt.

16 :25 ) .

Will YOU Perish by the Sword?

The second great commandment for

all mankind is to love thy neighbor as

thyself (Matt. 2 2 : 3 9 ) . Only a twisted

and perverted mind could imagine that

to kill in violence and war is to love

thy neighbor. And yet, history has

shown that

inany

wicked men and big-

oted rulers have thought that they were

cloiiig God 1 .rrr.iljce

by killiiz


15/16

March.

1963

The G O O D N E W S

1 5

Love Your

Wives

(Coiitiiii/rrl

f i v m

p g e

4

applies to YOU The principles of

these requirements are binding on Y O U

in order for you to qualify for the

Kingdom of God

If your greatest fault has been failure

to

77iBifp

for marriage, it is not too

late Pau l emphasized the necessity of

pr ,ep ir d io i i l o r ;in office in Gods

Work, And le t these also first be

p r o d ; T H E N let them use the off ice

of a deacon, beiii


16/16

16

T h e

G O O D N E W S

March, 1963

you are defrauding Him of

His

right

to share with you your married love

Examine yourself You r salvation is

at stake

Christ said, This is my command-

ment, That ye love one another, AS I

HAVE L OVE D

YOU.

Greater love

hath no man than this, that a man

L A Y D O W N H I S LI FE F O R H I S

FRIENDS (John

1 5

12,

13) .

Christ

gaue

His l i fe for you Ho w much should

you be willing

tu

overcome that

your

w i f e might also have the help she so

desperately needs to be ready to enter

the very family of God?

Without that help she may well fall

by the wayside; God will have one less

(your wife) to add to His wonderful

family, and yoa will he responsible A

terrible thought

You may be sacrificing

your

opportunity to joyously enter Gods

own fa mily All because you have been

unwilling to lay down your life for

your wife or one who has shared

the trials and pleasures

of

years In

your case it may not be easy ut it

will be rewarding

Love

Is a

Growing Thing

Two people in love expect to reach

great heights on their wedding day.

Marriage to them means the smoothing

out of differenc es miraculously. Th e

emotional pitch is high through the

marriage ceremony, and then the reality

of marriage responsibilities strikes home

hard. Th e great romantic bubble bursts.

Disillusionment

rears

its ugly head. The

expected surge of real love did not ma-

terialize Puzzled, hur t, the great fear

grows that a great mistake has been

made.

Love, like character, is a growing

thing. People are not born with it.

Neither does one stumble across it ac-

cidentally in the course of daily living.

Love needs to be developed. It needs

to be nourished. Ignorance of this fact

has brought about many separations,

many divorces Thi s is the consequence

of ill-advised counseling, and it has

reached gigantic proportions in the

w ur ld today. With proper vision, fore-

thought, consideration, understanding

and prayer

~ O N I mai,i,jage izeed not go

the

i q

of

the wor.18.

In fact, God com-

mands you to have JO Y ot to leave

your wife, but to have joy in the wife

of

your you th (Eccles.

9 : 9 ) .

Dont B e TOO BUSY

Your time, your effort, your energy,

your thoughts are your life. These are

what you are to lay down for y o u r

wife as Christ also loved the

Church, and gcirv HIMSELF FOR IT

( E p h . 5 : 2 5 ) . Become ONE life

ln,qether, MUTUALLY GIVEN TO

C HR IS T

Set yourself diligently to

.chow coiz-

sideratioiz

to the wife of your youth.

Begin now by going to

a

private place

of prayer eseech Go d to forgiv e

you fo r your callousness an d weaknesses.

Ask Him to give you His great gift

of love ove

first of

all toward

Him,

thepz toward

yonr wife .

Give thanks for

preserving your marriage, for giving

you a wife that has stuck with you

through thick and thin in the face of

every lack of appreciation and love. Set

yourself to learn, belatedly perhaps,

HE R l ikes and disl ikes in order that

you might begin to shower upon her

tokens of your growing respect and

concern for her welfare. Read the ar-

ticle on How to Have

a

Happy Mar-

riage by Mr. Garner Ted Armstrong,

and the other aticles concerning mar-

riage that are available. It will take

time, but time that brings great re-

wards. Read

together

specially

if

your wife

is

converted

LO V E I S VITAL

Dont delay to correct the many mis-

takes

you

have made which, if

con-

tinued, could cost you your salvation

Dont continue to blind yourself with

the false counselings of pseudo-authori-

ties.

T u r n t u

the

R E A L

A U T H O R I T Y

o G O D ho alone can help you

to work out your own salvation with

fear and trembling. He alone can grant

you knowledge, wealth, loyalty to Him

and to your wife nd the VITA L

INGREDIENT lacking in so many

M A R R I E D LOVE

Open

Letter

(Continzied

from

page

10)

see how God had so dealt with Mr.

Ortiguero and his two sons, Benjamin

and Jeremiah, to insure they were out-

standing assistants to me in properly

carrying out the W ork there Wo rk

which was to prove much larger than

I had anticipated (Eph. 3:20).

Shortly

aftel .

an office was estab-

lished, God opened

up

njghtlp broad-

casting on a supe r-pow er radio station

in Manila. But, even before this, to

show that an office should be estab-

lishcd he

reason

I

was

su

quickly

transf erred out of Alabama Christ

opened to His Work in the Phil ippines

space in the leading magazine of the

country

I he Ph i l i pphe s Free Press

hich brought outstanding response.

Up to the day

of

my departure, we

had received 9,464 responses to nine ad

vertisements he nint h ad was placed

just before I left nd from the

eighth ad on Seven Rules of Success,

there w r r r 2 , 5 5 5 responses, an over-

whelming number As a result, the

mailing list of those receiving The

PLAIN TRUTH has grown to over

8,600.

Let

us

thank G od that H e has seen

fit to

single out

the Filipino people for

such a witness Also, that H e has now

made possible a more thorough service

to His people in South Africa.

W e

d o d t

goi ern

this W o r k hrist

DOES

These numerical patterns and many

other supporting proofs very definitely

reveal that Christ intended these two

assignm

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