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CHRIST with it, instead of pagan gods.
But YOUR BIBLE says plainly: "Take heed to thyself, that
thou be not snared by following them..." --that is, following
pagans and their customs of worship. "...that thou inquire NOT
after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods?
even so will I do likewise. THOU SHALT NOT DO SO UNTO THE LORD THY
GOD: for every abomination to the Eternal, which He hateth, have
they done unto their gods. ....What thing soever I command you,
observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from
it." (Deut. 12:30-32)
People talk about "worshipping God according to the
dictates of your own conscience." But GOD WILL NOT ACCEPT THAT
KIND OF WORSHIP. The BIBLE says: "God is a Spirit: and they that
worship Him MUST WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH." (John 4:24).
What is TRUTH? Jesus said Thy WORD--the words of the BIBLE--are
TRUTH. We must worship GOD as He directs in HIS WORD, not as
pagans did, or as we may please!
But, even if one does not yet understand all this, and
gives Christians gifts anyway, SURELY you would suppose that one
would GIVE HIS GIFTS TO THE LIVING CHRIST, not trade presents with
other PEOPLE! Or, at the very least, put Christ--whose birthday he
falsely supposes it is--at the head of the list for the BIGGEST
gift of all!
Recently I figured up the records and found that every
one of you Co-Workers, as an average, by your tithes and offerings,
is getting CHRIST'S GREAT MESSAGE out to TEN THOUSAND people.
THINK OF IT! If you are an average Co-Worker, whose
tithes and offerings are an average amount for our Co-Workers, the
money you have put into God's Work this year, 1961, has gotten this
Message of CHRIST to TEN THOUSAND people. Of those, many have
received The Plain Truth. Many have received the lessons of the
BIBLE Correspondence Course.
But we are not yet reaching anywhere near as many people
as Christ says we must! We are still far from reaching all
nations. We must do MUCH MORE--and time is running out! It is
later than we think!
WHERE, else, does a dollar go so far--clear around the
world, as this Work does? WHERE, else, can a dollar DO SO MUCH?
Yet right now this great dynamic Work is having to
SUFFER! The income is dropping down about 25% below the absolute
required quota! At no time before, this year, or all last year or
year before, has it dropped SO ALARMINGLY.
Co-Workers, WE MUST TIGHTEN OUR BELTS, AND MAKE THIS UP
IMMEDIATELY, before the situation becomes desperate.
As the world is in a GENEROUS mood, right now, in the
frenzy of the "Christmas spirit" which helps MERCHANTS make bigger
profits, as people trade presents back and forth, LET US BE IMBUED