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The WORLD TOMORROW
A WORLDWIDE BROADCAST
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
GARNER TED ARMSTRONG
Proclaim to the World the
GOOD NEWS OF THE WORLD TOMORROW
BOX 111, Pasadena, Calif. 91109
Publishing:
The PLAIN TRUTH
a Magazine of UNDERSTANDING
December 9, 1969
Dear Co-Worker with Christ:
As one of our inner family in the end-time Work of God --
as one who has VOLUNTARILY accepted the living Christ's draft to be
a Co-Worker with Him in this most serious mission in the world
today -- I must take you into my confidence and RUSH this short but
URGENT letter to you immediately.
There remains only three-and-a-half weeks of this crucial,
difficult year of readjustment. And we are starting out this
critical final month IN A FRIGHTENING, SHOCKING SLUMP!
I have explained before how December is always our biggest
PROBLEM-month! The Christmas-shopping melee is in full swing. And
it seems that so many of our Co-Workers are spending all their
money buying gifts -- that is, TRADING gifts back and forth with
relatives and friends -- FORGETTING the gifts for the living CHRIST
so vital for THE WORK OF GOD! They suppose they are buying
birthday presents for CHRIST'S BIRTHDAY -- but they are NOT GIVING
THEIR GIFTS TO CHRIST -- they are NEGLECTING HIM -- ignoring HIM --
forsaking HIM and God's Work in which He has drafted you and me as
His Co-Workers.
Brethren in Christ, you and I have VOLUNTARILY accepted His
draft. When we did, we accepted a solemn, serious RESPONSIBILITY!
We need to realize that Jesus Christ IS NOT DEAD -- He ROSE from
the dead -- He is right now the living Christ, the HEAD of this
great Work -- actively GUIDING and BLESSING this Work as the most
important activity on earth! And right now is the season when HE
NEEDS our gifts for HIS WORK, more than at any other time!
Actually, I'm sure WE understand the truth -- that Jesus
was NOT born December 25th or anywhere NEAR that date -- no one
knows the date of His birth. And the Bible reveals that
celebrating birthdays is a Pagan custom which God forbids!
Not I -- I didn't do the forbidding -- God did it long before I was
born.
The wise men gave their gifts to the CHRIST-child -- but
THEY WERE NOT BIRTHDAY GIFTS -- it was many days AFTER His birth!
It has always been -- still is -- custom when visiting a King or
Ruler, to present him with a gift. A certain king -- a real king