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writing. And in it God says, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a
GOOD UNDERSTANDING have all they that DO his commandments" (Ps.
111:10). We OBEY his Commandments. The preachers, clergy and churches of
this world say God's Commandments are done away. They falsely say Jesus
abolished them. But Jesus said he had kept his Father's Commandments (John
l5:10), and he set us an example (John 13:15).
A young man asked Jesus how to be saved--have eternal life. Jesus
answered, "...if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments," designating
the Ten Commandments (Matt. 19:16-17). The Bible teaches that sin is the
transgression of the law (I John 3:4). The law is a spiritual law (Rom. 7:12,
14)
LOVE is the fulfilling of the law--the love of God in our hearts (minds) by the
Holy Spirit (Rom. 5:5). God gives his Holy Spirit to them that OBEY him (Acts
5:32). The Bible cannot be understood except through the Holy Spirit. The Holy
Spirit is the instrument of God by which one deciphers God's secret code, the
Bible.
None of the great minds--the most highly educated--the leaders--even the
religious leaders--can understand it (I Cor. 2:8-9), but, verse 10, God reveals
spiritual truths of the Bible BY HIS HOLY SPIRIT, given only to those who DO
keep his Commandments!
I realize most of you have not come into this right and clear
UNDERSTANDING of the Bible and its prophecies--but God has called us who
write for The PLAIN TRUTH to comprehend what God reveals, and make those
truths PLAIN, clear and understandable to you our readers.
Let me give you an illustration. Jesus, on occasion, spoke in parables.
He
definitely did not use parables to illustrate his meaning more clearly, but to
hide
the meaning so his hearers could not understand. When his disciples asked him to
explain a parable, he replied, "Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the
kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in
parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear,
and not understand..." (Mark 4:11-12).
They then were commissioned in the Great Commission to go into all the
world, "and teach all nations" (Matt. 28:19). In like manner God has revealed
his
TRUTH--his Gospel OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, to his ministers who DO KEEP
HIS COMMANDMENTS, and commissioned us to teach YOU--to make clear and
plain his Word--the HOLY BIBLE.
Multiplied thousands are coming to realize that from no other source are
they receiving God's TRUTH made plain and understandable! That's why God
inspired me, 55 years ago, to name this publication "The PLAIN TRUTH" and call
it "A MAGAZINE OF UNDERSTANDING"!
Before closing I would like to offer you, gratis with our love, any one
or all
of three special booklets.
One, especially timely at this season of the year, is The Plain Truth
About
Christmas. If you have not already read this booklet, it may SURPRISE YOU. Did