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Actually applying to our nation, God says, Deuteronomy 28:1, "IF thou
shalt
hearken diligently unto the voice of the Eternal thy God, to observe and to do
all
his commandments ... the Eternal thy God will set thee on high ABOVE all
nations of the earth." In Deuteronomy 4:40: "Thou shalt keep therefore ... his
commandments ... that it MAY GO WELL WITH THEE.... "
In many scriptures God tells us he prospers those whose ways please him.
But our people as a nation have not obeyed God. The whole world has been
founded and built on the philosophies and ways of life of Satan, not of God.
This
has been SATAN'S WORLD--not God's. But the CHURCH OF GOD IS God's
world in embryo--begotten but not yet born. We are called--drafted--to be
trained to be teachers and rulers in the world to come.
When THIS WORK pleases him, he prospers it. He has been getting us
back on the track. We have just closed a RECORD-BREAKING year.
The world has NOT lived God's way. Now the final result of the selfish
way
of living is converging on the whole world in its final climax at the END of
this
world.
But God is blessing his Church. We suffer because of the sins of the
world
among which we must live. But unemployment is not as high among our
members--God does bless the commandment keeper and tithe payer.
1982 was the most successful year by far in the history of this Work. The
PLAIN TRUTH circulation took a big leap ahead--now well over five million
copies a month. There was a BIG increase in number of TV stations. A big
increase in people asking for counsel about baptism.
PRAY for continued success in the Work. Remember, whatsoever we ask,
we receive from him because we keep his commandments and do those things that
are pleasing in his sight. Pray for me, even as I do for you. Pray for the
continued
economic stability and financial needs for God's Work.
With much love, in Jesus' name,
Herbert W. Armstrong