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his Church. WE MUST ALL SPEAK THE SAME THING--and it must be the
very same thing Jesus teaches in HIS WORD. There must be NO
DIVISIONS or contentions among us. We must be ONE with Christ and
with God. We are NOT an Australian church or an American
church--we are all ONE in Christ Jesus!
Now, finally, how does GOD look down and see this world? He
sees it as a world started with Adam, led by Satan in rebellion
against God and God's way of life. It is SATAN'S world, God sees
in it--but not OF it -his Church, living God's way of LOVE,
obedient to HIS GOVERNMENT.
IF we overcome this world, overcome Satan, overcome our own
nature Satan has implanted within us from infancy, believe and obey
Christ's Gospel, are all ONE in and with Christ, then are we a part
of that HOLY TEMPLE that shall rise and meet Christ as he returns
to SIT ON THE THRONE OF THE EARTH. Satan shall be banished from
it. When he comes, the dead in Christ shall rise first, we living
shall be changed instantly from physical mortals to spirit
IMmortals--all together being the glorious TEMPLE to which he is
coming. We shall be priests and kings, ruling with and under
Christ. We shall JUDGE THE WORLD. For 1,000 years judgment will
be on the world. Judgment NOW is on us of God's Church.
Again, finally, dear brethren, directly or indirectly my
children in the Lord, I address you even as the apostle John did
after A.D. 90, and since I also am now passed 90 years of age, I
address you as "my little children."
Virtually all the trouble in your country has come from some
disagreement or rebellion against the GOVERNMENT OF GOD, or about
(like in the church at Corinth) a preference as to ministers or
disagreement between ministers. Your minister is your teacher.
You're his student, learning to be a teacher yourself in God's
Kingdom. He is OVER YOU in the Lord. You therefore must esteem
him highly.
It is true, nonetheless, as in the first century of the
Church, some departed from the faith to draw disciples after them,
even so some few have today. But even IF you suspect a minister is
false or off the track, DO NOT DISCUSS THIS WITH OTHERS IN THE
CHURCH. KEEP SILENT. But write either to your regional director
or to me or Mr. Joe Tkach at Pasadena. Let US who are over him
look into it. KEEP THE PEACE in your church. We believe and
sincerely hope all ministers now serving are Spirit-led, true
ministers of Jesus Christ, doctrinally sound and correct, loyal and
faithful. Go VERY SLOW about feeling otherwise. Pray for one
another. Pray for me.
With much love, in Jesus' name,
Herbert W. Armstrong