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outgoing concern.
It
is giving, help–
ing, serving, sharing-but human
nature
pulls
humanity in the exact
opposite direction- into being SELF–
centered, selfish, greedy, the way of
vanity-the way of getting, taking,
accumulating- of competit.ion,
strife, envy, jealousy, resentment,
hatred.
God's great spiritual LA
w
is sim–
ply, the CAUSE of peace, happiness,
abundant well-being. The violation
of that Law, by yielding to the pulls
of human nature is, simply the
ABSENCE of peace, happiness and
abundant well-being.
God laid before man the knowl–
edge of his Law- his w Av! He
compels man to cnoosE! Would
man
want
God to FORCE him to go
God's way,
contrary
to the desires
of human nature? Never! He would
cry out "God is unfair!" Man
wants
the right of free choice.
To fulfill His PURPOSE, the Cre–
ator marked out a duration of 7,000
years. The first six of those millen–
nial "days" was set aside for man to
CHOOSE whether to OBEY God's
Law- that is, voluntarily come
under Goo's GOVERNMENT- Or
work out bis own ideas of HUMAN
government. Man chose to reject
God, his government and his Law.
He elected to follow the desires of
his carnal self-centered nature.
Yielding to HUMAN NATURE is
the CAUSE of war.
Rebellion against God's Law of
peace is the CAUSE of war.
Natlons Never NEEDED Go to War
So now let's take a look at one of
the
1O
POINTS of GOd's basic spiri–
tual LA
w.
1
mean that point that
has to do with
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ARs!
In respect to WAR, the basic
point is the Sixth Commandment.
lt
says, simply,
"Thou sha/t not
kili...
If all nations obeyed that com–
mandment and followed the way of
LOVE toward other humans, there
would be no war.
But, one argues, that's a pretty
platitude- but it's not practical- it
won't work. WHY? Because, he
argues, if
your
nation
o~eys
that
commandment and is disarmed
with no military force, it would be
attacked and beaten by sorne
other
nation that disobeyed God's Law,
and believed in
w
AR. Your nation
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would therefore be helpless.
Oh, but it WOULDN'T! The Cre–
ator understands human nature
better than we humans do. HE PRO–
VIDEO FOR THAT!
Let's open our eyes to down-to–
earth practica! TRUTH-to FACT!
You think the Almighty Creator–
God is impractical-that he leaves
those who OBEY him, who accept bis
GOVERNMENT over them, HELPLESS?
One of the responsibilities of G.ov–
ERNMENT is to protect its own sub–
jects! You think-do you?-that the
GOVERNMENT OF Goo is
SO
feeble
and lacking in power that it is unable
to protect the individual or the
nation it governs?
Open your eyes, now, to the
FACTS! God did take a people to be
his nation. He took a family of sorne
two mi Ilion helpless SLAVES-all
descended from God's friend Abra–
ham-and offered to set them up as
a nation under bis government.
Notice now, in your Bible, the
specific application of the
commandment,
"Thou sha/t not
kili,"
to military force. and war.
Notice how Goo says to those
under HIS GOVERNMENT, that HIS
GOVERNMENT-an all-powerful su–
pernatural and supernational gov–
ernment- will PROTECT His people
against any invading force.
God said to Israel: " ... if thou
shalt indeed obey his voice, and do
all that
1
speak; then
1
will be an
enemy unto thine_enemies, and an
adversary unto thine adversar–
ies ... and
1
will cut them off' ' (Ex.
23:22-23).
God promised supernaturally to
fight any invading enemy to protect
the nation and people under HIS
government.
1
intend to give you
ample case histories to verify this.
But is it just as wrong for Goo to
fight an invading army, and if nec–
essary, take human life, as for
humans? ABSOLUTELY NOT! God is
the GIVER of human life. Human
lives
belong to him!
He,
a/one,has
the RIGHT to
take
human lives. The
Sixth Commandment forbids MAN,
of bis own volition and at bis dis–
cretion- to take human life!
Why Anclent Israel Went to War
But did you notice- there were
CONDITIONS to God's promise of
divine protection. He said he would
protect them " ... if thou shalt
indeed obey his voice, and do all
that 1 speak."
During this first 6,000 years, in
God's Master Plan, He does not
force
any nation, or individual, to
come under his GOVERNMENT.
That decision is left to man's free
CHOICE.
When God, with his own thun–
dering voice, delivered the
1O
basic
points of bis inexorable spiritual
Law from Mt. Sinai, he was outlin–
ing for MANKIND
the way
to peace,
happiness and abundant well-being.
This applies to every individual and
to every nation. Transgression of
this basic Law is SIN
(1
John
3:4).
This Law- the very principie of
RIGHT as distinguished from
WRONG- had, of course, existed
from the time of Adam.
You'll find the account of God's
delivering of this Law in Exodus
20:1-17 and Deuteronomy 5:4-22.
But, beginning Exodus 20:18, you
will read the account of God laying
down basic laws and statutes of bis
national civil government delivered
tbrough Moses.
Then, once God bad restated
before this vast family of Israelites
bis basic spiritual Law-the founda–
tional PRINCIPLE for all the national
civil statutes, judgments and ordi–
nances- and also basic civil statutes
and ordinances, God put it to these
people, through Moses, to CHOOSE
whether they would accept HIS GOV–
ERNMENT over them.
Notice the completing of the
COVENANT-the AGREEMENT be–
tween God and this PEOPLE-to
form them into a NATION under
Goo'S GOVERNMENT.
"And Moses took half of the
blood, and put it in basons; and half
of the blood he sprinkled on the
altar. And he took the book of the
covenant, and read in the audience
of the people: and they said, All
that the Lord hath said will we do,
and be obedient. And Moses took
tbe blood, and sprinkled it on the
people, and said, Behold the blood
of tbe covenant, wbich the Lord
hath made with you concerning all
these words" (Ex. 24:6-8).
Government Protectlon Agalnst
War
NOTICE CAREFULLY! A
part
of
God's PLATFORM OF GOVERNMENT
that he laid before the people
The
PLAIN TRUTH