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HOW THE U. S. CAN
ENDTHE
FEAR OF NUCLEAR WAR...
NO
!
by
Herbert W. Armstrong
There is no end in sight to wars. The only visible prospect is accelerating escalation.
Yet there is a SURE way the West could end the fear of
nuclear war IMMEDIATELY! This surprising article is the conclusion of the
article "1982- THE YEAR OF VIOLENCE?" in the previous number.
M
ANY ASK,
"If
there
be
a God,
WHY
does
God
allow
wars?"
They argue:
"If
God is
LOVE,
He surely wouldn't
want
all this
suffering. And
if
God is
ALL–
POWERFUL,
He could
prevent
wars! So why doesn't He?"
The answer is, certainly God
could
stop it-and in very few
years
will!
But, why in the future? Why did
he
ever
allow it?
Because a PURPOSE is being
worked out here below! Man was
put here on earth to develop righ–
teous CHARACTER! That purpose
necessitates
free moral agency in
man.
It
is absolutely
necessary
that
man be given both the prerogative
and the ability
to make his own
choice,
and exercise
his own will!
Otherwise,-NO CHARACTER!
WHY Must There Be WARS?
There
is a way
that will prevent
w
AR and produce PEACE-a
way
to
happiness and abundant well-being
for everybody!
The ETERNAL God offered man–
kind
that way- and
let mankind
choose!
The ETERNA.L created and
set in motion inexorable
laws
that
March 1982
work- not
only laws of chemistry
and physics- but also a basic SPIRJ–
TUAL LA
w,
which is
the way
to
peace, happiness, abundant well–
being! That LA
W
is the basic CAUSE
of peace. Its violation is the CAUSE
of war!
Y
es, it's just that s imple!
But a rebellious humanity–
priding itself on its rational pro–
cesses of "intellect"- willingly
blinds its minds to simple TRUTH,
and embarks on a system of compli–
cated and nonsensical ERROR–
MUCH OF IT IN THE NAME OF HIGH–
ER EOVCATION.
Human nature is basically rebel–
lious against God and the inexora–
ble laws of God (Rom. 8:7).
The Creator laid before man the
KNOWLEDGE of bis Law-the
knowledge of HOW TO AVOID
w
ARS! But yielding to human
nature- vanity, greed ,
self-cen–
teredness- rebellion against God's
Law of
PEACE- that is the
CAUSE
of WARS!
Nations Never Needed
Go to
War!
In respect to war, the basic point of
God's Spiritual Law is the Sixtb
Commandment. It says, simply,
"Thou shalt not ki/l. "
1f all nations OBEYED that com–
mand of God, and followed
the way
of LOVE and PEACE there would be
no war!
But, an objector argues, "That's
a pretty platitude-but it's not
practica!.
Tt
would never work! Any
nation that would follow that com–
mand would be attacked and beaten
by sorne other nation that was more
practica!!"
Oh, but that way WOULD WORK!
That way IS practica!!
The Creator understands human
nature better than we humans do!
He provided for that!
Do you think the Almighty Cre–
ator is so impractical that he leaves
those who OBEY HlM- who accept
HIS GOVERNMENT over them–
helpless? Understand this! God
Almighty is SUPREME! He created
the UNl VERSE- and he RULES
SUPREME over the entire vast UNI–
VERSE. He RULES over the earth–
and whatever men do in their poli–
tics-their wars-their setting up
of their own forms of govern–
ment-is done ONLY BECAUSE Goo
ALLOWS IT!
God is SUPREME in GOVERN–
MENT! A prime responsibility of
GOVERNMENT is to PROTECT its
own subjects! So, open your eyes,
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