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is CHRIST's- it will be preaching
THAT GOSPEL to the whole
world--over
al/ inhabited conti–
nents-today.
For we are
near
the
ENO!
The Gospel of t he
living
Christ
is the Gooo NEws of the
coming
KINGDOM OF Goo to
RULE THE
WORLD!
lt
is the Gospel of the
divine GOVERNMENT.
lt
teaches
people to REPENT of rebellion
against Goo's government-trans–
gression of Goo's LAws.
1t
teaches salvation through the
death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ-the remissioq of si ns
through Jesus ' shed blood and
reconciliation to God by Christ's
DEATH; and salvation through his
LIFE.
lt has NO PART in this world's
governments-its members are
AMBASSADORS, as in a strange
Jand, of THE KINGDOM OF ÜOD,
soon to destroy and replace all
human governments of the nations
today . J es u s prayed for his
Church: " . .. Holy Fatber, keep
through
thine own name
those
whom thou hast given me, that
they may be ONE, as we are.
While 1 was with them in the
world, 1 kept them
in thy
name:
... And now come 1 to
thee; ... 1 have given them thy
word; and the world hath hated
them, because
they are not OF
the world,
even as 1 am not OF the
world. 1 pray not that thou
shouldest take them out of the
world, but that thou shouldest
keep them from the evil.
They are
not OF the world,
even as l am
not OF the world. Sanctify them
through THY TRUTH: THY WORD IS
TRUTH" (John 17:11- 17).
J esus said his true Church was to
be KEPT
in the name
of the
Father- Goo.
Twelve times
in the
New Testament, the NAME of this
one
true
Church is The CHURCH
OF Goo! It is Goo's Church, and
Jesus Christ is its guiding, sustain–
ing, directing HEAD!
In t h is wor ld, churches are
named after MEN, or after the SYS–
TEM men have devised, or the kind
of church government MEN have
thought out, CONTRARY to God's
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Word--or after a s ignificant doc–
trine they emphasize- or, what
meo hope to make it-all-encom–
passing, universal or catholic. But
wherever that ONE
true
Church is,
it will be named The CHuRCH OF
Goo. But that is not al!. Many
have appropriated God's name but
are not proclaiming the KINGDOM
OF GOD, as the GOVERNMENT of
God, wh ich we must
OBEY–
teaching obedience to God's Law
(Ten Commandments) (including
the fourth) - teaching REPEN–
TANCE of rebellion and transgress–
ing God's holy LAW-teaching
that we may be now BEGOTTEN
into the KINGDOM (Family) of
God, and may, by the resurrection,
be BORN into the Goo FAMILY!
''
Wherever God's one
true Church is .. . it
will be preaching
the good · news of
the coming
Kingdom of God to
rule the world!
''
That true Church is preaching the
imminency of the coming of
CHRIST as KI NG of kings and
LoRo of lords, to RULE all nations
for a thousand years on earth. Not
up in heaven, but ON Tms EARTH
(Rev. 5:10).
There is only ONE such Church!
lt is doing THE WORK OF Goo.
lt
is, as Jesus said it would be, a " li ttle
flock," persecuted, despised by the
world. But it does have dedicated,
consecrated, converted, fully in–
structed and trained, ordained MIN–
ISTERS in all parts of the world–
available to call on you, visit you in
your home, answer your questions,
explain the Bible to
you- JF YOU
REQUEST /TI
But none of them
will
EVER
call on you, unless YOU
of your own free will reques t it! Paul
had visited the elders (ministers) at
Ephesus from house to house-BUT,
regarding the general publ ic, Jesus
said, "Go NOT from house to house"
(Luke 10:7) .
Neither Jesus, nor Peter, nor
Paul, nor any of the original true
apostles ever approached people
and personally URGED conversion
on them. God has made every
human a FREE MORAL AGENT.
God
[orces each to MAKE HIS OWN DECI–
SION,
and the true
Goo will never
force you to be converted.
But if you, of your own volition,
want to know MORE about the
very
Church t hat Jesus Christ
founded, a nd heads today-if
you' d like to ask questions about
it, why not wri te to the editor and
request a personal v is it ? We
might not be able to have one of
God's own ministers call on you
immediately- but if you'll make
the request and be patient, I'm
sure that before too long we can
get one of these men Goo has
called and trained, to visit you.
And Jet me suggest that you JOT
DOWN
0 0
paper t he QUESTIONS
you are going to want to ask. I've
learned, personally, by more than
45 years' experience, that you' ll
forget t hem unless you do.
Hundreds and hundreds-yes,
thousands upon thousands-are
being
conver ted-tbeir
li ves
CHANGED- by th is WORK OF
Goo, through
The World Tomor–
row
broadcast worldwide; through
The Plain Truth,
the Ambassador
College Bib le Correspondence
Course and other vital free litera–
ture we send upon request. Sorne,
not realizing one of God's own
called and consecrated ministers
could call and explain and answer
questions, have JOINED one of the
c hurches of t his wor ld . You can–
not JOIN t h e tru e Church of
God-the Almighty Goo
puts
you in.
But if you have questions abou t
fellowship, doctrines or practice–
or ANY ques ti ons about the
Church or the Bible or t he Chris–
tian LIFE, write me.
1
cannot cal l
and visit wi t h you personally any
more (as 1 used to do and wish 1
still could), but God has now giv–
en me many truly called and chos–
en men who CAN. DON' T go to the
c hurches of t his world, or join
any, UNTIL you hear the full truth
and weigh carefully the FACTS,
accord ing to your own BIBLE.
Then
make your decision and take
what steps Goo shows you. o
The PLAIN TRUTH