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proved and really
believe
that the
Bible is the inspired revelation
from God to man, then you should
clearly realize that God 's Word is
not to be argued with-or falsely
interpreted to bolster pet doc–
trines.
The B lble Carri es Autho r lty
We may have had our own precon–
ceived
human
idea of God. But if
we want the
truth,
let's put that
aside and search God's Word to
find out how he
reveals
himself to
us. Remember that
"al!
scripture is
given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for
doctrine,
for
reproof.
for
correction,
for
instruction
in
righteousness" (11 Tim. 3: 16). The
Bible is to correct and reprove us–
to show us where we are wrong.
Will we let it?
God says, "J am the Lord ,
I
change not .
.. " (Mal. 3:6). We
find that Jesus Christ is "the
same
yesterday, and to day, and for ever"
(Heb. 13:8). The Father and the
Son do not whimsically change
their plans and principies, OR
THEI R LAWS. They "change not."
At this point, it is important to
realize that Christ
was
the God or
"LORD" of the Old Testament! In
John 1: 1-5, we find that Christ was
the "Word" or "Spokesman" who
was with the Father from the
beginning. All things were created
by Jesus Christ (verse 3 and Col.
1: 16). Christ was the spiritual
Rock that went before and pro–
tected the children of Israel, and
that gave them the Ten Command–
ments
(ICor. 10:1-4).
God
in the person of Jesus
Christ
is the one who gave the LAw
that most preachers
hate
today!
Why
do they hide their eyes from
the Christ who is supreme LA
w–
GIVER? Do they think that Christ
has changed?
Your Bible says NO!
God's methods and laws are basi–
cally the same from Genesis to
Revelation. Apparent1y not realiz–
ing this, most self-appointed
preachers will tell you about the
"God of the Old Testament" in
contrast with Christ in the New
Testament. Then they go on to say
that Christ preached one gospel,
and the apostle Paul preached a
14
different
gospel! They are in CON–
FUSION.
In Revelation 17:5, God names
this mixed-up, divided system of
churchianity "Babylon the Great,"
which literally means
"Great Con–
fusion."
God's true people are
commanded to
come out
of this
system (Rev. 18:4). Why?
Because these churches
don't
know the true God!
Satan has his
own
false
ministers who
appear
to
be the ministers of righteousness
(11 Cor. 11: 15). These
fa/se
minis–
ters are deceiving people, "In
whom the god of this world hath
blinded
the minds of them which
believe not .. . "
(U
Cor. 4:4).
How can these people be so eas–
ily deceived?
First,
because they
blindly follow human tradition and
these false ministers and therefore
have a FALSE conception of God.
And second,
because they are spiri–
tually too LAZY to
study
their
)3ibles and come to know the true
God and
his way.
Jesu s Reveals Fathe r
Jesus carne in the flesh to reveal
the Father. He showed that God's
law would be in force until heaven
and earth should pass away (Matt.
5:18). He didn't come to destroy
God's law, but to
ful.fi/1
it (verse
17). And
fulfill
means to do or
perform,
NOT to do away with.
When a young man carne to ask
Jesus how to be saved, he was told,
" Keep the
COMMANDMENTS"
(Matt. 19:17).
Jndeed, Jesus' whole ministry
was one of revealing God as the
supreme Lawgiver and Ruler. He
preached the good news of the
coming kingdom Or GOVERNMENT
of God (Mark 1:14). That is the
true Gospel-the
good news of
God's government, God's RULE.
The very foundation of Jesus'
teaching was that "man shall not
live by bread alone, but by
every
word
that proceedeth out of the
mouth
of God"
(Matt. 4:4).
What
word?
What
God?
Those
Jews knew very well that Christ
was referring to the God of the Old
Testament-the giver of the
LAW- the God who was to RULE
Israel. The only ' 'word" of the
true
God-at that time- was the Old
Testament as contained in
your
Bible! Jesus referred to the
"law"- the Old Testament writ–
ings- as
Scripture,
and he said,
"the scripture cannot be broken"
(John 10:35).
Christ Ou r Example
Most professing Christian m•ms–
ters talk about Christ as sorne sort
of hero and Savior. They picture
Jesus as a sweet
but helpless
little
baby at Christmas time and as a
Savior who has gone "way off to
heaven" at Easter time! Their con–
ception is that he carne to die for
men, but that
his teaching carries
NO AUTHORITY today!
Your Bible says the
exact oppo–
site!
In John
1
:4, we find that Jesus'
life was the "light" of men. It was
to show them
God's way
to live.
Peter was inspired to write,
" ... Christ also suffered for us,
leaving us an example,
that ye
should follow his steps" (1 Pet.
2:21).
Now read I John 2:6.
It
is more
properly rendered in the Moffatt
translation. Speaking of Christ,
John wrote, " He who says he 're–
mains in him'
ought to be living as
he lived."
Jesus is our
perfect
example!
If
we say we are Christian- that we
"remain in him"-we ought to be
LIVING as he lived! Are
you?
If
you
don't believe in and try to follow
Jesus' example, you don't under–
stand
what kind
of God the
true
God
is. You are
ignoran!
of how to
worship and obey the God and
Father of J esus Christ.
What
was
Jesus ' example?
Jesus ' entire life is a perfect
example of OBEDIENCE to God's
law and bis rule! He said, "1 have
kept
my Father's commandments"
(John 15:10).
His own teaching was simply a
magnification of God's law (Isa.
42:21) . Actually, he carne in the
fiesh to magnify
his own law-the
Ten Commandments! Remember?
He
was
the God of the Old Testa–
ment who
gave
the Ten Command–
ments and dealt with Israel (1 Cor.
10:1-6).
When he carne in the ftesh, Jesus
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The PLAIN TRUTH