Basic HTML Version
accept the inevitable truth of the
matter.
Surely the proper implementa–
tion of this second principie would
eliminate many more conflicts.
The Cou rt of Last Resort
" If it be possible, as much as lieth
in you," wrote the apostle Paul,
"live peaceably with all men"
(Roro. 12: 18). But he also wrote:
..... [Pray] that we may be deliv–
ered from
unreasonable
and
wicked men: for all men have not
faith"
(Ir
Thess. 3:2). The point is
that sometimes it is
not
possible to
live peaceably with all men. Sorne
people can be so stubbornly
intransigent and set in their ways
that they simply
wi/1 not
submit
to arbitration in any given dis–
pute.
Now consider the third princi–
ple-the court of last resort. Jesus
continued: "And if he shall neglect
to hear them [the third parties],
tell it unto the church: but if he
neglect to hear the church, Jet him
be unto thee as an heathen man and
a publican" (Matt. 18:17). Sorne–
times all the cards are face up on
the table and one person is clearly
in the right. lf the one in the wrong
stubbornly persists in his position,
we are left with no other alternative
than to discontínue the relation–
ship.
lt
is hoped such cases are in
the small minority.
What about you personally? Are
you a peacemaker? When unfortu–
nate situations occur, do you pour
oil on troubled waters? Do you
bring offended parties back to–
gether? Are you a bridge builder
and a conciliator?
Jesus said: "Biessed are the
peacemakers: for tbey shall be
called the children of God." Are
you one? o
36
HAVE YOU ENROLLED IN OUR
AMBASSADOR COLLEGE
BIBLE CORRESPONDENCE
COURSE?
The Bible is the most exciting,
challenging book ever written, and its
message is lor you
nowf
This course
can help you understand the Bible as
never belore. lt unlocks the truth
about the purpose of ,lile, in step-by–
step detail in monthly lessons. There
is no tuition lee. To enroll, jusi write
to our oflice nearest you.
WORSIDP?
(Continued from page 14)
K EPT
that law
to set us an exam–
ple.
He was our "light," our
exam–
ple.
A
true Christian
is simply one.
who follows
Christ- who follows
that example.
Do you begin to see the true
nature of the living God?
He is the ONE who has set all
physical and spiritual
laws
and
energies
in motion. He has an over–
all plan for this earth- he is
Supreme Ruler.
God's Character
God ís RuLER. lf we become his
children through
repentance, bap–
tism
and receiving the
Holy Spir–
it
(Acts 2:38), we may be "born
again" (John 3: 1-8)- changed
into, actually
born of spirit
as a
literal
son of God! God is repro–
ducing himself! He- the Creator
and Ruler of the universe-is
begetting human beings through
bis Spirit to be
born
as his sons–
to be in his own Famíly-to
inberit eterna! life. But we must
first
learn
how to live
before God
will grant us eterna! life and make
us his own sons.
We must develop God's
wisdom,
God's
character.
We must
"live
by
every word of God." Realizing that
the Creator knows best, we should
OBEY him. To deny this is to admit
a profound
ignorance
of the Eter–
na! God's great wisdom and pur–
pose!
It
betrays a lack of under–
standing of the
character
of the
true God.
The apostle John summed it all
up when he wrote of Christ-the
God of the Old Testament, the giv–
er of the LA
w - "He that saith,
l
know him, and keepeth not his
commandments, is a liar, and the
truth is not in him"
(1
John 2:4).
God himself calls these lawless
ministers
liars
when they try to
deny the authority of his RULE, the
wisdom of his LA
w,
and the very
basis of his great PURPOSE.
It
is time to wake up! May God
help you to
repent
of
defying
his
rule, of
breaking
his laws, and
guide you to accept Christ as your
Savior
from
sin. Then you may
begin to develop the
character
of
God and be born of the Spirit as his
son in the resurrection. You
.need
to come to know the
true God
as
your Father.
Ta l k t o God
Once you come to really know the
true God-the God revealed by
Jesus Christ-you will want to talk
to him. You may do this in prayer.
This is the
third way
you may
come to really "know" the true
God.
As you come
~o
know God in this
way, you will soon realize that .here,
too, you have to OBEY God if you
expect an answer. But you will find
that God is LOVE- and that he will
gladly grant any request that is
good for
you
under the circum–
stances. You will also discover that
he has POWER to
heal
you when
you are sick, to
deliver
you in
miraculous ways from trouble and
to
bless
you in a manner beyond
human comprehension.
. So
get to know God
by talking to
him often.
And remember- the combined
testimonies of
nature,
of the
Bible
and of
answered prayer
all reveal
the same
trué God.
He is the all–
wise, all-powerful, law-giving
RuLER of the universe.
Are
you
willing to
acknowledge
his government,
obey
his laws and
inherit eterna! life as his
child? o
BLAME?
(Continued from page 33)
the Messiah, we have the opportu–
nity once again to have contact
~ith
God's. Spirit and his way.
God has given us a second
Adam, an Adam who chose cor–
rectly every time, walking with
God, a very Son of God. He was
tempted by Satan just like Adam
and Eve and us, but he did not obey
the devil. He never sinned (Heb.
4: 15). He resisted the devil , gave
him orders and proved he could be
subject to the government of God
and administer it.
Through this righteous Adam,
Jesus Christ, we have the opportuni–
ty to be forgiven, to receiye the gift
of eterna! life (Roro. 6:23, last half)
with God, as God: "For since by man
carne death, by man carne also the
resurrection of the dead. For as in
The PLAIN TRUTH