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SHOULDYOU
TRYTO
CHANGE OTHERS?
"
AVE YOU
tried to
induce others to read
The Plain Truth
or
listen to the
Wor/d Tomor–
row
program? Perhaps your
wife- your husband--one of
your family-a close relative,
or friend?
Have vou tried to change
others' views? Have vou s tarted
to "preach" to them?
l f you have, you have probably
stirred controversy, antagonism–
lost a friend, or even a wife or hus–
band.
But if you
haven't-DON'T!
I
know that many of our read–
ers- yes,
thousands
of you, out of
our millions of readers of
The Plain
Truth- have
been led lo under–
stand God's TRUTH. You have
learned to LOVE your Creator's
TRUTH, which he reveals- an d
which we make plain. The truth
becomes the most precious thing in
your li fe. You become excited
about it. You are filled with enthu–
siastic ZEAL over it.
Befare, like al! un converted
people, you were SELF-centered,
selfi sh. But
now.
your mind is
Goo-centered. Now, instead of
exclusive SELF-concern you have an
enthusiastic OUTGOING concern for
others. Especially those in you r
own family-your relatives, your
closest friends. You want to share
this wonderful truth. You want
them
to inherit eternal life in the
kingdom of God. You want to save
them from perishing.
Your motives are well-intended.
February 1983
by
Herbert W. Armstrong
Your zeal is splendid- but you
may be like a woman
r
knew years
ago who had more zeal than wis–
dom. This woman tried by her
TALK to "save" her husband and
her teenage son. But instead of
arguing them into it , she turned
them to hostility, resentment,
embitterment against God! This
woman tried to save her neigh–
bors-almost her whole town. She
only turned them a ll against
her.
But, sorne will ask, didn't Jesus
tell us we are the light of the
world-and that we must let our
light SHINE?
Oh yes! But did you notice HOW
he said we must Jet our light shine?
Listen: "Ye are the light of tbe
world.... Let your light so shine
befare men, that they may SEE your
GOOD WORKS .. ." (Matt. 5:14,
16).
Notice that carefully! He did
NOT say "that they may HEAR your
good ARGUMENTS." He said "tbat
they may SEE your GOOD
WORKS"!
But now wait a minute!
Sbould you ever tell anyone
about the radio program, or let any–
one see
The Plain Truth?
Yes, by
all means- but be CAREFUL
how
you do it. To just MENTION tbe
broadcast to a friend, and SUGGEST
that be or she might find it inter–
esting, is fine. l wish you would.
BuT, don't go too far! Don't URGE,
ARGUE Or try to TEACH religion.
Did you ever notice that our pro–
gram makes plain the REAL MEAN–
ING of today's world news, and that
it reports
tomorrow's
world news
befare it happens?
Your friends
may be interested in news, but not
in religion .
Did you ever notice that our
broadcast is not at all like the reli–
gious broadcasts on the air?
lt
NEV–
ER starts out with religious hymns,
and a voice in a sentimental syrupy
tone. Do you know what happens
wben such religious broadcasts
start? Most people who are tuned
in change stations quickly. Either
they tune toa different program, or
they turn it off. Only the "religious
audience"- a small part of the
whole a udi ence- remains. And
they probably tune in specially
because they are regular listeners
to that particular program.
But do you know why millions of
people buy and read such magazines
as
Reader's Digest. Good House–
keeping, MeCa lis.
etc.? These mag–
azines are fi lled with arti.cles about
people- about their everyday prob–
lems- about world conditions–
HUMAN- INTEREST subjects. Many
are interested in those things. But
only a very few by comparison are
interested in a sentimental, emotion–
al, religious program that sounds
just like a church service.
On the
World Tomorrow
pro–
gram we want ALL people to hear
the good news. So we talk about the
things all people want to hear! We
talk about the very questions, prob–
lems, conditions and subjects that
cause multiple millions to buy and
read these other magazines, and the
newsmagazines.
But we make these interest-grip–
ping subjects far
more
interesting
by injecting
lije
and
spark
and
meaning
into them by use of bibli-
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