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GENERATION
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Society is going to
come apart at
the seams
unless sorne fundamental
changes are made in today's pat–
terns of thinking and patterns of
living.
There was a time in Britain ,
America and Western Europe when
marriage usually meant till death do
us part. People weren't perfect and
neither were marriages. But, a deep
sense of
responsibility
was abroad
in our lands. A man's word meant
something. The family was a st rong
unit of society. Parents felt
respon–
sib/e
for their children. People
saved up their money befare buying
a car, a washing machine or other
expensive items. Most folks tried to
live within their means.
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You find the answers when you
read early American history, and
the history of the British nations of
the period . You fi nd a great many
references to
"the fear of God,"
to
" Divine providence," and to a
sense
of purpose
in building nations, or
in "winning the West."
But in our present-day selfish,
hedonistic society, any real sense of
purpose seeins to have vanished
from most people's lives. People
don' t know
why
they are,
what
life
is supposed to be all about or
where
they are going.
The Source t hat Reveals Llfe' s
Purpose
Though most moderns seem un–
aware of it, there is a great manual
for human survival. It is an instruc–
tion book sent from the Designer of
the human mind and body to tell us
how
to live.
It
is called the Holy
Bible.
In this Book of books, your C re–
ator s tates, " Where there is no
VISION,
the people perish: but he
that keepeth the law, happy is he"
(Prov. 29: 18).
The
correct
vision, the true
unders tanding of why we are here
and where we are headed, is vitally
important to a genuinely happy and
balanced life. But, cut off from the
Creator, most men have
no idea
of
that great purpose.
They are concerned only with
"eat , drink a nd be merry, for
tomorrow we d ie."
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With this shallow " me genera–
tion" philosophy, they proceed to
take, get
and
grab
at happiness,
exploi ting their fellow human
beings in the process. Rather than
trying to
bui/d
their marriages with
outftowing love, kindness, patience
and service, they seek desperately
to "get" happiness from him or
her-and then look on in wonder–
ment when the agony of separation
or divorce occurs.
Not knowing the sincere
JOY
of
serving one another, they try to
dull the pain of thei r emptiness and
frustration by intemperate use of
liquor, by various other drugs or
perhaps by illic it or " kinky" sex.
Having
no purpose
in Ji fe and final–
ly realizing that the deep and abid–
ing happiness they are searching
for is
NEVER
going to be found-at
least not where
they
are looking–
they may ultimately " freak out" on
The true understanding
of .why we are
here and where we are
headed is vitally
important to a genuinely
happy and
balanced life.
drugs or fi nally kili themselves!
The Abundant Lite
Sorne 2,000 years ago, a great Being
from another place, another time,
descended through outer space and
carne to settle, for a little while, on
planet Earth. This majestic Being
emptied himself of the glory and
power he had shared from eternity
with God.
His name was Jesus, the son of
God.
He said, "I am the
WAY,
the
truth,
and the
lije"
(John 14:6).
He said, " J have kept my Father's
commandments" (John 15: 10) .
And again, " My yoke is easy, and
my burden is light" (Matt.
J
1:30) .
This inspired Son of God d id
indl"ed keep his Father's command–
ments and find that his Father's
"yoke" was easy. Unders tanding
and truly following the Ten Com-
mandments- the great " law of lib–
erty" (Jas. 2: 12)-is indeed a happy
way of life.
Knowing this, J esus stated, " 1 am
come that they might have
lije,
and
that they might have it more
ABUN–
DANTLY"
(John 10:10). l f you fol –
low that way, you will be deeply
rewarded not only by your own hap–
piness and
inner peace,
but by the
joy, the appreciation and the return–
ing !ove you will arouse in others
around you.
For those who persist in following
the "get and grab" phi1osophy of
the "now generation," God says,
" The way oftransgressors is hard"
(Prov. 13: 15). Although they don' t
yet know it , their vain, selfish
hedonistic society is soon coming to
a sudden
END
when God intervenes
in world a ffairs. "And . . . there
were great voices in heaven, saying,
The kingdoms of this world are
become the kingdoms of our Lord,
and of his Christ; and be shall reign
for ever and ever. ... And the
nations were angry, and thy wrath is
come, and the time of the [nationsJ
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original Greek text], that t heY.
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should be judged, and that thou
shouldest give reward unto thy ser–
vants the prophets, and to the saints,
and them that fear thy name, small
and great; and shouldest destroy
them whic h des troy the earth"
(Rev. 11 :15, 18).
A wonderful world tomorrow is
coming! If you begin to get the pic–
t ure and want answers
in detai/
that
make sense, write
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A Y
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Thank God! Very soon, the " now
generation" philosophy wi ll be
"gone with the wind"-replaced by
a generation both understanding
and experiencing the awesome
P U R–
POSE
being worked o u t h e r e
below!
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