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specially called out for training to
become rulers and teachers under
Christ, when the government of
God is restored to the earth over all
nations.
In calling out the Church, Jesus
said plainly, " No man can cometo
me, except the Father which hath
sent me draw him . .." (John
6:44). The Church is merely the
"firstfruits" of salvation. This en–
tire truth will be made more clear
in chapter six.
Why t he Second Adam?
To review: Approximately 4,000
years from Adam, God sent Jesus
Christ to live a perfect life, over–
coming Satan ,
qualifying
where
the first Adam failed , to replace
Satan as RULER on the throne of
the whole earth. Those who, as Je–
sus did, overcome Satan, their own
selves and sin (the " called," that
is) , will sit
with Christ
in his
throne
when
he comes to set up
THE KINGDOM OF GOD and to re–
store the GOVERNMENT OF GOD,
which the former Lucifer rejected
and cea<;ed to administer!
Those
very
few called, beginning
with " righteous Abe!" up to now
and on to Christ's return to earth,
have had to do what Adam refused
to do-REJECTTHE WAY OFSATAN,
who rebelled against the GOVERN–
MENT OF Goo!
Who, then, is a
real
Christian?
Only those who have been, and are
being, led by the Holy Spirit of
God (Rom. 8:9, 11, 14). And none
can receive the Holy Spirit until
that person 1) REPENTS--of his
sins, his transgressions of God's
law; and 2) has complete faith in
Jesus Christ-relying on Christ–
which includes BELIEVING Jesus
Christ. 1 mean, believing what he
says-his WoRo, the Holy Bible!
Thus, the called-out-ones after
real repentance and belief Christ
reconciles to God the Father and
we receive the Holy Spirit impreg–
nating us as children of God.
At this point Jet us clear up an–
other question. Why cou1d not Caín,
Abe! and Seth, the firstborn chil–
dren of Adam, have repented and
purely on that repentance have re–
ceived the Spirit and life of God?
God's law could not be a law except
there be a penalty for its infraction.
Adam had sinned. All bis children
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had sinned and incurred on them the
death penalty. They and no person
after them could be freed from the
penalty of that law until Christ, their
very Maker, had paid that death
penalty in their stead. Therefore, no
salvation was possible until the cru–
cifixion ofChrist. Only Jesus' atone–
ment could reconcile any human to
God the Father.
Now, what of these and all the
Others-the THOUSANOS OF MIL–
LIONS? Up to now, unless called and
drawn
by God, they simply have not
yet been judged! 1 do not mean they
shall not have to give account for
their sins. They shall, indeed! But
their judgment is COMINO. Judg–
ment has begun in the true Church
ofGod
(I
Pet. 4: 17). Jesus said, "No
man can come tome, except the Fa–
ther ... draw him ..." (John 6:44).
No
MANCAN
cometo Cbrist otber–
wise! But the Church is mere1y the
FIRST harvest.
In Satan's deceived world many
have come to a counterfeit Christ
who is supposed to have done away
with his Father's commandments.
They even worship Christ. But Jesus
himself said plainly: ' 'Howbeit in
vain do they worship me, teaching
for doctrines the commandments of
men . ... And he said unto them,
Full well ye reject the command–
ment of God, that ye may keep your
own tradition.... Making tbe word
of God of none effect through your
tradition, which ye have delivered:
and many such like things do ye"
(Mark 7:7, 9, 13).
Deceived millions do not realize
that they are worsbiping Christ in
vain. They have been deceived into.
worshiping "another Jesus."
Every Human Shall be Callad
When Christ comes as KING OF
KINGS and LORD of lords, he will
reign for the next thousand years.
EvERYBODY living from his coming
will be called.
After that thousand years shall
occur the "Great White Throne
J udgment" of Revelation 20:11-12.
Al! who ever Jived from Adam on,
who were uncalled by God, sball be
resurrected MORTAL in human flesh
and blood as they were in their first
life.
Then
they shall give account for
the sins of their former life. The
penalty of those sins is death. They
shall then learn that Jesus Christ
had paid that death penalty in their
stead. But on real repentance and
faith they shall be forgiven and re–
ceive God's Holy Spirit, begetting
them to ETERNAL LIFE.
GOD'S WONDERFUL MASTER
PLAN WILL CALL EVERYONE WHO
EVER LIVED TO RECEIVE ETERNAL
SALVATION, but on real repentance
and belief of God's truth. But,
there is a time-order in resurrec–
tions (1 Cor. 15:22-23) . "For as in
Adam all die, even so in Christ
shall all be made alive. But every
man in his own order: Christ the
firstfruits; afterward ..." (two
other resurrections revealed in
Revelation 20: 11-13 are not cov–
ered in 1 Corinthians 15).
Those called in the millennium,
and those in the Great White
Throne resurrection and judgment,
shall NOT have Satan, then, to over–
come.
How WONDERFUL are God's
ways-even though hidden now
from most of humanity bringing so
much suffering on themselves! As
the apostle Paul exclaimed: "O the
depth of the riches both of the
wisdom and knowledge of God!
how unsearchable are his judg–
ments, and his ways past finding
out!" (Rom. 11:33).
In MAN, God is reproducing
himself! The word for God in Gen–
esis 1: l is
Elohim
in the original
Hebrew. lt is a name, like church
or family or group. God said, "Let
us"-not ME-"make man in OUR
image." God truly is a family into
which we,
literal/y,
may be born!
WHAT, then, is man? He is a living
being made from the dust of the
ground. He is CLAY, and Goo is the
Mas ter Potter, molding, shaping,
forming our CHARACTER-if we re–
spond when he calls and draws us to
him. With our willingness he is in–
fusing into
US
HIS VERY OWN SPIRI–
TUAL HOLY, RIGHTEOUS and PER–
FECT CHARACTER!
WHY is man? God created man
on lhe earth to build in us what the
sinning angels refused to Jet God
build in them- his perfect CHAR–
ACTER! He is, in bis time-order and
way, developing us to become VERY
Goo-each of us- and to finish
the creation of the unfinished UNI–
VERSE! But, for NOW, we still live
in this deceived world led by Sa–
tan. o
The
PLAIN TRUTH