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mother carries her unborn baby in
that part of her body where she can
best PROTECT it from
physical
harm; and that protection is part of
her function, as well as to nou rish
the unborn child! Even so, the
CHURCH, through Christ's minis–
ters, instructs, teaches, counsels
with, advises, and PROTECTS from
spiritual
harm the unborn mem–
bers! What a WONDERFUL picture
is human reproduction of spiritual
SALVATION!
Continue further!
As the physi–
cal fetus must grow
physically
large enough to be boro, so the
begotten Christian must
grow
in
grace, and in the knowledge of
Christ (11 Pet. 3: 18)-must over–
come, must develop in spiritual
CHARACTER during this Jife, in
order to be BORN into the kingdom
of Goo!
And as the physical fetus grad–
ually develops the physical organs,
features and characteristics one by
one, even so the begotten Christian
must gradually, continually, devel–
op the SPIRITUAL character-love,
faith, patience, gentleness, temper–
ance. He (or she) must live by and
be a DOER of the Word of God . He
must develop the divine CHARAC–
TER!
Finally-lmmortality!
Then in God's due time-though
the person may die meanwhile–
by a resurrection, or by instanta–
neous CHANGE to immortality at
Christ's coming, he shall be BORN
of God- into the KINGDOM OF
Goo-because Goo
is
that king–
dom! He is no longer material
ftesh from the ground, but com–
posed of spirit, even as God is a
Spirit (John
4:24).
How WONDERFUL is the TRUTH
OF Goo!
Yet, by bis dastardly deceptions
Satan has DECEIVED THE WORLD–
has blinded humanity to tbe fact
that God
!S
this KINGDOM J esus
proclaimed-and that wE may be
born
as spiritual individuals-as
part of that divine FAMILY- as part
of the Goo KINGDOM!
How precious is Goo's TRUTH!
God designed reproduction to pic–
ture his truth in physical manner
and
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KEEP US CONSTANTLY IN
THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WONDER–
FUL PLAN OF SALV
A
TION!
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FAMILIES
(Continued from page 17)
the hands of their brothers would
be elim.inated. How? By obeying
the sixtb commandment: "You
shall not murder" (Ex. 20: 13).
And wbat about the shameful
illegitimacy problem? God says,
"You shall not commit adultery"
(verse
14).
Young people must be
taught that sex is for marriage, if
the family and this whole genera–
tion is to survive.
We are teaching this today
through this very magazine you are
now reading.
To Save a People
Black people in the ghetto are fac–
ing a great challenge.
Today, we need to stir our hearts
and souls as never before! What we
need is to target energies and re–
sources on this life-and-death prob–
lem.
Almighty God says: " ... turn
the hearts of the fathers lo the
children, and the hearts of the chil–
dren lo their fathers, lest
1
come
and strike the earth with a curse"
(Mal. 4:6). That is serious! God is
not looking at this problem lightly.
Young black men should seek
out, with the help of counsellors,
responsible big brothers for role
models. Black organizations have
begun work with young men, but
much more needs to be done.
Young men can begin turning
their lives around. They need to
read this magazine to find what
true character is. They need re–
sponsible black males to show by
positive role models tbat youths
can be successful in the main–
stream of society. Youths need to
be encouraged to stay in school and
acquire the training needed to be
employed and develop their man–
agement skills. They need to be
inspired to become real men to
care for wives and children.
You
do not have to wait on gov–
ernment to implement programs.
You do not have to sit until . com–
munity leaders take action. lf what
J
have been describing fits your
situation in life, or your neighbor's
situation, you can begin now apply–
ing the . solutions given in this
magazine! With the help of God
you can change your life. o
In Search of Peace
(Continued from page
6)
mans cease living the way that
causes war. In the face of present
global realities, the prospects of
that remain exceedingly remote.
Yet there
is
hope!
This magazine doesn't make
suggestions
as to how world prob–
lems might be solved. For more
than 50 years it has
announced
how they
will
be solved! To prevent
human annihilation, a Higher
Power will intervene and
bring
us
peace-even if that peace has to be
forced on us! That is tbe heart and
core of Jesus' message, a message
almost universally misrepresented
and misunderstood- but clearly
proclaimed each month in the
pages of this magazine.
Few understand that the gospel
("good news" ) of Jesus Christ is a
message about a soon-coming God–
ordained
world government.
That
is the
only
real message of HOPE
for South Asia-and for the world!
But before peace and prosperity
can become a universal reality,
mankind must learn sorne great
lessons. We humans must be
brought to the place where we will
be
willing
to change, willing to live
the
way
that produces peace.
Mankind will have to learn the wis–
dom of that way by hard experi–
ence.
The seven leaders of South Asia
have called for an era of peace and
prosperity, and one
is
coming-and
in our time! There
is
a bright fu–
ture ahead for South Asia! Prop–
erly channeled, the energies of that
area- an area rich in resources and
manpower, a storehouse of cultural
and intellectual wealth-will ulti–
mately transform today's poverty
and backwardness into genuine
prosperity and well-being for all!
For an advance look into that
wonderful future, read our free
book
The Wonderful World To–
morrow-What l t Will Be Like.
Meanwhile, efforts in the direc–
tion of peace and cooperation
among nations, however imperfect
they may be, should be heartily
welcomed and encouraged for the
good and welfare of the peoples
involved. And thus
The Plain
Truth
applauds the efforts of seven
wise men at Dhaka. o
The
PLAIN TRUTH