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is to educate the mind in
this way
of "GivE" and all the tools needed
for that purpose- the tools of
reading, speaking, writing, figur –
ing mathematically, the accumu–
lation of needed knowledge to
this same end. But how woefully
educators have missed the mark!
They educate, beginning with
five- and six-year-olds, in false
values, worthless goals, wrong
incentives, all from an utterly
false, materialistic approach.
The entire purpose and mean–
i.ng of religion is to bring human–
ity into
the way
of "GIVE"- to
rescue us from "GET," which is
the way of SIN.
All our human troubles and
evils have been
caused
by the
"GET" motive. The ways o f
"GIVE" and " GET" are spiritual in
nature. The way of " GIVE" is a
SPIRITUAL LAW, set in relentless
motion by the Creator, as inexor–
able as the law of gravity. Break
that law and it will break you!
True religion-that of Goo the
Creator and Jesus Christ the Sav–
ior-King and Ruler- is to rescue
a suffering humanity from the
cruel evils of the " GET" way–
from SIN-and bring us, with the
gift of eterna! life, into
the happy
way
of "GIVE."
In other words, to bring us to a
REPENTANCE of sin, turn
US
from
it, and into the way of Goo's
LOVE, for eternal joyous achieve–
ment!
But what do we find in the
message of a supposed "Chris–
tianity" in this world, deceived
and maneuvered by Satan?
W
e find a "Christian" religion
based on the "GET" principie.
They shout, "ACCEPT Christ!"
"RECEIVE Christ!" "GET salva–
tion!" They say this great overall
spiritual law- the basic
way of
lije
to PEACE and everything
desirable and good- is "DONE
AWAY"!
They proclaim a
different
Jesus
(II Corinthians 11 :4)-a
disagreeing Son who " did away
with" His Father's Command–
ments.
The Gospel of Jesus is the MES–
SAGE Jesus brought from God
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and proclaimed to man. But they
proclaim their own me ssage
ABOUT the Person of Christ , not
H1s message of the Kingdom of
God.
They overlook God 's LAW–
His
w
A
Y
OF LIFE. They have not
made this a better world. They
have not brought PEACE to the
world. Rather, WARS have been
largely fought over religious. con–
te ntions a nd riv a lries and
hatreds.
The world's religions have been
spawned by Satan the devil. The
world has been deceived! But now
in God's nations, Brita in and the
United States , we see moves
toward peace. In Is r a el and
Egypt, through their courageous
two leaders, there is a turning
toward THE WAY of PEACE!
So what is the significance of
the Peace Center at the base of
Mount S inai?
It
was atop that mountain that
the Creator-Goo handed down to
Moses for all mankind the ten
broad principies of
the way
to
PEACE- to righteousness, to
joyous accomplishment and invig–
orating eterna! life in achieve–
ment!
Of course, that way had been
shown to the first humans–
Adam and Eve. T hat basic spi r i–
tual LA
w
had been in relentless
effect since humariity began. It is
an eternal law! But it was handed
down visually and historically
from Mount Sinai.
Now, at its base, as a result of
Prime Minister Menachem Begin
and Israel "GIVING" back this
arca to Egypt, and the courageous
initiative of President Anwar el–
Sadat of Egypt, this Peace Center
at Mount Sinai's base will stand
as a prelude to soon-coming
WORLD PEACE! This Peace Ceo–
ter will not , of itself , bring that
peace. The living Jesus Christ
will! But this Peace Center is
emblematic of it , and as a result
of moving in the direction of
peace instead of war by these two
Middle East leaders, it foreshad–
ows or becomes a prelude to the
world peace that is as sure as the
rising of tomorrow's sun! o
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