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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, August 15, 1980
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physical life form, imparts the power of intellect to the human brain.
But man's KNOWLEDGE is confined to the physical and material.
Man's PROBLEMS, troubles, evils, are all SPIRITUAL in nature. Man
was made to NEED a SECOND SPIRIT--the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD. This was freely
offered that first Adam. But he rejected it--rejected GOD'S GOVERNMENT
and GOD'S revealed spiritual knowledge. All humans have been born with
only this one spirit, limiting human knowledge to the physical and mate
rial. Man, without the Holy Spirit of God, is NOT MENTALLY COMPLETE-
actually "NOT ALL THERE!" Human consciousness is limited to the physical
and material, yet all his problems are SPIRITUAL and beyond his compre
hension!
NOT ONLY THIS!
Satan the Devil is REAL--he EXISTS--he is SUPER-POWERFUL--and he is
"the PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR" (Eph. 2:2). He BROADCASTS! He sur
charges the air with HIS ATTITUDE of selfishness, vanity, lust for power
and greed, envy and jealousy, competition and strife, rebellion against
GOD!
It is not only that mankind--our human LEADERS--are only "HALF
THERE" mentally--Satan has begun injecting from infancy into every human
his SELF-CENTERED ATTITUDE! All we humans grow up saturated with it. It
has become HUMAN NATURE!
So it is not only a matter of what ISN'T IN OUR HUMAN MINDS--spirit
ual comprehension! It is a matter of WHAT IS IN HUMAN MINDS--what from
infancy Satan has been injecting there--the SELF-CENTERED ATTITUDE--that
of competition, getting the best of others, "GETTING" instead of "GIVING"
--TAKING FROM OTHERS!
This writing was finished on Frid�y morning after the conclusion of
the Democratic National Convention. Senator Kennedy did conciliate just
far enough to go to the convention hall platform after President Carter's
acceptance speech. But he was not smiling. He was sullen, plainly re
sentful. He coldly shook hands with the President--but no lifting of
arms together in joyful smiles. I felt sorry for him. He had not gotten
all he coveted--like a spoiled baby, who failed to take away a toy from
another baby. Just as in all of us, Satan had injected that spirit of
animosity in competition. He is only human. God's Spirit of LOVE was
not in evidence. Neither is it in evidence in ANY of this world's
leaders.
HOW DIFFERENT in the WORLD TOMORROW!
Satan will be GONE! Jesus CHRIST will be RULING! Ruling with, but
under Him, will be truly converted saints then made IMMORTAL--filled with
GOD'S Spirit of "LOVE"--irnmortal GOD BEINGS with no SELF-interest of
coveting, but outflowing LOVE for the good, happiness, welfare and eternal
salvation of all others!
Jesus taught us to pray, "THY KINGDOM COME--THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
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We'd better be PRAYING!