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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, DECEMBER 18, 1981
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Church Promptly Washed It Off!
"I think you will be pleased to know that ALL who had any make-up
whatsoever on their faces prior to hearing the PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT in which you spoke out vs. make-up, promptly washed it all
off after services! The teens in our Church, who are under con
siderable peer pressure to wear make-up, also complied immediate
ly--without parents telling them to--and they are glad to be
doing the right thing."
L.P.
Needed to Be Told
"I have just read your article in the WORLDWIDE NEWS and heard
your sermon concerning make-up....! have to admit, as our God has
made me see, that every word you said about women and make-up
applies to me, but I did not realize it until you told us.
"We know, as you continue to remind us, that Christ is going to
return soon and we need to get ready. We also know that it is
through you that He leads His Church. When we are displeasing in
Gee's sight we need to be told.
If you don't tell us, Mr.
Armstrong, who will? I deeply appreciate your pleasing God and
not men and speaking out on this and every other thing that God
reveals to you. I pray that all our Father's begotten daughters
will be thankful for this correction and free from the desire to
look like or please the world."
S. M.
Thanked God for the Decision
"Thank you for setting the women of the Church straight on the
subject of make-up. I have thanked God in prayer for making this
decision and now would also like to thank you for communicating
it to us. In common with many others, I was deceived about make
up and saw no harm in wearing a little. I used to wonder, how
ever, if in the Millennium women would use facial paint, and it
always seemed inconceivable that when the earth was full of the
knowledge of God that such a thing would be done.
"You have always said that when our ways please God, the Work
prospers. Thank you for showing us how we have unintentionally
been disagreeing with God."
J.S.
THE MINISTER'S RESPONSIBILITY
Mr. Armstrong asked me to mention a trend we have noticed on the make-up
decision, a trend we have noticed many times before. In those Church areas
in which the minister understands the decision and is confident that Christ
has led His Church to see His will more clearly, the congregation he pastors
is strong and confident in following Christ's lead too.
On the other hand, in those few areas in which the minister (or in the case
of make-up, his wife) is uncertain, doubtful or even disagrees with the
decision, the Church members in his care are the ones who are uncertain,
doubtful and feel free to disagree.