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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JULY 1, 1983
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How many are like the woman who had been baptized only a few months and
came to me, saying, "I've just inherited some money. Tell me, how much of
it do I have to tithe to God? I don't want to tithe any more than I have to,
but I want to get into God's Kingdom."
Do YOU hunger and thirst after God's righteousness, or after the ways
of this world? Are you concerned with what GOD thinks of you, or what the
world thinks--WHICH?
And, after all, a woman who is not a Church member said to me a few
years ago, in England: "Mrs. Hunting is not pretty, Mr. Armstrong--SHE'S
BEAUTIFUL!" Mrs. Hunting didn't wear make-up. The one who spoke did! She
saw the inward beauty of the HEART in Mrs. Hunting. Through Paul, God asks,
"Do ye look on things after the outward appearance?" (II Cor. 10:7.) God
shows that real beauty is inward, of the heart--that is a right and godly
spirit or attitude of mind.
God warns us all: "Examine yourselves, whether ye be i·
n the faith;
prove your own selves" (II Cor. 13:5).
The Specific Texts
A few years ago, liberals who no longer are in God's Church attacked
certain specific scriptures mentioned in our booklet on make-up, published
in 1964. They attempted to show by their reasoning that these texts at
least allowed the use of make-up.
The attitude was, "We want to be like the world and if there is no
specific 'Thou shalt not,' isn't it OK?"
Following is a brief comment on each of these passages.
Isaiah 3:16:
King James Version "Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of
Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes,
walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet."
Moffatt Translation
"The Eternal also said:
Since they are so
haughty, the daughters of Sion, holding their heads high as they walk, and
ogling with their eyes, walking with their mincing steps, their anklets
jingling:-ir-
Revised Standard Version "The Lord said: Because the daughters of
Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with
their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet."
New International Version
"The Lord says, 'The women of Zion are
haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes,
tripping along with mincing steps, with ornaments jingling on their
ankles.' "
Two different commentaries, Adam Clarke, and the Critical and Experi
mental Commentary, say the Hebrew original indicates "setting off the eyes
with paint" as quoted from the latter. Some former liberal ministers, in an
effort to allow cosmetics, disagreed with the commentaries. However, be-