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PASTOR
GENERAL'S
REPORT,
DECEMBER
3 0 ,
1986
i n s t r u c t i o n ,
I F
READ
AND
APPLIED,
is
simply being
missed
by
t hose who don ' t
take
t h e
time t o
open t ho s e
pages
and dr i nk
it
i n
1
"The Good
N e w s "
r e g u l a r l y c o n t a i n s
a r t i c l e s
t h a t
d i r e c t l y
address
t h e
basic,
MAJOR
problem a r e a s i n
t h e
Church
and i n
t h e
world--mar
r
iage,
f ami l y ,
s e x ,
f i n a n c e s , a l coho l .
I t
a l s o
c on t a i n s a r t i c l e s about
b i b l i c a l
e v e n t s , p e r s o n a l i t i e s and
t each i ng
t h a t
ei ther
s e r v e
as
examples
f o r
u s
today,
or
simply
broaden our unders tanding of
God's
Word
and
H i s
g r e a t
master
p l an f o r mankind.
One man wrote i n r e c e n t l y s ay i ng ,
"The
Church
is
no t being
fed
meat,
on l y
pabulum."
Br e t hr en ,
how
b l i n d some can
be
t o
t h e
BLESSINGS
God
has
given
t o
u s 1
Never b e f o r e
has
so
much
meat
been a v a i l a b l e t o God's
people.
If
t h i s
man
had
a c t u a l l y been
READING
"The
Good
News , "
" T h e p l a i n
T r u t h , "
t h e
Correspondence Course,
t h e
book l e t s , brochures ,
r e p r i n t s ,
books
and "Youth 86,"
I
t h i nk he would have r e a l i z e d
of meat,
as
w e l l a s ea s i e r - t o - d i ge s t
s p i r i t u a l food for
-F
t
ose
who are n o t
as
s p i r T t u a l l y
mature.
t h a t .
there
is
-it
mu s t
be
used.
- -
Y e t ,
as
I
s ay ,
a l l
t h i s ,
i nc l ud i ng
t h e
Bi b l e
i t s e l f ,
mu s t
- -
be
USED1
What
good
is
it
j u s t
l y i n g around on
t h e
c o f f e e
table?
And
even
i f
it
is
read
what
good
is
it
i f
it
is
no t
put
-
i n t o
practice3
-'
Brethren, w e
are
God's
ELECT1
H e
i n s t r u c t s
u s
t o
be
DOERS
of
t h e
Word,
n o t f o r g e t f u l
hearers
only1 Can
I FORCE
YOU?
I
can on l y admonish you1
A r e
w e
going
t o
be
Ch r i s t i a n s ,
COMMITTED
t o overcoming and growing i n
t h e
grace andknowledge
of
Jesus
Ch r i s t ,
or
j u s t
seat-warmers,
" c l i ng i ng wi t h
f l a t t e r i es , "
mere
p r e t ende r s ?
L e t ' s
g e t our l i v e s i n p e r s p e c t i v e and remember
t h a t
t h e
s u f f e r i n g of t h i s p r e s e n t e v i l
world
is
s w i f t l y coming
t o
an
end1
L e t ' s
be
about
our
F a t h e r ' s bu s i n e s s i n d i l i g e n c e 1
Well,
back
t o
t h e s u b j e c t a t hand.
Brethren,
I
r e a l i z e
t h a t
many may have
had
a
problem r ead i ng
a l l
t h e
e x c e l l e n t
i n s t r u c t i o n t h e Church
has
made
a v a i l a b l e s imply
because
t h e r e
-
is
so
much
t h a t
it is
hard
t o
keep
u p
wi t h
it
a l l .
Tha t
is
one
major
reason
I
f e l t
w e
should make t h i s change wi t h "The
Good
News"
and "Youth
87."
After
a l l ,
why should
w e
a l l ow v i t a l
i n s t r u c t i o n
t o
be
wasted simply
because
of a
lack
of t i m e t o
g e t t o
it?
By a d j u s t i n g t h e amount
of
r ead i ng
material
t h e Church
makes
a v a i l a b l e
each
month,
I
hope
we
can
help
ensu r e
t h a t
our
b r e t h r en
w i l l
no t have
t o
m i s s any
of
t h e
impor tant and
h e l p f u l
a r t i c l es
con t a i ned i n t h e a i c a t i o n s .
"The
Worldwide
News "
w i l l
st i l l
come
t o
you eve ry
two
weeks,
b u t t h e s t anda r d ' s i z e
w i l l
now
be
e i g h t pages. Again,
t h i s should h e l p you i n no t having
so
much
t o
read
t h a t '
you
m i s s
impor tant
ar t icles
or
i nforma t i on con t a i ned i n
each
of
t h e
pub l i ca t i ons .