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Discussing National and
World Problems with
Heads of State
TOKYO
O
NTHIS. present trip around the
world, now almost ended, I
have been discussing impor–
tant domestic and world prob–
lems once again with a number of
heads of state. But just what is the
connection between the conditions
and problems of. the governments
around the world and the gospel
of Jesus Christ?
The connection is very vital! If
people KNEW just what
is
the gospel
of Jesus Christ, they would under–
stand that very important and ur–
gent connection.
It
may sound incredible, shock–
ing, unbelievable - but very few,
comparatively, know what
is
the
gospel of Jesus Christ. For
18~
cen–
turies,
that gospe/ was not pro–
claimed to the whole world!
That
statement,
1
know, leaves most read–
ers perplexed.
"Why," many will ask, "haven't
they preached CHRIST to the world
thro.ugh those
18 Yz
centuries?
Haven't preachers and missionaries
pleaded with people to BELIEVE on
Christ - to ACCEPT Christ? Haven't
millions upon millions professed
Christ - called themselves Chris–
tians? lsn't the Christian religion the
LARGEST in the world?"
Yes indeed, but what almost no
one realizes is that Christ's GOSPEL
was
no/
proclaimed to the whole
world! The person of Jesus was
preached. But Jesus Christ himself
is NOT the gospeL Jesus was the di-
PLAIN
TRUTH
June
1973
vine messenger, sent from God with
a MESSAGE for mankind - an AN–
NOUNCEMENT - and that MESSAGE
is
his gospel.
Many in Jerusalem and
the land of Israel, more than
1900
years ago,
believed on Christ,
but
they hated, rejected and
did not be–
lieve
his gospel. Instead, they sought
to put him to death for teaching it.
They put to death all his apostles,
with one possible exception, for pro–
claiming that message.
News Concerning Government
The very word "gospel" means
"good news." Jesus' gospel was news
concerning government - news that
has not been proclaimed - an an–
nouncement that has not been
announced worldwide - until pro–
claimed to the world on
The World
Tomorrow
program by radio and
television and through
The
PLAIN
TRUTH and our other free literature.
Astounding? Yes, but
that is not
of my making!
Christ's GOSPEL was the good
news of the Kingdom of God.
It
has
to do with the evils confronting the
world's peoples, which the govern–
ments in the world have tried to
cope with, but have been unable.
It
has to do with the wA
Y
people live
- with the CAUSE of all the world's
evils - and it has to do with the
SOLUTION that will be made - and
the govemment that WILL bring
PEACE and universal,
right
education
and prosperity and abundant , joyful
well-being to the peoples of the
world! It has to do with the prob–
lems faced by heads of state today
and HOW those problems are going
to be solved!
Therefore, as the minister of the
living Christ, and of his gospel, it is
very much a vital part of my com–
mission to discuss these very prob–
lems and conditions with those
closest to them, the heads of govern–
ments. My commission is not a local
one, but a WORLDWIDE ministry.
The Current Round-the-World
Trip
This present trip, almost ended,
has been of very special significance
and concern in this regard. Also, it
has
sparkled with interest! There
were sorne personal and human–
interest incidents as well as the more
serious and vitaL
First, we stopped off in New York
to break the time-lag of 8 hours be–
tween California and England.
I
took a short fiight to Washington,
D.C., where I spoke to a combined
Worldwide Church of God assem–
bly of between
2,000
and
3,000
people. Then
1
went on to the cam–
pus of our Ambassador College
in
England on March 4. March 5 and 6
1
was busy writing and doing a Sun–
day radio broadcast in our record–
ing studio on campus. Tuesday
night, March 6, 1 attended our col–
lege's annual spring concert at the
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