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spirit , but from blood a nd the
breath of life. He receives human
KNOWLEDGE by this spirit. not
human LIFE. This is not an "immor–
tal sou
l."
Continue: "... Even so (that is, in
like ma nner] the things of God [that
is, SPIRITUAL knowledge] knoweth
NO MAN, but by the Spirit ofGod."
Human man has been given one
spi rit, which 1 term the "human
spirit. " This spiri t empowers the
physica l brain with intellect -
makes possible PHYSICAL KNOWL·
EDGE - t hinking, reasoning, making
decisions and choices.
But it confines
the manto physical knowledge.
Man was made to NEED
a second
spirit
-
the Hot Y SPIRIT of God -
which when added to his huma n
spirit opens his mind to com–
prehend SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE -
the THINGS OFGoo!
That is why the most learned
among men - university professors,
educators. world leaders - are often
the most IGNORANT of humans -
for they are entirely SHUT OFF from
spiritua l KNOWLEDGE.
Note further: "But the natural
man (even the GREAT of this wor ld]
receiveth not the things of the Spirit
of God: for they are foolishness
unto him: neither can he know
them. because they are spiritually
discerned."
Now back to the main question.
What are the BASIC differences,
then, between the GOVERNMENT OF
Goo and all these many and varied
HUMAN governments in such t ur–
moil, confusion. violence and over–
throw in our world today?
The BASICdifference is th at God 's
government is a
w
AYOF LIFE - the
administration of God's SPIRITUAL
LAW.
Jt
is, SÍmply, the WAY OF LIFE
of LOVE - of outflowing LOVE, first
of all toward Goo, supreme RULER,
and secondly outgoing concern for
the GOOD and WELFARE of human
neighbor.
lt
is the way of "GIVE," as
1so often call it.
Luci fer and his angels turned
FROM this way to the WAY OF "GET."
Th at is. the way of vanity, lust and
greed, of envy and jealousy, of com–
petition and strife leading to vio–
lence and war, of resentment towa rd
real or imagined wrongs, of rebel–
lion against God and His govern–
ment.
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The "orvE" way is Goo-centered.
The "oET" way is SELF-centered.
Secondly. the government of God
is administered by Goo. who IS
/ove,
who is alJ-wise, all-knowing, all-mer–
ciful, all-understand ing. a ll -j ust, all–
POWERFUL. The governments Of MAN
are administered, in whatever form,
by HUMANS, who. regardless of their
degree ofsincerity and honest intent,
are fallible, and naturally self-cen–
tered. MAN, bycomparison toGoo, is
utterly incapable of righteous RULE
for the GOOD of the GOVERNED.
Thirdly. asto FORM, God's govern–
ment is governmen t from the TOP
down. That is, from the MOST fit , the
HIGHEST qualified, the MOST able. On
down, each in succession being CHO–
SEN from higher up; chosen by those
who know and can read MINDS and
HEARTS, ATTITUDES and INTENTS, and
who select for each posit ion the one
BEST QUALIFJED, for the GOOD OF THE
GOVERNED.
Now compare this with our recent
election in the United States. Look
al the MILLIONS OF DOLLARS used in
campaigning. in state primaries, in
conventions devoted more to horse–
play and entertainment than to seri–
ous concern for the S_TATE OF THE
NATION AND THE WORLD.
Look at all the folderol and con–
fusion in voting over minor ISSUES.
Look at the debates - the editorials.
the propaganda - to try to convince
others to the way of thinking of the
politicians and the writers a nd
speakers.
And WHAT JSTHE REAL BASIC MO–
TIVATION, after all , in the mind of
both candidate and voter? SELF-IN–
TEREST on the parl of lhe voter, and
what the candidate THINKS wilJ ap–
pear to the SELF-interest of the larg–
est number.
All is conducted on the SELF-CEN–
TERED WAYof the god of this world.
Y
es, truly, this IS his world!
What about communism and TO·
TALITARIANISM? In organizational
form, totalitarianism closely resem–
bles the organizational form of the
GOVERNMENT OF 000, but there the
likeness STOPS! Sorne totalitarian
rulers in the past have been good
rulers from a human standpoint ;
most have been tyrants. Even the
better ones were stiU HUMAN and
fallible, and subject lo mistakes that
have been costly to their subjects
beyond est ímate, in economy. in–
j ustice, pain and suffering.
Six thousand years of man trying
to organize himself have WRITTEN
THE LESSON in human anguish. pain,
suffering. injustice, unhappiness.
disconlent, frustration - and
DEATH!
Rel igions have failed to reveal to
huma nity the TRUTH. Truly they
ha ve been the "opia te of th e
people." Governments have failed
utterly to solve the world's evi ls. So–
cial systems have enslaved. harmed.
given little or no real help. Science
has brought more curses than bless–
ings. Today the engines of MASS DE–
STRUCTION produced by science are
capable of blasting all human life
from lhis planet.
The angels who inhabited the
earth before us wrought DESTRUC–
TION. Look what MAN has done! He
has polluted the ai r, the water, the
soil of his earth . He has ruined,
harmed, des troyed , or poli uted
every piece of God's earth he has
gotten his hands on!
Pessimistic?
No! A thousand times NO! The
6,000 years God allotted for man to
WRITE this lesson are about over.
The lesson has been WRITTEN -
but not yet
LEARNED!
My GREAT COMMISSION is lO AN–
NOUNCE TO YOU and the WORLD
that soon now - yet in OUR GENERA·
TION - God ALMIGHTY will INTER·
VENE supernaturally and directly.
Christ soon will come in the TOTAL
POWER and AUTHORITY of the Cre–
alor 000. tO RULE ALL NATIONS
wilh the GOVERNMENTOF Goo!
A very FEW ha ve been p re–
destinated lO be CALLEO NOW, lO
stand back of me in getting this AN·
NOUNCEMENT lO THE WORLD. and in
so doing have prepared themselves
to be
changed,
at Christ's coming.
from mortal to immorlal - from
human to divine; to be given POWER
under Christ in His Kingdom lO
RULE what humanity is left alive af–
ter the present fast-approaching
GREAT TRIBULATION- the final CLI ·
MAX of man's REBELLION - shall
have been put down.
We shall have PEACE, happiness,
joy. abundant well-being- and the
offer Of ETERNAL LIFE-
jor al/.
1 am
merely the advance announcer, pre–
paring the way.
o
The
PLAIN TRUTH March 1977