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ONLY Being extstmg that could be
positively relied upon NEVER to re–
be! against Goo's GOVERNMENT. He
must have thought. as
r
often have,
'There just are not enough ofme.' "
Chairman Mao:
" I would say
there were not ANY of Him. There is
NO Goo."
Myse({
"Undoubtedly God had
foreseen the possibility of this situ–
ation, even before creating the an–
gels
or
the physical universe.
"Nevertheless God had planned.
NOW, on the GREATEST, MOST STU–
PENDOUS, INCREDIBLE FEAT OF CRE–
ATION OF ALL!
"God
(Eiohim
-
tbe WoRD
and
Goo) now planned to reproduce
HimselP. Foreseeing this eventuality
mayhave been oneofthe reasons why
God had planned to create MATTER –
the physical UNIVERSE. There are
properties in matter nonexistent in
spirit. Spirit is not subject to CHANGE.
Spirit remains the same eternally.
Spirit beings are IMMORTAL.
"But, as one noted philosopher of
my early acquaintance said (know–
ing ONLYof the existence of matter),
'Nothing is permanent
but
change.'
Matter is subject to change. l ndeed
matter does constantly cbange.
"God could not create perfect
righteous CHARACTER instantly by
fiat. Character must be DEvELOPED
in. and by the assent and effort of
the one who has it. That requires
experience. and TIME.
"God now proposed to REPRO–
DUCE HIMSELF. using MATERIAL SUB–
STANCE IN THE PROCESS. fo r indeed
it was to be a PROCESS. as the only
possible way.
"God would form beings in His
own form and shape. He would give
these beings MINOS - ability to
THINK, REASON. MAKE DECISIONS,
CHOICE$.
"1 define holy, righteous CHARAC–
TER as the ability in a separate en–
tity with MINO and free moral
agency to CHOOSE the right; who,
seeing the wAY to both good and
evil. voluntarily CHOOSES the good.
even against strongest temptation
and pressures and desires to choose
evil; and who shall
wi/1,
against
strongest opposing pressures. to DO
the GOOD.
"SoE/ohim
formed MAN in Hisown
image and likeness- form and shape
- of the matter from the ground on
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the earth. God had created many
other life forms - various kinds. spe–
cies and varie.ties ofinsects, birds, fish
and animals. In each was formed a
physical BRAIN. In MAN
Elohim
formed a BRAIN almosf precisely, in
design and composition. like that of
elephants, whales, dolphins (all
larger than human brain). also like
that of chimps (slightly smaller
than human brain), and down to the
smallest animals. These brains -
in animals - were equipped with
lNSTINCT.
"But the brain of MAN was not
regulated by that type of instinct.
Instead God put a spirit - of spirit
essence - in MAN. This SPIRIT em–
powered the physical human brain
with INTELLECT - of free and inde–
pendent THOUGHT - power to rea–
son, come to conclusions, make
decisions and CHOICES. Man is
guided by his thought processes,
not
by animal instinct."
Chairman Mao:
"You have a
good point there."
My
se!{
"God formed man so .
that , under God's conditions, he
might also receive from God God's
own SPIRIT, imparting to fteshly
man, through his human spirit.
rhe
impregnation of God-f({e
-
that is,
imm·ortal. divine. supernatural
Goo-LIFE, even as Goo HIMSELF.
Thus.
in
the ultimate working of the
process, man could be BORN of God
- could BECOME Goo - just as a
man born of human woman has BE–
COME HUMAN -
ÍS
a HUMAN being.
"Remember. this is NOT science.
This is NOT religion. This is some–
thing science has not yet discovered,
religion has never revealed, educa–
tion has never taught.
IT
IS THE
MISSING DIMENSION IN KNOWLEDGE.
IT ACCOUNTS FOR ALL OF MAN'S
TROUBLES ANO EVILS!
"So after God created the various
animals, each after its own kind,
God created MAN after the Goo
kind (Gen. l
:26).
Man's brain was
made to function on KNOWLEDGE
and THOUGHT, the MINO (brain plus
spirit) directing the body's actions.
"The spirit in man we shall term a
human spirit.
Forman is NOTa spirit
being. but a physical. material
being. His spirit cannot see. His
brain sees through the eyes. His
spirit cannot hear. His brain hears
through the ears. The spirit in man
cannot THINK. The physical BRAIN
thinks - receiving power to do so
from
the spirit.
" But the spirit is like a computer.
Ir
records. for instant recall to the
brain. whatever knowledge enters
through the eye. ear. or senses of
feel. taste and smell. The fact the
spirit gives the brain instant recall of
knowledge programmed into it -
memorized - makes possible
human thinking and reasoning BY
THE BRAIN."
Chairman Ma .J:
"I confess that
sounds reasonable, though not sci-
en tific."
.
Myse({
"The human spirit also is
like a MOLO. As a mold of a sculp–
tor's work of art reproduces that
work in precise form and shape
when. for example. molten bronze is
poured into it. so in similar manner,
every human who dies may be
brought back to life in a RESURREC–
TION FROM THE DEAD, which
E/ohim
made part ofHis GRANO DESIGN .
"The spirit in man does not im–
part LIFE. Man's LIFE is human.
mortal. and resides in the BLOOD,
oxygenated by the BREATH of life.
Man is a breathing creature whose
life depends upon food, water and
air from the earth.
"For clarity it is necessary. at this
point. to add a few details on this
ALL-IMPORTANT difference between
human MINO and animal BRAIN.
"The human spirit in man is NOT
THE MAN.
It
is merely something IN
the man.
It
(the spirit) does n·ot op–
erate the THINKING process, which is
the function of the physical BRAIN,
aided
by instant recall of memorized
(programmed) knowledge. and em–
powered by the spirit to THINK.
"IT IS
NOT
an IMMORTAL SOUL.
The term ' immortal soul' is as self–
contradictory as such expressions as
'the rising sun was setting in the
west, as it rained all day that night .'
Or, 'a barefoot boy with shoes on
srooo. sitting in the grass.' We used
to think a poem induding these ex–
pressions funny 60 years ago. The
term 'immortal soul' is just as ri–
diculous, since the souL
means
a
breathing animal (Gen. 2:7. etc.).
"At death, the spirit returns to
God who gave it. and the BODY to
the earth. The body that rises in th e
resurrection is NOT the same body
that is buried
(1
Cor. 15 :37).
The
PLAIN TRUTH March 1977