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of this water [from the well] shall
thirst again: But whosoever drink–
eth of the water that 1 shall give him
shall never thirst; but the water that
1
shall give him shall be in him a
well ofwater springing up into ever–
lasting life."
Now
1
have continually said that
Jesus ow NOT come on a "soul-sav–
ing crusade." This is not yet the time
when God is trying to save the
world.
Rather, we are now near the END
of the 6,000 years during which God
sentenced the world to be cut off
from Him-to go its own way, form
its own governments, its own reli–
gions, its own ways of life. Adam,
the first man, rejected God and
God's government over him and his
descendants- this whole world. God
has INTERVENED into this worJd Of
roan, swayed by Satan, and called to
Him a FEW-such as Enoch, Noah,
Abraham, Moses, Elijah, etc. He
sent Christ to ANNOUNCE His com–
ing Kingdom. He sent His apostles
to proclaim that GOOD NEWS. But
Simon's fast-growing counterfeit
church SUPPRESSED Christ's gospel
message from going to the world
before
A.
D. 70. In
A.
D. 31, Christ
raised up H1s CHURCH-tbe
CHURCH OF Goo-for the PURPOSE
of standing back of the apostles get–
ting out the true gospel. But when
the gospel was suppressed, the
Church met with such violent per–
secution that it decreased in size,
and ever since has been what Jesus
called "the LITTLE FLOCK."
1gave you this incident a t thewell in
Samaria because there is sorne reason
to believ.e that this woman was at the
time living with Simon the sorcerer,
founder oftheworld's largest religidn.
(l fthere were not
some
special signifi–
cance attached to her, WHY would
God have mentioned her in the
Bible?) Anyway, we find here again
that "living waters" means the Holy
Spirit.
Let me give you one more ex–
ample. In John 7:37-39, Jesus stood
up and said, on the last day of the
Feast of Tabernacles: "If any man ·
thirst, let him come unto me, and
drink. He that believeth on me, as
the scripture hath said, out of his
belly (innermost being] shall ftow
The
PLAIN TRUTH October-November 1978
RIVERS OF LIVING WATER. (BUT THIS
SPAKE HE OF THE SPIRIT, which they
that believe on him should receive:
for the Holy Spirit was not yet
given; because that Jesus was not
yet glorified.)"
The Cause of Today's Evils
In Ephesians 2:2, Satan is called
"the prince of the power of the air."
1
have written many times recently
how Satan broadcasts. The human
spirit in each human person is di–
rectly IN TUNE WITH SATAN'S
WAVELENGTH. As I've said many
times, he does not broadcast in
sounds or pictures. But through the
spirit in every man, he infuses ATTI–
TUDES of depression, discour–
agement , vanity , lust, greed,
competition, strife, resentment, dis–
content, rebellion, frustration. He is
WORKING IN people in this way. He
is the SOURCE and CAUSE of all of
today's evils.
But SOON Now- in our living gen–
.eration- CHRIST will return as KING
of kings and LoRo of lords, to RULE
ALL NATIONS with the GOVERNMENT
OF Goo.
One of the very first things to
happen wiJl be the PUTTING AWAY
OF SATAN (Rev. 20: 1-3). Now think
of it! Satan will be GONE! Christ will
be here! Rivers of living water will
fiow out from Jerusalem- that is, in–
stead of this EVIL spirit pervading
the entire atmosphere, affecting
EVERYBODY, causing all evil, the
HOLY SPIRIT of God will infuse the
atmosphere.
Christ will be here in PERSON. The
government will be government OF
LOVE. People will begin to love one
another- to help one another. The
GOVERNMENT of the KINGDOM OF
Goo will bring WORLD PEACE!
Great supernatural physical
changes will happen to the earth.
Deserts will become rich, fertile,
crop-raising soil. Even the topogra–
phy of the earth will be CHANGED;
great mountains will be Ieveled.
Beauty will spring forth everywhere,
not only in nature on the earth, but
in people's Iives- it will show on
their happy faces.
But will CHRIST rule alone, by
Himself-a ONE-MAN rule with no
one under Him?
Of course not. Let me explain.
J
have said the first man, Adam, RE–
JECTED God's government over
him-not only for himself but for
the whole human race which sprang
from him. It was MAN who made the
decision. Instead of accepting Goo
as RULER, as the SOURCE of BASIC
KNOWLEDGE, Adam decided, for bis
famiJy-which is all humanity-to
produce his OWN knowledge ofwhat
is good and what is evil. He took of
the tree of THE KNOWLEDGE of good
and evil, rejecting the "tree of LIFE"
(the "living waters") or the
Holy Spirit which would" have
impregnated him with eterna! God–
life.
And so, since that was MAN's DE–
CISION, God SENTENCED the human
race which sprang from Adam to
6,000 years of being cut off from
contact with Him. In effect, God
said: "Go form your own govern–
ments, your own religions, produce
your own knowledge and systems of
education. For 6,000 years you are
to be CUT OFF from me and contact
with me."
But God did reserve the pre–
rogative to INTERVENE when and
where necessary for HIS PURPOSE.
God was
not
trying to "sAVE the
world" spirirually- instead He had
CUT IT OFF FROM HIM. Those un–
called by God were neither lost nor
saved-YET!
The FEW who received salvation
and begettai of ETERNAL LIFE were
called and chosen by God. Noah
did not seek out God and beg for
salvation-God CALLEO NOAH. The
same is true for Abraham, Moses,
the prophets of Israel. The KING–
DOM OF ISRAEL was not offered spiri–
tual salvation- but ONLY physical,
material and national benefits for
obedience.
CHRIST carne to ANNOUNCE His
coming KINGDOM OF Goo-to be
ushered in AFTER man's 6,000-year
SENTENCE had ended. Jesus called
and taught His disciples His mes–
sage of H1s KINGDOM; He sacrificed
Himself for us; His apostles went
out proclaiming the Gooo NEWS.
Christ "added to the church" as
many converted Chris.tians as
needed to stand back of the apos–
tles, in diligent and earnest prayer,
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