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Adam, not dcceived, nevertheless
went along with his wifc. With her,
he took to himself the dctermination
of what is right and what is wrong–
thus DISBELJEVJNG what his Maker
had said, REJECTJNG God as Savior
and Ruler- rejecting God as the
Source of revealed BASJC
K
OWL–
EDGE. He believed and followed Sa–
tan's WAY!
Man's Sentence Pronounced
When the Eterna! God "drove out
the man" from the Garden of Eden
and barred reentrance- /est he go
back and receive eterna! life in sin
(Genes is 3:22-24 ) - God PRO–
NOUNCED SENTENCE!
God said, in effect, "You have
made the decision for yourself and
the world that shall spring from you.
You have rejected me as the basic
Source of knowledge- you have re–
belled against my command and my
government-you have chosen the
GETTJNG, TAKJNG way of Satan.
Therefore 1 sentence you and the
world you shall beget to 6,000 years
of being CUT OFF from access to me,
my revealed knowledge, my WAY of
life- EXCEPT for the comparative
exceedingly few 1 shall specially call
for special service preparatory to my
Kingdom. Go. and produce your own
fund of knowledge with your carnal,
hostile minds. Produce your own car–
nal scholarship and system of dissem–
inating it. Go, and create your own
gods and religions. Go, FORM vouR
OWN HUMA N-DEV ISED GOV ERN–
MENTS. Satan, in all this, wil l deceive
your world into recciving his ATTI–
TUDE of vanity, lust and greed, envy
and jealousy, suspicion and disbelief,
competition and strife and violence–
into unrealized REBELLJO
against
me and my WAv of outflowing LOVE!
After your world has written the les–
son of your WAY in 6,000 years of
evils, troubles, frustrations. sickness,
sorrow, suffering and DEATH, 1 will
JNTERVE E! 1will by supernatural di–
vine POWER take ovcr the govern–
ment and education of the whole
world. calling all to me- to repen–
tance from your false way, and to
eterna! salvation."
Except for those specially
called
for special duty preparing for God's
KJNGDOM, ALL HUMANITY HAS BEEN
The
PLAIN TRUTH March 1979
CUT OFF FROM Goo THESE 6,000
YEARS!
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know and privately discuss world
conditions with many heads of
state- kings, emperors, presidents,
pr ime ministers, ambassadors, men
high in governments. They all haveto
deal with problems and evils with
which they are utterly unable to
cope.
WHv? Few indeed know. But 1
have just told you the CAUSE. This
K
OWLEDGE makes the one truc
Church of God UN JQUE in thc
world!
The TRUTH that all are CUT OFF
from God except those special ly
called by God was emphasized by Je–
sus. He said, plainly, "No MAN CAN
come to me, except the Father
which .. . sent me draw him ... "
(John 6:44). No scripture contradicts
that.
The Only Day of Salvation?
The most universal false teaching,
believed by virtually all churches
called Christian, except the one and
only true and original Church of
God, is that ALL are automatically
lost
unless they profess Jesus Christ
as Savior and that now is the
only
day of salvation.
Those cut off from God are NOT
lost-unless called and then lost. They
are simply NOT YET JUDGED!
,A.
JI
so far
called since Adam have been called,
not for salvation alone, but primari ly
for a special mission- and salvation
goes along automatically if they do re–
pent, believe, receive and are led by the
HolySpirit.
All sti llliving will be called during
the millennium, with Christ ruling
all
nation~-and
all others previously
uncalled will be resurrected and
called in the "great white throne
judgment" following the millcnnium.
There will be no Satan to ovcrcome
then.
J ust as Adam was required to re–
ject and overcome the pull of Satan
to qualify to succeed to the throne of
the earth, so was Jesus Christ, the
second Adam. Jesus Christ
did
qual–
ify. Those converted prior to His re–
turn must also qualify, in order to sit
with Him on His throne (Revelation
2:26-27 and 3:21 ).
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(To be Cominued)
THE
KINGDOM
OFGOD·
Whatdoesit
meantoyou?
King•dom
n.
A politically orga–
nizcd community or major terri–
torial unit having a monarchical
form of government headed by
a king or queen.
The phrase " kingdom of God, "
which appears frequently in the
Bible, is often heard in religious
circles. lt is generally assumed to
be a reference to heaven or to a
condition of mind held by believ–
ers. Almos! no one would apply
the standard dictionary definition
of " kingdom " -a type of govern–
ment over a specific territory. Yet
that is precisely how the term is
most often used in the Bible. The
real meaning of the term " king–
dom of God" is far more inter–
esting and exciting than the
traditional vague concepts. The
booklet Just What Do You
Mean .. . Kingdom of God?
clearly explains what the King.
dom of God is and why it's im–
portan! lo you . For a free copy
write lo The Plain Truth al !he
address nearest you. (See inside
front cover for addresses world–
wide.)
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