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PROOFS
OF GOD'STRUE
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Where is the one and only true Church today-the Church fourided by Jesus Christ in A.D. 31?
Seven major eye-opening proofs identify it unmistakably.
Previous installments in this series of
artic/es included proof number one,
''Who and What ls God? " (February
Plain TruthJ;
proof number two.
"The Government of God and Cre–
ation of Holy Righteous Character"
(March
Plain TruthJ;
and proof
number three, "What and Why ls
Man? " (March
Plain Truth) .
ProofFour:
THETRUTH
ABOUT ISRAEL
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he Holy Bible is essentially
the book of and concerning the
nation Israel. It is concerned
with other nations only as they
come into contact with Israel.
But the answer to
WHY
God called
tha t nation and the fact of their divi–
sion into the
TWO
nations-the king–
dom of Israel and the kingdom of
Judah- and the present-day identity
of the house of Israel forros another
vital
PROOF
that identifies the one
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and only original , true Church ofGod.
God's true Church knows that
ONLY
those specially called by God
for a special purpose have had access
to Him from Adam until now.
Certainly it is almost without ex–
ception that those called did not first
seek God-He sought out and called
them.
Noah was not seeking God, but
God called Noah to build a great ship
on dry land away from any ocean.
Noah carried out the assignment
amid persecution and jeers.
Abraham was not seeking God,
but God called him- and without
protest or
que~tion
he obeyed and
went on to become the "father of the
faithful,' ' to whom the promises of
both the national birtbright of Israel
and eterna! salvation through Christ
were given.
Moses was not seeking God, but
God called Moses at the burning
bush. He made excuse, protesting the
assignment-saying he could not do
it because he had an impediment of
speech. But God called his brother
Aaron to speak for him.
The children of Israel , 430 years
after Abraham, were groaning and
crying out because of their slavery in
Egypt-but there is no statement re–
corded that they were seeking a rela–
tionship with God. However, God
hea rd their groanings and delivered
them by supernatura l miracles out of
Egypt under Moses.
There must have been two to four
million of them- for there were
600,000 roen, not counting women
and children.
At Mt. Sinai God proposed to
them His covenant that they become
His nation and His congregation
(" ... the church in the wilder-
ness .. ." [Acts 7:38]) . God offered
them , for obedience to His govern–
ment , material a nd nationa l re–
wards- but no spiritua/ salvation.
The Holy Spirit was given
only
to the
prophets whom God called a nd
chose.
Wonderful Abilities of
Natural Mind
Now
WHY
did God cal! a carnal, un–
spiritual people into a husband-and-
The
PLAIN TRUTH April 1979