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Seven:
7
PROOFS
OF GOD'STRUE
C
~RCH
Where is the one and only true Church today-the Church founded by Jesus Christ in A.D. 31?
Seven major eye-opening proofs identify it unmistakably.
The first five proofs of the true
Church appeared in the February,
Mar ch, Apri/, and May
Plain
Truths.
The first and second install–
ments of proof number six appeared
in the JunejJuly and August issues.
In this article- part seven of the se–
ries-proof number six continues.
Proof Six (Continued):
WHATANDWHY
THECHURCH?
W
hat about the "loner"
Christian who says, "1
ill serve Christ in my
n way" ? What about
the one who
/eaves
God's Church
to have
his own prívate re/ation
with Christ- to
gel his own sal–
vation- without giving
his
part of the Church's effort to send
the true gospe l into ALL THE
WORLD?
Or, what about the one who fol–
lows a MAN because of that man's
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by
Herbert W. Armstrong
personality, charisma or attractive–
ness, or sorne other group?
Stop and THINK!
Is Christ going to marry a number
of differing groups, not in complete
harmony with each other- yet all
"professing CHRIST"?
Jesus said, "He that is not
with me
[and since He is the Head of God's
one and only Church, He plainly
meant with Him where HE is work–
ing-in God's one Church] is against
me; and he that gathereth not
with
me
scattereth abroad" (Matthew
12:30).
Jesus Christ is going to marry THE
ONE ANO ONLY TRUE CHURCH- not
a number of scattered groups or scat–
tered individuals.
God's law and way of life may be
summed up in t he one word
"LOVE"-which is outflowing- the
way of "GIVE"- while Satan's way is
that of "GET." The one who tries to
GET his salvation apart from the one
Church Christ is going to marry is on
the "GET" way. Those loyally in t he
Church are GIVING of thei r prayers,
loyalty, encouragement and support
to Christ's chosen apostle in GIVING
the GOOD NEWS to the world-itS
ONLY HOPE!
In other words, he that seeks to
GET his own salvation
without
GIV–
ING bis part in tbe
team e.ffort o[
the
Cburch-or who follows a man or
sorne other group- is surely NOT
BUILDING ON THEONE SURE FOUNDA–
TION of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ being the chief corner–
stone.
Again, "Except God build the
house, they labour in vain that build
it ..." · (Psalm
127:1).
The Cburch is the HOUSEHOLD OF
Goo and a BUILDING- the glorious
TEMPLE to which Christ shall come!
How Well Organized?
Notice again how well organized is
the one true Church for getting the
GREAT COMMISSION to the whole
world:
" In whom all the building fitly
framed together g roweth unto an
holy temple in the Lord" (Ephesians
2:21).
Again: "Fromwhom the whole
body
fitly joined together
and com-
The
PLAIN TRUTH September 1979