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Dear Friend:
Dozens of letters ccntlnually arrive asking if it ia all r l g h t for women to have t h e i r hair c u t . Othere wonder lf it I s correct to m e permanents since they have 8 problem keeplng t h e l r hair neat,
Many women have been taught ever since they were Tittle girls that it l a entirely wrong to c u t womenla hair. This teachlng is suppoae.dly derived from the statement t h a t Paulmade to the Corlnthlan women.
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YOU will n o t i c e in I Corinthians 11:13-15 t h t Paul says a woman ought t o have long hair that it I s an honor to her. "But if B woman have long hair, I t is LL glory to her." Because long haZr is mentioned, Dame are afrald to cut t h e i r hair at all. But the t e x t doesn't read uncut hair, it reads Hair can be c u t e . longhair. --- - and still b

Word Qf Clod how long her hair ought to be in herappear re"1ne. Perhaps near shoulder length ia a good average, aince m m e wmen naturally have shorter hair than others.

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A y head of hair, even though c u t , if I t be long n enough to look femlnlne and honorable, is appropriate. There I s no d e f i n i t e "Bible length," save that it m u s t appear as EL glory to the wearer. But if a woman want5 to w e m her hair cut so s h o r t aa to look l l k e a man, Paul saya she ought to be shorn or shaven the symbol o r a fallen woman. Too m a n women have deveIo ed the cuatom of havin t h e l r h a t n o e -H R. S OT

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f e w mothera were ever taught Becauae maat women never learned to appear neat ther-have resorted unnecessarily t o the m e of permanents.
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how to c a r e f o r t h e i r hair properly.

CertaZn women have naturally curly hair and do not need permanents; othera have naturally straight hair EX

appear very becoming w l t h I t just ~8 it is. IT you appear n e a t in long straight hair, you would only be spoiling your appearance to add unnecessary curla.

But there are many women who have nearly straight hair who would appear much neater with a few curler. Should such women w e permanants?

First, let UB remember t h a t there are different kinds of permanents. Even the m m e permanent will react differently w l t h d i f f e r e n t wmen, because no two beada of hair are exactly alike. But nearly all pemmnents Wrll In-time do a certaln amount of damage to the hair. Often the ends are severely burned. Smetlmea they w i l l break off shorter and shorter. A f e w cheap permanents have even groved damagfng t o the h e a l t h .
Although 8ome women may find no ham i them, pern manents ought to be avolded In most cam3 aince there l a a much slmpler and-better method by which the ha1.r m y be given beauty. a It l a not hard to l e a n the a r t of using cuslfng plna with a amall m o u n t of water and it doe8nft take l o n g , e l t h e r . TMs method does not ham the h a i r , but makes it appear beautlfW as o o d i n t e n d e d .

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It 18 alao Important to mention that although eome make a ritual of washing their hair too often, raany Other8 don't waah t h e l r halr often enough, especlally when I C becomea dirty through work. It l a very b e n e f i c i a l for t h e acalp to keep the
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Dear m e n d :
m y nomen have a8-d if God forbid8 them to wear jewelry, They have heard the teaching that God forbid6 C h r l a t l a n a to wear any Jewelry or weddlng rings. Ths 'l b e l i e f waa the common teacung of the last century, b u t F t m been setetined by only a few denominations, Thls a doctrine a t e m e d from the princlple that because the wearing of jewelry, rlngs an8 other adornments waa abused by She world, jewelry and adornments were sinful of themselves and 'should never be worm.
The B l b l e teaches that the material things are not sin, but k t is the ;Lm ro er u8e or them that Is wrong. 15 l a the act of abuse-wT that is a sin OF v l o l a t l o n

of O o d @ a a r e ars-eexta In the New Testament' relatlng t o the w e of adornments for Wistlans, I Timothy 2:9-10 and I Peter 3:3-5. Nelther t e x t even mentlona weUdlng dlnga, and neither one condemna the proper w e of jewelryJ as & m e suppose. Peter wrote k h a t women should n o t adorn themselves w i t h plsfted or broided hair, which, among the lareelm, waa a custom I n whloh costly jewelry and also wreatha were intertwined with the hair. The Bible prohlbitlon of eueh .a practice becomea plain when one considers that a wornanfa hair wa8 given her to be a glory and an honor (1 Cor. 11:15}. The addltlon of caatly or distracting and unnaturally bulky adomzments took away from the natural and Intended beauty God imparted to women. There is no s c r l p t m l prohibition againat the m e of a flower or o t E r modest adornment worn In the - s 1.

The wearing of g o l d ornaments and pearla in connection with costly array I s Eorbldden by the apoatlea. Gold and pearls are not ain: for God sanctified the w e of gold in t h e temple. But t h e i r great expense w m n o t becomfng to Christian wmen who were t o put t h e i r treaaurea I n t o spiritual traits of character which God views as of much greater worth. Them t w o veraea contaln no prohlbftlon on wearing B moderate smount of relatively Inexpensive, but n o t "cheap" adornment. A strof inexpensive pearls

would not be violating the principles wMch the apostle lays down. For women to bedeck themselves with cheap objecta f o r vanity l a just as wrong as to put one's treasure in expenaive jewelry. The "putting on of apparel" mentioned by Peter I s explained by Paul to Include unapproprihte or laviah clothing worn f o r vain glory. In these verses the principLe l a always that women should be temperate An the expense of t h e i r adornments and modest in the1.r apparel, The f a c t that only s p e c i f i c , coatlg or unnatural adornments are mentioned clearly lmpliea th&tthe a p o s t l e s NEVER meantnto forbid all jewelry. Since no word Is s a i d about; wedding rlxlgs, although wearing them WBB a universal p r a c t i c e of that day, nelther Paul nor FeteF m e a n t to forbid them. Chrlstlans have a perfect r i g h t to wear them, The origin of wedding r w s does not atem f r o m pagan r e l i g i o u s practicee, d e s p i t e the fan c i fu l cavemen storfea of captured women and club-wielding
men. jewelry,
AB abeoluts proof t h a t Christian wmen may wear Peter say8 that his description aptly picturea "the

holy women &1ao, who truated in God, adorned themeelvea being in a u b j e c t b n unto their own huaban&.'I Y e t thoae women wore Jewelry! (Oenf 24:47,53). And God blessed Israel of old wfth adornments (Ezek. 16:9-14)

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Dear Friend:

Many people want to know how far a Christian should go i telling n others about the truth o God. f

Moat people, when they are converted, make the miatake of t r y i n g to argue their friends, neighbors and relatives into converaion. But we must continually keep in mind that no one can force his religion an eomeone else. And no good thing' is accomplished by trying t o do 8 0 .

A Christian is known by his good works (Matt. 5: 14- 16) --not by "good arguments I ' or ''conatant preaching. " Our righteous, confident, happy lives-the way we live and the customs we keep--wi11 influence others far more than our words. God has comrrlanded o d y H i s ministers to sound the trumpet i n teaching people H i s ways (ha. 58;1). Laymen--and priniaters, as w e l l - should concentrate an producing good deeds that will rightly influence others. Remember, a 1iP;ht i~ easily Been, but makes no sound (Matt. 5:14).
However, if someone wants to know the truth, and asks U B in sincerity, then we should answer to the very best o our ability. It, f , be ready always to give an answer t o every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that i B i you, with meekness and fear" (1 Pet. 3:15). n Trying EQ explain God's truth t o people who are not ready t o receive it is worse than meless ! If w e -offend them we can have no good influence on them at all. The b e s t way to bring another tu convereion i s to refrain from talking religion with that person and pray to God inatead! You cannot argue or talk anyone intu conversion !

obey God, but leave the livee of others i Hia hands. n W e ouraelvee God will call all men te a true understanding in Hie own time and i H i s awn n way. Read John 6:44, 65 and I Timothy 2:4; then Il Timothy 2 : 2 1-26, and you will better understand how to help others and t o be patient until God opens their minds t o understand what you h o w .
Lay members first ought, above all thinge, to be able to set a good example, be able to a n ~ w e r questiond w h e n asked, pray for others, pray for the ministry, and pay their tithes and offerings. That is their duty.

LETTER ANSWERING DEPARTMENT

Dear Friend:
B i b l e a t d y ia an important part of a Chriatisn l i f e . To get _the most out of studying God'8 W O F ~ , you need to have a goad B i b l e . Frequently we are asked which l a the

beat Bible to purchaae

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W recommend, &B ftrst choice, that you use the e g Jamea Veraion containing the Old and New Teetaments, as your b a a l c study B l b l e , The Oxford Unlveralty Press and

Cambrldge Univeraltg Preas publish the flneBt e d l t i o n a of the King Jamea Version, They are v e r y durable and a t w d l l g b o w d wfth good chain references and concordance and mapa. Their p r i n t BerVes every age group.
Some people who have weaker vision prefer a Bible having heavy black p r i n t , large letters, and a center reference column, A good selection of mapa In She back help8 greatly. Such BSblea measure about 6g x 93 inches and'seme beat f o r home use. A thumb l n d e x and pages w l t h r e l a t i v e l y wlde margin8 f o r making n u t a t i o n s are available. A B i b l e answering the above general description is made by the

Natlonal Bible pTe~8, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I l e t t h e l r Number 452. These B i b l e s m y be obtained from, or ordered a through, the bookatarea. C o n c o & m x ~ whichare found In the bacM of Blblea are generally not complete enough and are often not very helpfW In f i n d i n g scriptures. Thls should have little weight I YOW aelectlon of B l b l e s . If you wsnt a concordance, n the small Crmden's Concordance 5.3 v e r y popular and may be purchased f o r about 94.00.
B i b l e s other than the ring James Version are eunetimes helpf'ul. Their modern wording makes certain sections clearer than the Klng Jamea Version. The new Reviaed StandarU Veraion and the M o f f a t t Tranalatlon are written in modem W l i a h and can be uaerul in comparing wlth the Klng Samea Veraion * Since very f e w basic textual emom appear I n the King Jmea Veraion though i% is n o t always a perfect, or clear t r a m l a t i o n it ehould be used maat often for Bible study. I;ETTEH ANSWERTNQ DEPARTMENT

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M n readera continue to w r i t e I . Armstrong, ay W

tera t h i e t i t l e .
The word "FeverendInI s applied only t o Qod In the Btble.-- it is not Once applied to m. In Pealm 111:g we read: It. * H e T o n t h commanded M B covenant for ever: holy md Is HIS NAME." Another translation rendera .It: "Holy and awf'ul (that i a , f u l l of awe, worthy of warship) is M e name. "
a s "Reverend." Ne m ~ u w l 1 1 have auch B name until born agam l In the resurrection. No mlnlater hae a name which la worthy

ltod alone has a name which m y properly be addreseed a

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worship.

You cannot find one place I n a11 the New Testament where Paul, Peter, Jamea, John -- or any other mintater were ever addressed a8 "Revesena." I we follow t h e B i b l e f then we ought not example which we are commanded to do ever m e the tltle "Reverend" f o r any m a l a t e r . (See ala0 m t t , 23:g.s Smce many m F n i s t e r a of this worldte rellgiona w o u l d take offence Were you not to g i v e t h e m B o m e t i t l e , YOU may properly addreas them ae "Pastor," or "Elder,' or "'Evangelist, or "Bishop, " depending on what office they hold. These are proper t i t l e 8 oP office given I n the New Testament. They m y be applied -- out of respect to ministem, whether or not those minkaters are a e r v i n g t h e true Ood.

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The w e of titles auch a8 "Reverend" began when the great apostacy s e t in the Church at the close of the ftret century. FdinlBtem put themselves "in t h e lace of C h r l a t . I' Hence they took upon themaelves the x t s u es anrtitles of d i v l l z l t y . Cfod'a ministera have never done 8 0 .

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Dear Friend:
m q u e n t l y the question is asked, "Should a CRristian

raise tobacco? "

W tobacco jndUStZy 18 B m i l l l O I I - d O S l ~ W b W h ~ e s a . Hundreds of farmera eupply tobacco f o r t h e tobacco conmmera,

B u t , l a it rllght in Q o d ' a sight to 'be a tobacco grower? T h l a l a a queet-lion faced by farmers who w a n t to obey tfod and serve the health of mankind.

S c i e n t i f i c t e a t s prove that the various tobacco habita emoldng, chewing, snuff-dipping are harmful to thoae who indulge thelr l u t s In them. M n are cancer ay vkt'lme. Tobacco users are addicted to the h a b i t s o l e l y in the Intereat of satisfyfng the lusts of the flesh. Even when u s e d a B an Insecticide on food crop, tobacco is a t h r e a t to m " 8 health, because some o' it is taken into the body on f f oodatuffa

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A Christian should grow that wMch ia healthful, and I ~omeway serves the community. Nothinq, i a worth doing n if I t l a done only in the l n t e r e a t of making money,
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that there l e alwaya at l e a a t - o n e good substitute f o r tobacco in moat any area. It should not be d i f f i c u l t to change to useful. type of farming, It I s just a mattes of becoming to depart from o l d ways and learn new techniquea and rout m a . A new procedure w i l l 1 look d i f f i c u l t at f i r a t , but a little mental effort w i l l help one to adjust himself to anything t h a t l a worthwhile.

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Qod ha13 promised to supply a l l the needs 8f anyone who will put the nngdom of nod f l r s t in his affections (?4att. 6~24-341, A C l w l s t l a n farmer who plana N s production wisely c a n clam theae p r o m i a e ~and l o o k to Qod f o r the necessary p r o f l t . He muet ask Clod, 3n f a i t h (Jae. 1:6-8), for the needed . guidance and help.

In the tobacco-growregions there are eeveral r e l i a b l e product8 that can be grown f e r the market;. Qood quality vegetables are easy to grow and are s1 great demand In m o a t areas. T e beat grocery atorea pay prltces that give h

the farmer a good return f o r hlz l a b o r and a high rate of income per acre. Chickens and other t y p e s of poultry are alao profitable In Bome regions, eapeeially f o r the man who c a n grow mme of M a own feed, However, don't t r y poultry farming unlesB you can understand, and conform to, the necessary principles of poultry management, Sweet potatoes are a l a o a good market crop in the tobaccoproducing area. Many tobacco farmers have already t r i e d these a o w c e a of Lncame and have found that, W L t h p o d m a n a K e m e n t , they are p r o f i t a b l e ,

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Dear Friend:
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continue to ask the question, What

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for the Dead'P"

The practice of being baptized f o r unconvertecl frlends is widely taught by one pmticular denomination, This. custom l a rounded on their mislnterpretatlon o f I Corlnthians 15:29.
The inspired New' Testament Church did NOT practice tNs c w t m ! T e Apoetle P a u l did not teach I t ! The custom h was introduce8 Into the profeasfng Christian world about 150 A . D . by the heretic Marc%on,

Notice! Before et person may be baptized, he must f l r a t REPENT (Acts 2:38) and BELIEVE (Mark 16:l6 and Acts 16:31,33). The dead are not able to repent or believe, The dead are dead "for the living know that they shall die; BUT !lXE DEAD RNOW NOT ANYTHING . . ' I (Eccl. 9 : 5 ) . The dead have no hope untll the resurrectfon! BAPTISM IS FOR THE LrIvlNQ. Baptism is a symbol whereby THE L M N I ) acknowledge their a i m , figuratively die with Christ I n a w a t e r y grave, and rise out of the watery grave in hope of a ? N LIFT khrough the merita-of Chrlst and the promlse of the E ~ o l y p i r ~ t ~ 6~4).

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Baptism 1s alao a symbol of THE IESURRECTION! TU RJSE UP o u t of the watery grave is to achowledge belief IN TKE FESURRECTION of the dead (Ron. 6 ) . To surrender one I B l i f e to C h r i a t now, t o crucify the s e l f now, to be baptlzed -- all this I s f o o l i a h unless these I s a RESURRECTION if the dead are not raised, I' l e t UB e a t and drink; f o r to morrow we die" (I C o r , 15: 32)-

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Mow we are ready to understand v e m e 29, The subject of the e n t i r e 15th chapter o r 3: Corfnthians l a t h e RESURRECTION. Aa one proof of the rsaurre$tion, Paul c i t e s the example of those who were baptized, symbolizing t h e i r hope L n the resupr e c t i c l . The reaurrection is THE H O E OF THE DEAD. W y were h t h e y baptized if the dead rise n o t ? is PaulIs question. B u t the verae I s NOT CORR?3CTLY translated from the orlglnal i n s p i r e d Week!

Paul l a not tal.king about being baptized the place of" the dead, or ' ' I n behalf of'' the dead, or r ' f o r r ' the dead. The Inspired Greek word translated ' f r ' l a 'o' huper. It has aeveral meaninga: "above, over, instead of, f o r the realization of, for the hope of '' The context determineE! the mean2ng o ' the word. 'pzuln to Philippians f 2 :13, for example. Paul here declares : "For it is E 0 38 wh!Lch worketh In you both to will and to do of hia good pleasum." T e Greek word translated "of" in thls verse h is hu es the Bame word used in I Corinthiana l5:29. In phiT pp 9 i ans 2:13, huper cannot mean "in atead of," It would be senseleas t o say: "For it is Ood which worketh in you both to wlll and to do instead of H I B good pLeaswe!" The proper translation of t h l s verse IC "God worketh in YOU both to w k l f . and to do for the realization of Hia good pleasure! I' This l a the transla-n given in f i e Anal t i c a l Greek Lexicon. W a is God's "good pleasure'=& ht - r m pleasure to g l o e you the IHngdom," aaid Je81.m (Luke 12:32), God worka In UB "in the hops of 'I giving UB ma Kingdom.

Now tun t o I Corlnthiana 15~29. Hers the lfreek word hu r should be translated '$forthe hope Of" according to c o d % : "Else what 5hall they do whlch are baptized FOR (THE HOfE OF) the dead, If the dead rlse not at a l l ? why are they then baptized FOR (THE HOPE OF) t h e dead?"
What l a the hope of the dead? THE RESURRECTION! Paul I s writing about baptism, which iLLustrates 'PHE HOPE OF TH3 RESURRl3CmON! Baptism -- a r i s i n g out of a watery grave -- i~ a symbol of the hope of the dead the hope of the reaurrectlon. TMa verse has nothlng t o do w i t h t h e falae d o c t r l m of baptiem in behalf of the unbaptised dead.

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Dear Friend:

We continually receive l e t t e r s asklng: ''Should a

noman wear a covering on her head In church?"

Some chwches require women t o wear v e l l a OF hats in church. They c l a h I Corknthlans m i - 1 6 a a auppoaed scriptural proof. They quote verse 6 apeclfically: "For if the woman be not covered, l e t her a l s o be shorn: but if it be B shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, l e t her be covered. ''

Other chuxlches use this Bame aeripture aa support for th&r doctrlne that women should never c u t thelr hair.
Modernists contend that whatever P a u l taught the Corinthian Church I s not for us today anyway -- and they proceed to do 8s they please,
What is the ---- t r u t h ? Same contend Paul required women t o wear vvella because it was the custom of the day f o r women to w e a r v e i l s in public places of worship. Thia is NOT true! Let's get our facta a t m i g h t .

Smith's MctlonaPy --of the Bible a r t i c l e "Veil" gives UB the answer. "In ancient times, the veil was adopted only in exceptlonal caae8, e l t h e r as an article of ornamental dress or by b e t r o t h e d maidens In the preaence of t h e i r huabanda, especially at the t i m e of t h e wedding or &women of 1 m s e character f o r purpo~~ea of concealment ( h n . 3 i T. WT ) B u t g e n e r a l l y s p m n g , wmen both married and unmarried appeared in public with t h e l r faces exposed, both among t h e Jews and among the Egyptlans and A a s y r l a n s , as proved by the Invariable abaence of the veil I n the sculpture and paintings of these peoples r - -

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It was not cuatomayy f o r women to wear veils in Paul's day. It is interestlng to note that the f a l l e n church pictured in Revelation 17, the fountain-head of harlotry, cummands its women to'wear coverings o v e ~ shaven heada I their r e l l g l o u s orders. n

What Saul taught is this: as man 2.8 the head of woman, it is Improper f o r m e n to have a coverin a religious aervice a s a symbol of subjection (I Cor. 11:4). The only exception m B long halr In the Nazarlts vow, a token of aubjectlon to God f o r a apeclal tlme ( N u n . 6 : 5 ) . Mn sre otherwise commanded: "Doth not even nature i t s e l f e teach you, that, If a man have long halr, I C l a a shame unto M m ? " (verae 14). Men wearing long hair, 8 f m t h the younger generation, are effeminate an8 no effeminate man a h a l l Inherit God's Klngdw! B u t w h a t about 8 w o ~ ? "But If a woman have Ion h a T r , it is a glory to her: far her HAIX - Blven h e r d a c o v e r i n ~ "(verse 15). ia ---

Notice! Paul, under i n a p l r a t i o n , speaks of LON0 MAfR as the "covering, I' or v e i l . The Oreek word f o r ' ' ~ o v e r l n g ' ~ verse 15 means " v e l 1 I ' Sea the margin of the %n
King Jameg. Version.
So the covering is n o t 00me hat,

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Cloth.

PaUL does not say t h a t women must wear something over their hair. I n x a d , he says: "Doth not even nature i t a e l f teach you, that if a woman have lon h a m t is a g l o r y t o her: for her haiw. I s given her &a=ering.

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Because "long haPr'' is mentioned, some &re arxlafd to cut their hair at all. The text doeen't read uncut hair; it reads o n l y "long hair.'' ~ n hair IS an i n a c a t i o n that g a wman l a wflllng to be in subjection to a man, and that ahe aclmowlsdgea the special need for protection by angels beyond the ordinary protection which angels glve to men (verse 10). Hair, cut lon eno h to look feminlne and honorable, l a a p p r o s a e XE?%E~IZF length, o x m g e r , i a a a a t l e 9 a c t o m standard. If a wornan wears her hair a0 s h o r t t h a t it l&ka l i k e a man's, then ahe ought d--ahom t o be or shaven the aymbol of a T a l l e n woman.

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To be ''ahom'' (verse 6 ) mean8 to be closely clipped. Small Sect8 contend that any C U 6 t - g of hair Elem8 to be shorn. Thie I s untrue, Properly cut-long hair I s not ahom hair. There is no Bible command anmhere a a a l n a t u t t h w hair withln t h e length wMch looks feminlhe and h&orabIe.
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B a r Friend:
m question, "Is suiciae a crime?'bhas g u z z l e d e

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A 56-page pamphlet, ''Ought Sulclde to be a Crlme?" the work of a five-man committee appointed by the Archbishop d Canterbury, "primate of a21 -land, '' was publiahed &-id diatrlbuted recently. The committee members investigated the subject of self-destruction from almoat

every conceivable angle. -- h l a t o r i c a l , legal, medical, and came to the a s t o u n d i n g conclusion t h a t the B i b l e does not condemn s u l c l d e !

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'phink of it! "Suicide uaa not always frowned statea t h i a noted Anglican Church body; ". . . t h e mcienta In the Hellenic t m e s (the a an (IreeW) tended to look upon the power to take one's =-r l f e as an Inalienable om However, Chairman C h r l s t l e later admitted on EBC:

p r i v i l e g e !"

"If any member Q-P the committee were asked 4f HE considered autcide wrong, he w o u l d say I t was! , t h a t n o man or woman had the rlght to t e r m l ~ t ~ l i entrusted to h i m by fe God" (TIME, November 2 1959, p. 74). ,

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What he ia actually Baying is that HE THINKT Ood does not forbid the taklng of one's own l i f e , but - x n man h i a s w r i o r wladom, reasons that suicide 1s not proper. That I t I s a cowardla wa f solving Ma problems. That I t . is 12ke running away - attle ! in

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Nevertheless the B>ble DOES condemn a u i c l d e !

Clod commandd: ''THOU SHALT NOT KfLL" (the e i x t h commandment)e Webster definea the word "ldll"as "to deprlve of l i f e . '' To commit a u i c i d e , then, I s breakl one of the Ten Comdments and is d e f i n i t e l . y c d F G X .

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Dear Friend: Rere 16 8 question o f t e n asked by those beginning to be convertedt "Should farmers r a k s e and aell hoga?"
The B l b h p l a i n l y teaches that we are to OBEY (mtt. 19:16-~8;I John 3:4), Not only are we t a obey the commandments, but Christ said that we are to l i v e by EVERY WORD that proceedeth out of the mouth of Clod (Matt. 4:4).
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The laws glven in k v i t i c u s 11 and Deuteronmy 14 regarding w h a t foods are good for US have In no WRY been changed QP abolished, The nature of the animals mentioned here have n o t changed ''Blnce the cross. "

These laws concernclean and unclean meats a m t o be obeyed by every true ChriBtlan. Swine are expressly forbidden t o be eaten (Lev. 11:7)- Godla people a r e not to 3ut w h a t about selling hogs to the u n o E e 5 d who on t h o w better?

The Btb'Le nowhere dlrectly says that I t I s a a i n t o smoke. SO there l a a l s o no d i r e c t scripture ln the Bible . which saga, "Thou shalt not p a l m and sell hoga. I' BUT there are, however, r i n d les which reveal to UB G o d ! ~ will. These B i b l e p r nc p es tell UB it l a wrong to a m o l e . B i b l e princlplea a l s o reveal why we Bhould not raise haga f o r the market.

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t h e body we cannot Elhow him an animal which is detrimental to M a good health? Is it love to be responsible f o r s l c h e a s and a m e t l m e s death? Of c o w w they don't b o w better! B u t W DO! Juat aa ancient Israel waa to be a E exam le of clean livl to the Gentile natlons, B O shoul & p G i m d t o d a y God's Church -- be an example to the unconverted.

Notice the principles Thou shalt LUW t h y neighbor as Knowtrig t h a t God d i d not create knowing t h a t pork l a harmful to love to our neighbor b y l n g

given by Jesus C h r i B t : I t . thyself'' (Wtt;. 22:Jg). swine to be eaten -- and

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UNCIJMN spirita (demons) to enter UNCW animals. Cmist did not permit unclean spirits to enter m d defile CLEAN animals. C h r l a t e d the demons t o e n t e r m a n e becauae the awlne Were u n f i t f o r human C Q I I S U ~ t l o n and ought not to have been sold as " g a o ~ o ~ Jesu * d was indirectly aolving t h e marketing problem of thoee Qadarene farmem !
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the body, but are not able to W11 t h e ~ o u l :but rather fear h i m which l a able to deetroy both soul and body in The doctrine of the immortality or indeetructibility Qf the B o u l 18 often based on this text, &lthQUgh J e a w plainly aaya that we should fear Qod who I s able to DESTROY THE SOUL in h e l l - o r Gehenna fire. The a o u l l a

M y have aaked about; the meanlng of Matthew T M a verae readi: "And fear not them which l d L l

not l i v e forever sxl torment, The soul can d i n t - & be destroyed becavlae of a i n , the t m s g r e s a l o n of the law (1 John 3:43.

Eut, w h a t l a the a o u l if man c a n ' t kill I t ?

The word " s o u l J ' is used In numesow warn. Xt a translation of the Greekword suche and the Hebrew wora ne heah, both of which mean, aceor ng to Strong's % T E h w ve oncordance, a living, breathing creature, x a -&-T
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an anfmal life, appetite and similarly derived connotation~. S o n m mean an immortal part of man or animal but alwaya the l i v i n g , breathing animal or man, a l s o the life of a breathing being which is in the blood, Jn Z R v l t i m 7 : 11 the word translated "life 'I oomes from the same Hebrew word f e r "soul." and can be correctly tramlated: For the soul of the fleah I s in t h e blood. Jesus gave His life ' m n s l a t e d from the a m e llresk word meant% soul), =ransom for us (mrk lo:&) by pouring out me BOUI of llfe blood In payment f o r sin ( I s a . 53:12)* " S o C c m e a n t h e Living, breathing animal or m n and I t can a l a o mean the physical lire of such creatures. Remember, God Can destroy the physical body and the s o u l or life, Luke quote3 Jeaus 8s aaying: '%ut 1 =porewarn y o u whom ye ahall f e w : Fear M m , which It after he hath k l l l e d hath ower to cast into hell 12:5$, God, w h - h e F r e s e n t physical l i f e from u8 at the first death, alao has t h e power to resurrect up3 and, if we. have been disabedlent, t o caat ug I n t o the lake of fire -- {the second death -- f r o m which

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baptiam. The new Jeaus Christ L u I I a "For ge are dead, and your life l e hid wtth Chriat in QQd" ( C o l . 3 ~ 3 ) . Jesua bring8 o u t the great importance of the fact that the firat or natural life ( s o u l } of 8 Christian I s already perished, There I s nothing of that life which remaine for men to H l l

That I s w h y Jesus declared that man can H l l the body, but not the soul or life. W are f2guratlvelg e dead already our physical wag of l l f e is cmclfled.
But the l i f e of Chrlat in ua can't be touched by man; he canrroTLI1 it because it is Christfls v e r y own l i f e . Although the original word for "eternal l i f e ' ' l a f r o m another Qreek Word, Seam mea suche soul or mterial lire because Christ i s livlng l a ife in our material bodlea.

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Dear e l e n d :
The question: "Is it wrong to wear clothing of mixed fabrlm?" haa been of conalderable concern t o many. The phyalcal law found In Deuteronomy 22:11 and 19:19 againat W e a r i n g a garment of Wool and linen mixed is atill binding. This command is a PEYSICAL, not a 3PJXITUAL, " I T E R .
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Although the Scripture mentions by name only wool and linen, t h l a principle appllea to other fabrics: linen and wool are named apeclficaXly because they were the win materlala the Iaraelltea had f o r cloth-maEdng. Wool does n o t abmrb perspiration readily, a8 does llnen. Wool ale0 r e t & i n e body heat. T?hat'a why you don't want to weir it in BUmmeI..

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materiala are woven together, A cheapened quality if often the reeult. Apparently t h l a l a m e reason f o r Qod'e com" . wanta UB to own and use the best q u a l l t y w l t h l n I Ha o w means. .When one bugs a garment of mixed material he receive8 i n f e r i o r quality. This conatitutes a waste of money and a l a o detrscta from peraonal appearance.

W command pertains to gamenta I n wMch two

Z La not neceaaary to threw away mixed materials t that you already have. (Some people w o u d have notleft to Wear If they d i d . ) To do so would be quite rash. Just be caref'ul to aelect approved material the next time you purchase clothing.

A y extra garments of &ed n fabrics mag be given to worldly charities. Notice the example in Deuteronan 14:21, The aame p r i n c i p l e w o u r a p p l y --eEa in m- m - +
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I is not wrong t o wear one garment of l l " and t another of wool at the Bame t i m e . Neither l e it wrong t o wear a wool aoat w i t h a rayon l i n i n g ; the rayon l h i n g f a

n o t woven with the wool and w i l l n o t cheapen the wool of the coat. m 8ame applles t o cotton pockets in trousers e t h a t are made of wool or o t h e r materiala, also probably to the pure rayon or nylon band t h a t I s aewed around the neck of nome T a h i r t s . One should n o t buy socks with nylon reinforced heel and t o e becauae In such socks the two materials are interwoven.

You are likely t o more frequently encounter the problem of mixed fabrics in socks, s u i t s , meatera, aport s h i r t a , and blanketa, (There l a no difficulty In aelectkng dreaa Bhirts, Underwear3 hats, or scarfs became they are uaually made of one material,)
The question may arlae whether it %a wrong to buy materials that are a mixture of WOOLand angora, or caahmers and wool. There I s absolutely nothing wrong with t h l e type of mixture. Both are natural and are animal producta of good quality. However, combinatlone of silk and cotton are not proper. They are of two different Wnda.
T e queetlon of synthetics and natural fibers h is another faoet of this question.

Synthetics of Bome types are not the beat for body health and comfort. Nylon, especially, I s not canduclve t o comfort In some of ita m e a . Dream a h i r t s , BOCM, blowear of nylon greatly U n d e r the healthand glvlng circulation of a i r , hold in body heat, and reduce body comfort.
A good health t e s t to use when buying synthetic material or a, ready-made garment ia to hold the material up, hold your hand about s i x QI? eight lnchea from the material and blow through it. If y o u can feel the alr you o m be p r e t t y we that air l a going to come through and circulate around y o u r body when you have such material on.

Ueually 8 aynthetic material that is Woven v e r y t i g h t l a not good, but one that l a woven mare looaely mtght teml to be much better. This I s where each lndlvldual mue w e his or her own j u d g m y m o x w = e not the mated3T I s a C T t X f a f m , ome people h o w w E t t y p E T f m a t e r i a 1 E e i r y l a X t e d f o r -- aome c a n n o t even wear any type of a y n t h e t i c material.
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Next, l a I t good to wear a fabric that i a a of natural and aynthetic f i b e r s ?

Synthetics differ markedly from wool. Symthetlae a r e cherdcnlly treated vegetable producta uaually cellulose. Wool, by contrast, I s an animal product. The physical law I n Deuteronomy regarding wool and llnen would apply here. Mixtures of wool and s y n t h e t l c s are not good.

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BUT, since many synthetlca are chemically pro-

intemrriage between dlstinct races d i f f e r s in kind and

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Bemberg rayon, for example, is made of celluloae c o t t o n linters. Rayon may be made from chemically treated n o d pulp OF cotton. On the other hand, ololon %e derived from auch barrlc raw mat@Fi&lEI aa coal, air, water, petroleum, limestone and natural gaaee.

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being m u c h etrunger than the natural fkber ~All tear the natural fibers of the fabric. Thls I s not always the caBe, but I t does happen In some Instances. The rule in auch blends or mixture8 I s t h l e : if the characteriatice of the thetic n o t d i f f e r marka-rom the natural c x t r nen),then t'hecamblnat2on E n o r h i b i t . w c m -- they do d v f e r mar e y n strength, washability, absorption,. e t c . , then they should n o t be used.

3tn purchasllng garments of a synthetic and natural blend, yw might notice t h a t before t o o long the tJgnthetic

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Combinations of one synthetic w l t h another are t o be judged on the 6ame basis. If the characteristics are sLmllar, I t would not be wrong to purchase them.

ONLY IF YOU LUST AFTER WHAT GOD SAYS YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE, DOES IT B E C m A SPIRITUAL SIN, Let UB not = t o extremea -- matter. N o t a l l c o m b U x o E In this -SpIRIT[JAfi L A W .

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Keep in mind t h a t the genuine article ie alwaya of better quality than the a r t i f l c l a l .

You can usually fTnd a natural fabric without You may have to pay a little mors, but don't gw think it I 8 Worth I t ?
too much trouble.

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"H&B ~ o alloted 6000 gears f o r m a s ~ e i f - m i l e i ' ~ d l a a queation t h a t hae been an enlgma to many,

Yea! The world does not underatand what In taking place t o b y becauae ------the 7000-year it does n o t m w about o
PLAN OF GOD.

Ctdd has a l l o t t e d approximately 6000 yeara f o r These millennium of human civilization are nearly over. God i~ about to Intervene in world affalra by Bending Jesus C b i s t . Not u n t i l He returns will we have 1000 years of peace,
h m m ~ t y go i t s own way. to

ttem f o r thls little-understood Ian I & wo chapters of Wnesia. 1% Ja %FA e WEEK given in the f ra The of seven day&. Aa God orlginallg s e t t i m e in m o t l o n , man l a

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Now n o t i c e y o u r B i b l e . M n B i b l e s are complete ay enough to contain chronological charts showing that Zluman LZfe was created alightly m o m than 4000 years b e f o r r m a t , And almoat another 2000 years have elapaed since -making nearly Goo0 years of human civilization to date. fn other worda, t h e trend of world events l a now proving we are very near the t i m e t h e Scriptures have always said Christ Will return when the probability of world destmction would become a realfty (Matt. 24:22). Six thowand years of human hlatory have almost been compfeted. Here then l e

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The cowon a B 8 U I T l p t l O n t k L a t 1118I1 b 8 lkved On earth count1eaa tens of thouaands of years l a an i d l e dream. Reason digprovea 3.t. Each new archaeological Ulscavery aids in dlaproving it. TW.E SCIENCE diaproves it! Strange as I t may seem, the theory of man's evolution is n o t o n l y unproved, but irrefutably disproved when we underatand the f a c t s .

The apoatles d i d not fully understand t h i s PLAN

OF GOD when C h r l a t wa3 yet on earth. They thought the kingdom w o u l d be eatabliahed In t h e i r day after only about

4000 yeara of God's plan had been completed. But before they dled, the apostles knew God 'B plan. Peter said: "The LON IS n o t s l a c k concerning promise (of m i a t m e coming) but is l o n g s u f f e r l n g (If Pet. 3:g). God is patient. He haa ref-wined from Mtervenlng In world affairs f o r nearly 60000yeam. m y ?

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R e c a l l that the day of Christ's intervention and r u l e l e compared t o "a thowand years" (Hev. 20:4}. Peter a l s o wrote the same thing -- that a 9Ln Qod'a lan is as ''a thouaand years.," and -thousand-ears o k i i ~ czvlllzation as ONE da In H I S planne w e e k T f m 1000-year days I n T e t . 3+.-

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Dear Friend :
3n this passage of Scripture, Christ

A atartling statement is found In Mark 9:48. spoke of a worm that "dieth not. Whoever heard of the Immortality of worms? What d l d Christ mean?

Some PEQPm t h i n k that Jesus was r e f e r r i n g to p e o p 1 e . a ~worms and was trying t o say that these "people" never died but lived on in agonizing torment. Those who say this f a i l to n o t i c e t h a t Jesus does n o t c a l l the wicked people "worms'' but instead speaks of T?iEIIR worm. The lexicons deflne t h e Hebrew (Isa. 65:24) and Greek (Mark 9 : 4 8 ) words translated "worm" a s a grub or maggot and I n no way refer to a m a n . C h r i s t was not teaching theimmortallty of people or woms !

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Actually, Jesus was here warning hfs liatenem that those who would "offend" -- who w o u l d live a life of rebellion against God and His children -- would be cast i n t o ''hell f i r e . " Most Bibles show I n the marginal rendering that this was " G e h e m fire.'' Jeaw was referrfng to Cfehenna as a type of the second death in the "lake of fire" which will befall the ungodly.
Gehenna, or the Valley of W i n n o m , was located outaide of Jerusalem and was a place where trash, filth, and the dead bodies Qf a n h " S and despised crlmlnala were thrown. There were ledges along the edge of t h i a valley on whlch these dead bodies might land instead of falllng down into the f f r e s beneath where evergthinff was burned. Smith's B l b l e Dictionary g i v e s a description of thls v a l l e y -- w h m a s somet;hlna l i k e one of OUT c i t v dumps today where trash and rubbish are burned 9 .

If anything, especially a dead body, landed on a ledge above t h e f i r e s , I t would be devoured by many worms or maggots which were kept alive by the animal and vegetable substances d e p o a t e d there
It w a ~ these W Q ~ S t h a t C h r i a t was referring to when He said " t h e i r worm d i e t h n o t . I' But Christ dldn lt mean that each Individual worm continued to l i v e forever!

Actually, these worms, or maggots are t h e larvae wMch develop from egg8 depoaited by flies. They contZnue far only a f e w da In this larval stage, then pupate and f i n a l l y emerge &?lies, l a t e r dying. Theae are sclentiflc f a c t s , b o w n by any real student of science. And yet Some people thfnk t h a t Christ i orantl stated that these larvae continued to l l v e forever In t h a stage of development! This Jut goes to show t h a t we should always be careful to use wisdom and common sense in studying Godla Word. The Holy Spirit is the spirit of a sound mind (If T i m . 1~7). Iet ' 8 r i g h t l y u8e the minds Godus !
The Ctreek word wlzich was Inspired and translated into the word "worm" in this passage simply means a g r u b or maggot, and Is a collect&ve expression for a l l the woms that devour dead matter. Yes, t h e f l l e a t h a t these worms became, l i k e all o t h e r animals will return Do the dust from which they came. " A l l are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. (Eccl. =9,20).
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Nelther do these worms have immortal soula! Ecclesiastes 3:19 shows that no creature, man or beast, is born with an immortal soul.
The Bible i s one book that makea good sense! So l e t ua always study these perplexing scriptures through, before we jump to concluaions. Then let; ua live by God's Word, so that we may be worthy of t h e girt of e t e r n e l life. Then we need not receive the wages of sin death (Rom. 6 : 2 3 ) . T h i s w i l l come by-a fire which w i l l not be quenched -- but will b u m i t a e l f ' out by consuming t U s earth and the bod= of a l m e w i c k e d T N e i t h e r will we need to worry about theee "worms" which w i l l l i v e on the bodies of transgresaore -- not at first consumed by fire until there are no more bodies l e f t . Then a l l wfll return to t h e d u s t and aahes (Mal. 4:1)*

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Dear Friend:
The meaning of "not under the law, but under grace" baa plagued thousande!

Moat people are eonfmed by the minister8 who claim t o expound t h e words of Uod. You hear one group quote one a e t of aeripturea telling o r the law, and another gmup quoting verses mentlonlng grace. The common asamption is that one a e t of acripturee contrad f c t a a n o t h e r . Wmt folly? -Scripture ia given by All.
lnapiratlon of God.

Does grace do a w ~ y with the law? the l a w , have you ''fallen'' from grace?

If you keep

L e t ' 8 understand w h a t ''grace'I mema Weblilter defines I t aB "merc favor, unmerlted Undnese, an exemption par on --ae--from a penalty. t

I fa by race the undeserved ardon of God, t that you are d e l i v e k & m the penalty o h { R o m . 6:23). Chriat paid the penalty in your stead. If you accept the grace of God, who permitted H i s Son t o dle In your stead t o free you from ~ 4 n ,then you are under. grace. You are under unmerited pardon, not "under the
law.
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S h a l l MJB aln -- eha1.l we break the law? Remember, sin f a the transgreaslon of the law (I John 3:4).
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W h a t I s P a u l a answer? 'Qod forbkd. How shall that are dead to sin (transgreasing God's law), live any longer thereln?" (Rom. 6:1,2.)

If we &re under grace, the paraon of God, we are not t o llve In sin, we'are not to break G O ~ ~ B law.
If we break God's law by slnning, then we c ~ m e under the law, It is over UB. It has a clalm on our 1 i v T I T r o n l y thorr-0 keep the law that are NOT under t h F l a w o # it has n 6 c T a G v e r t h E l i v e s .
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wlthout mentioning God's law until they recognlzed God as Creatox. and Ruler and Lawgiver, then he showed them f'rom the Scripture that they had been breaklng Godla law In ignorance arid now ehould repent of that sln.

'UnUer t h e law" doea NOT m e a n under i t a jurisdlcklon. m a h a m been the common false teachlmg because of a MISTRANSLATION in 1 Corlnthlans 9:21. Notice verse 21. TO the Gentiles W o did not ~ I O W Ifod'a law -- ?O h them that are without law" -- P a u l said he approached them

He d i d not want to offend them, But waa Paul doing oontrary t o the law? No! Paul saya he w m '%OT without l a w to God, but W I T H I N t h e law to Chriet."
Thla terne l a nearly always miatranelated, The original Week cannot be properly translated "under the
law t o Christ. I' It m w t be tranalated "WITHIN t h e law Through Christ;, Paul wa8 wlthin the law -he w m able t o keep it. To be within aw lmeans to obey it!

to C h r l a t . "

Orace doea not do amy with the law, Grace I s for our stna, mald.ng I t pogsible
through the Holy S p i r i t that l e God (Acta 5 : 3 2 ) .

WoulBnft it be ridlculoua f o r 8 judge to g r a n t pnrdon to a criminal and then tell h i m to c o m l t the me crlme agaw? Y e t , that i a exactly how ridiculoue most people make 0 0 d t 8 g r a c e , They turn the grace, the pardon of Wd, i n t o lasclvioumesa license t o de evil.
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If grace could abaliah the law, then them would be no more sin became there l a no s i n where there i s no law (Rom. 4:15f1 And If there were no sin, there would need be no grace -- no pardon of God -- to d e l l v e r
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f r o m the penalty of brealdng the law.

C h r l r r t d i e d I n - y o u r stead and mine 80 that wecould obe Clod according to the splrltual I n t e n t of the law l n a ea8 of serving s i n . AB long ad we were under the claim o ' the law because of tranagreaalon, a i n had f dominion over urr; w e were i t s alavea, But now, if we repent and believe w h a t God 9 8 ~ 8 ,we are free to obey the law unto righteousness (Rom. 6:16)

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Many continue to ask the question: *'Who wrote the ApWtleB' Creed and where can I find it I n the Bible?"

The Agoatlea' Creed WBB not written by the apoatlta and l a not,part of the B i b l e . It I s a m i x t u r e of t r u t h and error and is absolutely uninspired. It is one =many -lous frauds and wa8 camposed in I t a f i n a l f o m In the f i f t h century after C h i a t . "The Apostlea Creed l a n o t their (the apoatleBf) o m making a d d t o Smith's B i b l e Dlctionarg.

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of Biahop Joaeph Blngham in h b book A n t l q u Z t l e s -of the Christian Church.

BAm$uun alao tell8 UB that it was orLtginallg called the "Roman Creed" BB evidenced bg the phrase, ' 1 believe in ' the Holy Ghost, THE HOLY CATHOLIC CRJRCK." It was dmwn up by the member8 of that Church after the pagan doctrlnes and custom0 of the Western R o m d mpire -- Easter, GhrSstmas, Sunday had been accepted 6 s " C h r l a t l a n " traditions. It, therefore, became necessary to imply apostolic approval to the new doctrine of the church! T h i s creed waB fraudulently written and e n t i t l e d the "Apostleat Creed" f o r such B purpoee.

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The common teaohing today 18 that a p e ~ s o n who TB ''amctified" I s spiritually perfect that he La incapable of sinning! But, I s that $he t r u e meaning of "aanctlflcatlon'l?

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It ia further contended that thls experfence removea the "Adamic nature, It or the "nature o? sin. "

+%nctlfication" is g l l b l y c a l l e d an "experience'' or a "second work of grace," and I t alwaya must follow w h a t

l e called the "Jjuatif1cationt' of the I n d i v i d u a l .

fa t h i s w h a t -----the

B i b l e teaohes?

First, fi~tice the deflxlitfon of ffaanctiiication"r

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It meana "to consecrate t o a aacred o f f i c e or calling, '' to 'l8eparate from c o n " u ~ e " , I 1 t o devote or dedicate to Qodla service, '' according bo the B i b l i c a l and Englleh dictimariee. That mean& that any person who l a aet apart f o r a holy m e or purpose i s sanctified. But that doe8 n o t mean that person cannot aln!

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the unbelieving w i f e IEI sanctified by the hueband. Even m unbeliever can be aanctlfied!

Notice w h a t our Bible aays in I Corinthian8 7:14: : "POF the ONBELIEUIN3 k T S A . N C T I F I E D by the wlfe, y d

Notice agaln what Scripture reveals about eanctlf l c a t i o n : "Before I formed thee in the b e l l y , ' ' m i d God to Jeremiah, "I knew thee; and before thou carne8t forth o u t of the womb I eeulctifled thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nationa" (Jer. 1:5).
Did you graap t h a t ? Jeremiah was sanctified before he wag born: He waa s e t apart to 8 speclal o f f l c e -- that l a w h a t sanctification means -- sanctified for the o f f i c e of prophet to the nations. . "

mahe the queretlon plaln.

The firet lettep of Paul t o the Corinthlane certainly The apostle wrote thls Epistle to thoae who were '16anctifled11 Cor. 1:2), y e t we find that t h e (I Corinthians were puffed up, carnal, --f u l l af sfn. They had

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jealousy and strife and f o r n i c a t i o n in their m i d a t . They were arrogant and refused to aclcnonledge their slna just as m a n y today who f a l s e l y c h l m to be aanctlfied are aplrituall raud and arro ant! Paul found It necessary

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&lm&d m i d a t (I Cor. 5 ) .

in f o r n i c a t i o n removed

Those people certainly had the nature of ein. Thelr 'Adamic nature" certainly was not removed, And certainly the unbelieving matea -- who were ale0 sanctifieU were aet apart for the high calling of becoming members of the Ctod family. It was a f t e r they were s a n c t i f i e d and a f t e r Paul a stern rebuke-that the Corinthians began to overcome s i n .

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1 3 a n C t l f h 8 Us, O r Bets U 8

Ria holy m e when He calla us into Hia Church. W then e begin to develop s p L r i t u e L l l y . So t h a t we continue t o develop, God separates u8 -- Or sanctifies us from t h e sinful customa of the world. "Come o u t from among them and be ye 88 &rate!" But that doea n o t mean we suddenly become per *ot ec at all. If, a f t e r we have been s a n c t i f i e d , we continue to overcome the p u l l of ain in our human nature and continue faithfully to the end of l i f e , God will grant us eternal l l f e in a world free from sln, Not u n t i l the resurrectlon -- when we are borm again aa apirit Sons of God will we be sbmlutely einless.

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No wonder Paul wrote: "Far I laow t h a t in me (that in, in my f l e s h , ) dwelleth no good thtng: for to wlll i a present w i t h me; but how to perform tbt; which IEL I f i n d not, For the good t h a t 1 would I do not: good but the e v l l which 1 would not, that I, do [Yet Paul wae sanctifled or a e t apart f o r a very high calling , 0 wretched m that I am! who a h a l l d e l i v e r me om the body of thla death? I t h a n k God [that 1 will be dellvered] through Jeaua Christ o w Lord . I 1 (Rom. 7:1&,19,24,25). That deliverance Paul, will receive when Christ returna at the t l m e of t h e reaurrectim!

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D e a r Friend:
baptized?

Did you underatmd the true meaning of baptism when you m e r e If n o t , should you be baptized agafn?

This is a v i t a l question t o many of you. Baptimn i5 m a impartant stsg in your spiritual l i f e , and it must be done properly a t t h e right t i m e and In t h e right way after true repentance! Unfortunately, many people have not been properly immersed. Here' 8 how you can if you have been properly baptized.

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The ksy to th% whole problem was given by the Apoetle Peter on the Dav of Pentecost when he said: "REPENT. and - v e n be baatized1 e one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for tho remfssi~naf sins, ana
ye

s h a l l receive the g i f t o f t h e Holy S p i r i t " [ A c t s 2~38).

Notice t h a t repentance COMES FIRST!

dFTB3 repentance!
You remat of SIR.

Baptism IS aecond --

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And what i s the Bible deflnitfon of sin? the transgression of the raw" II ~ o h n 3rd). That is the Bible d a n t t l z o f sin breaking God's l a w ! To be r e a l l y converted, you must REPEFT of breaking God's law and b e l i e v e t h a t Jesus Christ paid the p e n a l t y o f s i n in your stead and I s your personal Saviour.

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Jesus said: man khall not l i v e by bread aloue, but by EVERY --word of God" (Luke 4:4). You must repent of dlrsobsying God's Law nts word ~ i RULE mer your life. ~ h f a s must c m e f i r s t . m n eyou need to be baptized by a complete immersion a8 an outward s l g n af your w i l l i n g Z s s to completely B W Y your old self literally gfve your very - to God and to Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour, Life H i g h Priest, and Master.

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But frankly, most p e o p l e attending t h e churches of t h i s

world and having been "baptized" by them never r e a l l y knew WHAT repent of! This is especially true of young teen-agers. They don't know WHAT s i n r e a l l y 1s.

to

A t the tlme o f early youth, most young people sincerely intend to "do better" or t o "follow their church." But since they have not been taught what sin actually is, they completely f a i l t o realize how ROTPEH and SINFUL they have r e a l l y been in God's sight. They are

ueually only eoxry for having disobeyed their conscience

church.

Or

their

They don't really REPENT! n e y aren't broken up about the wretched s t a t e of' t h e i r l i v e s and their own human VAN1l.a and selfishness which ~~mpresaes e e l f constantly in a l l of us. it

After baptism in a w o r l d l y church, such people don't LrmnedfateIy bogfa to study and ahPERSpAN0 the Bible. They just continue to go along w i t h t h e customs, t h e ways and t h e traditions of their Lrienda and O f this world. Their l i v e s are nat a c t u a l l y 0 . They don't come to personally KNOW GOD! Such people have NOT TRULY RE-D, and their buptism was probably not v a l i d ! Their's was only a r i t u a l i s t i c "dunking':" in thewater.
fi y m l n r a w o n d e r i n g about y a w baptiam, MY: g w - w w e r e baptized i n the first place. Were yon baptized simply because many of the members of your famtly w e r e baptized, and you Pelt looked down upon, or had that ''left out" feellng? Did you stand in the water and go through t h e ordinance of baptism simply t a "join" t h e group w i t h whoa you $ad been fellowshipping? Were YQU baptized because you temporarily thought i t was t h e " r i g h t thing t o do?"

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If jcru were baptized for ANY of these rsasons--YOf]R BAPTISM N W A VALID -ISM, because our motives were not right! --YOU may have doubts about whether you are p r o p e r l y b a p t i z e d , a d you
WAS PROBABLY

nure! C a r e f u l l y read A c t s 2:38; Romans 8:9; and I C u r i n thlsns 12:13; and i f there remains any Uncertainty in your mind, f t is important that you counsel w i t h a true minister of God about it. Hationw i d e baptizing t o u r 6 a r e organized each s m e to v i s i t t h o s e who have u mr requested baptism. Tf you want a faithful servant of Gad t o counsel w i t h you about your baptism, then send your name and address immediately

to

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Don't ut -P-I

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Dear Friend:
D I d Qod Intend f o r the Book of Jaaher t o be preserved f o r us today?
Sane people have aaaumed that one or another of the b o o b that today fraudulently bear the t A t l t 3 "The Book of Jaaher" might be t h e rtamc book called by that name in Joshua 10:13 and I1 Samuel 1~18. T h l a l a not true! '

The spurious booka that today e x l e t under the falae t i t l e "The Book ~ f - J a ~ h ecan be hletorlcally r"
traced t o recent fraudulent o r l g l n a

volume TI, in t h e a r t l c l e "Jasher, tt- we+ rea e Loriginall volume Itself haa perished . There have a l a o been eeveral boolca written which pretended to be the Book of Jaaher, o r J at a11 eventa, bore this t l t l e . Tlw=f%ese Jewish orlgin. One is a moral treatise, wrlttsn in A.D. 1394 by Rabbi Shabbatai Car" &vita, and exiata ln manuacrlpt in the Vatican Library. Another, by Rabbi W m ( d i e d 1171), ia a treatise on the Jewlah ritual.. It WBB p u b l l ~ h e din Hebrew i Italy {I5441 n The t h i r d , whlch i! a fabuloua hlatory p f the events of the Hexateuch, t was probably written by a Spanish J e w o ' the thirteenth f century, and hag been publiahed at Venice (1625) , , , A fourth Book of Jaeher was a palpable and mallcioua fraud, p e r p e t r a t ~ y T a ~ i v an, i n f l d e l printer and typee founder of B r l a t o l , and publlahed at London, I n 1751, cas] The Book of Jaaher, translated into l l e h from the Hebrew b A m n o f m i n , who went % $ ? l % f i-nKtr 2 nd.0 L a E p m T a h e T t 8.)

Here i s the proof that t h e m are recent frauda. In the Schaff-HerzoR Encyclopaedia o r Reli l o w Khowledgs,

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apuriom !

Notice t h a t a l l these volumea m e recent and

NQW l e t ua examine another Work which a p e a h authoritatkvely on thla aard aubject. In the Davis Dictions of the B i b l e , in the a r t i c l e , "Jasher, In as e C " T read: "In 1751 there appeared a volume wUch pFQfeSa8d to be an English translation of The Book

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- Jaehr of pr0-n

(Jaaher), alleged to have been found, =the wae BX1 Impudent fwgery" (emphasis ours)

Other authoritiea have equally proved t h e fraudulent qualities of t h e m books. In the Encyclopaedia Biblica, volume 11, in the artfcle, "Jasher,"we also read: Chriatim times ' t h e Book of J a s h e r ' ia the tktle of a rituallatlc treatise by Jacob B . Melr (died 1171), and of one or two forgeries which are only remarkable f o r t h e 11 undeaerved 8ueoeas they obtained

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The fraudulent volvmea deeeptlvelg labeled "The

Book of Jaaher" contain e r r o r and contradict Scrlpture. They were written one two thouaand eare after the authentic "Book 0 f T a h e r - d become fnorder to c l o a k the l r ~ u d u l ~ w o r ~ ~ i ~ p andlmakel t y ~ l them look Innocent -- 80 that readera would trust the l i e 3

and hypocrisy contained In thoee boo-- the a U t h Q r B of these forgerlee gave them a reapected B l b l i c a l name.

No one need be concerned about any fraudulent book that claSma to be a part of the 3 i b l e . God has net left UB in doubt. There are ample recorda, both in the Blble and In secular & o u r c e s , to show UB whlch b o o b are Scripture *and which are not. Ood wisely allowed the orXginal Book o f Jasher t o disappear because it, l l k e many o t h e r c o n G i + F E r ~ of the judges, was not needed for our l n a t r u c t i o n today. If God had wanted U B to have The Book of Jaaher &B a part of the Bible, we would have m t h e B m 0 d a . y . God, however, purposed that only a few b r i e f excerpta from I t be quoted in Hia inspired revelation, t h e B i b l e .

never d e a t E d m b e S c r l p t u r e , Any book claiming that t i t l e today I s a deliberate fraud!

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"The B i b l e doe8 NOT contradict l t a e l f ! (John

Dear Friend:

D o e s the scripture "and the smoke of their torment aacendeth up f o r eveF and ever" contradict the paeeage t h a t
reada "and the wicked ahall be ashes under the eolea of o w

fee=?"

103) 1:5.

Malachi 4:3 proves that the wicked wlll D I E they will be burned is not i m o r t Z T X t h e x a k e d ! The eouh le 'MORTAL w h a t is the meaning of their torment aecendeth up for ever and ever , , .I'
There is no contradiction here!

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Notice that verse 8 g l v e a the TIME SETTINO of thia paasage. It is epeaking about the impending f a l l of "Babylon" -- 8 great religious-political ayatem which is the RESURRECTED R a EMPIBE l e d by the symbolic h a r l o t "woman" the great apoa t a t e , paganized church f a l s e l y calling hereelf "Chrietfan. ''

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Verses 9 and 10 say: Tf any man wurship the (the coming Wnlted S t a t e a of Euro e -- the resurmcted Roman Empire) and hla image l t h e Papacyp, and receive hie mark he shall ba tormented w i t h fire and brimatone , , in the preeence of the I "h a t l a , a t C h r i e t t e aecond " (t coming) :

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Those who have a part in this church-etate syetem of "Babylon," and who receive t h i a frightful puniehment fram Almlghty Qod, have "na rest day or n i g h t " a8 long a8 they remain in that land falllng under God's wrath! They w1.31 either have t o flee that area and seek Clod's mercy or be tormented by eulphurous fumea till they periah.
Notice that thla paasage does NOT say theme individuals are being tormented f o r e v e r in an ever-burning h e l l . Verse 11 8 a p : The SMOXE: of t h e i r torment ascendeth up fur ever and ever , It l a the smoke that aacenda forever. I does n o t say the fire b u m s forever, t but that the smoke that l a already up there continuoualy &acendg! 15 mppens even today whenever Elrea b u m up, but smoke l e still in t h e air!

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T U 8 f i r e Sa on the earth, n o t in

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So the B i b l e plainly teaches that f l e s h and blood La subject to combustion and death, Malachi 4e3 aaya the aahea of the wicked will f i n a l l y be under the fee$ of t m g h t e o u s . And If the w i c k e d are forever aahea after the e a r t h l a burned, then t h e i r smoke (or ashee In the a i r ) w i l l remain in the atmoaphere "for ever 6ia" e v e r F So there 18 no contradtction between t h e w veraes! m wlcked will be DESmOYED and will e d i e that death the second death -- from which there l a never a resurrection (Rev. 20:6,14).

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Dear Friend:

Under what condltlona can a Chrlatian aaeociate a t h

the world?

w i t h darlmeaa believeth with an Infidel?"

hath ll&t

. .-. or w h a t part h a t h he t h a t

W s scripture-Is generally taken to m e a n that a Christian and a non-Chriatian should n o t marry. But t M a aame prinClp16 that appllea t a marriage would a l s o apply to any close relatlonshlp or partnership t h a t ons might enter.

A C h r l a t l a n should never include non-Christian8 a8 his bosom frlenda, even though he ahould love all men, Thfa does not mean that a Christian cannot have any dealings with one w r L a n r t a Christian, "for then m u t ye need go out o ' f t h e world" (1 Cor, 510).

Christ said: "Go ye i n t o all the world, and preach the gospel to every c r e a t u r e " ' m k16~15). Christian8 are eupgoaed t o be " t h e aalt of the earth the light of the world'' (Matt. 5:13,14). But at the aame t l m e w are to coma, e out of t h i s Babylonlah c l v i l ~ s a t l o n referred to as '%this present evil world'' G a l . l t 4 ) , established by men under the away ef' the D e v i l . 'Wherefore come o u t from among them (the people of the world), and be ye separate, s a l t h the Lord ,H

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(11 Cor. 6:17; Rev. 18:4).

are put together, is that

The teaching of the B i b l e , when all of the Bcripturea we are to go I n t o the world, but t h a t we are not to become a part of the world and i t s Babyloniah s o c l e t i e e , customs and traditlona. God's plagues w i l l f a l l on those who w i l l . not renounce t h i s present evil world (Rev. 18;4).
Any Chriatlan who yokes himself unequally with an unbeliever -- whether In mamiage or In a businesa partnerafiip i a certainly treading on dangeroua ground.

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Practically every person with whom you come In contact influences you to some degree. It I s important, therefore, that you wisely chooae your aascclatea. Remember, #'a llttle leaven leaveneth the whole lump" (X Cor, 5:6)

If, however, you are already unequally yoked with an unbeliever Ln a h&monious partnerahlp which does n o t Interfere w i t h your C h r l s t l a n l i f e or growth, you may contlnue until God make8 I t possible to do otherwise. Whenever such a relation~h1.p developa to the place where you are not able t o obe row In grace and mowledge as you must, then, you a i God + ould
E e h od r a t h e r than men" and be p r e p a r e d t o Immediately sever your association in such a p a r t n e r s h i p ! '

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Dear Friend: Many have wondeped why Gad gave the command ''Thou shalt n o t BOW thy f i e l d with mlngled seed,"
Notice t h e reaaon for t h i a command In Deuteronomy 2 2 : 9 , I f . , , leat t h e m o f thy seed which thou haat om, and the frulk; of thy vineyard, BE DEFILBP." God gave thls law f o r OUT rotection! He does not w a n t UB to d e f i l e or b e grow, noF the seed t h a t we aave for mix the produce growing future crops e

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a t a t e a few e p e c i f l c examples.

Just t o make mre the p o i n t ia clear, l e t us You should not plant cucutn-

bera near watermelon8 because they w i l l cram and produce a perversion. Llkewlse, the various members of the muakmelon and cantaloupe family will m i x w i t h pumpkine and certain typea of squaah. They ahould not be planted near one another. But there l a nothing wrong with planting peas OF bean8 among your corns or planting two p a a t w e grasses together. In neither of these caaea would one crop "defile" or mix wlth the o t h e r In any way.

In the beginning God caused each plant and animal to reproduce after I t a own ldnd (Gen. 1:11,2i,T4$ God twlae a o m m a n d i i ~ t f l o ~ w ~ t example inatead of mingling OUT cropa ( k v , 19~19; Deut. 22:g). We should plant those aeeda that will reproduce a f t e r t h e i r own k i n d .
Hybrids that produce confusion and m i n f e r i o r after the f i r s t year should NOT be ud a. e" W n m e ~ ~ t confusion m r .'I (1 cor. i ~ j j 3 Many scriptures show UB t h a t God wants Hia people to produce and own quality products.

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We should m e good q u a l i t y meed that will produce a conaistently good quallty ear a f t e r planted in l a n d t h a t I s proper y worked wi produce Good strong, healthy plant8 that bear p r o f i t a b l e crops.

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Many of our eeeda have come down from C ~ O B B ~ B ~ but have had the Inferiorities aelectivelg bred out, 8 0 that we would not m w whether a particular straln of proo duce m~ come from a mhed, or a pure, p a t . In such

caaea, It ia pemZselble t o use seed that may have c m e from a cram In p a t years, 'if the inferiority Ma been eliminated by wise aelection of Beed, 80 t h a t the seed produces a pure crop of I t s own kind.

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This i t 3 one o f the moat common questton%we receive. If Adam algo was the i i r e t man, directly created by God, and Eve the fitst w-n,
a d i r e c t creation, mad only three nons are mentionad

Seth, it k a but natural that many ask: "Where then, d i d Cain get h i s
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Did Cain b v e a wife? Yea, it is w r i t t e n in Genetais 4:17: "And Cain knew h i s w i f e ; mnd ahe conceived, and bare Enoch , , H

Cain had a wife, snd'a

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T e answer i s found in t h e genealogy of Adam, I n muemis 5 . h It 5s written in vermes 4-53 "knd the days of Ad- aftor he had begotten Seth were eight hundred yeam: and he begat sons and daughters: And all the days that Adam lived w e r e nine hundred and thirty pears: and he died."

There is the answer. Adam begat sons AND MUGBTEW, Gad had blessed Adam and m e , and said unto them: "Be fruitful, and multiply, and ~epleni8hthe earth , ,I D ( h u . 1:28). AIL human L f f 8 started from them, A w could they be f n ~ i t f u and multiply, unless they had " 'l sons l Il and daughters, and their moria m a r r t e d the dauKhterrr?

! % amwer i s shple. Both Cain and Seth married their sisters. J e There m d o u b t e d l y were many of them men before the birth of Seth. Adam and

Ewe, aa God had proposed, were fruitful!

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b i r t h of Seth, Adam lived EIGHT HUNDRED YEARS, and "he begat nons and daUghter8." The mmae of the passage IS that he continued begetting That i t 3 a long t i m e as long as thwgh ~ a m e a m sons and daughters. and hfe w i f e living back kn the middle ages way back fu t h e 1100's had continued to live and eontfnuallp b a r chfldxeu ever since, clear up to nau the 1900's: Adam waa 130 yeare o f age when Seth a a e I " {Gen. 5 3 . :) After that after h e was 130 yeare of age Adam continued begettfrrg 8 1 9 and daughters eight,bundred years! 01

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I ' almost impossible for our minds t o grasp, I t h i s fastta n m o v i n g , short-lived world o f w e or two children t o a f a a l y , how many childma kdsm and Eve probably had during their g r e a t span o f lifes, nearly a thousand years. I t ' s hard for us to realize that Adam lived almost

ONE-SIXTH o i all the t i m e iram his creation until now.

Yes, t h e r e must have been plenty of young wmeu for wive5 for Cain, and Seth, and a l l their many other brothers, as the hundreds of gears dragged along!

Let us a l s o remember t h a t it was wrong to marry a sister or brother in the beginning. No p h y s i c a l h a m would I l t , Over tar0 thousand yeara later In the days of Abraham a man couLd B t i U marry a half e i a t e r . It was not u n t i l the days of Moses t h a t God forbade brothera t o marry their h a l f sisters (Lev. 18:6,11)

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Back ta those antediluvian days, when people lived seven, eight, and nine hundred peacM, they d i d not age 88 we do today. They mepe able to continue bearing c h i l d r e n , undoubtedly, for hundreds of y e a r s . After the flood, due to human d t a s i p a t i o n and Ilving cmtraxy to Gods revealed rfght law# of l i v i n g , the life S P R ~ of man became shortened.

By the time of Abraham, Bar& wau considered too o l d t o bear ehfldren at age 90, end Abraham-thought it i m p o a 8 i b l e f o r 2 l t m t u become a father again a t the age of 100 (see Gea. 17:17), Isaac wa1 born IS a direct miracle. But back before the flood, and in t h e dapa o f Adam, i t wad different and would be today, had not men d e p a ~ a dfrom t h e 1 a w ~ a f l i v i n g revealed by Gad. M y God h e l p us to STlTay to learn those 3awa a and s t a r t living by them today.

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Are thoae saLnt8 who arose about the time of Christ * B reazlrrectlon --s t i l l a l f v e ? - - - _-- . -. It is a common conception, aften taken f o r granted, that the s a l n t a who aro8e ahortly after Chriat: are e t i l l . a l l v e . But w h a t doea t h e B i b l e say?
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F i r e t of all, let U E g e t the picture clearly in mlnd. TWa incident, recorded in Matthew 27:52,53, read8 a8 f o l l m ~ :"And the gravea were opened; and m y bodies of the sainta W U G h slept m o w , And came out of the gravea after hia resurrectlon, and went I n t o the h o l y c l t y , andappeared u n t o many."

T h e w were n o t the P i r a t nor the only people to be reatored t o l i f e f r o m the dead. Notlee 11 IKngs, the fourth chapter. Here w e read the story of E l i a h a and the ~ h ~ m m ~ son, ~ s t e whom he raiaed to l i f e through t h e power of God, Thia young m a n W B B resurrected many hundreda or years before C h r i s t and y e t Paul says In I Corlnthime 15:22,23 t h a t C h r i s t l a the firatfruits OF the flrst to be made immortal a8 the Son of God (Rm, 1 a % & m e r e I s a d e f i n i t e order. C h p i s t f l r a t , then afterward -- not those saints b i t they t h a t m e C h r l a t ' a at His coming, 'Now God is not t h e author of confusion. He would not s e t a d e f i n i t e order of resurrectlona m d then vfolate t h a t order.

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And y e t , w h a t about the Shurrammtte'8 80n, and w h a t about Lazarus (Jahn ll:5)* and the w l d o w ' B 8on mentioned Ln Luke 7:14,15? Theme were a l l ralaed before Chrlat's resurrection. What happened to them?

IP we c a a t out preconceived ideas, and merely take the Bible as it; is, the answer I s very clear, were n o t made Immortal became Paul states in I Tlmo y ET5 E t C h r i a t alone, of a l l men who have ever l i v e d , is immortal. I C o r i n t h i a n s 15~22-23Says firthemore: "POP ~8 in Adam a l l d i e , even 8 0 in Chrfst a h a l l a l l be made a l i v e . But every man In M S own order: Chr18t the f l r e t f r u i t a ; afterward t h e y % r a r C m f a AT HIS COMINQ. 'I

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NO ONE BUT CHRIST, HAS ElEEN RESuRREC!FED TO IfdMQRTALLTY TO THIS DAY but those in ChrlSt will be ralsed NEXT at Hls second coml Jeaua Bald that a s the Father rx8edthedead an made a l i v e (quickened) + ! whom He would, so also would the Son do likewise (John 5:21). The m w e s l a aimply that these people, from the Shmammitefs 8 m down to t h o s e raised at the t i m e of Chrlat'e reaurrectlon were made phyaically a l i v e , undoubteuly healed of the afflictions t h a t might have caused t h e i r deatha prematurely. Then they lived out t h e i r lives human f l e s h and blood lives. Since they were only mortal, and physically alive again, they must have d i e d .

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Dear Friend:
Are babiea saved if they d l e ?

QdI s worldng out a great purpose In our lives which very f e w people understand.

W mortal human belngs were not born with pesfect; e charactere. We came I n t o t N a world w i t h a carnal mlnd which from b i r t h i a enmity againat C)0dr8 way (Rom. 8 ~ 8 ) .

But tO~d is developing perfect, aptritual character in U B through ex erierrce and auff'ering, We h y a l l heard the e x p r e s s i o n h e c e r t a l n l y learned hla lemon that t h e ! ' ' Experience is a great teacher. We can p r o r i t from our mistakes if we "learn o u r lesson" and quit repeati n g those mlstakee
But most people flnd it hard to apply this principle t o the e p l r i t t r a l r e a h because they d m l t I w h a t " s a l v a t h n r e a l l y l e . God I s not trylng to 8ave everyone now Only c e r t a i n o n e s are being ''called." And they are 3 usually the wlae, mighty, or noble (I Cor, 1x26). But no man, e i t h e r small1 or great, can come to Chrlst except the Yather draw b i m , .#'(John 6:4h). The c a l l to s a l v a t i o n l a a pltft and then we muet leam that o u r own wa i a wrong, r e e n t i of it, acceptinp; Christ as Saviour an to fit us to b e c o m ~ m n sof ac ulri 0 -of the GUDHEAD--- and klngs and priests under J e s u e C m l a t In the Kingdom of God (Rev. 5:lO).

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Falling t o understand t h i a , some people believe that little children and hablea are "aaved" I T they die. To justify t h l a teaching, they refer to M a t t h e w 18~3-6 which reada: " V e r l l y I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become AS ZZttle children, ye shall not e n t e r into the k l n g m heaven. Whosoever thererore a h a l l humble hlmaelf AS thi8 l i t t l e child the same 1s greatest in -kingdom ' of heaven, .-

Notice t h a t Jestls di8ntt say, "children are converted and wlll be greateat kingdom. '' He was speaklng to Hi8 disci le8 telling them to cultivate characteristics t h a t little c h i dren ought t o have. He laen that a normal, well-trained chlld w i l l be humble before hks parents and have impliclt faith In t h e i r love, wisdom, and power to help h l m . C h ~ i wae simply p o l n t i n g out that His followers need ~ t t h i s quality In m d e r to Inherit God's Ktngdom.

C repeated t h i .kingdom hofifsGod as nao littleWhosoever s s h al ll lwhent receivel d : . Verilyr t Say u t you,a Same principle n o He B a ha the child he enter therein. . (Mark l :3 6 O-i 1 1) s '. the mature, converted Chrlstian who humbles himself aa a l i t t l e c h m e e p e Godla
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commandments and acquires Godlacharacter after a l i f e t i m e of

experience, who has a r i g h t tu eternal life i n the f a m i l y of God and enters Into the gates af the e t e r n a l city (Rev. 22rl.4).

Godla great purpose is that we learn the value of His ways through e erlence and trlal and test and even suffering. Even Though he were a Son, y e t learned he obedience by t h e things which he suffered" (Heb. Before g i v i n g u eternal l l f e , with a l l of" Its powers and a r e s p o n a i b l l i t i e s , God intends t h a t we learn obedience t o His Taw -- t h e r i g h t and-happy way of l i f e ,

L i t t l e c h i l d r e n have not had the opportunity f o r this spiritua'l prowth. They were born m o r t a l and have had no e t e r m l l l f e In them because they d i d n o t r e c e i v e the S p i r i t , or l i f e , of Qed which Impartseternal life, "But if the S p i r i t OF him that raised up Jesua from the dead d w e l l in you, he that raised up C k r l a t Prom t h e dead shall a l s o quicken y o u r mareal bodlea by hia Spirit that d w e l l e t h In you" (Rom. 8 : l l n t t l e children die w i t h o u t having been begotten by t N s S p i r i t , or life, of God,
no respecter of peraona" He permits many little children to die w i t h o u t knowbg the t r u t h . Therefore, he would have to raiae them from the dead and g i v e them t h e i r f i r s t and only opportunlty to gain e t e r n a l llfe!

We read

that "Gad is

( A c t s 10r34).

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A l l people Y O V ~ or Ignorance of Qod'e laws and ways opportunity f o r salvation. T h i s Judgment deaerlbed in Revelation

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I you do not understand t M a encouraging truth, f then write immediately for the article "b T h i s the Only Day of S a l v a t i o n ? " which fully explains the aubject.
people that misguided preachers have Imagined. W e need t l m e to "grow in grace and h o w l e d g e . " Everyone, including little children, needa character-development which come8 before we i n h e r i t the precioua g i f t of eternal Ilfe.

God deala fairly and e q u a l l y with e v e r y person. He does n o t have the hurried and confusing wag of ''saving''

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Dear Friend:
Should Chrlmtlma swear by a oath? n

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The teaching of Jesus and of the early lnaplred true New Teatanlent Church was not to B W ~ Punder any circumstances. The Scripturea are very p m on thls point: But above a l l , my brethren, SWEAR N O T , but l e t your yea be yea; your nay, nay; l e s t ye f a l l into condemnation (Jas. 5:12).

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Jesua Himself peramally inatructed: , I say u n t o you, #Swear not at all; n e i t h e r by the heaven; for it is Qodte throne: Nor by the earth; for It l a his f o o t s t o o l : n e i t h e r by Jerusalem; f o r I t la the city of the great King, N e i t h e r shalt thou swear by t h y head because thou canst n o t make one hair white or black. But let your comunlcatlon be, Y e a , yea; Nay, nay: for whataoever AB more than these cometh or evil (the evil one, or of s i n ) (Matt, 5 ~ 3 3 - 3 7 ) .
Here Jesus warna agalnst swearbecame we cannot perfom the oath and w e would be taEdng the name of God in
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Not only l a I t wrong t o lie under oath, but we aa m o r h l h m m beings are. BO prcne to a s t a k e n Judgment or lack of laowledge that any e r r o r we would make under oath would be to take the name of God 3.n vain, It Is sLn!
we a m ~ merely to Bay, ~ e a I or W O ,I to the beat , men we =I? g u i l t y O f Using Qads nQt name in v a l n . It is the law of t h e IJnlted State8 to permit affirmation that is, say yeS or kNo w i t h o u t ralatng the hand to awear.

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If men are not to swear by 81 oath, how are we to 1 account for the f a c t t h a t God meam by H i m s e l f ? (Heb, 6:13-X7; Ps. 11O:Lf; Luke 1:73*) In Isalah 45:23, Gad haa B W O that ~ every h e e shall y e t bau to Hlm. w
The gnawer l a simple, The right to take an oath Qod alone h m Infallible judgment. When we are made immortal membera of the God family, psophecy prmea
b e l m g B to Ood.

members that we shall 3wear by God becausle we shall be God e ~ of the 008 family. Then we shall f i e ~ p ~ pepform o o w oatha. T h i s we cannot do now.
Jesus, WMle in the flesh, d i d n o t swear, setting us an exam le (I Pet. 2:21). Men In O l d T s t a m e ~ m e a i d swear, d was n o t revealed ta them t h a t -- can properly Gad alone but

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such a r i g h t .

The WOM a Christian is to be of One GREAT c h a r a c t e r l . s t l c T G o d ia t h e i n f a l l i b i l i t p A B S O L r a u r e t y of HIS Word! Our word -- o w slmp e "Yes," or "NQ,'' 1s to be worth f a G r e than thousands of oaths, sworn by t h l a or that! Paul did call upon God a a his witness! Paul said: It b e f a r g o d , I LIE NOT!" (Ifal. 1:20). He affirmed that : he was telling the TRUTH, but he d i d not awear ''bylf anything.

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edge posseaaed. W now h o w from t h e very word8 of Jesua th&tt e it I s wrong f o r mortal men to swear by an oath at any t i m e , Taklng an oath is a D l v l n e prerogative.

People are held accountable according to the howl-

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How should a C h r l a t i a n womm obey her unconverted

husband?
T h l ~ question ha~ltroubled many women who have been called to EL knowledge of t h e t r u t h before t h e i r husbands have been c a l l e d . They are faced w l t h a tremendous problem which m y c a u e much needlesa w o r r y and anxiety u n t i l t h e p l a i n teachtng of the Bible concerning thls a u b d e c t l e understood.

fn Ephesians 5~22-23,we read: Wivee, aubmit yourselves u n t o y o u r own huebands, aa unto the Lord. Fer the huaband I s the head of the w i f e , even as Chriat is the
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Doe8 thia apply to you if your husband i s uncon-

ver ted?
Were is the B i b l i c a l answer: Llkewiaa, ye wlvea, be In aubjectlon t o your o m husbands; t h a t , IF ANY OBEY NOT TI-E WORD, they also mag without the word be won by the conversation of the w i v e s (3 P e t . 3 T . -

If your husband daesn t understand the truth, you must not t r y to convert h-bm by conatantly repeatyour b e l l e f and by Imiating that he liaten to the broadcast or read the literature. T h a t w i l l only drive h l m further away from the t r u t h . Rather, you should w a i t u n t i l he questtons you concermtng 8 certain truth. Then you should be prepared to g i v e a canvlncing B i b l i c a l explanation.
Peter f u r t h e r f n a t m c t a C h r i a t k n women: mQ8@ adcrrnlng l e t I t not be that outward adorning of p l a i t i n g the hair, and of wearing of g o l d , or of p u t t i n g on of apparel; But let i t be the hidden m a n of the heart;, kn that which I s n o t corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and u i e t s p l r l t , whlch is in the sight of God of g r e w r i c e . k i t c r thls manner in t h e o l d t i m e the holy women also, who trusted Zn God, adorned bhemselvea being in s u b j e c t i o n unto their own husbands (I P e t . 3:3-51.

Certainly, controverazes will come up In families if they disagree on r e l i g i o n . In such a case, the wife m u s t obey Qod rather than her huaband, For example, lf the huaband wiahea Ma w l f e to break the Sabbath Day by d o i n g t h e family

shopplng on S a t m y , or by attending a football game or movie with h i m , she should refuse to do so* However, she ahould explain in a very k i n d wag t h a t the Sabbath is the day God commanded us to keep holy. She should, in euch a case, obey Cfod r a t h e r than man. Y e t , she should alwa s be

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A l l of you Wive8 need to Peapect and 8 U b a t t o your husbanda as the BtbXe commands. Thia is God's the Ghriatian wag. Most women have n o t understood t h i a subject, and much unhappiness haa resulted. Ask Qod to help you honor y e w huaband as you should.

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How shoulU we view t h e A m e r i c a n cuatom of celebrating Thanksglvlng Dag?
The Thanksgiving holiday was e8tablZBhed I comparan tively recent yeara. It l e , of course, not: mentioned in Scripture but the principle of attending and celebmting national holiday8 l a made clear I n S c r i p t u r e .

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Tknksgfvfng m y WRB eatablished by the early ooloniata, DXvIne authorLty. But t h i s in Itself does not make it wrong to celebrate with good fellowahlp, Notice the example of Jseua Christ. In John 10:22 we f i n d that C h r i s t attended the "Feast of Dedlcatlon," which wa8 e a t a b l i s h e d by t h e JewEi years before to commemorate the purlflcation of the temple at Jerusalem. T h a t day was celebrated on the annlveraapy of the day that the reeatabllshment of Divine worship occurred after Antitochua Eplphanes had been vanquished and the temple purlfied about 165 B.c*
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holiday established for an honorable: purpose. T h e w wag nothing In the Jews' celebrating the dedication of the temple and g i v i n g God special gratitude on t h a t day, God l e d E e t h e r and Mordecal to eatabllah the Feast of P w A m in comemoratlon of the miraculous deliverance of t h e Jews from bloody Haman (gee the laat chapter of" E a t h e r ) ,
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Jesus' attendance at that annual holiday clearly I l l u s trated t h a t I t l a not wrong to attend or celebrate a natLona1

The national holldays celebrated by the Jews have, of course, no apecial aigniflcance f o r the non-Jew juat 88 Thanbglvlng Day holds no special Blgnlficance for our nonA m e r f c m brethren scattered around the world. God permits these customs only If they do not get out of hand. What God ex reasl forbids is the observance of pagan festivals w m E e - & d - delibeyate substltutea EPh e 88 t and o " n . We are not t o adopt in God I s worship ose customs w heathen E uaed in serving t h e l t s gods. But I t l a proper and f l t t l n g f o r national leadera to s e t aside t i m e f o r the whole nation to g i v e God special thanhi for H I S unique bounty to this nation.

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Thank~gkvmgDag waa f i r a t celebrated by t h e Pllgrima

In 1621 after t h e i r f i r s t harvest had been entirely reaped.

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and undeserved materla1 and aplritual blessings, Thanksgiving Day gradually became neglected and was revived during the C l v i l War as a day of special national thanbgiwing for preserving thie n a t i o n , This American Thanksgiving Day doea n o t have a pagan origin despite the c l a l m a of certaLn f r i n g e K t a . I ; t is not usually celebrated with pagan ceremonlal customs 3x1 honor of pagan traditions and gods, as are Christmas, aster and Walloween, If t h i s natlonal holiday becomes corrupted, t h e n it would be Mgh t i m e to reject; I t : but generally is not B O celebrated today.

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This day of n a t i o n a l t-nksgfvlng c a n be enjoyed by o w brethren I Amerlca with an especially deep underatanding n becauae we lolow t h a t our peraonal and national proaperity have come solely as the Tesult of Godla promise to Abraham -- and as a reault of M a eholce of t h i a n a t i o n 8s the springboard f o r _ H I S Church in - t h i s generatton.

Our brethren 5n o t h e r nationa do n o t celebrate this holiday any more than we celebrate the Jews1 P e a s t a of Dedicatlon and Purim. W h a t we a l l do celebrate are thoae d i v i n e l y appornted Holy Daya apd Festival8 e s t a b l i s h e d by God In Hla Word f o r a l l men. We neveF regard a n a t i o n a l holiday w i t h the same reapect, awe and reverence a9 w e do God's Sabbath and His Holy Days. N a t i o n a l trolida 8 are juat t h a t holidays, not Holy Days. They are a t i m e o secular p l e a s u r e and gratitude, notMng more.

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But I the m i d s t of the Thanksgiving seaaon, let's not n neglect Paul.1~ command isl Ephesians 5 : 20 to "give thanks alwaya ,'' Let'a n o t make a mockery of God's special blesalnga to this nation.

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I money the root of e v i l ? a

Thla question has been asked frequently slnce m n ay heard Mr. h a t r o n g aay that "money ia n o t THE root of a l l e v i l . '
Some have v e r y quickly turned to I Timothy 6:10 and, by carelem reading, assumed aomethlng thls t e x t does not 8ay at a l l . ff y o u wlll turn to t M B Scripture in yom Bible and caref u l l y Btudg It, you ~113. see where the error is made.

To e t a r t vxith, notice that the t e x t reads, "Per the love OP " m y l a the root Of a l l e v l l It B a y 8 the "UWE b-fmoney," not merely money, but the ''1QVB of money," IS t h e root of a l l e v i l . From t h l a you can ace t M T p e r s o n wtth no money could s t i l l c o d t t h l a evil.
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The poor and the r i c h alike can LOVE money. Money by itaself I s n o t B i n . It I s t h e d s u s e of money that I s a l n . Money can be w e d for a3 w e l l as e v i l .

The aecond point which Is not generally h m or understood ~oncernflthe expresaion rendered En the Jamea Version "the root," If an interlinear Greek-Engllsh t e x t i8 comulted, or some or the more accurate ~ m a l a t l o n e ,you w i l l f l n d the expmaSlon to be "a I?QOt,'' so "lop@ Of money" I S mt?=lg "8. mot'' o r a l l evil. TMB g$ves added m G i i T T h g t o t h e thought. ItTs E root, n o t the onl root of e v i l , There are other roots of evil beeidem-ve o money. The c o r r e c t rendering of thin pasage II l a , @'For t h e x e a f money is a root of a l l evils ,

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Now it ahould be pLaln that money is not the root of evil, but "the LOVE of money IB a root of e v t l , "
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Pear Friend:
What are the "soula under the altar" mentioned In Revelation 6:91
Revelation 6:g-11 I s a d e s c ~ p t l o n of the flfth seal, When Jeeus C h r l a t , who I S the Revelator (John is not the revelator), opened the aeal., the apoatle saw in heeven an altar under whlch were the aoula of people who had been s l a i n . They crled to God, a s k h g H i m how long I t w o u l d be until He would judge the world. Many claim that these v e m e & prove the "Immortality of the 8 ~ u l . I ~ But do they?

Remember, if one part of this deacrlptlon l a l i t e r a l , then it a11 m m t be l l k r a l . IF there are s o d s In heaven, then where worn they be I n heaven? Notice w h a t John s a p , "1 saw the a l t a r the a o u l a of them that were Where are theso=?THE ALTAR? Thie could n o t be l i t e r a l l y true The 8 s those who teach the "Imortality of the soul" admit, e n t i r e deacription Is actually symbolic.

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None of the aeven seals could be llteral picturee of condftione in heaven. John saw in vialon a book or s c r o l l bound w i t h Beven seala [ch. 5 : l ) wMchXn-us was worthy to Open. Aa each seal waB r"ved, John saw in viBlm in heaven a plcture of c0ndIt;kQnB deecribed I t h e book whlch are to take place 5 n
The BIBWCAL INTERFRETATION, given by Jeaus Ih"lf, of the event8 described on the scroll under the seala, Pa found In Matthew 24, The description of the f i f t h seal l a I n Matthew 24~9-28. 3t l a aymbollc of the t r i b u l a t i o n !

Notice that the souls John m w were alain for the Word af God and for t h e l r testimony, an exact d e s c r m n of the tribulation! Revelation l2:17, the Word of God and the t e s t i mony are deflned 8 8 the keeping of the commandments and belief in the G o s p e l of the Kkngdom, which i a the measage that Jeaus t e a t l f i e d . The 8 0 U 8 whlch John B a w were not immortal entities. The Bible d e f i n i t i o n f o r soul is B l i v i n g , physlcal creature whether animal or man ( O m . 2 f 7 ) . The a p o s t l e s&w in viaion the s o u l a or bodlea of the martyred'salnts who were In vialon crying out to Qod, just as Abel I s blood -- to G o r a m he c r i e d out was dead (Gen. 4:10).

The tribulation came on the saint& once, during tne Mlddle Ages, and I S w i l l come a a h . The aouls that were slain were told to "Pest get far a 1 t e BeBSQn, until. t h e m e m aervanter also and t h e i r brethren, that should be k l l l e d as they were, should be fulfilled." Theae two m a s t y r d S 8 m G X l i o n e d In Revelation 12, versea b a n d 1 4 .

Thoere who d i e d In the Mlddle Ages were eymbolically given w h i t e robea to ahow that they poasessed the rlghteausnesa of saints (Rev. 19~8). And righteouaness is descrlbed In P s a l m 119:172 aa keepLng the commandments -- the exact thing f o r which the P e v l f persecute8 the Church.
But why were the m u l e aeen l m vlaion under the a l t a r heaven, though they were actually buried on the earth? Thia altar, mentioned alao 3m Revelatton 8 : 3 , ia the heavenly counterpart of the altar of incense whlch was I n the holy of holies (Heb. 9;s). The altar of incense w&8 an altar f o r ra ar of whfch incense was 8 agmbol. The aainta are p f c G e un er the a l t a r a& a s bo1 of t h e l r prayera to God, which they offered
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when they y*t?d, t h a t He might judge the earth i rlghteouan neaa and avenge them, The e n t i r e descriptlon la p l c t u r l n g the coming f1 tribulation.

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Dear Friend:

- .- ._ -. - ._ Have you ever noticed the i t a l i c s in the King Jamea V e ~ s i o nof the Bible and wondered what purpose they served?
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W y are the worda 'the m n " I t a l i c i z e d I n BO many h vereea of She genealogy in the t h l r d chapter of Luke?

Bible had been prepared by the Reformers I tfeneva and waa n tranelated d i r e c t l y from the a r l g i n a l Hebrew and Greek, 3h t h l B Blble these were word8 whlch had to be added In Ihgliah to make the meaning plaln, although they were not necessary in the o r i g i n a l H e b r e w and Greek idioma, No language c a n be tranelated word f o r word. The Reformers dlatinguiahad such neceaaarilg added worda by italicizing them, T h l s was the moet popular B i b l e obtainable at that time. There were three VeralOn8 of the Btble in England by the beginning of the seventeenth century but thecre tranalatione weye by no m e a n s correct and, aa t i m e went on, the meanlng of BOme of the English words changed. The need for a better tranelatlon aroBe and from this need came o w moet popular t r a n s l a t i o n of today, t h e King James or Authorized Version, King James I of J 3 - g l a n U gave t h l a task to a group of fifty-four tranalaters, In thi8 group were High Churchmen, Puritan8 and the beat acholars in the land. They translated from the orlglmal Hebrew and Greek and they akeo made w e of Italica to distinguish the worda they added to make peculiar Hebrew and Greek ldioma underatandable I EngLlsh. In most n came ItalicLzed words c l a r i f y the m e a n i n g or certain phrases. But if you will Investigate you will f l n d that the tranalators were not men f i l l e d with God's Holy S p i r i t , Such men, hence, are apt to make miatakes and they did.

1talLci.aed worda were firat u ~ e d 1560 when an in edition of" a Bible, lmom a s the Geneva BLble, appeared. This

You have probably Fead Mr, Amatrongle article "I8 Jeaua Uod?" wktch explain8 that Jeaus and not the Father La the " U r d " Bo o f t e n mentioned in the Old Teatament. The LomI told Moaea at the burnbuah that Hla name waa I AM. T h l s Bame Jeeua came in the fleah. When the mad mob came to the Oarden of Getbemane f o r Rim, He told them, "I Am he"; but

notice the word "he" l a In Italics and was not epoken by Jeeua. The cormct translation l a , "He said unto them, I A, m' Thls
m-Insertell word !'he" eomp'letely obacurea t h e Significant fact behlnd t h l e event. That m u l t i t u d e knew what Seameant and coneequently they fell backward. They were facing t h e God of Israel, I Am.

There ia another mistake worthy of our attention l n Revelation 20:10. John apparently wrote that the B v l l , at the end of the me-thouand-year refgn of C h r l a t , womd be cast Lnto the lake of f i r e "where t h e beast and f'alae prophet - "Are" is in i t a l i c 8 and ia a man-supplied word. It is are." n o t 51 the orig5,nal Greek. But to make the m e d r r g clear I n EnglLsh the words ''Were c W t " ought to have been added. The word " a m t ' f a l a e l y implies that the beast and the falee prophet m e et211 alive 4n the lake of flre at the t l m e of Sstan'a punishment whlch l e arSer the MlllemSum. They are put 3 th3.a . n flre at the beginnof the Mlllemlum (Rev. 1 :20). W know 9 e that they will not remain there one thousand y e m e becavae they, being mortal flegh, wLll burn up.

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Pear Friend:

Are the laat twelve vereres of MmWa Uoapel J n a p h d ?

One of the moat controveralal pointa of Scrlpture is whether Mark 16:9-20 l a actually a part of Scriptum. Although I t appema in the King James Version, many other tranalatiom either l a b e l t h l a section aa an appendix or leave l t A n the f o o t n o t e e 8 8 in the controversial Revised Standma Version of the B k b l e . The Moffatt Translation, together with the Qoodapeed and othere, not only haa t h e long ending found In the King Jamea Version, b u t it also h m a n o t h e r a h o r t e r ending,
S i n c e the Blble ia a revelation from Ood about thoBe et38entLal. facta whfch we need to mow, but which we have no other way of obtalnhg, it I s v e r y Important that we know w h a t eonstitutea She Bible. I thia laat portIan o r Markla G o s W f is a p u r l o u e , T = e m it we learned of the fact. If It is genuine,. it l a v i t a l that we b e l i e v e w h a t I t contaka.

Let UB b r i e f l y understand the facts behind the controverey. The elghth verae of Mark, chapter 16, enda abruptly seemingly at a place where I t would be natural t o h w e ' t h e thought continue. W y There have been two reasons generally h? poatulrtted, (1) That Mark q r i g l n a l l y wrote an e n that h a m been totally loat, the preaent en-s being merely additLQna by l a t e r cop-jtllsts. ( 2 ) T h a t for aome y e t unlcnawn reaaon Mark w a a not permiStted to flnlah Ma Goapel, and that probably another emon w r o t e an ending. The acholara are, of coume, in c o n f i e on a& to whether this ending waa Inspired, or whether I t WBB merely the addition of another copyist. It might be Important to brlng I at this p o l n t the fact that a l m o s t d l n BchoPars dlemLsa the gecondary s h o r t e n found Zn the t ~ a n a Eationa of Moffatt, Gooderpeed, and ochers. In HastAngrs Dictlona of C h & t and t h e 60s e l s It l a p l a i n l y stated that d ~ M ~ i ~ o n ~any of the early Church o u n wrlters We can therefore c o n s i d e r i t - a s merely th;? a d a t J o n

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Tbe longer ending t o MarWs Gospel, 18 however, quoted extremely early. Mark 16:lg I s quoted aa 8 art of Mark's accomt b Irenaeus In A alnat Wereaies-k. % # m s w k e n d 8 A.D. There are a ualons to it 3m even earlier w r l t l n g a , although not a8 a true quotation. N Q ~ only dld Irenaeua accept it &a a part of Mark'a Uospel when arguing with "heretics," but, says Hastings: "No miter before Eusebiua 28 known to have re e c t e d them, and t h e i r preaence in a l l later MSS (manuscripte shows that the 8uccemor8 of Ew8bYW, in spite of M a great authority, d i d n o t follow h l a judgment In the matter." ( E w e b l u s was the court favorite and the church Mstorlan In the d a p af Emperor Constantine,)

Theae facta point pladnlg t o the great antiquity of the longer ending 8 8 preeerved in the common English versfms. But were they Inaplred?
Let u8 consider now the common Idea that the real en of Mark was lost. Since the Bible explaZna that the Word of the Lord endures forever, are we to &Baume th&t80 important a hatter as the resurrection wa8 allowed to perlah? Notice chapter 36 of Jeremiah, veme 23. Here one of the scrall~cont a i n i n g the inapired words of the Lord w m cut w i t h a penlmlfe
and caat i n t o a fire and t o t a l l y destroyed. Did Uod leave it to 80me copyist to guess what it might have contained? No! Bmuch, t h e ecrlbe of Jetwmiah, was ordered to w r l t e A n a new rrcroll "all the former words C h a t were In the flrat roll"(verse 28)- So one of the baalc prlnciplea I s that Qodis i m p i r e d Word

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Now turn t o M&Fk 16. Since bod doe8 not allow IUa I t s logical that there never were added
The anayler l a def-tely
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ending.

If these last verse8 of Mark's (toapel are left out, the book Uoea not come t o an orderly conclualon a& Boea every other book in t h e Bible. Human w r l t f n g s are f i l l e d with e r r o r # F f m r o o f x l e t e A m ired and wholly reeremred through t e power& * B& D BF8 an b p a r t of the Word of God,

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Dear Friend:
How do y o u derive the figure of 2520 y e a m of punishment f o r Israel?

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giving us prophetlc kega So that we m y unlock the myatesies of Bible prbphecy. In 11 Peter 1:19-20, we read t h a t no prophecy is of any p r i v a t e , or Individual, interpretation, Therefore we m u s t not i n t e r p r e t a prophecy apart from o t h e r Bcripture and using OUT own human understanding to arrive at a conclusion. We m u s t compare acripture with scrlpture f l n d the acrlptural

basic question involvine; God's methods of

interpretation of Bible symbols.

In this case, we should S i r s t understand that I n Leviticus 26, God promised I s r a e l great national bleaain 8 , b c l u d l n g the promlaes of national greatness to Abraham ?verse 421, If they w o u l d obey H i m . Then God romised that if they obstl~tely redZzsed to obey M m , He wou%-37h B them f o r a pun period c a l l e d -Seven tlmes.
Now let us see how the B i b l e interprets the meaning of tlmes. T w n to Revelation 12:6,14 and you w i l l B e e by e x a m m i o n that the two p e r i o d s of t i m e mentioned In these verses are exactly the same In length, They amount to 39 yeara I b o t h caaea. n T h e r e f o r e we h a w that I n a prophetic sense the word timea afmply means years! A-0, in verse 6 we see that the Bible itself shows that these years can be d i v i d e d into 360 day8 e c . ahapparently was the o r i g i n a l year length, Now multiplying these seven tlmes or years o r punlahment by 360, we f i n d that t h i s gives u a 2520 days.
But where do the years come in? k t UB Bee GodfB prophetic definition of da s when applied to the punishment of nations. In Numbers 14:&God said I s r a e l would bear t h e i r iniquities after the nlxmber of days they searched the land; f o r t y days, for a ear. T h l s I s the B i b l e definition each of a day of p u n i s e n T 0 is consistent!

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So we ~ e t h a t the seven t i m e a or years of Israelqa e puniskwnent equals 2520 days ( ? X v a n d that theae days, accordfng to scriptural interpretation, are actually 2520 years

As a f d l C O R ~ I S ~ V E plece a f evidence, l e t u8 e x a m i n e the well-hown "8eventy ~ f e e b prophecy found In '~ Danlel 9:22-27. Through She angel Gabriel, Ood here revealed t o Daniel that %t would be 69 weeks from the commandment t o rebuild Jerusalem u n t i l t h e appearof the Merrslsh, and that He would confirm the covenant with many for one week.

find that decree to 483 y e a m t r y in 27

word!

e a year example of EzekLel, 4:6, we these 69 wee s wouTd equal 483 years, The prSncipak rebuild Jerusalem was in 457 B.C., and I t was exactly until Jeeua waa baptized and began his p u b l l c miniaA.D.! So we 8ee t h a t God is f a i t h f u l to perform H i s
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Israelra p u n i 8 h a n t began In 721-718 B C and ended .. In 1803 A,Dmt the date of t h e great Loulslana Purchaee. So 2520 years later, England and the United States began thelp

rlse to world power; "h te astonishing proof of t N e f u l - ' f i l l e d prophecy, aend today f o r the f r e e booklet "The United S t a t e s and the British Commonwealth in Prophecy,'N History conflrma the worda of Jesus, "Thy word is truth!''

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What i a "the Sent UB t B qUeBtiOn. m In Revelation 2:g: "'x of them whlch aay they
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synagogue o ' Satan'? M n readem have f ay YOU read Of th8 " B y n a g O g u e Of S a t a l ' "Y," Spoke J e H u a Christ, "the blasphemy

are Jews, and are not, but are the

OF SATAN. 'l

The common idea 18 that t h i a verse 1s referring to so-called "International Jewry" t h a t La, Gentiles merqueradlng a8 Jews a

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Letts notice the Blble'a own interpretat2on of thZ6 mysterious verm, n o t Hitler's Interpretation 88 found I Mein n 'Kampf, wMch so many want to believe.

Notice, this 1s a a agbgue of Satan, A "~ynagogue~ l a merely the Hebrew word for ? n T - c UTC .'I Then Jeaus l a NOT speakZng of a race but of a church that belong8 to the Devil! '

Jews.

T h i a church c l a l m s t h a t ita members are spiritually W y Because Jesua said: "Salvation l e of the Jew8'' h? (John 4: 22) "TO t h e Jew f i r s t , and also t o the Oreek" (Ram. l a )
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"He l e a Jew," wrote Paul, "which ia one inwardly; and circumci.sZ.on I t a that of the heart, in the a p i r i t , and not In the l e t t e r ; whose praiae I s not of men, but of Godi1 (Rom, 2 : 2 9 $ . Prior t o eonverslon, Jews and Gentiles are both of t h e i r father, the D e v i l . T h a m e n o t , however, mean that they are neceseallily part of the church or synagogue of S a t a n ,
So here is a church made up o ' Gentiles, fal-rrely f claiming salvation, f a l a e l claiming to be Jews tnwardly, maaqueraillng hereelf aa a Church And notice, t h i s falae church was already developing in ;he days of the

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of Smgrna and I n Philadelphia, in Asia Minor [Rev. 2:g; 3:9) beaide congregallona in many other citiea 8 8 we read in I John 2~18-19: " + y o u have heard that a n t l c h r l s t I s coming, so now m a n y antichrlats have come They went out from ua, but they w e r e not of UB (R.S.V.). Notice that the s p i r i t of antiChrist the teachof the aynwogue of S a t a n W&B found In those who l e f t the true Church of God, who departed from the faith, w E l a f m e d they were at111 Jews Slwardly but who LIE. The eynagogue of Satan refer3 to the great apostacg that oocurred at the close of the apostolic age, the apostacy which gave rise to the host of denomlnatlons we have today a great mother church and her daughter churches (Rev. 1 T 7.

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T U 8 l a not apeaking of the Jews who rejected Christ long before-the boolcrrf Revelation was written. They were never a p a r t of the true Church of God. But the synagogue of

-- the church t h a t follows t h e teachings of TRUE h r l s t -- that chwch or synagogue DID DEPART OUT OF THE a n t l c CXCRCH!
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Even though those who are Jewa by blrth (Gal. 2 ~ 1 5 ) have made p;roaelytes from the GentlLea (Eath. 8:17), that ia n o t what the synagogue of Satan refers to. plang Gentiles are made c i t i z e n s of America and Brltalm ( t h e descendants of the houae of JOBeph), the same a8 many Qentiles have been brought Into Judah but that doea not make them part of t h e "qmagogue of Satan." mt 3 s not w h a t Revelation 2:g and 3:9 are refemto. o ue of Satan" is not referring to a race but to that great c urc and her daughter churcherr The who falsely profess to be ' ' C ~ k n ' ' Jews inwardly!

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~oes "wtne" the Bible m e a n 'grape J U I C ~ ' ' ? What f a the anewer to thla perplexing question? Does it really mean fermented wine?

Prohlbltionista object ~ ~ y l n g , "But how do you know that the, original Hebrew: m d Qreek worda mean femented wine? Certain hlstorlans aay t h e wine used waa nothing more than molasaes that t h g s grape d r i n k waa nonintoxicating a n d the ordinary drink of .people In Christ t i m e .'I

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There a r e thlrteen o r i g i n a l H e b m w and Greek woMa f o r "wine" I n o w Fagllsh Bible, How can we m o w which one means fermented wine? To find t h e answer, do not; go to A r i s t o t l e or P l h y , but go to the B i b l e i t a e l f , Ey comparing I t a usage, the scriptural meaning m n m e defined.

One of the orfgi-nal Hebrew words for w i n e l a T h i a word La f i r s t used In Genesis 9:2l where Noah the wine and was -ken." Thia w i n e caused drunkenness! was it juat grapeJuiceor was it molasses?

In Genesis 14:M we-read of Melchlzedek Jeavs Chriat who Ifbrought f o r t h bread m'd wine: a n d he WBB the prleat of the most high God." God H l m s m e r e gave wlne t o Abraham. And agaln, the o r i g i n a l Hebrew word wae R i n c h alwa s meana fermented wine. Thla aame Hebrew wor A~ uaed & B g t l 4 apeaklng of the c o m a Millennium when the people will "plant vlneyarda, and drink the wine thereof." They will drink the aame kind of wine that N o a h 3 overindulgence, became drunk on.

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In the New Testament, one origlnal Greek word f o r wlne is oinoa. Proof that it 1s alcoholic ia given In the a t o w of-good Samaritan. The Samaritan poured o i l and wine on the man's wounds (Luke 10:m34),showing that the wlne hadenough alcoholic content to be used as an a n t i s e p t i c , Would you p o w grape j u i c e or molasses on a wound?

The Greek word ofnoe is also used Z n John 2 where Jesus turned water i n t o w m y a divine wracle. It IS used in I Timothy 5:23, the command of Paul, "Drink no longer water, but m e a I l t t l e W l n e Por t h y 8t0tnach~S s a k e and t h i n e often Znflmltles." This Greek word I s a l s o w e d in Epheslana 5:18, "And be not drmnk with wine wherein 1s excess

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In ancient times it wag impoealb1.e to preserve grape ExceDt for 8 a h o r t 8e830n t h e 'IfruZt of the vine" was theher made into a tMck m o l a s a e a or i n t o wine. Check Hastings Bible Dilctionary f o r the f u l l proof.
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"Taken intelligently and.wLth discretion, alcohol (Ln wine and o t h e r d r h n k s ) can prolong l i f e expectancy However, even t e m or excess or ed overdrlnld can lead to d i s a s t ; e r + ~ ~ % n ~ ~ ~ ~ c ~ ~ d i w welfare and happlneaB that God has commanded us not to use alcoholic beverages IN EXCESS and f o r a wrong purpose. Mast people don't h o w where to draw t h e llns between temperance and exceaa. Such people better abstain t o t a l l y u n t i l they M o w they c a n "be temperate in.a11 tmngs. ''
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Should we preach the Gospel f r o m door to doar? constant questions e

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Jesus Christ has solemnly commanded His true ministers t o proclaim the Gospel o f t h e Kfngdom in a l l the world as a witness t o all natlons before t h e end of this preaent age (Matt. 24:14), He also said that the Gospel must be published among a l l nations [Mark 13 :lo).

In fulfilling this dlvtne commissionl ahould w e go frm house t o house d i s t r i b u t i n g literature and talking w i t h p e o p l e in nn effort to convert them? Are we following t h e example of t h e e a r l y New Testament Church if w e go f r o m house to house preaching the Gospel?
There is a passage of Scripture in Acts 20:2Q which m l g h t to support this b e l i e f IF only one verse is read and taken out of I L S proper setting. One might a w m e that the A p o s t l e Paul went from house t o house in order t o preach the Gospel of t h e KingUom ta t h e unconverted. But when we read the entire paragraph begtnning w i t h the 17th verse, we can understand the intended meaning. The Apostle Paul " .Sent to Ephesus I and c a l l e d t h e ElD?ZRS of the church and said to them, "I have tnught YOW p u b l l e l y , and from hause to hound' ( A c t s 20:17-20). Paul. WES teachinu t h e leaders of the church in t h e i r own homes. He was NOT teaching the Wconverted from door Eo door!
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Here i s another misunderstood scripture: "And ( t h e twelve aposkles and other d i s c i p l e s ) , continuing d a l l y with one accord in t h e temple, and breaking bread f r o m house to house, did eat their meat w i t h gladness. ( A c t s 2:46). Notice t h a t these people w e r e a l l Ln harmony. They continued d a i l y w i t h "one accord." They were all o f t h e bc-

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Many had congregated at Jerusalem from many nations in order to attend one of God's annual F e s t i v a l s , Pentecost. Because they had traveled K long dtstance and because they had no home in Jerusalem, the brethren who lived there f n v i t e d them t o c m e to t h e i r homes w d c a t . (The eatfng o f a common meal is referred to as "breaking bread" in t h e K i n g James Version. FOT proof, write for Mr. Armstrong's booklet on the Lord's Supper,] The converted brethren a t e in t h e homes of other convcrted brethren-not in thr? homes o f the unconverted. They d i d not go t o t h e house of t h e unconverted t o p e a c h to them, rather they preachod the Gospel to them in the synagogues and In t h e temple. They f o l l o w e d t h e direct command of Jesus Christ t o the seventy disciples he had prc-

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The Apostle Paul had h i s own h i r e d house at Rome where he "received a l l t h a t CAME WEPPO RIM, preaching the kingdom of God" which Jesus had Com"dt?d H i s true servants to preach ( A c t s 28:30). Paul d i d NOT go from hause to house preaching to sinners and unconverted people. He preached to them in t h e synagogue.

After some became converted leaders

of G o d q s true Church, then t h e A p c g t l e Paul v i s i t e d and taught them in t h e i r homes.

Today the Gospel Is being preached to the entire nation by radio.
Anyone k s at l i b e r t y to Llsten OT te close h i s e m s and r e j e c t it-merely by turning the dial of h i s radio. The Gospel is also b e i n g published, It is being sent free o f charge to all who request it. And, also, as in %he e x a m p L e - g I Y a ~ i n 4 h e-Plw Testament r w e g o - h t o the hmea of converted brethren who request that we do 80 f L n order t o counsel with and b a p t i z e them. But w e do go, uninvited, into the homes o f unconverted people in order to teach them. l e should never a t t e m p t to force God's truth on anyone. In Matthew 7 : 6 , Christ showed that t h e truth 1s t o o precious for that.

'Phis 1s t h e example of Jesus Chrkst, the t w e l v e apoatl-es, and t h e kpastle Paul. Let US follm ft.

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Dear Friend: When wag the B i b l e dlvided into chapters and verses?
The s y s t e m of dividing the Bible into c h a p t e r s and verses I s man-made and of comparatZvely recent origin. The Bible, as i n s p i r e d by God, had no such divisions,

Chapters and veraes are helpful in finding passage8 in the Bible, but the dIvis3.m i n t o chaptera and vemes haa often obacured the meaning of Scripture by brealdng sentences in the middle or by separating thoughts that ahould be Joined t o g e t h e r . Too m a n y people memly llft a V ~ F W out of I t s Betting and read a false meaning into it because they don't read the c o n t e x t in surroundlmg verses.

Perhaps the f h s t attempted division of the Bible m a undertaken by the early Jewa. Dwlng the time following the Babylonian c a p t i v l t y , they marked off' t h e scrolls i n t o divlslons and subdfvislons + T N s system was qul te dlfferent from the one that l a I u ~ e n today, however.
The flrst modem sys'tem of d i v i d i n g the Bible i n t o s e c t i o n s waa devlsed by Cardinal Hugo in the m i d - t h i r t e e n t h century. Hugo, who was compiling a concordance to the L a t i n Vulgate Version o f t h e Bible, found I t necessary to d l v l d e the Bible into sections. These sections basically became the chapters that we are acqminted w i t h today. As yet there were no divfsions into versea,

Later, i 1445, Mordecai Nathan, a Jew, d l v i d e d the n Hebrew O l d Testament I n t o chapters. He and a l a t e r scholar by the name of Athias are accredited with the further breakdown of the O l d Testament chapters i n t o verses.

In 1551 the New Te~tamentwas similarly subdivided into verses. T h i s work waa accompliahed by the famous English p r i n t e r , Robert Stephens, while riding on horseback from Switzerland to France. Ever since that t i m e , the Bible has retained the present chapter and verae sgatem.

Being man-devlsed, such a aystem l e not erfect In some p l a c e s , gtephens 1 divlZGnZ are inaZFwFe%idTEh to break-the sense bf the aubject. Because of such imperfec-

new system of supplementlng the chapter-verse dlvLsion been adopted in many of the newer revislona of the Bible. T h i s often h e l p s the reader to b e t t e r comprehend the subject matter.

tions,

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w i t h paragraph arrangements has

It m u t alwasa be remembered that theae divieion ~ y s t e m swem n o t i n a p i r e d by God. T h e y have been d e v l s e d & - to provide an a l d f o r atuaylng the B i b l e . men

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Dear Frfend:
Do y w realize that if I t is wrong to & a certaln thine;, I t l a wrong to harbor THOUGHTS ~ f 'that thing In your mind? "- have sinned," aays the Scripture. All
What i a aln, anyway?

Satan ought to h o w an8 he IB invisible i n f l u the ence who awaye the m u m e of t h i s world. H o l l y w o o d l 8 considered by many a& the world's mecca of sin. On the newsstands in Hollywood may be found a. very worldly booklet, wr1t;ten in a very light, "breezy)" and satirical vein, titled "How to Sin in KolLyr~ood." It glvea a very worldly d e f b l t i o n of s i n -- perhaps the definition of the very D e v l l who devotea hls t l m e t o enticing people into I t . The d e f i n i t i o n I s expremlve* and n o t far from the t r u t h . Here I t la: " S l n is t h l n M tho hts you ought n o t while you to be t h l n k f n g about thAngs you oug t not +&lng are thlrddng t h a t k h d of thoughta.Ifl
God's d e f i n i t i o n is: "Sin 18 the tranagreaslon of the l a w " (I John 3:4). The law of "LOVE," as defined by t h e Ten CQn"nd"ItS. Jesus said: " T h a t whLcb cometh o u t of the man,
heart or men, that d e f i l e t h the man. For P6om w l t h l n , out of=@ proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornlcatlons, murderaJ Thefts, covetous= Tn -a o of t h e law the Ten CommandmentB) .['(Mark 7:20-22).

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"ALL sinned,'' the w at -- eapeclallg whaveChristian, saysthereScripture. o tAndby handman hat Is who haa n tlme again experlenced the struggle againat s i n described the Apoatle P a u l ? "What I would, that do 31 not; but what I hate, that I do . . For the good that hI would I do nut: but the e v l l which I w o u l d not, that I do." W o I s there who haa not LOST
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y tlmes?

Of course no man, si himself, can l i v e above sin. "With men I t is impoasible, '' said Jesus, "but w i t h God a l l th-a are poK1ble." And Paul continuea (Rom. 8 ) to ahow that t h e only DELIVERANCE from this "body of death" l a through Jesua Christ, and the indwelllng power of Godra Holy S p i r i t "that the RIGHTEOUSNESS of the l a w mlght be f u l f i l l e d in us,

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who walk not after the flesh, but after the S p i r i t of God, they are the aons of Gud."

Yes, but w e have OUR part in It, t o e . centers in the M I N D .

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REnmAHCE Qf mean69 literally, tQC h a n g e mind in r e s p e c t to sin. If we repent, and accepta s S a v i a u r , the promiae is we SHALL receive the gift of Holy S p l r l t "and be renewed I n the Spirit of our (Eph. 4:23) the presence of the Holy S p i r i t 13 t e of -- . the m l n d

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How does sin actually happen? ' I . , every m a n is t e m ted, when he ia dram away of Ma own lust (desire), and Then when luat ( t h e desire IN THE MIND) hath concelved, It brlngeth forth s i n : and 8211, when it l e f i n i s h e d , brlngeth forth death" (Jas. 1 :14-15}

The TEMPTATION l e in the mind. When you think about let y o G i n a dwell O n F - turn the t h i n g that tempt8 you it over l n y o u r mind whether I t be a d e a l r e to GO some place, to DO something, or to m E SomethAng you know is wrong V that thinkin about It finally conceives leada to actlon. and d I ~ o ~ f i n a DO the thing you kept w U y -t about, wanting to do. If you keep thinking about It, a f t e r a wMle you'll be UNABIIE: to reslat I t . Thatla why you've lost 8 0 many of these s~ruggllesagainst sln you kept thlnkmg about I t , desiring it, wanting I t .

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The way to prevent sin l a t o l e t God" Spirit fill the mind. " S e t your af'fectlon on things above, not on things on t h e earth" ( C o l 3 : 2 )

8 - In church. &cry;lng

The way to put a thXng OUT of the Wnd is t o put an o s t t e thought IN the Wnd. So often I have noticed parent6 a l e a strive 8a hard to "shush" up the baby when it is

There's something I the babyls mind that n is causing i t a crying or frettlrng. Juat saflng "shush!" a r commanding the baby t o stop'fuaslng d o e s n ' t usualkg g e t v e r y good results. We have -1iaed r o w children, and long ago I learned the t r i c k of quieting t h e baby by f e t t t x I t s mlnd on somcthln& e b e . Instead o ' commanding it Q s op crying, f a t t r a c t i t s t e n t i o n w i t h some new object g e t k t Interested In playing with that o b j e c t (I have often uaed my fountain pen with excellent results) and before you b o w it the c h l l d w i l l f m g e t a l l about I t s crying.

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Try ualng tMa 8ame method on yourself, But inatead of materlal or worldly thlngs, a mature peraon should use selfdi8clplSle and s e t his mind on spiritual things. Open your Blble. Put the study of 8ome B Lrltual subject I n your min8. Next t l m e you are tempted, t r yb y over It. Ask God t o help you. See how r a p i d l y you begin to wln the victory over temptation and sin, and how marvelous will be your splrltual

and CHARACTER growth.

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Dear Friend:
Some seem ta thlnk Chrfstiana should never encounter dlfficultfes, meet t r i a l s or tests, but be b l e s s e d continually w i t h smooth a a i l k n g !

Does the Blble teach smooth sailing f o r true D i d the men of God, whose llves pleased God, a B recorded in .the Bible, have o n l y an easy time of it, or were they c o n s t a n t l y m e e t i n g trials, t e a t a , troublea o r every s o r t being continually forced to cry out to God r o r deliverance?
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Fer 1 waa envious at the f o o l i a h , when I 3aw the prosperity of the wicked. , They are n o t in trouble as o t h e r men , , Behold, these are the ungodly, who p r o s p e r in the world; they increase In r i c h e s . , For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every mornin@; (Ps 73:3-14)

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kingdom of God ( A c t a 14:22).

We must through much tribulation enter the

All that w i l l l i v e godly in Christ Jesus ahall suffer persecution (I1 Tim. - 3 ~ 1 2 ) .

If we SUFFER, we shall also reign w l t h

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(II T i m , 2:12).
But is God unfair? Does He hate Christians and punish them, while He loves the ungodly and proapers them? Not at a l l ! --God does n o t b l e s s t h e un odl with wealth -- they acquire ft usually In l o w bdth o wo ways: by setting t h e i r h e a r t and mind on a c q u i r i n g I t , and following through this purpose t o the exclusion o f a l l elae, u n t i l without realizing it, the pursuit ofd.MONEY becomes the purault of t h e i r god, destroykng t h e soul; or by dishonest means.
B u t God does bless those who seek Him first not always with great monetary wealth, but always, 1 end, w i t h material p r o s p e r i t y they never would have had otherwise.

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Moses suffered affliction In order to lead the c h i l d r e n of God, choosing tM8 rather than the r i c h e s o f the king's palace and the pleasures of stn f o r a season,

Davld suffered constant c r i t i c i s m and false accmation, his enemies continually t r i e d to unseat M m , and h i e trlala were S D great sometimes I t seemed God would never come to hls rescue y e t God always dld! Truly these t m . t e a c h us tu be patient 1- f o r it of&n seema an eternity b e f o r e God f l n a l l y delivers us. .

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m r r o W B , h?QUblea, t e s t s of faith. A l l our readers who are Christians w i l l . understand. Let UB not m u r m u r or grumble. Let u8 have FAITH, and endure In o w faith atlently. And above a l l , -- pray one f o r another, and help one ano l e t us

Every Christlm ahall suffer persecution, and meet

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The reason why Mr. A m s t r o n g doe8 not pray on the I S became the Bible f o r b l d s I t ! Notice the teaching of Jeeus C h r m r " A n d m z ra e g t , thou shalt NOT be ab the hy-pocrlites are: f o r the-ve o pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the Btreets, t h a t they may be seen of men, , * ' I {Matt. 6 : 5 ) .
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Dear Friend :

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We are often asked haw the Ten Cormnandmenta could be a law of IXNE.

Here f a a way UP exphin2ng w h a t love mema an explanation which moat Chsbtltans probably never heard before!
When the E t e r n a l RULER of the universe f i r a t placed m a n on t h i s planet earth, all w s perfect harmony and beauty. a There was FEACE. There waB PI;ENTY, There wa& BEAUTY. There was every need and facility f o r FNPPINESS.

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In order to make POSSIBm f o r " continued peaceful, I happy, prosperous and Joyful existence, the E t e r n a l God deaigned that all things operate according to fixed, inexorable LAWS, W e have the laws of physlca and the laws of chemistry.
Then, of neceasitg, there l a the great, hzndamental, invialble SPIRITUAL LAW which regulates manla r e l a t l o n a h i p with h i ~ CREXTOR, and man's relatiomhlp With fellow MAN. The PUSpeae of thls Inexorable SPIRITUAL law, l Z k e a l l of Gcd'g lawa, to brlng man PEACE and ia to make posslble manfs HAPFINESS JOY to make l i f e REALLY worth living!

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W e t h i a a p l r ~ t u a l h w a broken, then varying lands hn l of mhapplnesa, fear and Worry, atrife and w a r , come in varydegrees A TKE PENALTY. 3
That great over-all SPIRITUAL law is just a f m p l y M E V! ConkLnWl a C t f Q I l . It 18 Lave manifeat and expressed! I l a love, flrst to God the CREATOR, in reverence, t adoration, gratitude and OBEDIENCE -- (because He is the SUPfEEME CREATOK-RUI;ER who alone KNOWS what is r i g h t f o r us and has power to give I t ) ; and it l a love, second to PELLOW M W , expressed in peaceableness, co-operation, service. It I s a way that travela t h e very OPPOSITE D I M C T I O N f r o m greed, vanity, hate, strife, or war. c

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I t i~~nely-set-m-motion SPIRITUAL LAW, and it operatea automatically and Inexorably!

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But aince man & nature doee not I W A LOVE IS, " HT r i n n o m y m DISTINCT the TEN COMMAkzGmk

The Apoatle John explained I t thin way: the LOVE of QQD, that we kee his comman-enta: commanments are n o e m e ~ w ~ 5 * 3)

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"LOVE," wrote Paul, " l a the fulfilling of the l a w f ' (Rom. 13:10). Since no one can fulfill the law if he I s breaking i t , then love must be the K3EPIN;O of the ten points of the law! He who breaks any one le guilty of all (Jas. 2:10), and lis, therefore, MOT lovlng M B nelghbor.
The Creator also made man 8. FREE MORAL AGENT and F R E TU DECIDE WHICH WAY OF LIFE HE WQISLD Z m f U y a e r! alnce Adam in the Garden of Eden, man, somehow, ve has b e l i e v e d that the law of God is wrong and t h a t man ia a u f f l c l e n t unto himself. Man h s followed the waya of vanity a and of QREED ever since. " W y PRIDE," m n reaaona, "ana the desire to OET, " h, a to accumulate, to KAVE, l a the impelling motlve that stlmulatea EFFORT, produces incenttve f o r endeavar, spurs man on toward PROORESS." "CUXPETXTION," men believe, ' ' l a t h e verg L3FZ of trade, commerce and bualnesa, It a p w s men on, lead8 ta greater productlon, makes f o r PROGRESS!" That: I s the philosophy of this

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AND THAT VERY FHlXUSOpfm OF m s TO 6000 YEARS Pa OF PRACTICE, IS THE ONE ROUT CAUSE OF A L L QUR HUMAN WOES!

That philosophy mean8 that mgul h a against the r u l e and the law of God! God r u l e s by Itla L A W OF LOVE the TEN COMMAXDMENTS. B u t God, Tor a great PURPOSE, made man a free moral agent, MAN CHOSE TO REJECT THE RULE AND THE L A W OF GODJ and lnstead has t r i e d to govern HDElELP and Ma rellowa, THAT IS MAN'S OREAT MISTAKE5 What man needs is to r e t m to obedience to t h e t a w of God wwch alone can restore order out of chaosf,

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Dear F r i e n d : Bave y o u thought of r e l l g l o n a8 a l i f e of gloom -- a sort of l i v i n g , painful penance merely to be endured -- a lot of "don'ts, '' and g i v i n g up of every pleasure t h a t makes l i f e worth l i v i n g -- wlth a l l the rewarda to be c o l l e c t e d in t h e hereafter? 1

Jesus sald: I t . I a come that they might have LIFE, m and that they might have I t more abundantly" ( J o h n 10:lO). Let UB p r o f i t by the worda o' George Ramanes, a Brftish f p s y c h o l o g i s t of the last century: "Some men are not conaclous of t h e cause of t h e i r misery. For t h e m o s t part they corc e a l the fact as well as possltble from themselves by occupying t h e i r minds w i t h society, S p o ~ t ,frivolity of a l l klnds, o r If intellectually d i s p o s e d , with science, literature, business. , This, however, 1s but to fill a starving b e l l y with husks. , = Ke may cheaz hlmself for a t i m e -- especially if he be a strong m a n i n t o the belief that he I s naurishfng himself by denying h i s natural appetite; b u t he soon f i n d s he was made f o r 6ome a l t o g e t h e r d i f f e r e n t kind o f food. "

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Too o f t e n we f311 o u r poar, hungry souls w i t h the empty husks of thia world's entertainments and amusements, w i t h s o c i e t y , strenuous busineas I n t e r e s t s , or even an empty FORM o r r e l l g l o n ? It doesn't SATISFY. Do you m o w why?
You were MADE f o r an altogether affferent kind of You were so made, realize I t O P not, t h a t SOU crave real SFIRITUAL food. Food such as only God can supply.
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God I s the Creator. God 1s composed of SPIRIT (John ''Re g i v e t h to a l l life, and breath, and a l l t h i n g s - For- HIM -- and move, and have o u r being. . . I? we live, ( A c t a 17:25,28)
UnlesEl you &re drinsdng In of HZe SPIRIT, thus livlng

of moat of the unrest, diasatf~factlanand unhappiness in the world?

IN HIM, feeding continuallycupon His s p l r i t u a l food, you are denying your natural ap?etitc. And thls explains the real cause

Je8us but And t h words or God, - every word ofsaid: "Man shall not livee by bread alone, aa by God!" [Luke 4:4). spolcenbg-usaxrecorded I n the scrlptures, "they are spirit,
and t h e y are lire" (JoW 6 : 6 3 ) . They that worship God must worshlp H i m SN SPTRIT', and IN TRUTH (John 4 ~ 2 4 ) .

T h i s can be done o n l y If you yleld completely Xn u n c o n d i L i m a 1 surrender to H I S w r i t t e n ~ 2 1 1 , aEd through Jesus C h r i s t , have received and are contLnually drinking in o f HIS SPIRIT. And t h a t a blessedness! w h a t a JOY to d r i n k In of' t h e souk-sa2isfykng waters of G o d r s Roly S p i r i t through commwlon w l t h H i m I n honest, a i n c e r e prayer, and through a real I n t e l 2 1 e n t , willing study of the Holy Scriptures! It Is a j o y nothing e se

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"Blessed are they which do hunger and t h i r s t a f t e r righteousness: f o r THEY SHALL BE FIL- w e a s Is obedlence ta Godls w i l l A commandments IPS + 119:i72). !s I is abedience that makea us happy. :

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If you have never y e t fully known the peace, the imppiness, the i n d e s c r l b a b l e JOY that c a n flood l i k e sunshine t h r o u g h your soul or if, l i k e so m m y , you have neglected it -- turn today to God in full repentance to the God who 30 l o v e a you that He gave H E s x y begotten Sun that you m i g h t have HIS ete-mally?

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Dear Friend:

The question "Is it B s i n to dance?" has been in the minds of many.

G o d * @ Word shows u3 that "3in l a t h e transgression of the law" (T John 3 : k ) . Does danclng transgress Godts law?

It is obvioualy WRONG to dance in a lustful manner or in a smoke-9illed night club. T h i s wrong kind o f dancllng c h a r a c t e r i z a the v a s t maJority of danclng s i t u a t i m s today! BUT there is a TSght k i n d of dancing. There f a "a t h e to cancer' (9ccl. 3:4).
The B3ible is full of examples of danclng (Ex. 15:ZO). Miriam and the women of Israel. r e j o l c e d In the dance over t h e l r deliverance from E g y p t . In I Samuel 18:6, the women came out slngkng and dancing to g r e e t S a u l a3 he returned a f t e r a m i l i t a r y e that David, a man a f t e r Godrs victory. W see in I1 Samuel 6 ~ 1 4 own heart, danced with a l l U s might.

Psalm 149~3 shuws the converted. people in God's Kingdom are to pralse Cod "in t h e dance." God s p e c l f l c a l l g s t a t e s that He will cause those people to dance and rejoice togelhFr over t h e i r d e m a n c e from captivity (Jer. 31;4,13). In t n e account of the p r o d i g a l son (Luke 15:11-32), we aFe g i v e n am example of how joy may 'be expressed in dancing (verse 25)*
W f i n d no m e n t l m in the Bible as to t h e v a r i o u s e dance steps used as they are of secondary importance. It Zs the

mood and attitude o f JOY that l a ~ s s e n t i a lf a r She k l n d of dancing God w a n t s us to do.

sinful or 'lworldly" for real C h r l s a m -- i young aItois not to relaxatmosphere and surroundings.tgi o d l y or l d -and rejoice with others of f a t h In clean wholesome

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Dear Friend:
Who were the Nicalaftanes? The doctrines 3f t h i s body of h e r e t i c s has never ceased to puzzle Church hlxtorilans. They have always Imagined that the Nlcoiaitanes had to be a small s e c t which separated from t h e great worldly body of prcfesslng Christians. It has never occurred to the schoLars t h a t t 3 e Nicolaltanes might be f h a t great body of professing Christians which has departed from the t r u e Chwch of God!

What does the word "Nicolaitane" mean?

"Nicolaitane" means one who l a ''a f o l l o w e r of N l c o l a s . " Who was t h a t Xicolas OS whom they weye f o l l o w e r s God reveals t h a t 7 F h a t e s the doctrine of t h a t man (Rev. 2~15).
But what does the name "NS~o1aa" come from? I t c u m 8 from two Greek words -- slikoa and lam. Nikos means "conqueror" or " d e s t r o y e r " a n d m means " p e o p r The o r i g i n a l Nicolas was the conqueror or destroyer of the p e o p l e ! That was m r e l y the Greek w o r d f o r Nimrod the o r i g i n a l a r c h Febel who conquered the people and founded man-made c l v i l i z a t l o n w l t h l r : two c e n t u r i e s a f t e r the Flood!

It haa nothlng to do with the deacon Nic~las ( A c t s 6 : 5 ) , as some have assumed. The original, Greek word

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While Nimrod w&s alive, by his dictatorial rule he put himself In the place of G o d , And when he d l e d x s admirers C O W I W E 3 TO WORSHIP HIM AS A DrVXNE m C They CALLED R , HIM "BAAL, 'I a name foundl, throughout the Old Teszamert. EBB^'^ means "master" o r "lord. It was only natural that N l m r o j w d bezr that name, for he put himself in place of the true Lord or MEster of all the u n l v e ~ s e .

But "Baal" was n o t Nimrodfs only other NAME! HE EAD MANY others. One of these names was ''Smta," commonly used throughout A s i a Minor. This name o f N m may be f o m m Lernpriere I s - s m Dictionary.
Now y o u might ask, "IS t h e r e a n y con~ectlonbetween Mlmrod, who w a s called ' S a n t a , 8 a n d fSan:a C l a m f ? "

"SSANTA CLAUS" is but a shortened form of " S a n t a Nicholas '' or "Saint Nicholas. '' The followera of " St. Nlzholas" or Nimrod are -d"NICOLAITANES" IN THE NEW TESTAMENT! SO those people who falsely c a l l e d themselves " ChrSstiam'' continued to honor N i m r o d In the days of the Apostle J o h n ? just --a6 they do today!

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Today, on w h a t date is "St. Nicholas" or Nimrod especially HONORFD? IB I t December 25? Yes! B u t why?

The Romans used to celebrate December 25 a s the Saturnalia the birthday of Sacurn or Nimrod, And is it a n y wonder that December 25, Nlmradt8 purported birthday, is STILL CELEBRATED IN HONOR OF "NICHOLAS" NIMROD -- THE FIRST GRSAT DES POT.

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Yes, Santa Claus -- just B shortened form of Mieolas, the Greek name f o r Nimrod -- Is Nimrod deified. It S s he and not Jesus Christ whom the professing C h r l s t i a z serve to this day, and whom they honor at Chr3atmaa! And there were individuals in the Church of God In t h o s e days who t o l e r a t e d such practices a n d even indulged in them!

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Many people ask the question: "My employer has t o l d me he will have to fire me if I do not begin working on t h e Sabbath. Jobs are very hard to find In this l o c a l i t y . Should I keep the Sabbath regardless, and trust God for another j o b ? "
The Immediate question t h a t always comes i n t o mind is: "How am I going t o s u p p o r t my family?" To obey God takes m a l courage and f a i t h in God. We b o w we have His s u r e promise that He will provide f o r our needs. God m a y allow y0 be temporarily jobieaw to test your f a i t h , but as long as you obey H i m and f o l l u w Christ -- and keep looking for a Job -- you will f i n d work. God w i l l n o t f ~ . k e y o ~ . 4 : 3 ~ - 7 1 J . there is one t h i n g to But remember, y3u m u s t be a hard and trusted worker. God w i l l n o t Intervene f o r one who is lazy! We must not look to t h e physical circumstances Involved, but t r u s t God in DEEIEVSNB FAITH.

Some who thought they would lose their Jobs have beer! surprised t h a t t h e i r employers changed t h e l r minds about firing them. Others, who have lost their jobs for refusing to break God's Sabbath Day have 600n h a d e q u a l or better jobs!

We are t o l d In Matthew 6:31-33, take no t h o u g h t (anxious thought or worry), saying, WhaS shall we e a t ? or Wherewithal shall we be c l o t h e d . f o r your heavenly F a t h e r h o w e t h that ye have need of all these things, But seek ye -- kingdom of God, and h h rlghteouaness; f i r s t the andEkse thllngs shall be a d K d x t o you." The person who accepts God at His Word, K d n w i m g to STEP OUT on f a i t h , exercising it, and trusting Him t o supply every need, is a person upon whom God wlll l o o k with f a v o r and to whom God w i l l see t h a t work is

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Pray f o r god'^ guidance and i n t e r v e n t i o n , s o t h a t you will have His h e l p In finding the r i g h t job ahould y o u be f i r e d . Then you will keep your job, o r find a b e t t e r one If you do
loge your present j ~ b !

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What I s the BlblicaZ NAME f o r the Church? The S l b l e g i v e s t h e true NAME cf t h e Church in twelve d i f f e r e n t places. Twelve, remember, is God's ccmplete number. -

In five passages where the true NAME of the Church ap?ears, the e n t i r e Body of C h r i s t the Chwch as a whole As Sndfcated. Thus when speak4ng of the e n t l r e Church, including a l l f t a i n d i v i d u a l members on earth, t h e name is "The Church of G g d - " Here are these five passages:

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A c t s 20:28.
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The admonition ta t h e elders is to

"feed The CHURCH OF GOD.

2) I C o r l n t h i a n s 10:32. "Give -'to offense, neither to I h e Jews, i i w r bo the Gentiles, nor Go The CHUBCW OF GOD."

3 ) f Cor3nthEans lI:22. 'I or despise ye The CHURCH OF GOD, and shame them that have not?''
4) I Corinthians 15:9.
The CHURCH OF GOD."
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5 $ Oalatians 1:13+ T h i s verse pepeats the one l a s t "T persecuted The CHU3CH OF GOD."

Notice t h a t Paul d i d bot call the true Church ' ' C a t h n l i c " or "Protestant." Nowhere is the true C h u s c h x l e d after t h e name of 8 MAN QT a r t e r t h e name o f d d o c t r i r . e .
Where one s p e c l f l c l o c a l congregation is mentioned, t h e true Church I s called "The CHURCH OF GOD," often in connec.t;ion with the place of l o c a t i o n . Here a r e four m o r t passages:
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8) I Timothy 3:5. In speaking or a local elder in a l o c a l congregation, Paul w r o t e Timothy: "For if a man m o w n o t how t o r u l e h i s o m house, how shall he t a k e care of The CHUWF
OF GOQ?"

9 ) 1 Timothy 3:15. ''* , behave thyself In the house Here i Is The t of G o d , which I s The CHURCH OF THE L I V I N G GOD." Church of the L i v i n g God.
In speaking Qf the l o c a l CoItgRgatiQnS c o l l e c t i v e l y , not as one general Body, b: as the t o t a l of a l l l o c a l congreu g a t l o n s , the Bible name I s "The CHWRCH OF GOD." H e r e are t h e f i n a l three verses of t h e twelve whlck name t h e Church:
LO) I c o r m t h i a n s 11:16. n e i t h e r The CHURCHES OF GOD."
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we have no such custom,

11) I Thessalonians 2:14# "For y e , brethren, became followers o f The CHURCHES OF GOD which IN JUDAEA a r e In C h r i s t Jesus "

12) I1 Thessalonians 1:4.

I n ycu In The CHURCHES OF GOD."

"So that we oumelves glory

These verses prove the NANJ3 of the true Church. Denomi n a t i o n s not bearing t h i s name could n o t be Gad's t r u e Church. And of al1-.t;?le churches that; do bear the name, on1 one could be the true Church of God -- that one which OBEYS d t E c o m m a n d merit- God and malntaina t h e FAITH d e l i v e r e d %e f o r all time -- the one which grdws in t r u t h . All others are counterfelt, even though they may h n e knowledge about the true NAME o r
God'a Church.
SZnce Christ is the Head of the Church, Paul a130 c a l l e d the various congregations "the churches of C h r T s t " (Rom. 16:16) -- b u t the actual. NAME 1s the CIIITRCS OF G O D . Zt is kept in the NAME OF THE FATHER (John 17:11)

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People qwLSe orten ask, "1s Mlchael, who was c a l l e d 'your prince' i n D a n i e l 10:22, tAe person who l a t e r became
Christ ? "

There I s B church whlch contends that Michael, who was c a l l e d "your p r u ~ e , waB Christ. Is tkds assvmptfon true? ~' C h r i s t c e r t a i n l y w a s , and I s , a Prince (Dan. 9 ~ 2 5 ) . But thSs SCrZptUre does n o t make R I m prlnce who was named ~ "Michael, I'

The angelic being who gave Danfel the vieion recorded in chapter 10 told Daniel, the prlnce of the kingdom of P e r s i a withstood me one and twenty dags: but, lo, Mfchael, ONE OF THE chief princes, came to h e i p me ii (vtirse 1 3 ) .. Notice t h a t there was a r i m e of Persia. T h a t prince is a n o t h e r spirit being of equa rZik-TTlTchael.

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Notice, a l s o , in this verse that Mlchael is called "ONE SF the chief p r l n c e s T h l s clearly indkcates that amor,& the s p l r " there is more than one "chkef prlnce" more t k m one of f i r s t r a n k ! The com-dywer o! P-lnce PTichael and the p r i n c e who d e l i v e r e d the vision to Daniel ( G g b r l e l ) was emugh t h a t they w e r e ab&e to subeue t h e P r i n c e of P e r s i ~ , an evil, r e b e l l l o u s s p k l t p r i n c e .

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But C h r i s t 13 rar superior to any or these crezted spirit p r i n c e s , There are no o t h e r princes of equal rank to Chrlst. But there are o t h e r s of Michael's rank! C h r i s t is n o t Mlcbacl, Michael is "yyour prlnce" the spirit s e t to serve Zarael. Mlchael and the other princes over the n a t i o n s are all subject t o C h r l s t who 16 Supreme --Rules under the Father!

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The chief princes among God's created s p i r i t beings have g r e a t power and a u t h o r i t y over the n a t i o n a . But what Is the limit of t h e l r authority? How far does t h e i r authority and power extend? In Jude 8 and 9 we read: "These filthy dreamers ( e v l l men) deapfse dominion (au?hority), an6 speak e v i l of dignities (those who are given authority). Yet MlchaeL the archangel ( a chief p r i n c e ) , when contending w i r h the d e v i l he dispu5ed about the body of Moses, d u r s t not; br-Jng

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agninnt him B railing accusstlon, but saitd, 'The Lord (Christ, -- who is MSckrael's superior) rebuke thee "

Notice this scrlpzure! Evil men have no resuect f o r those in a u t h o r i t y , but Miihael, who is an archangel, showed respect t o the o f f i c e o f w i t g of S a t a n t h e D w i l . By this scripture we can see very c l e a r l y that Michael --does n o t have g r e a t e r rank t h a n S a t a n .

But Chrlst does have greater rank. If Michael d i d have g r e a t e r rank, he would have glven t h e D e v i l a command -- he c m l d have done t h e r e b u k f n g h i m s e l f , instead of saying, "The Lord rebuke thee."

Tum to Matthew 4:10, Here we f i n d Christ said to S a t a n : "Get thee hence, Satan C h r i s t gave S a t a n a sharp command. Christ was of greater rank and a u t h Q r l t y . - L m a u t h o r l t y over Satan because He c r e a t e d him. Chrtst is the One t k ~ w h o m F a t h e r created a l l things h ( C o l . 1:15-16; John Lucifer, who became S a t a n , w8s b u t a c r e a t e d being ( E z e k . 28:14-15).

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Chriet ha8 been in authority over Satan since he was c r e a t e d as Lucifer, But Michael w a s not In a u t h o r i t y over h l m and could n o t g l v e h l m 8 command: he could only p a s s on 8 rebuke -- a command from the Lord, ChrSst (Jude 9 ) .

It is absolutely proven t h a t Michael could not have been C h r i s t ! Michael is, I n a t e a d , an angelic being who LB pu+, i n authority O v e r other lesser angelkc belngs in God's government. He was one of t h e leaders among Godls faithful angels. But he dared n o t usurp authority and command Satan, who is an u n f a i t h f u l , f a l l e n cherub.

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Dear Friend:

We are often asked, ''What should a person do about

Sabbath vlsftors?"

Unconverted f r l e n d s do come to v i s i t on zhe Sabbath occasionally. If our f r i e n d s m m e on the Sabbath, shrould we dismiss them j u s t because it is t h e Sabbath Gay? What should we Lalk about?
ulde the conversation wl$h your unconverCed frlene S O t3az I t ecomes c o n s t r u c t l v e . For example, you can talk about world news. T h i s would be obeylng Christ's command to watch world newB (Matt. 25:13), although you need n o t necesaarlly r e f e r t o scriptures to antagonlze your unconverted

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As it 5s t h e Sabbath Day, you n a t u r a l l y ahould have your B i b l e and n o t e s in plain view -- do not be ashamed to admlt t h a t you have been studying t h e j i K e open B S l e T b m o n e table w i l l invariably send your unconverted friends away r a p i d l y ! Or 'they m a y become Interested in w h a t you are studying. Tell them w h a t it is if they ask.

Your keeping of the Sabbath I s a SIGN that sets you apart from those who follow t h i s world. Undoubtedly you may have to face queatlons about the Sabbath. T e l l your g u e s t s o n l y the minimum. You may have to explaln this I s j u s t not t h e day on which to s o c i a i f s e and do business.
I these should be out-of-town guests, you should be f hospikable and even prepare them a meal if t h e need a r l s e s . C h r i s t would be a perfec'; host in such a circumstance. It is wtse to keep a c e r t a i n amount 3f food on hand f o r such emergencies so as not t o do heavy preparation should out;-of-tom guests drep by on the Sabbath.
Should nelghbors make a habit of dropping by on the Sabbath, it would become necessary to explain your b e l i e f and request t h a t they v i s i t a t " gther day.

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are the "other sheep" of John 10:16?

Christ said: "And o t h e r sheep I have, which are n o t of this f o l d : them also I w l m l n g , and they s h a l l hear my v o i c e - a n e r e s h a l l be one f o l d , and ONE shepherd" ( J o b 10: 1 3 6 . ''Thls f o l d ' h referX0-h ( t h z e ' w h o w e r e Hvfng in Palestlne. Chrlst came to H I S own (the Jews) and H i s own received Him n o t ( J o h n l:ll)* Christ was born of the tribe of Judah, but t h e Jews re e c t e d H i m saying, "We will n o t have t h i s m a n to r e i g n over us" Luke 19:14).

Who are the "other sheep'v then? The "other sheep'' are the o t h e r tribes of Ismel. Israel (Jacob) had more t h a n one son -- h e :?ad TWELVE sons! The ""Other sheep'' then a x the descendants of the other e l e v e n sons of Jacob. C h r i s t referTed to them (tine o t h e r tribes of Israel) as the lost sheep or the house of Iarael (Matt. 10:6). The Jews r e f e x So the o t h e r tribes of I s r a e l as " t h e dispersed" among t h e Gentilez (John 7:35). Israel and Judah became two separate natlona (houses) during the reign of Rehoboam, Solomon's son.

For proof of where t h e other t r l b e s of Israel were 2t that t i m e and where they a r e t m read Mr. Amstrong's b o o k l e t "The United S t a t e s and t h e British C O m m Q ~ W e a l t hin Prophecy," The "'other sheep" of the l o s t t r i b e s o f Israel were - in Palestine, not Some have thought the Gentiles represent the other sheep. Y e t , it m u s t be remembered chat only the descendants b F c o b [ I s r a e l ) a r e referred to as SHEEP in a11 the B i b l c The GentZles can o b t a i n salvatlon t h r o u g h Christ but nazionally they are never referred t o a6 sheep ( s e e Egh. 2:11-13).
Christ concluded by saying: "And there shall be ONE f o l d , and ONE shepherd," When will the house of Israel A N D the house of Judah be ONEFOLD and have ONE KING and ONE SIA.EPHZRD? The prophet; Ezekiel gives the answer (Ezek. 37:!?2-23). David, resurrected, will be that KING w i t h C h r i s t , the CHIEF 53EPHZRD (verses 24-26), Ezeklel 34~23,Jeremiah 30:9, and Psalm 89:27 explain tha: Dzvid I s to be RZSUFUECTED -from the

from the -and made ldng. The resurrection(1 Thesa. dead dead Christfs second coming to tUs earth 4:13-18;

at Heb. ll:l3, 39-40; I Cor, 15:20-23, 50-53). Ckrisl will then e s t a b l i s h the new covenant with the house o f Israel A h ? t h e house of Judah (Heb. 8:8; Jer, 31:31-33). Thus, the "'other sheep" are t h e other t r i b e a of Israel. t h a t l e f t the l a n d of P a l e s t i n e but who will return agafn along wlth Judah and come under t h e r u l e of Christ through the resurrected David (SF Jer. 5 m - c OCGUFS

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We are o f t e n asked, What can I do when my unconverted

mate o b j e c t s t a m y s t u d y i n g and praying?

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One of lifers m o s t important l e s s o n s is t h e p r o p e r TIME.

Husbands are t o p r o v i d e f t h e l r o m houses (I Tim. Wives a r e told to submit themselves to t h e i r huabands (Eph. 5:22), and not to be i d l e (Prov. 31:27).

5 : 8 } , and to l o v e t h e i r wives (Eph. 5:25).

All of these things require TIME. Solomon s a i d , To every t h i n g t h e r e I s a season, and B time to every purpose under the heaven ( E c c l . 3 1 ).. There is a time to pray and t o study.
B u t , we must f i n d the r i g h t t i m e f o r prayer and study. W e should f i n d time t o pray when unconverted members o r the f a m i l y are e i t h e r away or preoccupied. We express love to them, not by m i n g to the prayer c l o s e t every time they come Into t h e house, but by spending t i m e In sincere, earnest prayer when they arenlt there. When they are home, that t i m e can be used to show o u r love to them, to be an example of good Christian l i v m If we neglect the unconverted members o f our family by spending excessive t i m e in i d l e praying w h i l e they are home, we will only succeed in d r i v i n g them f u r t h e r from Qed, and o u r prayers will have b e e n In valn. -

If your mate remalna at home all day, you should p l a n to a r i s e early i n t h e morning, praylng before he la awake. Later, it w o u l d be a slmple m a t t e r t o spend j u s t a f e w m f n u t e a -- even as lfttle as five or t e n in the bathroom if necessary, -in private p r a y e r .

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With wisdom and d l s c r e t i o n , study and prayer c a n be handled so as to avoid any t y p e of c o n f l i c t . Do not study in one posltion at a t a b l e or desk hour a f t e r hour, ignoring your m a t e on the Sabbath! STUDY, yes! But study when he is readfng t h e paper, or occupied w i t h something else. Remember, It is

probably o n l y because your obvfoua preoccupation with study and prayer makes your mate feel gullty that he o b j e c t s . Try t o make it f i t I n t o the day a8 conveniently a3 p o s a l b l e , without calllng special attention t o I t by flaunting y o u r *rfghteousness openly before him,

Nearly &lwayaJ problems of this type arise when member is lacking in wisdom, and trying to appear OVERLY RIGHTEOUS as a sanctimonious studious "spf~:'L tual" person -but frm a wmng motlve! If szudy and prayer is done in the a t t i t u d e cf self-righteousness, a l l t h e w h l l e t h i n k i n g how 11 carnal,'' how "evil" your mate is for HOT atudylng and praying he will be immedlatel anta onl~ed,ar?d your study and prayer w i l r h a c e n In va n n t i e SI%God anyhow! o' f
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Do epend enQugh t h e In fervent pmyer, Prayer $ 9 needed t o d r a w close t o God and to grow In faith, but spend time In p r a y e r when unconverted members of your family w o n t t be c o n s t a n t l y noticlng I t . Remember It Is the kind o ' earnest f prayer and B i b l e study t h a t counts not I d l e TGiF spent in prayer to be noticed by others.

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Dear Friend:

Is the prsctice of cremation wrong? resurrected?

Does ft prevent a person being

"he practice of cr0matfoa i a of ancient origin. It was used in t h e idolatroue fixe worship of pagan$sm. Ratice what the Encyclopedia Americana
says:

"fa primitive c u l t u r e s which have survived i n t o modern times crematkon is widely practiced. Burnlng $a not only supposed t o destroy t h e dead body mast affectivelp and thus t o prevent the posBible return of the g h o s t , . hut s i n c e fire serves also as a purifying agency, it IB often conaidered a good means of warding off e v i l spirits Bestdes discouraging t h e ghost from haunting t h e carpae and its former a b d e , and serving as a means o f purfS i c a t i o n from evil s p i r i t s and the contamination nssaciated w i t h the dead body, cremation has also, i n some Fnstancee, as among t h e Hindus and- khe]-Chukchi of Stberia, been associated w i t h 8 belief Fn a heavenly abode for the spirit of t h e deceased. The flames of the funeral, pyre, leaping upward, are thought to faciiitate the aacent af the SOU^.'^ (Article, Cremation)

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Nimrod Nimrod who f i r s t t o *'paas through condemned! (Lev,

and Semiramta were the originators of paganism and ft was bore the t f t l a o f "Moloch. " In h i s honour c h i l d r e n were made

the fire ta Mob&"

l8:21).

(Jer. 32:35)--a

pagan practice that God

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Parents even sacrificed their c h f l d r e n to Molocb, "the belief being cherished that the fire that consumed them ala0 perfected them, and made them meet for eternal happiness t h e passing through the fire, and the burning Ln the f i r e , w e r e e s s e n t i r l rites the worship of hfoloch or Nimrod" (= T o t a b y l o n s by HfsPop, p . 315). w

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Examples In the Bfble show that a simple burial was t h e C u s t o m af t h e Hebrews who lived during that t h e . (Gen. 25:9; 35:20). jaeob, for example, was embalmed (an Egyptian custom) and buried @en, 5 0 : 5 , 26). ChriEct was --- b u r i e d , not cremated! " B u r n i n g was looked upon as abominable, aa injury to t h e dcad
7 : Z S : ...11 K E n-~ f s2 3 : Z O ; h o a 2:1).. ..Not to be buried w a s a t e r r i b l e d i s grace w h i c h one could hardly w i s h even to one's greatest: enemy." {Encyclopedia BibEiea, Article, - The Dead) c

X t is our absolute recommendation that t h e body be simply buried. Tn cases where a person has no control over t h e disposition of the body, however. w e should remember that ft is not 90 important What happens to our bodies after death as tt i s t h a t of having lived a new life after converaion and having died

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Whether a lwdy becomes duslt OR ashes ( " b u n t " dust) the Bfble promises that i t will be in the resurrection (Acts 24:15; Rev. 20312-151. Through t h e power of G o d , cremated b o d i e s -- - resurrected! will be