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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91123
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
PRESIDENT and PASTOR
October 21, 1984
Dear Brethren and Co-Workers with Christ:
In about one hour the final great debate for the Presidency of the United
States will go on the air. Millions of voters are excited, for this debate may
decide
the trend of government over us for the next four years.
Thank God, he has called us OUT of this world and its politics. But God
says he sees and watches what men do in this world--and we also are observers.
But this is not God's world, and even the so-called great and strong
leaders
seem to be all gone now. There are no more Abraham Lincolns, Teddy Roosevelts
or Winston Churchills--none fully competent to run this country. Let us pray
that
whatever the leadership, God will move to keep doors open for HIS GOSPEL to
continue right up to the time when God says there shall be a famine of any
longer
hearing the Word of God.
Whoever is President, the nation's woes, unsolvable problems and
escalating evils are not merely the President's fault. The troubles result from
the
WAY people as a whole are living.
But God does place the blame. In Jeremiah 50:6 God says, "My people hath
been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray." And in Ezekiel
34:10, "I am against the shepherds, and I will require my flock at their hand."
This morning I heard several religious programs on TV. Just ONE VOICE
cried out with the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. All others spoke sentimentally
and
emotionally about how Jesus "loves you," and IF only you will accept and receive
him (NOT ONE MENTIONED REPENTANCE OR CHANGE OF WAY OF LIFE),
then he will not remember your sins. The obvious meaning was that Jesus
APPROVES your sinning, and will overlook it and the WAY you are living, if only
you will be gracious enough to ACCEPT him. One altar call came with the
sentimental song, "Just As I Am"--sins and all--Jesus will save you if only you
will accept him. But they were preaching a FALSE and COUNTERFEIT Jesus, and
a gospel of MAN about their false Jesus.
But one voice proclaimed the same Gospel Jesus himself did--the good
news of the KINGDOM OF GOD. The others all obeyed Isaiah 30:9-10: "This is a
rebellious people ... which say to the seers See not; and to the prophets
[preachers] Prophesy [preach] not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth
things, prophesy deceits."
YOU are Co-Workers with Christ in thundering out the TRUE MESSAGE
without pulling any punches. More and more TV stations must proclaim Christ's
TRUE Message IN GREAT POWER! The circulation of The PLAIN TRUTH must