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VOL. 2. NO. 28
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
JULY 24, 1978
THE GREAT MAJESTIC G O D
being enthroned in eyes of Church
once again by Jesus Christ
by Herber.t W. Armstrong
LET'S FACE IT -- we in God's Church were beginning to get our
eyes off of our GREAT MAJESTIC G O D
The HEAD of our Church, the
living Jesus Christ -- is opening our eyes to our danger: Once again
Christ is enthroning THE GREAT GOD in our eyes �- and in our hearts!
Yes, more than generally realized, Satan was manipulating things
to make God's Church and His Work more and more secular -- more like
any other purely worldly and human activity!
The realization of this was brought forcibly to my mind by my
thinking over a criticism from one whose understanding needs updating.
He said I was surrounded by "yes-men."
That set off a chain of thought. This expression "yes-men" is
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a bit of modern terminology, generally meaning passive, extra-docile,
weak-minded men who "go along" purely to serve their own personal
interests, or through fear.
In that category, our administrative personnel, and our ministry,
most assuredly are NOT "yes-men."
But there is another meaning that could be applied to that
expression. And in that sense, I want to be a "yes-man" myself
and I hope that all of us -- whether lay members, ministers, or
administrative people -- are this kind of "yes-people."
I can illustrate what I mean by my own personal experience at
the time of my conversion. And I would hope that the experience God
put me through then might serve to set an example for all of you to
follow.
I had been CHALLENGED!
set on "doing my own thing."
the advertising profession.
At the time my whole mind and heart was
And that "thing" was being a success in
Of course, I felt I was doing the right thing. At age 18 I had
put myself through a self-analysis, to determine what talents and
abilities (IF any) I had, and what weaknesses, faults, or dislikes
that might hinder success. Also I went through a survey of the
various jobs, professions, occupations, or businesses, to determine
into which category I belonged. This analysis led me to decide that
the field of advertising was the area in which I properly fitted.
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