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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, NOVEMBER 2, 1981
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How far does God compromise with SIN? God had the POWER to wink His
eye at SIN and forgive sin outright, without having to sacrifice His only
begotten Son. But God did not compromise one millionth of an inch with sin.
Rather than that He "gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not PERISH."
God's Church, the now imminent Bride of Christ, is not going to rise to
meet the returning Christ in the air with painted faces and plucked and re
painted eyebrows!
How cleverly, without our suspecting it, did Satan influence leading
ministers to derail the Church in many ways!
I want, now, to take you brethren through a history of this seemingly
minor question of female make-up as it progressed during the 50's, 60's,
and 70's in the Church. Brethren, CAN WE remove prejudice, vanity and self
will from our minds and OPEN OUR EYES TO GOD'S TRUTH? We are not going to
face God in "THE JUDGMENT" like the world. WE ARE FACING IT NOW! Judgment
has begun at the House of GOD! You and I are being judged NCM.
Some of us have weakened. Some of us have been caught off guard. I am
human like all of you, and I was caught off guard and without at the time
realizing it, ALLOWED this liberalism to creep stealthily into God's flock!
I now repent of that and the living Christ leads me to do what He inspires
me to do to correct it and get this holy Body of Christ BACK COMPLETELY ON
THE TRACK. For we have not been fully back on the track even yet!
This may be somewhat of a minor question, yet it was used by Satan to
help derail the Church! It is only one of a number of points that led us
off track.
This question was raised in the Church in the mid-fifties. In the
July, 1955 GOOD NEWS, the following under my by-line began on page one under
the headline, "What the Church Ruled on Make-up."
"The question of lipstick and other forms of make-up had to be
settled. Some in the Church held very definitely that 'make-up is wrong;
it's worldly.' There was in some cases an attitude of prejudice and ac
cusation against those who wore it."
So actually the question was first raised by women who felt face
changing was wrong, not by ministers. The next paragraph continued, "But
others insisted, 'I can't see any harm in wearing make-up.'"
Many articles followed on the question. These articles covered many
specific points and specific Scriptures. There was an effort to get to
every detailed point or question, even in "the gray areas."
But we need to learn that God's Law is a PRINCIPLE to be applied. It
has to do first of all with an ATTITUDE OF MIND.
The Church RULED AGAINST THE USE OF MAKE-UP based primarily on
specific "do" and "don't" Scriptures, rather than the application of the
PRINCIPLE of God's Law.