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T h e N a ~ I o o a a l M a g a z i n e

o f

T H E C H U R C H

O F

G O D

Whose

Opinion

Counts?

W e hi ir all beera reared w i t h the modern c o m e p t that i t2 religious

rrtriiters

u

man should be povemed brinznrdv

bv

what H E thinks.

by Roderick C . Meredith

FTER

years of study and prayer,

Mr. Armstrong has come

to

A

ee that this is binding on us

today, I said to Mr. Brown. The Bible

reveals it, and as Christians we must

obey.

Well, heres the way

I

look at it,

he began, and then continued to give

his pet,soual opinion based on humai i

reasoa with very little knowledge

of

the

Bible t o guide him.

As a

minister of Jesus Christ, I was

trying

to

show him--1zot m y zuill-but

GODS will. I was proving my points

right

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The

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NEWS

September, 1953

The national magazine

of

THE C H U R C H

OF GOD

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t o its

members

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Herbert W. Armstrong

Publisher an3

Editor

Address com m~inications o the Editor,

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Pa s d e n a ,

California.

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richt,

September, 1953

B)

the Radio Church

of

G o d

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have first

pr,or,ecl

to yourself that he

r e d l y

is a true servant of God.

Jesus continually warned: Beware of

false

prophets, which come

to

you in

sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are

ravening wolves.

Y e shall k n o w them

by

their

jrilits (Mat . 7 : 15-16). You

need

to

look at the fr uit, the

resitlts

i n

proclaiming the

t y i l c sospc l ,

in

lead-

iug the flock

i n to

the truth and

ways

of God, in healing the sick-the

accom-

plishnients in the work of the ministry,

carrying out the commission of Christ.

Nutice rhar Jesus went on to say

(Mat . 7 : 2 1 - 2 3 ) that many would pro-

fess

to

do

good works in His name,

but He told them, depart from me, ye

that work

iniquity:

or lawlessness. T he

word iniquity is more correctly trans-

lated

L A W L E S S N E S S .

Jesus was showing

that

f i rofesr ing

ministers who break

Gods law

are

n o t His ministers at all

I 7iever knew you, Jesus will tell

them. And G ods word shows that these

law -brea king iniiiistcrs never really

knew Chris t ei ther ( I John

2 : 4 ) .

Satan and

his ~nin i s t e r s

appear

as

angels of light I1 Cor. 11:1 4 ) . But

they tench that you are free

to

disobey

Gods law.

Another way to examine their fruit

is to see if they

are

willing to

GROW

i n grace, and in the knowledge of our

Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (I1

Pet.

j: 8) .

Some Cliristians-eveiz

S O T I I C i1,/3o p ~ o f c ~ s so 6c

j j z

lhe Chzfrc/?

of

GO&-REFUSE to g m i i ~ nto more

truth

Jesus told the disciples that the Holy

Spirit,

w i l l

guide you

illto

all truth

( J o h n

16:

1 3 ) .

Spiritual

change , growth

and

dei ,e lopnicnt

is one of the impor-

tant signs that

a

person is really

giiiderl

by G ods Spirit.

No 71mn

gains

all

of

Gods

t r u t h

;it

once. W e must all

groz~ i

iii kiiuwledge. Some churches and some

ministers have known

a

portion

of

Gods truth. But when they became

m -

udl ing to

g r o w

into more truth

through the gu idance of the Holy S pirit,

they soon began to twist and pervert

what little truth they had, and to

spiritually ro t niiny and

die

To prove whether or not a man is

truly Gods servant, look to the fruits

of submission to

all of

Gods commands,

of

a

real

m d e t - s t a n d i n g

of

Gods word,

of a willingness to g r o w in grace and

knowledge, and

of

the underlying

mo-

tive of

lorn

behind every thought and

deed.

God will reveal to you who His true

ministers are if you study, pray, and

look at their fruits. Once

you

know,

should you respect them and the

off ice

in which God has set

t h em?

Eer, yozi should

Gods Responsibility

Once God has

revealed

to you by

the frui ts who His t rue servants are,

you

should

recognize the responsibil-

ities and duties which God has given

them. Wh en a mat ter

of

church govern-

ment or policy come