Table of ContentsGlobal Church News - Jun 1993 |
| Open Letter |
| Editorial by Roderick C. Meredith |
| Study and Gain God's "Approval" |
| News Tends and Prophecy |
| Quick and Powerful |
Dear Brethren and Friends :
Greetings again from Southern California! God is blessing us in the Global Church of God with increasing growth in ever way! we are very grateful for this. And we should always remember that He is the One who supplies this growth and we are only weak, imperfect instruments in His hands. But we're grateful to have the opportunity to be used of Him.
My wife and I recently returned from visiting Atlanta, Georgia, over Pentecost. We had a great visit, all went well, and there was a total of 102 people in attendance. This is the largest single attendance for any area here in the United States thus far, so we are very encouraged, as we are admonished in the Bible not to "despise the day of small things.” Also, we had seventy-eight people in Akron with Mr. Dave Pack and; with Mr. Raymond McNair in Little Rock, we had sixty-two people! There was a new all-time record in Brussels, Belgium for Pentecost with a total of 201 in attendance! All of this is very encouraging to us here at headquarters and I'm sure to all of you as well.
We have a request, which I have approved, for a new home church in Oklahoma City; so that will be considered a church beginning this Sabbath rather than a video group. And our recent BIG news is that Mr. John Ogwyn was fired the morning after Pentecost! He had been expecting this, of course, as he had been preaching the Truth very strongly for the past several months. It was a pleasure to talk with him and to hear the details of the situation. He is now pastoring two Global Churches of God--one in Baton Rouge and the other in Lafayette, Louisiana.
I just spoke with John Ogwyn again and he was very pleased that 164 people came with us this past Sabbath from his churches in Louisiana--64 in Baton Rouge and 100 in Lafayette! We are very thankful that these people had the courage to obey the Truth--and for this additional growth in the Global Church of God.
Our congratulations go to Mr. and Mrs. John Ogwyn for taking such a courageous stand for God's Truth! And, again, we appreciate the dedication and zeal of all of our fine ministers out there who have been doing such a fine job in helping God s people and encouraging many who have been divided and disillusioned by the increasing number of changes being made of recent date.
Now let us pray fervently that God will cause even more leading men to come on out with us, and, that He will also provide the means, financially, to support them and to keep this Work going and growing! Our prayers are needed very much in this regard, and I'm sure you all understand.
Video groups are springing up all over the country. This past week we started Shalimar, Florida, and Denver, Colorado. Overseas, two groups are forming on the island of Luzon, Philippines. The really big news though, is that we have just signed on two more 50,000 watt radio stations; KRVN in Lexington, Nebraska and a really fine station over which Mr. Armstrong had broadcast--WWVA in Wheeling, West Virginia. With the addition of just a few more stations, The World Ahead will be accessible throughout the 48 states and populated areas of Canada.
Satan, of course, is not happy with the growth we have been granted by God. For Satan hates anyone or any church which will faithfully preach God's Truth and so prepare additional thousands of people to replace him and his demons in ruling over this earth.
Also, Satan is the "accuser of the brethren" (Revelation 12:10, KJV). Even as I write this, I have been made aware that I am personally being accused of all sorts of things and vilified by the "leaders" of a dead or dying organization who can’t stand those of us who try, with God's help, to carry on in the tradition of Herbert W. Armstrong. Brethren, we all need to get used to this kind of persecution, because it is just the beginning! Satan will do anything he can to overthrow this Work of God. So, we must constantly be on guard, and learn to "roll with the punches."
One word of caution: Satan is also "a liar and the father of it" (John 8:44). So, please be sure to check out any accusation made against us--or against anyone--before you believe it!
For instance, some are spreading the rumor that the Global Church of God is going back to "Jewish legalism," whatever that means to them. They have said that our women are not allowed to wear slacks or shorts, and that a woman is not allowed to attend services with us if she is on her monthly period! This is quite amusing, in a way, but it is also sad that such ludicrous statements have been made.
As most of you know, I'm sure, we have never said or even implied any of the above ideas. These kinds of "restrictions" do not and will not exist in the Global Church of God!
But let's all try to learn from these accusations, brethren. Let's all--ministers, deacons and brethren--make sure that we don't start spouting off our own ideas on minor points of doctrine or dress or diet or whatever, and thereby confuse or even offend some of our newer or weaker brethren. Even though we all should glorify God in our bodies and in the way we dress and groom ourselves, let's not be "sermonizing" to each other about the profound "evils" of white bread, white sugar, soft drinks or someone whose hair is a half-inch too long or too short, etc.
Mr. Raymond McNair and I will try to address some of these laws of health and grooming--in a broad way--in future articles and sermons which you will be receiving from us.
Meanwhile, let's be so busy reaching out to a sick and dying world that is increasingly filled with violence, drug-addiction, AIDS, etc., that we just don’t have time to get all "picky" with each other about these very minor points of doctrine or of health and grooming such as I have just described. With all our hearts, brethren, let’s all strive to see the BIG PICTURE and to be balanced!
Let's all be grateful that we have the opportunity, once again, to preach the full Truth about the real Jesus Christ and the laws and ways of His coming Kingdom. And that we can reach out to our brethren in the Israelitish nations and "cry aloud" and warn them of the coming holocaust before it is too late.
Please continue to pray for all of us here at our headquarters in San Dimas, California, and for our brethren around the world. Thank you, dear brethren, for your support and encouragement! Our sincere love and prayers are with you daily.
The next to the last church era was the only one about which Christ gave no criticism whatsoever. That is remarkable-especially considering the fact that most other eras were criticized rather severely.
First off, Jesus says: "I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door..." (Revelation 3:8). The Philadelphians are those not merely interested in "getting saved" themselves, but in reaching out powerfully to witness, to warn and to teach others through the open doors of evangelism that God makes available.
True Philadelphians have a genuine love for the people of the entire world. They are willing to sacrifice in order to give them the precious Truth about the soon coming Kingdom of God. Nor will Philadelphians turn their backs on some three-hundred-fifty million fellow Israelites. They will yearn for the salvation of their Israelitish brethren, as the Apostle Paul did (Romans 9:3). And they will zealously trumpet the "Ezekiel warning" to these peoples—being used of God to warn them of the specific punishments coming on them in the tribulation unless they repent.
After describing the open doors, Jesus next stated that the Philadelphians "have kept My word, and have not denied My name." It is now fashionable in certain circles to openly make fun of Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong—to subtly and not so subtly try to destroy his legacy and change virtually every major doctrine that God introduced through him into the Church. The people now doing this are the most clever and diabolical of any the modern Church has ever encountered. The "frogs" are very slowly and subtly being heated up in the pan. And the water will be boiling before the poor frogs realize what is happening to them!
What these "quick change artists" have failed to explain is why the living Christ used Herbert W. Armstrong in His ministry for fifty-five years, used him to get the Work going and growing in a big way for the first time in modern history, blessed Mr. Armstrong's work immeasurably, and then suddenly decided after his death that all the major doctrines and approaches he introduced were wrong! Interestingly, God's inspired Word tells us that, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8). Certainly, we all ought to grow in new knowledge—knowledge based on the true foundation that Christ laid through Mr. Armstrong. But are we to cast aside virtually every major teaching that made us distinct from the Sardis Church, and from the Protestant churches of this world?
The answer is obvious.
Christ highly commended the Philadelphians for having "kept My word." The very direct indication here is that, under Mr. Armstrong's leadership, the Church of God was faithful to His Word. More than in any other Church era here described, the Philadelphians had the right doctrines and right practices overall. Otherwise, there would certainly be at least some criticism or condemnation. But there is none—zero! Christ tells the Philadelphians: "Behold, I come quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown" (Revelation 3:11).
So true Philadelphians will not let themselves be fooled by false teachers who "have crept in unnoticed" (Jude 4). They will faithfully hang on to the basic truths and practices which Christ put into His Church through Mr. Armstrong—and blessed and guided him in teaching for the fifty-two years he was the human leader of the Work.
And real Philadelphians will be so busy doing the Work that they won't let small points of doctrine sidetrack them from doing the inspiring Work of God. A world of about 5.2 billion people is out there. They need the full Truth of the Gospel and an understanding of the vital prophecies for our time. Let's be genuine Philadelphians. Let's be busy going through the "doors" and doing the Work!
by David C. Pack
Do you really love the Truth? I mean do you really love the Truth?
It's the summer of 1966! I'm walking up the driveway with something very special in my hands. It's a packet of information from California containing eight booklets. They explain such truths as the answer to why I was born, the real modern identity of the tribes of Israel, the method of proper baptism, the explanation behind the many different churches that all claim to be right when only one could be, and numerous others. I have never forgotten that early excitement I felt for what I was then learning. I was thrilled!
That was many years ago. Recent events in my life have forced me to re-examine the question that introduces this article. I have learned that excitement about the Truth may not mean one has a genuine love for it. As a matter of fact, the word love found in (II Thessalonians 2: 10) is the Greek word agape. This means the love of God that grows in us after conversion upon receiving God's Spirit. The excitement I described was a year and a half before I was baptized so I wasn't yet converted. Growing to love truth, then, was something that came later.
Have you ever suffered for the Truth? Would you die for it? Are there limits to its importance in your life? Have you sold all that you have to obtain this pearl of great price? And does each of us really realize just how great that price may actually be? If so, you'll not want to let anything take it from you!
It's my hope that the remainder of this article will reveal how to be sure you never lose sight of this pearl. You would never want to casually trade it in for some old, cheap doctrinal trinket worth nothing.
Don't ever fall prey to any of three different false premises. One is: "You can't prove anything by the Bible." Another is: "You can prove anything by the Bible." Lastly: "You can't take the Bible literally."
We must start by recognizing that God would certainly never tell us to do anything that can't be done! If Paul wrote in I Thessalonians 5:21, "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good," then it can , be done! [KJV used throughout] If, he also wrote in Romans 12:2 "Prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God," then it can be done! If Paul preached that we, like the Bereans, in Acts 17: l 1, must "search the Scriptures daily whether those things were so," then it can be done! We must have the firm conviction that this can always be done in each , important matter of Scripture.
We're now ready to examine a simple biblical formula. It will plainly show both how and why we must protect truth in our lives at all cost.
Please notice a basic New Testament verse familiar to us all. It is II Timothy 2:15. It reads: "Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." Let's now think of this verse in four separate parts!
1) Study
2) To show yourself approved unto God,
3) A workman that needs not to be ashamed,
4) Rightly dividing the word of truth.
Point one is short and obvious. Do it long, often and thoroughly on each doctrinal subject you have learned.
Point two we'll discuss momentarily.
Point three stresses what is at stake. If we are willing to be Bible students who "work" at it (i.e., a workman), we won't ever have to be ashamed. This shame could grow because we got caught believing one or even many teachings that were nothing more than Protestantism, Catholicism or some other rank heresy. Verse 16 sums up all of these very well calling them: "profane and vain babblings."
Point four requires help from God (and His faithful teachers). But, once again, it can be done. One can rightly divide the Bible.
Let's now return to point two. Apparently, proper Bible study "approves us unto God." Before we compare this to another verse where we'll make a fascinating discovery, let's examine "approved." The Greek word dokimos means acceptable, tried, approved. Whether we apply this verse or not, then, can leave us either acceptable or unacceptable to God—either tried or untried—either approved or unapproved.
Now please notice I Corinthians 11:19. "For there must also be heresies among you, that they who are approved may be made manifest among you." The same Greek word for approved (dokimos) is found here. This verse has huge implications for us all. Heresies of all kinds, shapes and sizes have swept the church for 2000 years. Some were small, some were large and sometimes many have come in waves as we see happening today. I count more than 80 the church has accepted already!
Let's now return to the word "tried." Would any of us doubt that being asked to believe a large doctrinal change away from what we know we have proven to be right is anything less than a serious trial for each of us? I assure you that if you were asked to TEACH it to others as ministers must often do, that the fire of such a trial is very real. The conscience feels assaulted directly. Teach these errors and have "man's approval" or refuse and have "God's approval" while facing termination from the ministry and your whole career!
So every doctrinal change away from Truth represents a trial for each of us as they appear. Only proper Bible study can secure God's approval of such times. Only proper Bible study can bring understanding of God’s will at such times. Only proper Bible study give the faith to act (Romans 10:17) and lead us through these trials successfully at such times.
Can it be coincidence that this same chapter 11 of I Corinthians begins the context we just examined with, "Be you followers of me, even as I also am of Christ." An Apostle is asking this question in verse 1.
Would you ever follow any man of any office whom YOU PROVED WAS NOT FOLLOWING CHRIST? What if there were literally dozens of heresies surrounding you that you were being asked to follow? Would fear paralyze you into inaction—which is tantamount to going along with the changes? Would clever "government arguments" stop you from the proper course? Would threats or ultimatums from church authorities, mates, friends or relatives keep you from doing the right thing? Or would you, instead, couple ACTS 5:29, "We ought to obey God rather than men," and AMOS 3:3, "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" with I Corinthians 11:1, and thereby know what to do with confidence?
The argument that Philadelphians and Laodiceans are two attitudes in one organization until the Great Tribulation, does not hold water when faced with major doctrinal differences. If the differences were based on character alone this might be true. A quick review of Revelation 3:7-13, shows God's Word is very important to Philadelphians, but goes unmentioned in the description of Laodicea (verses 14-22).
Certainly Mr. Armstrong's own account in his autobiography, Vol. I, pages 505-563, demonstrates clearly what he would have done if faced with this choice today. Having known him well, and having discussed this very topic numerous times in the 70s with him, I doubt he could have even comprehended that there was a choice—clever arguments put forth by people who did not know him notwithstanding. He would act again today just as he did twice in the 1930s when the issues were far fewer and less significant.
I recently surveyed a large congregation. I asked several questions to be answered anonymously on a 3 x 5 card. My questions pertained to personal prayer, study and fasting. Over 200 baptized people responded. The results were shocking! Almost 1/2 virtually never did any of these things. And this was not long after I had JUST FINISHED a sermon series on these topics. What about you? How would you score before God in these turbulent and historic times?
Let's conclude with two important verses from John's gospel: "If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:31-32). And later, John 17:17, quoting Jesus praying to the Father in our behalf, "Sanctify them through your truth; your word is truth."
As we continue in the word of truth by rightly dividing it, we keep our freedom and remain sanctified (set apart from the world) by God. But every time we accept doctrinal untruths, we lose a little (or a lot) of that freedom and sanctification. Only the truth can keep you free from bondage and sanctified from this world. No umbrella of church government can ever do that. Each of us is duty-bound by God to go where the Truth is being taught and the Work of God is being done.
Sheep who find themselves grazing in a field of poisoned grass can only do one of two things; move to unpoisoned pasture or grow sick and eventually die. What; will you do? How much do you love the Truth? "
by Ron Nelson
Everyone wants respect, equal opportunities and to enjoy the rights and benefits America offers. The civil rights movement and other laws were intended to open American society to minorities and protect them from human prejudice. So why the growing divisiveness in America? Where is it all leading?
The United States now faces social stresses not dreamed of even twenty years ago. The vast array of different cultures and ethnic groups are less inclined to assimilate than past waves of immigrants. The American "melting pot" has been recast into a stewing caldron of hypersensitivity and divisiveness. More and more "hyphenated-Americans" of this or that identity or group are vying for influence.
Multiculturalism is a broad term for a whole range of activities aimed at enforcing acceptance of ethnic, racial, political and sexual diversity. Although it sounds very democratic and American, it is actually advocating the end of mainstream American culture values.
Attempts to accommodate our diverse population with so many conflicting demands is partly responsible for greater division and misunderstanding. Notice this from a Latino writer:
"The country is tearing itself apart over `diversity, '” says columnist, Roger Hernandez. He questions why President Clinton "even considered a radical like Lani Guinier to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division—could it be that she happens to be black?"
He points out how political conservatives holler about that kind of "diversity gone berserk" while the far left cynically continues to portray "so-called minorities as eternal victims. " He doesn't mince words with his incisive analysis:
Both sides have their heads so deeply buried in their ideology they cannot see anything but their own rhetorical muck. It sounds nice to say race should never matter, but the truth is there are times when it should. Take something relatively minor like television commercials. Years ago, every actor in a commercial was white. Today there is more (here is that dreaded word) "diversity." Which is good. It's not only white people who buy floor wax. ... For Americans of every color to feel like they are part of the same nation, they need to see themselves reflected in public life—whether in politics or television. Ergo, race and ethnicity must be taken into account.
The problem is that the concept of diversity has been distorted. It has become an excuse for me-ism by liberal Hispanics, African-Americans, gays, the handicapped and a myriad other groups. Competence is relegated to the background, while membership in a group with officially sanctioned "victim" status become the primary consideration, [says Mr. Hernandez].
Many Americans of diverse ethnic background simply want a reasonable acceptance of their background Playwright Elizabeth Wong, who rejects being a "hyphenated American," nevertheless explains her pain and feeling of insult from the caricature of Asians in movies and television as "slanty-eyed, English-mangling, unappealing and weak." But having seen a fresh and more realistic portrayal more recently, she adds, "Just to see oneself (accurately] reflected in the movies we see, the TV we watch, the plays we experience—the idea takes my breath away." She explained how, as a minority, she yearns to belong and asks that American society reconsider, "What is mainstream? Who is mainstream?"
The ethnic makeup of America—just as in so many other English-speaking countries around the world today—is much more diverse than it has ever been. In an article on another subject, The San Francisco Examiner noted, "The United States is undergoing rapid demographic change, flooded with people from every culture on Earth. As the influx surges, doctors increasingly face people who are the product of another culture, another worldview, and whose concept of illness may be radically at odds with modern scientific medicine."
These days most immigrants are coming from Asia and the Americas, and less from European stock. Consequently, there is less identification with Western values and culture—now derisively referred to as "the works of the dead white males." This inevitable "clash of cultures" is spawning multiculturalism.
New York's Whitney Museum of American Art , in an especially glaring outburst of multiculturalism and its close relative, "political correctness," at its big biennial art show earlier this year, "caved in to pressure and staged PC [politically correct] exhibitions that feature occasional dollops of actual art and great helpings of trendy propaganda about victimization, imperialism, patriarchy and the dreadful stigma of white skin."
Thus wrote John Leo in U.S. News and World Report, March 22, 1993. Mr. Leo continues:
In two numbing hours at this organized shambles, I learned that the world is neatly divided into good and bad. Good: women, nonwhites, homosexuals, transvestites, gang members, people with AIDS, gays in the military…. Bad: America, straight whites males, family, religion, hierarchies, lipstick, liposuction… all voices singing the same old song: “Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Western Culture’s Got to Go”… In other words, it’s a cultural war to destabilized and break the mainstream.
Pulling Together—Or Apart?
A new book, CULTURE OF COMPLAINT, The Fraying of America by Robert Hughes, addresses the growing divisiveness in disparate America. He writes about the pressure to recognize cultural diversity with special curriculum on college campuses and how it is leading to a new separatism. His thesis is that the American national character is being deeply affected by this displacement of more or less one overall American culture to a crazyquilt of diverse cultures. “America is a collective work of the imagination whose making never ends, and once that sense of collectivity and mutual respect is broken the possibilities of Americanness begin to unravel.”
So, the multicultural battle is much more than whether the Western classics, “the dead-white-male stuff,” should be universally taught in our schools and colleges. It is just the first big wave of many changes America will experience with its “truculent immigrant society,” as Mr. Hughes refers to the new America.
Even language is a battleline. Miami is another American city where “Latinos are a majority and native English-speakers are a statistical minority” reports Mike Clary. A county ordinance that prohibited the official use of any language but English was struck down in a unanimous vote by the Dade County Commission. The law that offended "in no way prevented people from speaking whatever language they chose at work, at home, or on the streets. It only designated English as the official language of Dade County while allowing for several exceptions, including voter information, elderly services and emergency 911 calls." In other words, there was no arguable need for a change in the “official language” law (L.A. Times, May 19, 1993)
Raising the delicate subject of ethnicity. and culture is clearly not politically correct. But neither is most of the world going to understand that God kept certain promises to Abraham by His giving lands and material blessings to the modern nations of Israel, most especially the English-speaking peoples around the world.
God gives specific guidance regarding how to treat immigrants and visitors: "You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt" (Exodus 22:21). God insists that civil rights apply equally for everyone without respect to persons, "You shall have the same law for the stranger and for one from your own country; for I am the Lord your God" (Leviticus 24:22).
But God also warned that there are penalties ("curses") for broken spiritual Law. One penalty is that the Israelitish nations will lose their God-given blessings. God will allow the alien to possess these blessings: "The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail" (Deut. 28:43-44).
Unless this nation turns back to God it will face further separatism and fragmentation as multiculturalism takes its toll. But beyond any punishment and rebuke, when lessons are learned, God promises, "Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you....And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, IF YOU HEED the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them" (Deut. 28:10-13).
by Craig Kohl
"Why are we the firstfruits?" "WHY?" Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong virtually shouted at the top of his lungs during his 1985 Pentecost sermon. He continued: "We're the firstfruits to become teachers to teach others.”
With Pentecost just behind us we should take time to reflect and remind ourselves of the individual responsibility we each have-to insure that we are continuing to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. We must know, and know that we know, the fundamental truths and principles delivered to us from God's true servants and through His Word.
As firstfruits in God's Kingdom, we will have the awesome responsibility and privilege to teach those transcendent fundamentals to the tattered remnant who survive the Great Tribulation.
Millions will want to know what happened to them and why the world they once knew has been so drastically altered. Bewildered, haggard, injured, diseased, some barely clinging to life; they may look at you and say "What happened?", "Where are we?" , "Why...why are we here?"
Once the multitude has had its physical needs taken care of they will undoubtedly want to know more. We need to meditate and diligently consider how we can effectively answer such important fundamental questions as: "Who and what is God? ", "What is man ? ", "What, if any relationship is there between God and man?”
Later, those born during the Millennium under the reign of Jesus Christ will need to be educated and trained in the Truth of God and the spiritual principles of how to live an abundant, dynamic, fruitful, and rewarding Christian life.
As surely as a farmer needs to bestow the effort to plant his seeds and water as necessary, we will, as full members of God's family and the bride of Christ, be assisting and helping the Master husbandman, Jesus Christ. We will help sow the seeds of Godliness and water with the watering of the power of the Holy Spirit in preparation for an abundant harvest of men made perfect—those who manifest the fruit of God's Holy Spirit and whose righteousness is the righteousness of God.
Mankind will once again be in direct contact with God, and the fruits of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control—will permeate every nation submitted to the Commandments, Statutes, and Judgments of God.
Indeed, when the fortunes of Israel are restored, and when righteousness and justice prevail in the people of God, other nations will behold and be instructed. God will be glorified. Notice Deuteronomy 4:6: "Therefore be careful to observe them; [the Commandments, Statutes, and Judgments] for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, `Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people'..." Ancient Israel and all of humanity could have reaped the blessings of obedience to God. Instead, under the sway of Satan the Devil, humanity, beginning with :he first man, Adam, departed from the Truth of God, fell victim to sin, and as a whole, lost the precious knowledge of the Truth of God and the blessings of obedience.
We, as God's firstfruits, will have the wonderful opportunity to take part in the unprecedented restoration of His Kingdom and His Truth to the whole earth. "For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea" (Habakkuk 2:14).
We must retain the vision of our purpose in God's master plan. At the return of Jesus Christ we will be changed., born again into the glorious Kingdom of God as full members of the God family. We will be God as God is God—partaking of the joy of His kingdom and carrying out our responsibilities as Kings and Priests under Jesus Christ (Revelation 1:6, 5:10). We will be teachers and instructors in righteousness.
So let us resolve to move forward with purpose, with dedication, and through the blessings of God and the power of His Holy Spirit we will be able to faithfully learn and practice His Truth now. In so doing we can show God that we desire His way and that we are actively preparing to be teachers in the World Ahead.