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HIS journ~J is pu1Jl;shed ~o~ tho purpOS') aT ::ti'ling the ]>('('1"8 to ulHlerstuml the l1llIle plan. It 1'roi";,_: ,':~~Cl," ati,; Bible study in wl,ich all its rc,ukrs lle";'- ]'; ';,,-ly ('ng:;gl..~. It glYCS anllOUnC'2111cnt of the 'lSl!S 1l1:~(1e t~) :~jhlc ('l~lS;:;PR lJ'y traveling speakers, annOUIF~es ('ollyenhons, :lul C;l{'~ lC']>orts then'of. It announces radio prograll13 an,1 jJubli8hc3 suitable Blble instructiOll for broadcasting'. It adheres strietly to the Bible as God's rQ';oab] ,ror,l oj' ']', uti!. It st:m,1s firmly upon tho gn~at raU:;Olll sanifi,'p as tile fUll<lamcnta] dort]'ino by hich all doct,iu,'s ttl 0 rtwaou]'e'l. It i" free flam p:<l'ties, serts a!H] cree,Is of men. It does not assullie a ,]ogmdic attitwlc, but eou!i,Iently iUYit"s a rardul (',.all1inatioll of its lltiClances ill tile light of the infallible 'Yonl of Cor1. It does not ill<Iulge in eontro"ersips, ane! its t u lUll1ll8 :tI e no t opell to pel sOllal! ties.
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TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH TIL.T .IEIIOY..H is the only true God, the ::Iaker or l!":lYl'U nu(l l':uth, nntl is fronl f;Yel'lasting- to c,f~rlasting; that the Logos "as the llL'ginning of his ('reation; that the Logos be'came a man; that III' iR now tIl(' Loni .T,'sns Christ in glory, d"the,l ith all power in hea en amI in earth. THAT GOD C!'eaterl the earth for mrtn, rrerttec1 perfer·t man for the earth awl ]l!aI'l'd him upon it; that man wilfully disoheyed God's la" :l1uI was sentence,1 to death; that hy rertson of "rIam's wrongful act all men are uorn sinners and without the right to life. THAT JESUS wrtS mrtde rt humrtn heing in order that he might be~onJl) the Hedeel1ler of man; that he gaye his life a sacrifice fOl' man 1lld therf>by produc",1 the ransom pri"e; that .Tesus the ui inc "'as rais"d from th" ,I.-a,I, asp"lu]",1 into h"aYCll, awl pres"ntct1 the yalue of his human sacrifice as tho redempti yO In ice for man. THAT FOR :L.NY CE::T'FCRIES God, through Christ, has been sel,'ctin~ from aD1on~st men the members of his "JIlIl ('jl, which constitutes the bOlly of Christ; that the mission of the chUl'"h is to follo' in the footsteps of her Lonl Christ .T('sus, grow in his lik"ll('ss. !~iYe testimony to tlH' naD1f> awl plan of .TehO rth Goll, al1(l ultiD1rttely 1", glorifi,',l with ChriRt .I,'sus in his heawnl,v kin:;,loD1; that Christ, Jl"arl anll bo,ly. (·onstitut .." tlH' "s('(',l of . h,,:,l!:Ull" through ,dlich all tl,e f:t1l11lies of the ea rth shall be hIcsBed. 'l'HAT THE WORLD TI".S EKDED; that the Lorrl .Tesus has returne,I :' :e,I i] HOW pres,'nt; that J,·]IO' ,tll h"s pl:l('(',1 ('IlI'lst ~Tesus upon hid tII1011C and no,v COllUl1nntls all nation., amI peoples to llC:,r a:l<1 o1Jey him. TTL.T THE nOPE OF THE PF.OPLES of e::trth is resto· mtioll to hUll1:m lwrf"etioll dming tlw r"ig'1l of Christ; tImt the reign of Christ will afio1l1 opportunity to (,],;' man to han' :t ftlr tli,,] for life, and tl1Os,' who ohey Vlll live on e"rtll f')r en']' in a state of happiness. YE,IRLY r"TTFD Xl.;)!):
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