Herbert W. Armstrong, Quoted - cogneo.org

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edifying of those holding
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Truth of our Father.

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YNAM nihtiw eht hcruhC pihsrebmem era gnivael DOG tuo fo eht ?erutcip -- ni riehtn wo
g n Dis OtdtGtnuui opm?fh o ce orh kyDuttneh aihC ehhtdhttnt ifk onem eht elpoep dluow etov
rof thguo ot eb edam eht SREDAEL ni eht ?hcruhC -- taht eht elpoe pdluohs yas ot ,DOG sihT'
si RU O,hcru h,CdoG ew tnaw uoy ot TEG TUO fo eht hcruhC dna evael su .enola EW lliw nur
siht hcruhC RUO '!yaw I denekawa desserpmi taht OOTM YNA fo ruo elpoep eraG NIVAEL
DOG DNA TSIRHC TUO FO SIH ,HCRUHC dna gniyrt ot ekam ti RUO hcruhC -- e hhtcruhc
, E df LHnoTe PCa O"heORfN!thEUoDtPHOCG
nI[" eht s07 ]ereht erew ta tsael xis ro neves ni POT seciffo txen ot s'tsirhC eltsopan i
ytirohtua -- nem detsurt dna .deronoh tuB yeht erew gniog ot ekam ti EHT' HCRUHCF O
', EdLaPeOtEsPni fo eht HCRUHC FO .DOG yehT dluoc ton ees doG ron tsirhC ni rie hltatnem
"!SLARE BeI rLye ew.hhTcr ush'C deforoGutcip
woN" sehcruhc ro skrow FO RIEHT NWO evah neebats rted. But they overlook one
:gniht TPECXE' EHT DROL DLIUB EHT ,ESUOH YEHT RUOBAL NI NIAV TAHT DLIUB
"'.TI
"!sesu orhie hgtnidli utb o snDiOG"
-- trebreH .W ,gnortsmrA llahS" eW llA evaeL eht hcruhC fo doG dna nioJ ehT' hcruhCf o
"?'elpoeP sw edNooG , Septemb re.0891

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

5..............................................................................................................................GNORTSMRA .W TREBREH YB EUGOLORP

...........NWOD POT EHT MORF SNREVOG SYAWLA DOG 5.......................................................................................................

8.....................................TNEMNREVO GS'DO GN IYTIROHTU AN ITNEMECAL PRO FGNINIAR TN IER ASNAITSIRHC

P EHT ROF SI TLIUB TSIRHC HCRUHC EHT WORK..T.H.E. D.O.I.N.G. .O.F. ....... ..U.R.P.O.S.E. .......................................9

21.........................HCRUHC EHT FO "KROW" EHT SI DOG FO MODGNIK GNIMOC EHT FO LEPSOG EHT GNIHCAERP

RAEH ELOHW RIEHT EVAH ELPOEP S'DOG TAHT TNATROPMI SI TI "WDTOOHRIEKIN "NG. .T.S. ..........................13

81....................................................................................NATAS YB DEREDNIH DNA DETAH SI DOG FO KROW EURT EHT

WORHTREV ONA CNATA S,SYEBOSI DROTARTSINIMD AGNIDAE LEH TNEHW EHT
91...........................................................................................................................................HTRAE NO DOG FO TNEMNREVOG

.............................AIHPLEDALIHP DNA ANRYMS FO NOITUCESREP DEISEHPORP EHT 32..................................................

42................................................................................................"YAWA GNILLAF" EHT SI HTURT MORF YAWA GNIKLAW

EHT SEHCAERP OHW RETSINIM YNA MORF EELF LLIW ELPOEP S'DOG SATAN.OT.FR. I.N.I.T.Y. ...........................25

62........................GNORTSMRA .RM YB THGUAT REVEN EREW TNEMNREVOG HCRUHC FO SWEIV SUORTALODI

72...............NOITAMROFE RTNATSETOR PEH TN IYCARCOME DRO FYHCRAREI HDEGNAHCX ESREMROFE REHT

H82.............................................TNEMNREVOG HCRUHC NI YCARCOMED GNITPECCA NO GNORTSMRA .W TREBRE

.................................................................................................................TNEMNREVOG DNA NOISIVID ,YTINU 92...................

23.......................................................................................................................................................ENIRTCOD GNISIMORPMOC

SEY" NO GNORTSMRA .W TREBREH -MEN"........................ 43.....................................................................................................

53..................................................................DEPPIHSWOLLEFSID GNIEB STNARRAW NOISIVID LANIRTCOD GNISUAC

GNORTSMRA .RM GNISUCCA 83................................................................................................."GNILLORTNOC" GNIEB FO

...................................................................................NAM A FO STIURF EHT SUSREV SECNEREFFID YTILANOSREP 14.....

34.........................................................................................SREDLE FO LICNUOC LACILBIB A EVAH TSUM HCRUHC EHT

......................................................TIRIPS NAECIDOAL A YB DECUDORP MSILAREBIL LANIRTCOD 54...............................

84..........................................................................................................................TIRIPS NAECIDOAL EHT DNA YCARCOMED

DUTITTA NAECIDOAL EHT HTIW ESOHT STIAWA NOITALUBIRT TAERG EHT E..........................................................49

94...........................NOITALUBIR TTAER GEH TRO FGNIDAE HESOH TGNINRA WF OYTILIBISNOPSE REH TGNIVAH

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EUGOLOR PYB TREBREH .GWNORTSMRA

nehW" eht ESOPRUP fo gnilbmessa ni a lacol puorg straped morf s'doG esoprup -- when the
era netfo srebmem ,elpmaxe dna snoitcurtsni elbiB eht morf straped ylbmessa lacol eht gnitcudnoc fo dohtem
n yemav owidra rof ddG o ns!tlasena ofinflirolete
roF" eht ytefas dna eraflew fo ,lla I tsum kaeps ylnialpa dn .yldidnac doG sdnammoc siHe urt
ministers: 'Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. I charge thee before God and the Lord
doianothebre,f ore onper efewrirtihnogu tth ings theseo bserve thou that angels,e lect the and Christ,J esus ng
nothing by partiality' (I Tim. 5:20 - 21).
,emoS" ohw evah dednetta a lacol noitagergnoc fo s'doG hcruhC rof ,sraey evahy llaudarg
debmuccus ot eht ecneulfni fo nataS dna eht llup fo eht ,hself litnu yeht evah emoc ot kool no eht esoprup
t fo noitcnuf dna lhoecc ahlu rscohm ethilnitsgkh(u eiaIm sn m da ritzheeu inrs criptwuarvaraia nlesit w no g
:)!LLA
eW'" tsuj tnaw ot evah ',ecaep yeht ,tsetorp gniyfitsuj rieht erutraped morf eht ELBIB .syaw eW'
ef eht yojne dna ,htabbaS yreve hcruhc dnetta ot tnaw tsuj ulspa,rm ebaacshtaeenr y h alwvliiotnwhgso huitp ,
ro llet su s'tahw gnorw htiw ,su ro esu eht serutpircS ot tih ta .su eW tnaw a rotsap ohw lliw wohs EVOL
drawot ,su yb gnittel su od sa ew ,esaelp dna sa hcae fo su sees ti rof .flesmih eW t'nod tnaw ap r o otetssau
eht elbiB ot ekirts tuo ta ,su dna llet su er'ew ,gnorw dna ekam su' .leelebfatrofmocnu
"'And another thing,' this attitude continues, 'we want to have the "say - "os n itah wew ,o ddn awoh
ruo secivres era .detcudnoc eW t'nod tnaw yna trapni tahw ruo rotsap sllac s'doG" "krow -- that's just his
own personal work, and we're not interested, and we don't want to hear about it -- we want no part in it. We
don't care anything about going into all the world and proclaiming the Gospel...'
"Rather a ,gnihsinots t'nsi ,ti taht elpoep ohw evah draeh s'doG HTURT dehcaerp rof ynam sraey --
elpo eophw ta dtestrpief ctcia ni eht evol fo d e,sdso eG ,fdtoei rtgprn aittcusio ttciarp -- should, through the
years, fall away from the truth, reject new truth as ti si ,derevocnu nigeb ot ecarbme eslaf senirtcodd na
,sro r drynelal aenmiofc ot hcus endauti tstaa e?vdoebtaouq
tuB" I erussa ,uoy ym ,nerhterb taht hcus sah !deneppah I od ton ereh esucca yna .laudividni I yas
ot esoht ,denrecnoc kool nwod peedotni your own hearts! If the shoes fits, either put it on and wear it --
OTNI EHT EKAL FO ,ERIF OT EB !DENRUB -- ro esle TNEPER erofeb ti s iylgnitsalre vOeOT !ETAL
But to those who do not share this degenerated carnal attitude, I say, 'I don't mean you!'"
-- Herbert W. Armstrong, "Local Assemblies Are NOT Social Clubs," sw edNooG , October 1957.

NW OPD OET HM TOS RNFREV OSGYA WD LOAG

" yadoT emos ni eht hcruhC fo doG od tonREDNU - DNATS tsuj tahw eht hcruhC fo doG yllaer !SI emoS
eevmaohcebc desufno sa ot rehtehw ereht si NOITAZINAGRO ro tnemnrevog niti -- and I mean in GOD'S OWN
!HCRUHC dnA doG SAH YLNO E!NHOCRU HIC( . r,o2C1 :)2.131 tuB ew fo eh t!''den salitlwsarh esdnu tahT
understanding shall be made PLAIN in this letter."
ynaM" semit I have told you, dear Brethren, that when God first called me, beginning in the autumn of 1926,
that the living Christ brought me into His truth a step at a time. YOU have not had to learn the truth so slowly --
tsirhC desu em ot od ti rof .uoy dnA eno fo eht yrev tsal shturt eH denepo ot em saw taht foH CRUHC
"!TNEMNRE V DONNGOAITAZINAGRO
" ,nerhterB I evah tlef ti yrassec etnaht uoy dluohs wonk d ndanatsr eedsneuh t,sgniht os uoy yam ezilaer YHW
I did not yet fully understand the truth regarding church gov ernment and organization, in February, 1939 -- EROM
O GSARA E5NY3AHT -- when I wrote an article on church organization.
"There had been much confusion and argument among the 'Sardis' brethren about church organization. When
eht wenos - dellac elbiB' mroF foC hurch Organization' was introduced at Salem, naturally the Stanberry people
deugra tsniaga .ti I kniht ew lla emaceb desufnoc no eht .noitseuq s'tI ekil gnieb oot esolc ot eno eert ot ees eht
...tserof nI htob foesoht -- Stanberry and Salem -- oevlpo eepht det -- tnemnrevo gmorf eht mottob ekil ese hstretnessid
.yadot "
"We published an article revealing new truth about church organization in The GOOD NEWS, November,
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1952, and again in August, 1953, 'GOVERNMENT in Our Church,' and in November, 1953, 'JUDGING an d
DISCIPLINE in God's Church.' As God revealed truth, His Church accepted it. And long since, we came into the
FULL TRUTH on church organization and government."
,ecitoN" ,won eht ,MROF ro ELPICNIRP fo s'doG tnemnrevog ni tneicna :learsI s'tI nevig nixE sudo31:81 -
29."
ereH" si tnemnrevog MORF EHT POT )DOG( no .nwod ereH si s'doG nwo DIMARYP elpicnirpf o
government in ancient Israel.
"At that time the whole NATION -- with church and state united -- deipucco eno esicnoc .aera ehT mroff o
organization could b eht rednU .DOG morf tnemnrevoG saw tI .pot eht ta ,doG rednu NAM ENO yb deretsinimda e
lanretE doG ni ytirohtua saw .sesoM rednU sesoM a REBMUN fo ,srelur hcae revo SDNASUOHT ti( dluoc evah
of ruler each Under ruler). each undtehro ussaenvdesr al been of ruler each Under hundredso.v er rultehrosu sand, a
a hundred, rulers of fifties, and under each of them rulers of tens.
tI" saw ELUR MORF EHT POTNWOD -- taht ,si MORFDOG -- ti saw eh tTNEMNREVOG FO !DOG doG
,sdnas u sofrhoe tleu s r.osshe ec sseoosMMohc dna os n"o.nwod
"In the days of Samuel, the people of Israel rejected GOD as their real Ruler, ruling through such humans as
HE chose, as at that time, God was ruling through Samuel. They demanded a MAN to be their king. God gave
meht ,luaS ohwelleber d against God. Then God gave them David, a man after His own heart. Still it was
!N WPEM OOHOtDTTRnFemnrevog
tahT" si s'doG ELPICNIRP FO .TNEMNREVOG s'tI eht EMAS YADOT ni siH !hcruhC eH ,syasI '
EGNAHC '!TON .laM(").6:3
" As we progress through the elbiB no enhotit s,eT uNfqEoM NEeRLhEPtVI OC,GNt InfReo Pmmnorrefvog
eht POT ,NWOD si .tnetsisnoc tuB eht ,noitacilppa ro sliated fo ERUTCURTS ,sreffid dna seirav ot tpada ot eht
,emit snoitidnoc dna .seitilicaf ehT sretlover morf s'doG kroW esufnocts larutcur mrof htiw ELPICNIRPf o
,htcnie hmSswn YirmAeoWv rLoefAgh t P )O.DTnOwGo(d ye heTr aTO NE.HETMAS
nI" eht dlO ,tnematseT doG esohc ENO ,sesoM( ,leumaS ,luaS ,divaD ).cte ta a ,emit REDNU ,DOG esuaceb
Israel was ONE nation in ONE location or area . ONE at the top of the human level, under God, with others under
,mih saw lla taht saw deriuqer ot retsinimda eht ELPICNIRP fo tnemnrevog MORF EHT POT.NWOD
tuB" ni eht tsrif yrutnec fo eht lepsoG kroW ni eht weN ,tnematseT doG saw gnidnes eht lepsoGtni Y NoAM
,SEIRTNUOC revo ediw .saera oS eH dezinagro siH kroW otni OWT lapicnirp ,snoisivid rosaera -- LEARSI dna
.SELITNEG yehT erew ylediw detarapes .yllacihpargoeg noitacinummoC saw yllautriv ,lin tpecxe ybl anosrep
.tcatnoc noitatropsnarT saw yb,toof es r,ok hcrao breolum y ble m,at c nr.aot harpooeblle ias f Ire teerPe weh telos
were he if Rome, in him under next man the cowmimtuhn ictaot e weeks him take might it Chrisutn,d er head human
ni .melasureJ oS doG dekrow yltcerid htiw OWT ni detarapesra ".sae
"Wistuhcc ohm municatiaotnnrd a nsportatifoanc ilitiaevsa ilabtloed aCyh,r irsetq uiroensOl NyoE n,ac gea in,
yltcerid rednu .mih lareveS semit I evah denoitseuq rehtehw tsirhC dluow niadro eno ro lareves erom ,seltsopa tub
ghn tisilywe asnwnoluaoc ,stsilegnave rieht esnopser sah neeb a evisiced dna etulosba"'.ON'
eht..." TNEMNREVOG FO ]si[...DOG dezinagro morf eht POT".NWOD
.DE Lg AnY EiLoV hEtEe tcVRewsnaIsoie eT hhms tIsko taiwS'otwtoOtonesNPeliNe"lT
"I quoted from Galatians 2:7 - w othuo b8a lu ad Pesnagw i ystbssair hoCt dae hEH TKROW ot.s eelhittneG
woN" eciton sutiT4:1 - 5 and 2:15 -- luaP etorw ot sutiT REDNU( ,)LUAP oT' ,sutiT enim nwo nos retfa eht
no mhmt oincaefve( sa es orhetdnu em ni EHT K R,OyWad oetra YM n w yo,lstncoe srrioedridni ctly, in the Lord),
...from God the Father (first in rank) and the Lord Jesus Christ (second in rank) our Savior. For this cause left I
(nexitrn a nk -- selitneG ot -- issehto uldtehsotu thatC rete, in Work) the ianu thPoaruilt('yus n dert heCeh risutn)d er n
order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders (under Titus who is under Paul, who is under Christ) in every
city as I had appointed thee.'
" No authority in the Church? What did God MEAN when He says in His Word, 'OBEY them that have the
ELUrRevo ,uoy dna tim b:ussevlesruoy rof yeht hctaw rof ruoy ,sluos sa yeht taht tsum evig tnuocca sa( I wonk I
)llahs taht yeht yam od ti htiw ,YOJ dna ton htiw :feirg rof taht gnisuac( esoht revo uoy )feirg si elbatiforpnu rof
UOY . yarP rof su ESOHT( FO SU DOG SAH TES NI YTIROHTUA )YADOT rof ew tsurt ew evah ad oog
,ecneicsnoc ni lla ,sgniht gnilliw ot evil 'yltsenoh .beH(71:31 - 18).
oN" tnemnrevog ni s'doG ?hcruhC nehT YHW did doG eripsni siht ot eht ?snainolassehT dnA' ew hceeseb
,uoy ,nerhterb ot wonk meht which labor among you, and are OVER YOU in the Lord, and admonish you; and to
m em yeeylthrh stegn eviie h v s.orr'eloikkferahos tw d'nsA e e vIb.l(s 2 eet1egsha:cnrT5aouemopay - 13).
"One of the things SATAN works overtime in injecting into any mind th at will let it enter, is RESENTMENT
FO .YTIROHTUA S'DOG ytirohtua si deretsinimda niEVOL -- dna yllautca sa eno GNIVRES esoht rednus iH
do Gytirohtu atah wes uo tyr tIya weh ts ita h .Tmeh tro fNRECNO Cgnivo lf otu odn aDOO GRIEH Tro fytirohtua
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has delega ted to me, and I try to teach those under me to use it in the same manner -- as a servant, not one lording it
over those under him -- sa SUSEJ evag su na .elpmaxe nataS SESIPSED ,tnemnrevog tpecxe sa EH flesmih ylhsrah
and in hate employs it.
s eGto adthuwB" ?TNEMNREV OGGNISIPS EtDuo by aadso
"'But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and DESPISE GOVERNMENT.
suoutpmuserP era ,yehtfles - willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities, whereas angels, which are greater
in po wer and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. But these, as natural brute beasts,
made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their
own corruption' (II Peter 2: 10 - 12).
"Brethren, THAT'S GOD'S WORD, not mine!
"Now notice I Corinthians 12: In this chapter God is showing that in THE WORK of the Church -- proclaiming
eht lepsoG ot eht ,dlrow dna gnideef eht ,kcolf ereht era t n,eSrNeOfIfTiAdR TtSnIeNrIeMfDfAidOITAREPO ,SN
ni eht ,hcruhC dna rof ,eseht doG sah nevig suoirav lautirips ,STFIG ro ,stnemrewopme yb siH yloH".tiripS
oS" ni eht ,hcruhC doG sah tes secnereffid fo .SNOITARTSINIMDA roF ,elpmaxe ew evah yadote ht
Division of Church Administration (CAD), or, Execu tive Administration over minister and churches. There is the
Educational Administration, or Executive direction over the Colleges and Imperial Schools. There is Publishing
Administration, Broadcast Administration over radio and TV, etc. This of necessit y requires organization. The
tcaxe nrettap ro ERUTCURTS yam yrav gnidrocca ot ,snoitidnoc ,sdeen ,.cte tub eht ELPICNIRP fo e ht
noitazinagro TSUM EB TAHT FO S'DOG ,TNEMNREVOG rof eht ,POT ,doG neht ,tsirhC no ,nwod sa TSIRHC
has directed and chosen. "
"The very fact that God has endowed different members in His Church with additional spiritual gifts, added to
their own natural talents and abilities, in itself shows emphatically that there is definite ORGANIZATION in His
Church, and that the ORGANIZATION mus t wolf morf a niahc fo ,ytirohtua gnidrocca ot eht ELPICNIRP hcihw
GOD (our legislative branch), has set -- taht ,si YTIROHTUA MORF EHT POT .NWOD tahT si eht .ELPICNIRP
ehT SNOITAREPO srefer ot gninoitcnuf gnidrocca ot eht lacitcarp noitacilppa fo ehtNIRP ELPIC fo tnemnrevog
.D O ysGnbuevig
"The ADMINISTRATIONS in the Church refers to executive performance and managerial responsibilities,
TON otycilop - making. In other words, adapting the method of functioning, according to the PRINCIPLE which
e ohDPtO(G ycil rekaM dna wa L,)revi Gton ,ew sah dial".nwod
"Now WHAT is this chapter (I Corinthians 12) showing? That the Church is ONE -- dna ENOYLNO -- and has
many members. That there are different Administrations and different operations (verses 5 - 6). That ther e are
tnereffid lautirips STFIG tub( ENOTIRIPS -- sesrev ,47 - .)11 tsirhC si eht daeH fo eht ,hcruhC dellac eht' ydoB fo
',tsirhC gnivah ynam srebmem rof ynam .snoitcnuf oT wohs ynam ,snoitcnuf ti si derapmoc ot eht namuh ydob
s2e1srev( - 26). Then, we re se7 s2 sr keenncvi ai(erfvfiot cde apfesohetr - 30).
,o S," s snd aonli A at, 'DncnoOo not GihuidKttftnNaaa aArhr tRe tse p fseseoeoicmvni oiiffst mfoundociaexe
the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps,
governments, diversities of tongues (languages)' (I Cor. 12:28).
ecitoN" !won DOGsyas -- eht yloH DROW FO DOG :syas dnA' DOG tes emos ni eht ,hcruhc ,tsrif ,seltsopa
yldnoces ,stehporp yldriht '...srehcaet s'tahT tahw DOG .syas B tu ]a[ redael fo eht ygoloeht fo eh tsretness imdorf
around way his THINKS He ranks.' than rather titles, these call to better far is it THINK I 'BUT says, Church God's
T.NdE eMF Tt NO,YhS aeRD TcIsghEOdIiRaetVGn RhHhlOaeOwCeGhHdtTUA
DOG" ,SYAS,tsrif ,yldnoces .yldriht tuB EH SKNIHT sih yaw dnuora S'DOG !DROW ,nerhterB S'DOG
".ylev i ,e t s yl epdhetldoher crosnstcofr ansaeWouddehdho lCGoesrac
" In the world of the unconverted, those in authority do exercise lordship over those under them. Christ said it
dluohs TON eb os htiw .su tuB eH did ton ni os gn ihysaislob a lyltairoht u.rapoihsrelu r eH TPUIPHSREL UnRi
siH .hcruhC eH DETAGELED .ytirohtua tahW eH saw gnihcaet siH erutuf ,seltsopa si taht ew niS 'DOG
TNEMNREVOG dluohs TON raeb elur NIT detrevno c enRshuEatN NGANMIVO L DNHNUSA REA MHEAHS
in the world.
"Let's get this point CLEAR. It's basic. Misunderstanding at this point has caused some to leave God's
Church, and perhaps even God's salvation and gift of eternal life!
u ste aJehcwitoN" Gentiltehse over rule atcoc ounatreed w hicht hey that kno'w.t .1a.0uy:ge2h 4Mt:a. r.sk. [in]
ruo ye bllah s,uo ygnom ataer ge blli wreveosoh wtu b:uo ygnom ae bto nt illah so stub...meh trev opihsdro lesicrexe
: rree tvdseni oanfsioomh wuo ylliw eb eht ,ltl sate hnfesaeb vifrh oec.slla r onFe veeh tnoS fo n aemm atcon ot eb
ministered unto, but to minister, ...' But no one can say Jesus had no authority.
"Years ago, seeing this, and not considering the many, MANY Scriptures charging some in the Church with
the in authority no is there mean to scriptures above the took I etc., unruly, the 'rebuke' to saying rulership,a uthority,
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the in So, ago). years 40 over was (this truth God's in NEW still was I authoritye.x ercise to want not did I Church.
ylrae days of the parent Church of the Philadelphia era, at Eugene, Oregon, I allowed 'wolves in sheep's clothing' to
come in and sow the seeds of discord among brethren. It resulted in splitting the church in two -- ylbissop gninrut
flah ym kcolf otno eht yawht ta sdael otni a ekal fo !erif doG dah siH nwo yaw fo GNIKUBER EM ,YLDNUOS
making me see this in its true light. Jesus here is talking about THE MANNER in which the authority Christ
".YTI R .e Os d rs Hese geiOTtis nhNUaue itAgHsTyeiOalNsed
"...in the sa em hceeps erehw suseJ thguat tsniaga gnidrol' ti 'revo esoht rednu s'eno ytirohtua ekuL[ ,]22 eH
detag eol tey dtmie r h,og tPhnfItioHutSat GinN s.oIesKvelneowrtht
I" evah dah ot tcerroc emos rednu em ni s'doG kroW no siht yrevtniop -- the manner in which ytirohtua saw
.desu esohT fo su ni s'doG hcruhC era ton TEY .tcefrep eW tsum EMOCREVO dna WORG ni .ecarg But the
remedy is not to take all authority which Christ has delegated OUT of the Church, but to learn to administer it
NI EHT RENNAMtsirhC has taught. "

'And 11: verse witbhe ginning 4, Ephesians is Church the in authority of RANK the oinn stpraurcatliloenl" The
.cte ',seltsopa eb dluohs emos taht erew stfig siH dnA' :ylraelc erom ti setalsnart VSR ehT '... ,emos evag )tsirhC( eh
Continue , 'some prophets, and some evangelists, and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for
EHT KROW fo gen hiytmritas liecnhoitr mpl(epsoG fo eh tmodgniK ot lla eh t,)dlro wrof e hgtniyfid efo eht ydob
of Christ...'"
doG" sah YLNO ENOC HCRUH no ,htrae hcihw eH stcerid ni eht gniod fo siHkroW -- not TWO churches --
ton YNAM snoitanimoned dna ,stces dna '.spuorg' tuB' won era yeht ynam ,srebmem TEY TUB ENO 'YDOB I(
Cor. 12:20 -- ee sosla .v ,2 1.)31 roF' yb etnior ieprSa ew ll ato nt(rap fo "' . oydEtdeNnozOibi t)psaub
-- Herbert W. Armstrong, letter to brethren, 2 May 1974.

T NNEIM E GCRN AO ISLFENNP RIANAAIIRTTSIRHC
TNEMNREV OSG'D ONYGITIROHTUA

"God's people are in the time of final trying and testing -- like taking final exams to determ eni rehtehwe w
graduate."
" ,nerhterB NAC RUOY DNIM DNEHERPMOC EHT TNEDNECSNART EDUTINGAM FO] S'DOG[
E M?EERSPOUPSRUP ehT e rEiStRnEeVIN Uot eb tup NROEIDTNCUEJ BoUtS ?uoy tahT snaem uoy era ot
lrt leiEavLoUR -- d dtnoonatGeid e,beovissim b e uurFsoaIy !W Ou Norye vtonemnrev os giH
" oD uoy tnaw ot tel tnemtneser tsniaga s'doG tnemnrevog revo uoy WON yfilauqsiduoy -- hctans uoym orf
s E'EC dSA doORrn GPGoa,RfuU oPd yntas au cooytni a eka lf?oeri fE S sOr'PodRfo UGsPu si ,OTSA EeRwG
tA sSR e AdloEetFen TAN divert our minds from that GOAL! Satan is subtle!
tsuJ" TAHW SI ?DOG eH si !ROTAERC tuB eH sniatniam -- sevreserp -- tahw eH .setaerc ?WOH yBs iH
TNEMNREVOG -- "T !NFDEOOMGNR EeVhOtG
"God's overall PURPOSE in creating and putting man on earth, therefore :LA UsD a,w
NTONI ET F)MAFO1 NRO "EeRODH hE.TOTnTVhSGoOtEpGrRuae
)2" oT ECUDORPER ,FLESMIH dna suht ecudorp na detimilnu rebmun fo ,sgnieb nettogeb dna NROBf o
doG otni S'DOG NWO ENIVID YLIMAF gnivah depoleved TCEFREP YLOH DNA S UOETHGIR
taht ,RETCARAHC That 3:9). John (I SIN CANNOT they that THEMSELVES SET so have shall and NOT, WILL
si eht ylno eetnaraug taht eht rotaerC DOG yam yltcefrep EVRESERP taht hcihw EH sngised dna".setaerc
" Brethren, we in God's Church are being trained and prepared, NOW, to gnirud doG fo modgniK eht ni ELUR
the millennium. What KIND (principle) of government are we being trained to administer?
"At that time, beginning with Christ's coming and the resurrection, Christ will be KING of kings over ALL
riD .)61:91 .veR( SNOITAN Israelover Christ, under ectly -- of tribes twelve the from springing nations the all is that
Israel -- will be the resurrected David... (Jeremiah 30:8 - 9)... (Ezekiel 37:22 - ...)52 leikezE( .)32:43 fO ,esruoc osla
under Christ will be others over the Gentile ,snoitan tub doG sah ton delaever ohw .yllacificeps ,tuBR EDNU
". ), 8Dw d2 Ieso:lVheG9lAto 1eDtds ta ulMeoel(shl a.ow ufh.hhros.tcs aefee boveilhrettwt
nruT" ot ekuL ,91 gninnigeb htiw esrev .11 suseJ evag a elbarap ot siH selpicsid hcihw[ dewohsaht ts iH
stnavre sdluow evi eycteirrohtu arevo seitic ta ...]eh tdnoces gnimoc fo tsirhC ot ELUR ll"a...snoitan
,retaL" morf nevaeh suseJ :dias eH' t a,hhttemocre vdona htepeek ym SKROW otnu eht ,dne ot mih lliw I evig
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POWER over the nations, and he shall RU EL MEHT htiw a dor fo 'nori .veR(62:2 - 27). And, again, 'To him that
Is anev e,)melasure Jni (enorh ty mn ie mhti wti so ttnar gIlli w)RETCARAH CLAUTIRIP Sn isworg (htemocrevo
osla ,emacrevo dna ma tes nwod htiw ym rehtaF ni ym s'rehtaF 'enorht .veR(:3 21).
,nerhterB" ew era NI ,GNINIART ,WON ELUR...rof ni eht MODGNIK FO .DOG dnA tahw ELPICNIRP fo
?tnemnrevog morF eht POT .NWOD morFDOG -- ti si SIHtnemnrevoG -- eht TNEMNREVOG fo doG e ht
Father.
Under Him is Christ. Under Christ, over ISRAEL will b e eht detcerruser .DIVAD rednU ,divaD hcae revo
.SEL .TrL hSSe AscEO drN r aIPe,neIf,eEeTAnm UvGos lV IoeeoIefuLeChh RborEvtteOiWlhrTettwt
" ,YCARCOMED morf eht mottobpu -- yreve nam gniod tahw smees thgir NI SIH NWO ,SEYE dluow
ueoortyaRp errepven ,t na d ne h.t lLart wnid u E ehsfe lNo,Bhmtiihu uGwKEtertooINRirhyhEIwBCsHT
tsniaga s'doG tnemnrevoG sa EH sah decalp ti ni SIH HCRUHC ,WON dna wollof eht sretnessid TUO fo
s'doG ,hcruhC otni tahw dezirohtuanu snamuh evah DETAICOSSA MEHT - SEVLES otni -- na
DE T'A.IHCCORSUSHAC' I dluo hdsname dFOORP taht hcus si fo .DOG erehT si O N.ECNEDIVE tI si
NfEoM -- ,hlsaiyfollnesesimd -- ddee v y!diyannebwaacsteadS "

"Dear Brethren, I feel like writing to you as the Apostle John did, as 'my little children,' (I John 2:1) -- ,rof
droL eht ni srethguad dna snos ym era uoy ,yltceridni ro yltcerid -- mteh.r ouguhp r aCihsrewidhs itc Who rk the of or
eW era thgir won ni eht emit fo LANIFSMAXE -- fo ere vgensiyrt dnagnitset -- to determine whether we shall make
it into God 's Kingdom and eternal life -- to be a priest or king, ruling under Christ for a thousand years -- and after
,taht eht EL OEHSWREVINU rednu ruo !teef ehT erutuf erofeb su si os SeUwOMR OyNlEtnednecsnart
s' t .eeftLvoiiec nyolc l wutofonnnac not fail in these final exams."
-- Herbert W. Armstrong, letter to brethren, 2 May 1974.

T E LTSE SIS O HRIUI HPETOBRCR HFHRUTCUPHC
KR OEW HGTNI OFDO

sihT" si t sTo"Nm.ETG NRdAUnTaROPMI
ivi leh tf okro Weh tgnikcatt asa wnata Stah terofe bdia seva hI" Nowwa otautg hlaatedcih knaa .Gnt Od D n,g
yl n eeghd n dtisu ulisSLolPLu OApnT iS" t .sYrnk'O oardRofooTtfWGSeED
nata SS"ETA Hs' d.ohGcruhC eH setah dna skee syreve yaw ot YORT SsE'Ddo GtaergKROW -- proclaiming
L ME eOP F hDSFO EtGOODHNGOT IGnKilla the world as a witness to all nations.
" S,K'nRDe OOr sWGhN it OeerShr oAtBEH efE!C TyhRh N,WrtcsfE FOer'oTdORvudSnGhoIaCGXE "
" tI smeeselbidercni -- !!elbaveilebnu -- tub emos fo serseeth stesi vendaviehlmweosl mloeatht e bdednil bot eht
IS S GIEIMNBO hcru hsC'd ofNGoO -- HTURT eht ot -- ttFhoAe C TasStnt,oda d retn ouncisincnga thianbngid t ter
,,ss r ee efnhy, too.trK nstdeRdeiovOnsnGWaoihMc
" 'quebbdosyeoTtt gchhtiateehofnryreattni i nhhiennpdainxaeu itsgpl,ran,R,t'ol pnt E h syodeAei nLint rg ,es
gninoitseuq eht enirtcod fo ,GNIHTIT dna gniyas eht sehtit thguo ton ot og rof eht LEPSOG KROWm orf
,sretrauqda etHub eht sehtit dluohs yats ni eht lacol sehcruhc ,erehw fo ,esruoc ti dluoc og otni rieht nwo.stekcop "
"Brethren, this letter is going to evah ot eb .gnol I tnaw uoy ot evah LLA ehtstcaf -- es ue ahyc treeebfvi lfo
! Y KEOtRHR n OTToelWSttaEncDiilo bhdate iikKSdwc R'ag sODtnwiWOtioGaenb
dfaoelt s, nWh iOc rNr utdYne usnouoHot d hiiypGWtyaut CHemeoaelryhctnatro pL tmA sIiTfi"IoV ater
".d l ern loooeowithhttwa vrl ean lfseelfhHioww
" The REAL ISSUE is whether the COMMISSION the living Christ has been carrying out through me and HIS
d endi olr e ur,,bh o a dHcghfcEaCi nsoH eRhsieHUwivhHitCl -- or whether it should be abandoned, and lacol ruoy
suomono teumao cseebhcruhc -- fles - S'DO Gereh wsretrauqdae Hyn af otnednepedn i,sretsini mlaco leh ty bdenrevog
WORK is directed and carried on. This means the local churches would be precisely like the Baptist churches in
organizational structu er dna .tnemnrevog tahT tpecnoc si YLLATOT .LARUTPIRCSNU s'doG hcruhC siw on
dehsilbatse S'DOGYAW -- the BIBLE WAY, under the biblical pattern, which Jesus Christ the living Head, under
God the Father, and next under Christ those on earth He Himself has c alled and chosen, and through whom He
desiar pu siht ,hcruhC dna DESU TI OT YRRAC NO SIH KROW ROF SIHT EMITDNE sa derevoc nie ht
elbiB eht ni detcerid sa YAW ELBIB eht dezinagro si hcruhC S'DOG .41:42 wehttaM ni EMIT RUO rof ycehporp -
- through those HE has . es KneotSRocteIOd igHWsfuf oondt ienener sasihaotvhc "
" in SET Head our asC haruwithshitoc arhali blto yl istho SwcaarHndiEtvtpR ohtEciuSnasrYot a wilT n hgo se
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His Church. Their contentions would lead to VOTING -- eht citarcomed''yaw -- eht yrevPPO .Es yT'faId oWSoOG
yehT tnaw ot eb ',LAREBIL' dna noos siht ytilarebil dluow dael otni lareneg dna daerpsediw .NIS yehTd luow
DLR OSWI HFsTOehcru hecr o w mteasf uejmoceb -- Satan's world.
" Yes, SATAN is the real author of this rebellion against God's WO .KR "
" emoS sretsinim ]era[ gnitteg desufnoc neewteb siht s'dlrow scitilop ni eht naciremA 'citarcomed' ,metsys dna
. . S .EYFDHAOOTWG "
" These dissenting ministers want to desert God's authority and ASSUME IT THEMSELVES. In other words
yeht tnawYCARCOMED' ', GNITOV hcihw si YLLATOTnu - .larutpircs yehT tnaw ot eb trap fo SIHTdlrow --
s'nataS .dlrow yehT tnaw ot eb suomonotua nitnemnrevog -- .SRETRAUQDA EsH'd ofTGoNEDNEPEDNI
" sihT dluow YORTSED EHT TAERG KROW FO !DOG sihT dluow tup na DNE ot eht T AERG
IMMOC NOISS rof ruoemit -- HCAERP EHT LEPSOG FO EHT MODGNIK NI LLA EHT DLROW ROFA
.g n, siSweeaoNorwdOnaI TLO ALTSNANSUENTIW
"Why, dear Brethren, THAT is the VERY REASON for the Church.
esopp ueSw " .e,Tv sNaleEhah DcclNorlE luaPhEcDNI eW tHsSuIjL OEBHATW ORK! Each local church,
in time, could build its own local church building -- TUB EHT LEPSOG DLUOW POTS GNIOG OTE HT
"!DLROW
eh T,"SEHTIT fo ,esr udolcuow ton emoc sr eottrau qodtaeH eb desu ni eht !KROW ereh Wdluow yeht ?OG
To each local minister? What lliw eht retsinim od htiw eht"?yenom
tahW" yeht YLLAER etacovda dna lliw yrt ot ward emos fo UOY ,otni si ylpmis :SIHT YORTSEDE HT
KROW FO !DOG teL eht kcolf dneps LLA sti sehtit no ,sevlesmeht ,ro tel eht lacol retsinim dneps ti llan o
y ayw n,aFLESMIH e!tt aisc eo ohlEtslHiaw
,YLERUS" raed ,nerhterB s'doG raed peehs era ton diputs hguone ot eb nekat' 'ni yb ,layolsid ,ydeergFLES -
serving, rebellious local ministers who are rebelling against GOD..."
,nerhterB" I ksa uoy ot WOLLOF EHT DROL SUSEJTSIRHC -- wol l,SoHIfCH RtUoH nCemtoislps - yfbfo
"y !d,Ner Eee,Mrtsgtuiobilleber
"This thing is of SATAN, and that's where I really place the guilt, rather than on these deceived men now
allowing Satan to turn them the wrong way. Let's PRAY for them, that their ".dene p eoyb asmeye
-- Herbert W. Armstrong, letter to brethren, 25 February 1974.

" ooT ynam fo su evah neeb gnitteg ruo seye FFO eht niamLAOG -- FO s'doG ESOPRUP rof su ni ruo ,emit
.WON nI redro ot YORTSED S'DOG KROW -- ot teg ruo seye ffoti -- eslafUSSI' 'SE evah neeb desiar --
SNOITSEUQ dengised ot esuac STBUOD ni ruoy ,sdnim ot yortsedHTIAF -- evah neeb .desiar ,eltbuS, revelc
ev istdpoehct eeedmvah neeb desu ot tcarted su morf dna esuac su ot tcel gse'ndoG LA EERSOPRU Prof su!yadot
yletga i edtWesmummi "!ESOPR UTPA HokTtc atbe
This mankind. toa nnounceevde rM eismspaogret amnots t the God frobmrM iensgsienngg er a as came "Jesus
e gsaSasWwsEeNM -- eht DOOG SWEN taht eht MODGNIK FO DOG dluow eb derotser ot eht ,htrae dna ,ydaerla
D sN,TfaAnA wHenhetve t ep rds"eotol o.chi udhsc w,ontuasGwastNeiIJK
dnA" ecnis eht HCRUHC FO DOG si ot EMOCEB eht MODGNIK FO ,DOG ti si ,won )1 al autirips
organism, in which each begotten child of God has a personal contact, through Christ, in prayer and in fellowship,
w ith the Father of the Family of which each of us is a begotten child. And in order to carry out the Divine Great
,noissimmoC )2 na ,NOITAZINAGRO dezinagro htiw eht TNEMNREVOG FO ,DOG ot yrrac no tahwe w
r e o y" fKt sl.eeRFaiDhrOOrOtWaGmotsuc
it ownoN" CorIti cchnIheitna ssh ph iiG tCo1tsaoWehw2Th nodtOrui:Hesif hR rn E n aKcg t h -- proclaiming
eht lepsoG ot eht ,dlrow dna gnideef eht ,kcolf ereht era t n,eSrNeOfIfTiAdR TtSnIeNrIeMf Df,AiSdNOITAREPO
in the Church, and for these, God has given various ,"s .tyt n biseyrim liHr,op eSH SlwTraoFoupItmGierips
oS" ni eht ,hcruhC doG sah tes secnereffid fo .SNOITARTSINIMDA roF ,elpmaxe ew evah yadote ht
Division of Church Administration (CAD), or, Executive Administration over minister and churches. There i s the
Educational Administration, or Executive direction over the Colleges and Imperial Schools. There is Publishing
Administration, Broadcast Administration over radio and TV, etc. This of necessity requires organization. The
tcaxe nrettap ro ERUTCURTS yam yrav gnidrocca ot ,snoitidnoc ,sdeen ,.cte tub eht ELPICNIRP fo e ht
noitazinagro TSUM EB TAHT FO S'DOG ,TNEMNREVOG rof eht ,POT ,doG neht ,tsirhC no ,nwod sa TSIRHC
has directed and chosen."
Chthe in authority of RANK the on instrupcatriaolnl el "The 'And 11: verse wbietghi nnin4Eg,p hesianiss urch
eh )tsirhC( evag ,emos '... ehT VSR setalsnart ti erom :ylraelc dnA' siH stfig erew taht emos dluohs eb ',seltsopa
foteachers; and pastors some, and evangelists, some and prophets, 'some Continue, etc. saints, the of perfecting the r
rof EHT KROW fo eht yrtsinim gnimialcorp( eht lepsoG fo eht modgniK ot lla eht ,)dlrow rof eht gniyfide fo eht
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