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T h e

I n t e r n a t i o n 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

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VOL. XII, NUMBER 1

JANUARY,

1963

W H Y

Gods Women Do

Not

Wear

MAKE-UP

Here is the answer to the question: Is it

a

SIN? Here are

ull

the

FACT S - wh e re ,

when, by whom, and

w h y

it originated

--its history-what

the

BIBLE says about it.

OST

WOMEN, today, take the use

of make-up as a matter of course.

To ask the question,

Is

i t wrong?

Is

it a

SIN?

would prove a little start-

ling, and probably ridiculous, to the

average modern woman.

Your great grandm other probably

would not have thought such questions

ridiculous. But the modern girl or wom-

an lives in a world in which it has be-

come as common to make

up

the face

as to put on clothes or arrange the

hair.

When we ge t so close to a habitual

practise that we are surprised

by

these

questions, perhaps we need to stop right

where we are, and take a hard look at

Who Decides What

is

Sin

As

Gods minister, I am commanded

to lift up my voice and cry aloud, and

show Gods people their sins. Most peo-

ple do not know what sin i s Most peo-

plc assumc that sin is doing what thev

-or society-believes to be wrong.

The very first thing we need to get

settled in our minds is this: GOD DOES

NOT ALLOW us TO

DECIDE what

IS

SIN Nor does He allow His ministers

to decide it for you. GOD

HIMSELF

ays

down the law God created and

set

in

inexorable motion the laws it

is

SIN to

transgress. Sin is the transgression of

M

THE

FACTS

by Herbert W. Armstrong

GODS AWS ( I John

3 : 4 ) .

The Apostle

Paul said he would not have known

what constituted sin; except by Gods

Law.

He

would not have known

it

was

sin to covet, had not the tenth com-

mandment given him that knowledge.

Many people today, by

the same

token, do not know whether it is sin to

wear lipstick, or other make-up on the

face. They have not looked into Gods

spiritual MIKKOH is Law o see

whether make-up is sinful dirt on the

face

UNDERSTAND HIS: God does not

allow you to decide WHAT is sin. He

allows you to decide only

WHETHER

you

will sin

Before ancient Israel God set, on the

one hand, right ways and blessings; and

on the other hand, transgressions and

CURSES

ending in eternal death. And H e

commanded them : CHOOSE He al-

lowed

them to choose the way of sin

and death; but He commanded them to

choose LIFE You L a im J L

decide

WHAT

is sin-but you

may

decide WHETHER

to sin. And whatever you sow, that shall

you reap Its inexorable

SIN is against GOD, not people. Kin g

David harmed

a

woman and her hus-

band when he forcibly committed adul-

tery with Bathsheba and then muidered

her husband. But, in broken-hearted re-

pentance, David said to God: Against

thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done

this evil in thy sight (Psalm 51 : 4 ) .

Davids sin was against God alone

Gods

laws were devised and set in

motion

for oar

good.

Do

we not all

want to be happy? Gods laws are THE

WAY to

happiness.

Do

we not want to

find everything and everybody at peace

with us? Gods laws are THE

WAY

to

peace. They are the way to an interest-

ing, full, abundant life of real radiating

JOY. They are the way to good health,

to prosperity, to the thrill of accorn-

plishment and success.

Get this straight:

1) God forbids

noth ing

that is

good

for

us. Gods laws forbid

only

what is

bad f o r us-harmful to us or to others.

They are the way to p e v e n t sickness

and ill health, mental problems and dis-

turbances, neuroses, heartaches, fears

and worries, discouragements and frus-

trations, boredoms and emptiness, pov-

erty and unhappiness.

2 )

W e cannot say that every custom

or practise of this worlds society is

worldly, wrong, sinful in Gods sight.

Just the fact that a practise like the use

of make-up is a universal custom in the

world does not, of itself, make it a sin.

SIN is not defined or determined by

what may be

or

may not be a universal

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T h e GOOD NEWS

Letters

to

the Editor

Comments from French Broadcast

Dear

Sir:

It sure is a good feeling to hear

someone speak of God as you do. Each

hfonday morning

I

leave for work, my

heart filed with joy from your broad-

cast. Yet

I

also f e a r b x w s e

of

the

things prophesied to come. I am

2 1

years

of age,

and I bdieve in God.

Would you please wri te to me and help

me grow.

Ycung

m in from Saint-Michel , France

I am wri:ing to tell you that I have

never owned a Bible. Wculd you be

kind enougll to let me know where I

c m buy on e and how much does it

cost.

Man from Paris, France

Please excuse

my

Inw

gr a d?