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18 Truths Restored by Herbert W. Armstrong

Armstrongs "18 Truths" Kernel of Truth Armstrongs Mistake

1 The go!ernment of od.When#hrist $omes% He &ill restore odsgo!ernment to the &hole earth. 'o you$an be sure the one to $ome in thes(irit and (o&er of )li*ah &ould restoreods go!ernment in his $hur$h. When

Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong $ame amongthe +regon #onferen$e era of the#hur$h of od ,'e!enth -ay% the$hur$h had the right name% the la&% the'abbath and the tithing system. utthey also had a go!ernment of men%&ith a biannual $onferen$e% !oting *ustlike they do in the &orld.

Where!er #hrist is% the kingdom is(resent.

/esus taught that /ohn the a(tistfulfilled Mala$his (ro(he$y ,Matthe&11012 13014. Herbert Armstrongidentified himself as the fulfillment ofMala$his (ro(he$y.#ongregationalism is a legitimate form

of $hur$h go!ernment.

4 The os(el of the kingdom of odhas been restored after 1%566 years.The #hur$h of od ,'e!enth -ay didnot ha!e a $lear understanding of thegos(el 7 they em(hasied &hat they$alled a "third angels message."

The $hur$h should (rea$h the gos(elof the kingdom of od.

Herbert Armstrong belie!ed thekingdom of od to be only in thefuture. He belie!ed the message of thelife% death and resurre$tion of /esus tobe a substitute% or false gos(el.

9 The (ur(ose of od% that &e are tobe born of od and be$ome od. odis re(rodu$ing himself% and no other$hur$h on earth kno&s that or(rea$hes it.As a $ounterfeit% they talkabout being already born again.

od $alls (eo(le to be his $hildren. There is only one od. Humans arenot be$oming od. "orn again" is aible tea$hing.

Who and &hat is od: od isneither one (erson or the Trinity.odis a family into &hi$h &e may be bornand also be$ome od.

od is $reating a s(iritual family. Testimony of '$ri(ture is that od isone and re!eals himself in threedistin$t (ersonalities. As Matthe&48015 tea$hes% &e are ba(tied into

the name of the ;ather% the 'on andthe Holy '(irit. +ur heritage is not tobe$ome od% but rather% glorified$hildren of od.

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3 The $hur$h is only the firstfruits% andnot the end of ods (lan of sal!ation.od isnt trying to sa!e the &hole&orld yet. =t starts &ith us% and &erebeing taught and trained so that &e%under #hrist% &ill be tea$hers andrulers &hen #hrist $omes to rule in theMillennium% &hen he starts to sa!e therest of the &orld.

The $hur$h is $om(osed of a har!estof the (eo(le of od.

Raising (remillennialdis(ensationalism to the le!el of(rimary do$trine $auses di!ision in thebody of #hrist.

8 The $hur$h is not yet the kingdom ofod% but &e are the embryo that &illbe$ome the kingdom of od.TheW# is the one and only true $hur$h@

The $hur$h is not yet all that it &ill be. The ible does not $all the $hur$h anembryo. The saints are already in thekingdom ,#olossians 1019. There is noone $or(orate organiation on earththat is "the one and only true $hur$h."

5 +nly those &hom od the ;ather$alls and dra&s to him $an be$on!erted no&.o other $hur$h kno&sthat or belie!es it. +nly those od$hooses and $alls no& $an $ome inand be$ome (art of the firstfruits.'atan has de$ei!ed the &hole &orld%and the $hur$h is $alled out of that&orld.

/ohn >00 "o one $an $ome to meunless the ;ather &ho sent me dra&shim."

All #hristian $hur$hes tea$h /ohn >0=t &as an error to tea$h that the W#&as the "one and only true $hur$h ofod" and anyone outside the W#&as (art of the "&orld" and thereforede$ei!ed.

16 The resurre$tion to *udgment% thereat White Throne /udgment.odhas a (lan to sa!e those &ho ha!e nothad an o((ortunity for sal!ation and&ho are no& dead in their gra!es.They ha!e not had the Holy '(irit.Their time is $oming. ut our time$omes first% and &e ha!e to fight thede!il% and they &ont. =n the *udgment%theyll be found guilty and $ondemned

to death. Theyll ha!e their first $han$eto kno& that #hrist $ame and (aid thedeath (enalty for them. Theyll beallo&ed to a$$e(t that (ayment% andtheyll ha!e 166 years to (ro!e they&ant to li!e differentlythan they did in their first life.

)!eryone &ill stand before the*udgment seat of od.

'e!eral e!angeli$als belie!e that those&ho did not hear the gos(el in this life&ill be $onfronted &ith it at the final

*udgment% and those a((ointed forsal!ation &ill belie!e and a$$e(t /esusas 'a!ior and Bord. Herbert Armstrongassumed su$h (eo(le &ould needanother lifetime to "(ro!e" faith byobedien$e. The mention of "166 years"$omes from =saiah >

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des$ribed briefly in the ible. oddoes re!eal them to his $hur$h by his'(irit that resides in us. Without that'(irit% &e $annot understand the ible.

19 We are only begotten no&% notborn again. We are heirs% not yetinheritors. The Holy '(irit begets us as$hildren of od% but &e are not yet

born.

The Holy '(irit begets us as $hildrenof od and #hristians are to gro&.#hristians &ill be glorified and madeimmortal at the resurre$tion ,1

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