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1、152AnswersPage2“ItallBegins”Page8“Onthe5th”Page25“andtherewas”Page33“ContinualFreewillOffering”Page61“Knowledge”Page77“Ephesians5-11Website”Page83“52Pick-up”Page92“AnOralTradition”Page95“DearBob”Page101“NotesonSatan”Page118“DearFriends”Page125“TheSpiritoftheChurches”152Itallbeginswiththissimplenot
2、ion,Adayofrest.Inasocietysuchasours,especiallytheAmericaofmyyouth,withsomuchleisuretime,itishadtoimaginelivingincircumstanceswherelifeisworkandnothingelse.Imagineeachdayprogressingintothenextwithnohopeorthoughtofanyotherexistence.Imagineaworldinwhichtheonlylawisthelawoftherulerwhoseesnomorevaluein
3、ahumanlifethaninanyotheranimalintheirpossession.Imaginealifeinwhicharandomthoughtofprotestutteredoutloudwouldnotonlycauseyourdeathbutthatdeathwouldbeharshenoughtobeanexampletootherstoresistsuchthoughts.PerhapstherewereexamplesofsocialequalityincivilizationspriortotheHebrewsandtheirbeliefinasingleO
4、mnipotentGod.ButtohavetheconceptofadayofrestasanunbreakablerulesetdownbytheonlyGodthereis,madeitbindinguponevenaKing.Theresultwouldyieldsomethingevenmoreunexpected.The“MoodyBlues”putitthisway:“Asnewlife,willcomefromdeath,lovewillcomefromleisure,loveofloveandloveoflifeandgivingwithoutmeasure,givesi
5、nreturn,awondrousyearn,forpromisealmostseen,livehandinhand,andtogetherwe’llstand,onthethresholdofadream.”Ofcoarsewenolongerlivehandinhand.We’vedividedintoourlittleactivistsub-groups:butthat’showclosewegot,backwhenIwasayoungmanbeforewebecamesodisillusioned.Why,ifthereisaGod,doesHeallowthingstobesob
6、ad?The“ReligiousRight”hasalltheserulesthatseemselfservingandcontrived.TheAtheistsattheotherextremewantfreedomofthought.ButGod,likeanyFather,hasrulessetdownforthegoodofHischildren.Healsogivesthemtheirownlivestolive,allthewhilehopingtheywon’tgethurttoobadintheprocessoflearningforthemselves,thatwhatH
7、etoldthemwhentheywereyoungwastrueandwise.“Butitsbeensixthousandyears!”yousay.Iwashavingaconversationwithaguyonaworksitenottoolongagoaboutwagesandthelackthereofwhentheconversation152naturallydriftedtothetopicofIll