Questions & Answers - Good News Staff - July 1975

Good News Staff

Question: "I would like to thank you for sending me the booklet 'Where Is God's True Church Today?' Of special note is a paragraph on page 29: 'Can one who does not know of the true organized Body doing God's Work, and therefore is outside of it, be a member of the true Church which Christ built? The answer is yes - for it is possible for one to have truly repented, believed, and received God's Spirit - and be following that Spirit as far as he sees and understands - who does not know of the organized Work Christ is using today. But surely God's Spirit in him would lead one, in due time, into his part in the organized Body the living Christ is directing.' I have not been able to find a single scriptural reference for such a declaration." Answer: Our Editor-in-Chief has said, from time to time, that there could conceivably be truly converted Christians outside of the Worldwide Church of God. God knows them that are His and certainly has the prerogative of calling anyone He wishes, wherever they may be! (John 6:44, 65.) Perhaps the matter may be clarified somewhat by putting it this way: - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library