woman who is Biblically oriented will become involved in some of these modern so-called liberation movements. Men and women should be stimulated to study the Word of God, thinking clearly about its explicit statements, at tempting to relate to the various problems which are extant today. The only stabilizing force of our lives can be the ministry of the Holy Spirit through the Word. Q. Imperial Beach, Calif. "I need help on James 1:13-15 where it speaks about temptations." A. This is one of the most impor tant passages on this subject in the entire Bible. It reminds us that God is not involved with any evil, and that it is by man's sin solicited by Satan's evil that the situation de
velops. Keep in mind that there is no sin in the temtpation itself. It is when we yield to the enticement, whether in thought, motive or deed, that it becomes sin. Q. Imperial Beach, Calif. "Could you give me help in understand ing Ezekiel 18:4 and 20?" A. This has to do with some of the basic dealings of God. Ezekiel wrote this at the direction of the Lord when he was in Babylonia. The Jewish people in captivity were questioning God's providence in taking them into this foreign and alien land. It was to them a sad and hopeless state of affairs. The people, like our own of today, began blaming everything on the previous generation. Israel had been using the proverb, "The fath-
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