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<noinclude><pagequality level="1" user="" /></noinclude>April 25 (53) We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself. -1 John 5: 18. At the moment that one is begotten as a new crea- ture, he is then and there "born of God" by the covenant (the mother) which God has made to bring forth the seed, The Christ. God's covenant with the creature imposes upon that one an obligation which must be performed. "Vhether the new creature will die the second death, or be of the "great multitude" that must wash their robes, or ultimately be of the royal house of Jehovah, depends upon the progressive steps he takes and upon the performance of the full obligation which is imposed upon him by the terms of his covenant and the Word of God. To become a member of God's royal family eventually, he must be a servant of the Lord and, as such, must keep him- self faithful. April 26 (71) Intimacy [friendship, secret counsel] with Jehovah have they who revere him, his covenant also he letteth them know.-Ps. 25: 14, Rotherham. No creature of heaven or earth .could originate the covenant by sacrifice; only Jehovah could do that. That covenant and the purpose to make it were secret unto all until God's due time to reveal it; "which things the angels desire to look into." Doubtless this included the Logos, the chief of all angels. The Scrip- tures support the conclusion that the covenant by sacrifice was not lmown to any creature in the uni- verse until the time for making it at Jesus' immer- sion in Jordan. Immediately following his consecra- tion there, Jesus was led by God's spirit into the wilderness, where Jehovah took Jesus into special in- timacy with himself, and there Jesus undoubtedly learned the full meaning and importance of his cove- nant with his Father. <noinclude><references/></noinclude>