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| − | 34 The above quotations of the testimony of the de-
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| − | fendants were entircly contrary to what God’s Word
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| − | commands and directly contrary to what the Society
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| − | holds must be done and what those representatives had
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| − | been instructed that they should do. Such words show
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| − | a compromise with the enemy. Those who are faithful
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| − | to God and his kingdom must obey his commandments
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| − | regardless of what any earthly power may decree or
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| − | command. No one can prove faithful to God and main-
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| − | tain his integrity toward God and at the same time
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| − | compromise with the enemy hy failimg or refusing to
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| − | serve God by reason of fear of the enemies of God
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| − | and his kingdom. Lukewarmncss is an abomination in
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| − | the sight of God. (Rev. 3:16) Jehovah’s witnesses
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| − | love him, and they prove this by their boldness in bear-
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| − | ing testimony to the truth in the day of judgment.
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| − | (1 John 4:17,18) The judges trying the above cases
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| − | must have elearly seen the atiiiude of compromise, and
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| − | defendants reecived no consideration at their hands.
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| − | It would be inconsistent for the Society to do anything
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| − | in their behalf, after they have proved unfaithful to
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| − | the Lord under stress.
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| − | 13 Tn contrast with the testimony given by the afore-
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| − | mentioned representatives in Germany a number of
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| − | faithful witnesses of Jchovah in that land have demon.
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| − | strated their faithfulness, boldness and firmness in
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| − | the declaration of the truth at all times, and, by the
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| − | grace of the Lord, they continue to give testimony in
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| − | the name of Jehovah and bis King regardless of per-
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| − | secution. As an example of the determination of many
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| − | of the faithful ones in Germany to stand firm, the fol-
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| − | lowing incident is quoted, which is taken from a re-
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| − | port received from that country: ‘‘In one coneentra-
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| − | tion camp there are 600 of Johovah’s witnesses. Every
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| − | day they are called out and mistreated, then the offi-
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| − | cial calls out and says: ‘Bible Students cr Jchovah’s
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| − | witnesses, step forward. How many of you will re-
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| − | main Jchovah’s witnesses?’ Every one raised their
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| − | hands, thus testifying for the Lord and his kingdom.’’
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| − | There are many such faithful and Joyal brethren in
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| − | that land. In Germany 2,894 of Jchovah’s witnesscs
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| − | have been imprisoned, many of whom are still in
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| − | prison. Many of such hesitate not to testify to the
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| − | truth and stand firm for the Lord and his kingdom.
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| − | In no other way can one be faithful to the Lord. The
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| − | experience concerning Daniel, Mcshach, Shadrach and
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| − | Abed-nego, as recorded in the Bible, is an example of
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| − | the proper attitude of one who is in a covenant to do
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| − | God's will. All the faithful will follow the same
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| − | course. Jehovah is able to sustain his witnesses, and
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| − | nothing can come to them except by his permission.
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| − | Such faithful ones have the assuranee that the Lord
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| − | is directing their way. (Prov. 3:5, 6) ‘‘And we know
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| − | that all things work together for good to them that
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| − | love God, to them who are the ealled according to his
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| − | purpose.’’——Rom. 8: 28,
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| − | 1® The experiences recorded concerning Job prove
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| − | that Jehovah permits severe tests to come upon his
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| − | people that they may have opportunity to prove their
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| − | devotion to and integrity toward God. If one com-
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| − | promises with the enemy and suffers from that, such
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| − | suffering avails nothing. If one suffers because of his
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| − | faithfulness to the Lord, happy is he, because that
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| − | suffering is like the suffering that came upon Christ
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| − | Jesus. “*But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of
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| − | Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be re-
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| − | vealed, ye may be glad also with execeding joy.’’—
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| − | 1 Pet. 4:18.
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| − | The faithful are now rejoicing in the Lord that
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| − | they ave permitted to fill up some of the sufferings of
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| − | Christ left over. (Col. 1:24) Attention is called to
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| − | these things, not for the mere purpose of criticizing
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| − | anyone, but that those who are subjeeted to the test
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| − | may see and have in mind what is the proper course
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| − | for one who has undertaken to do the will of God.
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| − | Many of the brethrcn in New Jersey have been sub-
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| − | jected to similar experiences and in the face of all such
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| − | persceufion have stood firm and immovable for the
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| − | Lord and his kinedom. ‘‘It is a faithful saying: For
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| − | if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him,
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| − | If we suffer, we shall also reign with him; if we deny
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| − | him, he also will deny us.?? (2 Tim. 2: 11,12) Fach one
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| − | must determine which side he is on and prove his posi-
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| − | tion by the constant and faithful course of action taken.
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| − | #8 Referring to those who find occasion to say before
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| − | the brethren: “Zhe Watchtower contains nothing but
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| − | the opinion of a man; we have been mistaken in the
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| − | past, and why not understand that The Walehtowcr
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| − | is now mistaken??? Such persons should remember
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| − | that The Watchtower sets out the words of God's
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| − | prophet and aloneside that prophecy sets down the
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| − | physical facts well known to all, that each one who is
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| − | of the temple class may readily decide what is and
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| − | what is not in fulfillment of the prophcey.
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| − | 1° Now, coneerning the propheey of Obadiah, note
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| − | that this statement is made: ‘Thus saith the Loid
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| − | God.’? Obadiah’s uttered words are therefore not a
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| − | dream or a hallucination or a man’s gucss or opinion,
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| − | but the sure and unfailing Word of Jchovah Gad.
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| − | The purpose of the prophecy is to enlighten the rcm-
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| − | nant of God’s people now on the earth that they might
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| − | stand strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.
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| − | Likewise The Watchtower emphasizes the Word of
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| − | God and not the guess or opinion of man. God and
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| − | Christ Jesus are the teachers, and the anointed do
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| − | not need the aid of some self-constituted wise exesete,
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| − | To such anointed ones this seripture applies: “But
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| − | the anointing which ye have reecived of him abideth
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| − | in you, and ye need not that any man teach you; but
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| − | as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and
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| − | is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you,
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| − | ve shall abide in him.’’—1 John 2: 27.
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| − | 20The Lord God gave Obadiah his word ‘‘eoneern-
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| − | ing Edom’’, The nickname of Esau was Edom: *‘E.au,
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