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HE terms upon which God is pleased to invite
any of his creatures to join with him in a
contract or covenant are plainly stated in his
Word, the Bible. Knowledge of these terms and obedience to the requirements result in much joy to men.
Now such knowledge may be had in greatest abundance, since God's time has come to make his purposes
known.
Jehovah's Word is his will expressed. He has caused
a record thereof to be made for the instruction and
learning of those who will follow in the footsteps of
his beloved Son. (Rom. 15: 4) By a study of his Word
God's will is ascertained. By giving heed to his Word
and obeying the instructions thereof one walks in the
right way. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and
a light unto my path." (Ps. 119: 105) The Word of
the Lord is always a safe guide. "The words of the
Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of
earth, purified seven times." (Ps. 12: 6) The word of
man, unsupported by the Word of God, is a delusion
and a snare. Such is worldly wisdom and is foolishness
in the sight of God. (1 Cor. 1: 18,25) The man who
has an honest desire to know and to do the will of
God finds himself praying to God: "Order my steps
in thy word: and let not any iniquity have. dominion
over me." -Ps. 119: 133.
Jehovah has not at all times kept his name before
the people. At stated intervals it has pleased him to
put his name before his creatures for the benefit of
the creatures lest they should entirely forget their
Benefactor. His Word he has always magnified. David, who foreshadowed Christ, wrote: "I will bow
down towards thy holy temple and thank thy name for
thy lovingkindness and for thy faithfulness, for thou
hast magnified above all thy name thy word!" (Ps.
138: 2, Roth.) Repeatedly and through many of his
witnesses Jehovah God has expressed his purpose of
bringing man into harmony with himself, that man
might have the opportunity for life everlasting. He
has magnified his Word that mankind might have full
assurance of God's loving-kindness. The time has now
come when the name of Jehovah shall be exalted in
the minds of men, and to this end God is making
plain the meaning of his Word. The name of Jehovah
stands for everything that is righteous. To know him
means to know the way to full reconciliation and to
life.-John 17: 3.
Jehovah's covenants are prominently set forth in
the Bible. They contain the plain statements of his
purposes to do certain things for the benefit of man.
Manifestly his covenants are for the purpose of effecting reconciliation of fallen man to himself. The clergy
will not learn these precious truths set forth in the
covenants, and there is a good reason why. Through
strong drink those men have been turned out of the
way of truth. The word drink is here used symbolically and represents doctrine or teaching. They claim
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to furnish spiritual food for the Christian and to
place such food upon the table for the benefit of Christians. On the contrary, their tables are all full of
nauseating doctrines that turn honest seekers of truth
away from God.
God foreknew this and caused his prophet to write
concerning these very times the words: "But they also
have erred through wine [false doctrines}, and
through strong drink [intoxicating doctrines] are out
of the way: the priest and the prophet [preachers
and clergymen] have erred through strong drink, they
are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way
through strong drink [devilish doctrines of the world] j
tliey err in vision [do not understand God's truth],
they stumble in judgment. For all tables are full of
vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean."
(Isa. 28: 7,8) No longer does the seeker of truth find
the Word of God in the church denominations, but
the sermons of the clergy are concerning worldly
matters such as politics, prohibition, League of Nations, and many foolish things foreign to the Word
of God. But God has made ample provision for the
instruction of those who now turn away from "organized Christianity" so called and who earnestly
seek to obtain the truth of the divine purposes.
The Stime prophet in this connection further says:
"Whom shall he teach knowledge' and whom shall
he make to understand doctrine' them that are weaned
from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept;
line upon line, line upon line j here a little, and there
a little." (Isa. 28: 9, 10) This is in harmony with the
words of Jesus when he said: "Search the Scriptures;
for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they
are they which testify of me." (John 5: 39) Thewords
of the Lord are now fulfilled, for the truth is hid
from the clergy and the vision thereof is sealed. (Isa.
29: 9-12) The reason therefor, the prophet states, is
that the clergy and those of their flocks who hold and
teach false doctrines draw near unto God with their
mouths but do not love the Lord at all. The Lord
has given them opportunity to teach the truth and
they have failed. Now the Lord proceeds to do a
marvelous work by using men who do not claim to be
clergymen to call attention to God's wonderful truths.
-Isa. 29: 13, 14.
The clergymen are so impressed with their own importance that they think they can hide even from the
Lord. They proceed in the dark and they think that
no one has sufficient understanding to see them. They
boldly make statements that they must know are not
true, but they expect that because of their high standing their statements will be taken as true. They have
turned everything upside down and they say to the
people: 'God did not make you. You are the creature
of evolution and you need no reconciliation to God.
You can lift up yourself.' Mark how well the Lord
foretold and caused his prophet to write concerning

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