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Life; His is the only record of any value."—Z.'80:1-1; Psa. 69:28; Dan. 12:1; Luke 2:10;Phil. 4:3; Rev. 3:5; 21:27.Of the Lamb slain from the foundation of theworld.— "This selection of the Only Begotten tobe the Head and Chief of the New Creation—subject to the trials, disciplines, humiliations andother necessary experiences to prove Hisworthiness— had already been determined uponin the Divine counsel before man wascreated."— F65; 1 Pet. 1:20; Eph. 1:4; Rev. 5:6;John 1:29, 36; Acts 8:32.FM19913:9. If any man have an ear, let him hear.—"Only those whose ears have been circumcised—those who had come to a considerableknowledge of God's Word and who had thehearing of faith— to respect Him and His Word,despite the magnificence, success and power oferror, would be able to receive the foregoingstatements concerning those who were deceivedby Papacy."— Z.'80-1-1.13:10. [He that] IF ANY ONE leadeth intocaptivity [shall go] HE GOETH intocaptivity.— "The Papal system was one ofbondage. All who acknowledge its claims mustof necessity render implicit obedience, as untoGod; for it claimed to be the kingdom of heaven;and its head, the Pope, to be God's vice-gerent;consequently those who were for, or in favor ofsuch captivity of individual thought, and whowould acknowledge the right of that Papalsystem to limit and define the faith of all, byconsenting, became captives."— Z.'80-1-2.He that killeth with the sword must be killedby the sword.— "There were some who assertedthat Papacy was a usurpation of the titles andpower of the true Head and Ruler of the Church,and claimed their rights to the individual libertywherewith Christ had made them free. Such usedthe ‘Sword of the Spirit,' which is the Word ofGod, in defense of their liberty, and such wereput to death by Papacy; it overcame the saintsduring its 1260 years of power."— Z.'80-1-2.