Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

Friday, January 19 whom he spoke his words of
The remaining ones of her prophetic command at Matseed,
who observe the com- thew 24: 14_ Political rulers
mandments of God and have and their hangers-on and supthe
work of bearin¥ witnfs8 to porters try to suppress the wit-
Je81l8.-Rev. 12. 17, "Pi lV. ness of the establishment of
The birth of the royal Son the Kingdom. But by Jesus
of God had its witnesses, God's Christ, Almighty God foretold
angels and also hard-working that a Kingdom witness had to
men, the shepherds who heard be given, and no opposing
the angelic announcement. The power in heaven or earth can
birth of God's kingdom is of prevent the witness for a testifar
greater importance. Hence mony to all nations. Jehovah's
it, too, deserves to have its witnesses of today are happy
witnesses on earth. Whom has to bear the hatred and perse­
God raised up to be his wit- cution from all peoples and
nesses concerning the Kingdom nations in order to be his
established in 1914? The lowly Kingdom witnesses. Highly fafollowers
of Jesus Christ _f_or __ v_o_red they are. W 8/15
Saturday, January 20 the heart that a person exer-
Look! a sower went out to cises faith for righteousness.
80'10; and as he was sowing, Without faith we can never be
some seeds fell alonllside the saved: "the Devil comes and
road, and the birds came and takes the word away from
ate them up.-Matt. their hearts in order that they
18 8 l NlV may not believe and be saved."
: , 'I,' (Luke 8: 12, NW) We must
The hard surface condition bear fruit in order to be saved.
alongside the road would not Those who listen without unlet
the set'ds sink in but would derstanding or without seeking
make them lie exposed wherp an understanding can easily be
the wild hungry birds could robbed of the life-giving inforsee
them and pick them up. mation that was sown on their
The seed never takes root or hearts. Only a wicked person
shoots up even a blade. For would want to rob them of
the seed of the Kingdom truth this seed of God's Word into
take root in us and bear stead of CUltivating it in their
fruit it must sink into our hearts. \Ve want to cultivate
hearts or minds, for it is with it. lV 12/1
Sunday, January 21 weekly service meeting of Jeho-
Iron sharpcneth iron; so a vah's witnesses. Much of the
man sharpeneth the counte- rapid growth in number of
nance of his friend.-Prov. God's active witnesses in re-
27: 17. cent years can be attributed to
training gained here. No course
God's spirit quickens the in high-pressure salesmanship,
minds of those who obediently the meeting simply calls attengather
together to consider his tion to the Scriptural manner
Word. By participating in of preaching adopted by Christ
congregational study, not only and the apostles and suggests
does one gain from thoughts practical ways to carry out the
expressed by others but he un- same work today. Regularly
selfishly helps his fellows to attending studies of The
profit from the information he Watchtower and the service
has on the subject. Thus time and other meetings is a profitis
profitably spent by all. Spe- able way for us to spend the
cific instruction on gospel- time set aside for this purpose.
preaching is provided at the W t/l