Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

Tbnrsday, January 25 that they are his witnesses who
Let everyone mentioning the compose his visible organizaname
of Jehovah renounce un- tion, namely, his blessing of
rigkteousnes8.-'2 Tim. them and making actual use
2: 19, NW. of them in carrying out his
Rather than further yield work in the parth. Religious
themselves slavishly to service systems may deny these are Jeof
this doomed world, those hovah's witnesses. Yet if they
whom Jehovah has made his have the evidence that they are
witnesses have devoted them- honored vessels of God's visible
selves to his use, considering organization, the reproach and
it an honor to be used by him opposition of worldly religious
in any capacity. Only by such systems does not matter. They
separateness are they fit for stand unmoved on a solid founthe
great Master's service, and dation: "For all that, the solid
he shows his acceptance of foundation of God stays standthem
by equipping them for ing, having this seal, 'Jehovah
works that are good in his knows those who belong to
sight. Ah, there is the proof him.''' W 7/15
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FrIday, January 26 the Almighty, has begun to rule
Fear God and give him glory, as king." (Rev. 19: 6, NW)
because the hour of the judg- That explanation places before
ment by him haB arrived, and all the people and their earthly
80 worship the one that made governments the paramount
the heaven and the earth and issue of all time, the universal
sea.-Rev. 14: 7, NW. sovereiguty of the Most High
We are under command to God. That is to say, Who will
call upon all the people to turn rule the universe as rightful
from the praise of the gods, sovereign? For 2,520 years, the
idols and mighty ones of this length of the seven "appointed
world to the praise of the times of the nations", the right­
Creator, Founder and Builder ful universal Sovereign, J ehoof
the enduring new world. vah, was not ruling any part
The reason for this is most ur- of this earth, not even the sogent
now, and we explain it called Holy Land of Palestine.
to the people in these words: But this is not so since 1914.
"Because Jehovah onr God, Worship him now. W 12/15
Saturday, January 2'7
."Iia: days shalt thou labor, and
do aU thy work; but the seventh
day is a sabbath unto
Jehovah thy God: in it thou
shalt not do any work.-Ea:.
20: 8, 9, AS.
Probably almost everyone in
Christendom knows of the law
which God stated concerning
the sabbath; yet very few have
looked upon it also as a direct
command from God to work. It
is most important to remember
that the Fourth Commandment
is not limited to a mere consideration
of one day in seven,
bnt God's pleasure for his
creatures was that they should
work. By far the greater part
of their time would be devoted
to working. Jesus showed it
was not a violation of God's
Law, which he kept perfectly,
for anyone to do good works
for the benefit of others on the
sabbath day. Rather it was in
keeping with God's principles
to do works of righteousness
every day. When Jesus freely
cured a man on the sabbath
day, he said: "My Father has
kept working till now, and I
keep working." (John 5: 17,
NW) The ending of the sabbath
law with its command to
work as well as rest did not
change God's principle that
creatnres should work. JesuR
said, God is a worker. W'2llt;