Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

Saturday, July 21 government over it. He deter-
Our Father in the heavens, let mined to bring back a world of
vour name be sanctified. Let righteousness, a new world. At
I/our kingdom came.-Matt. his due time he founded it or
6: 9, 10, NW. laid its foundation in the sacri-
Glad we can be that the new ficial death and resurrection of
world is the one God has prom- his Son Jesus Christ nineteen
ised, and not the politicians, centuries ago. Now he has set
and that its government is an up the heavenly government
absolute kingdom, and that for this new world appointing
men on earth have nothing to his self-sacrificing Son to be its
say about it, except to pray king. He has done this, aifor
it, advertise it and com- though most of earth's people
mend it to others, if they so have not wanted Christ Jesus
choose. God let the human fam- as King, a fact which proves
i1y that descended from sinful this is no democratic arrange­
Adam and Eve remain, but he ment but a theocratic one.
determined to set up a new W 12/15
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Sunday, July 22 they stay in this old world,
Look out for I/ourselves, that following God's Word carevou
do not lose the things we fully, if they are to gain final
have worked to produce, but approval of the Life-giver in
that I/ou may obtain a jull re- heaven. We can lose all his
ward.-2 John 8, NW. blessings if we go back to the
futile way of living iu which
In the fiuality, it is our we were brought up before we
works that will be considered knew the truth and made our
by our Father, and then it consecration. With the pay we
will be determined whether we receive now from Jehovah we
shall receive everlasting life or fiud the divine protection. 'Ve
not. Why should we foolishly are in an evil world that seeks
risk the loss of that excellent to destroy all that honors J epay
from Jehovah by going hovah's name. Were it not for
back and pursuing tbe illusive the unexcelled protective servwages
of this dying old world? ice from above our chances of
It is required of Christians to survival in this old world
live reverently all the time would be nil. W 2/15
Monday, July 28
Go on bearing the burdens oj
one another, and thu8 fulfill
the law of the Christ.-Gal.
6:2, NW.
'While each must bear his
own load before God, he does
at the same time have a responsibility
toward others in
the congregation. As we praise
God ourselves, we cannot be
unmindful of those associated
with us in running the race of
faith. If we have first in mind
the vindication of Jehovah's
name and his universal sovereignty,
then we will appreciate
that the faithful, constant
service of our fellow workers
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will contribute as much toward
honoring His name as will our
own confession of praise. Contrariwise,
the failure of any
will bring reproach upon God's
cause. So if we are "acquiring
power in the Lord and in the
mightiness of his strength" and
are bearing our own burdens
well, we must fulfill an obligation
toward those who may be
having a more difficult time
continuing with us in God's
service. Because we are strong,
we cannot become impatient
with those among us who are
weak, nor can we brush them
aside as of little importance in
God's arrangement. W 3/1