Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

Wednesday, August 8 power. No, for it is the loving-
The one that received the five kindness of God that grants
talent.t went his way and did this treasured knowledge. Then
business with them and gained what are we doing with this
five more.-Matt. g5: 16, NW. interest? Are we increasing in
To be faithful in our service knowledge and understanding?
we must use our Kingdom in- It grows with use, it does not
terests so they will increase. increase by hiding it. Then we
Try to double them. All serv- have interests in magazine adants
of God are entrusted with vertising, back-calls on intersome
Kingdom service, large or ested persons, Bible studies
small. Why, the very knowl- and other field service. Then
edge of the truth itself is a the congregational services
trust, for it has been given us must be attended to. Every
by Jehovah, and it can also be servant, every pioneer, all servtaken
away from us by him. ing in the Society's institutions
We do not keep ourselves in have Kingdom interests. There
the truth by human methods! must be an increase of what
such as the mere human w_il __ h_a_s been entrusted. W 8/1
Thursday, August 9 ject him means cutting our-
This means everlasting life, selves off from the Fountaintheir
taking in knowledge of head of life. This would spell
you, the only true God, and absolute annihilation for us.
of the one whom you sent God's own Word tells us also
forth, Jesus Ohrist.-John to honor Jesus Christ because
17: 3, NW. of the key part that he per-
Because the wise brainy, forms in the life-giving arpowerful
people of this world rangements of God. So we
do not have the fear of Jeho- gladly accept the Son of God.
vah, all the knowledge they ac- For us to reject him means we
cumulate and hand out does are cutting ourselves off from
not save the world or result in the central connection with
life. By the Bible we are God, the one channel of life
taught the fear of God. It is from God; and this would likewise
that we fear him, for he wise spell utter destruction for
is the Source of alI life. For us. How beneficial to take in
us not to fear him but to _r_e-__ r..;ig;:..ht knowledge! W 9/1
FrIday, August 10 the one whom you sent forth,
The fear of Jehovah is the be- Jesus Christ." (John 17: 3,
Ilinmng of wi.,domj and the NW) This knowledge of the
kn010ledge of the Holy One is Holy One means much more
understan.ding.-Prov. than just a mental idea of his
9: 10, AS. existence. It means a proved
Jehovah, the great Theocrat, knowledge of Jehovah and of
understands all things and his purposes, a knowledge
gives understanding to his which resists any and all effaithful
servants as they need forts to upset it. It means an
it. Such understanding is one understanding of him and an
of the chief requisites to prop- appreciation of why he does
er theocratic service. It is the the things he does. This proved,
thing that marks a mature tried and unupsettable knowlservant
from a novice. The One edge is somethmg to be striven
wiser than the writer of Prov- for. Because of it we pay aterba
said to the Holy One: tention to what God teaches
"This means everlasting life, us, and this increases our
their taking in knowledge of nnderstanding of him and our
you, the only true God, and of relationship to bim. W 5/1