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Publication date

11/15/23

Volume

44

Number

22

Publication page

338

The WatchTower

"Kept for Jesus Christ"

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THIS

JOURNAL

t\ND

ITS

SACRED

MISSION

mHIB

'ourDIII

Is

one

of

the

prime

factors

or

Instruments

In

the

system

of

Bible

instruction,

or

"SemlDarJ

Ed_loB",

now

beI~

.I.

presented

in

all

parts

of

the

ciVilized

world

by

the

WATCH

TOWER

BIBLE'"

TllACT

SOCIETY,

chartered

A.

D.

1884,

"For

the

Pro

motion

of

Christian

Knowledge".

It

not

only

serves

as

a

class

room

where

Bible

students

may

meet

In

the

study

of

the

dIvIne

Word

but

also

as

a

channel

of

communication

through

which

they

may

be

reached

with

announcements

of

the

Society's

conventions

and

of

the

coming

of

its

traveling

representatives,

styled

"Pilgrims",

and

refreshed

with

reports

of

Its

conventions.

Our

"Berean

Lessons"

are

topical

rehearsals

or

reviews

of

our

Society's

published

STUDIES

most

entertainingly

arranged,

and

very

helpful

to

all

who

would

mer~t

the

only

honorary

degree

which

the

Society

accords,

viz.,

Verb'

Dei

Minillter

(V.

D.

M.),

which

translated

into

English

is

Ali"ister

01

God's

Word.

Our

treatment

of

the

International

Sunday

School

Lessons

is

specially

for

the

older

Bihle

students

and

teachers.

By

some

this

feature

is

considered

indispensable.

This

journal

stands

firmly

for

the

defense

of

the

only

true

foundation

of

the

Christian's

bope

now

being

so

generally

repudiated

-redemption

through

the

precions

blood

of

"the

man

Christ

Jesus,

who

gave

himself

a

ransom

[a

corresponding

price,

a

substitute]

for

all".

(1

Peter

1:

19;

1

Tilnothy

2:

6)

Building

up

on

this

sure

foundation

the

gold,

silver

and

precions

stones

(1

Corinthians

3:

11

1::>;

2

Peter

1:

5-11)

of

the

Word

of

God,

its

furtber

mission

is

to

"make

all

see

what

Is

the

fellowship

of

the

mystery

which

••.

has

bel'n

hid

in

God,

'

••

to

the

intent

that

now

might

be

made

known

by

the

church

the

manifoid

wisdom

of

God"-"which

in

other

ages

was

not

made

kuown

unto

the

sons

of

men

as

it

Is

now

revea1ed".-Ephesians

3:

5-9,

10.

It

stands

free

from

all

parties,

sects

and

creeds

of

men,

while

It

seeks

more

and

more

to

bring

its

every

utterance

into

fullest

subjection

to

the

will

of

God

in

Christ,

as

expressed

in

the

holy

Scripmres.

It

is

thus

free

to

declare

boldly

whatsoever

the

Lord

battl

spoken-according

to

the

divine

wisdom

granted

unto

us

to

understand

his

utterances.

Its

attitude

is

not

dogmatic,

but

confident;

for

we

know

whereof

we

affirm,

treading

with

implicit

faith

upon

the

sure

promises

of

God.

It

is

held

as

a

trust,

to

be

used

only

in

his

service;

hence

our

dech,ions

relative

to

what

may

and

what

may

not

appear

in

its

columns

must

be

according

to

our

judgment

of

his

good

pleasure,

the

teaching

of

his

Word,

for

the

upbuild';ng

of

his

people

in

grace

and

knowledge.

And

we

not

only

invite

lIut

urge

our

readers

to

prove

all

its

utterances

by

the

infallible

Word

to

which

reference

is

constantly

made

to

facilitate

such

testing.

TO

US

THE

SCRIPTURES

CLEARLY

TEACH

That

the

church

is

"the

temple

of

the

living

God",

peculiarly

"his

workmanship";

that

its

construction

has

been

In

progress

throu/:hout

the

gospel

age--ever

since

Christ

became

the

world's

Redeemer

and

the

Chief

Corner

Stone

of

his

temple,

through

which,

when

finished,

God's

b;e'oln,;

shall

come

"to

aU

people",

and

they

find

access

to

him.-l

Corinthians

3:

16,

17;

Ephesians

2:

20-22;

Genesis

28:

14;

Galatians

3:

29.

That

ml'antime

the

chiseling,

shaping,

and

polishing

of

consecrated

believers

in

Christ's

atonement

for

sin,

progresses;

and

when

thq

last

of

these

"living

stones",

"elect

and

precious,"

shall

have

been

made

ready,

the

great

lI1aster

Workman

-will

bring

all

together

in

the

first

resurrection;

and

the

temple

shall

be

filled

with

his

giory,

and

be

the

meeting

place

between

God

and

men

throughout

the

lI1illennlum,-Revelation

15:

5-8.

That

the

basis

of

hope,

for

the

church

and

the

world,

lies

in

the

fact

that

"Jesus

Christ,

by

the

grace

of

God,

tasted

death

for

every

man,"

"a

ransom

for

all,"

and

will

be

"the

tl"Ue

light

which

lighteth

every

man

that

cometh

into

the

worla",

"in

due

time".

Hebrews

2:

9;

John

1:

9;

1

Timothy

2

~

5,

6.

Tilat

the

hope

of

the

church

is

that

she

may

be

like

her

Lord,

"see

him

as

he

is,"

be

•

partaker

of

the

divine

nature,'

and

share

bis

glory

as

his

joint-heir.-1

John

3:2;

John

17:

24;

Romans

8:

17;

2

Peter

1:

4.

That

the

present

mission

of

the

church

is

the

perfecting

of

the

saints

f01

the

future

work

of

service;

to

develop

in

herself

every

grace;

to

be

God's

witness

to

the

world;

and

to

prepare

to

be

kings

and

priests

in

the

next

age.-Epbeslans

4:

12;

Matthew

24:

14;

Revelation

1:

6;

20:

6.

That

the

hope

for

the

world

lies

In

the

bleBllillg8

of

knowledge

and

opportunity

to

be

brought

to

al.l

by

Christ's

Millennial

kin~dom,

the

restitution

of

all

tbat

was

lost

In

Adam,

to

all

the

willing

and

obpdil'ut,

at

the

hands

of

their

Redeemer

ane

his

giorilled

church,

when

all

the

wilfully

wicked

will

he

ae8trolled.-Acts

3:

19-23:

Isaiah

35.

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