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"And
all
thy
children
shall
be
tau~ht
of
Jehovah;
and
~l'eat
shall
be
the
peace
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thy
children."
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THE
SCRIPTURES
CLEARLY
TEACH
THAT
JEHOVAH
is
the
only
true
God,
is
from
everlasting
to
everlasting,
the
Maker
of
heaven
and
earth
and
the
GIver
of
life
to
his
creatures;
that
the
Logos
was
the
beginning
of
his
creation
and
his
active
agent
in
the
creatlOn
of
all
things;
that
the
Logos
is
now
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
in
glory,
clothed
with
all
power
in
heaven
and
earth,
and
the
Chief
Executive
Officer
of
Jehovah.
THAT
GOD
created
the
earth
for
man,
created
perfect
l2!:Ln
for
the
earth
and
placed
lum
upon
it;
that
man
wilfully
d.3obeyed
God's
law
and
was
sentenced
to
death;
that
by
rP.:lson
of
Adam's
wrong
act
all
men
are
born
smners
and
Wlthout
the
right
to
life.
THAT
JESUS
was
made
human,
and
the
man
Jesus
suf
fered
death
in
order
to
produce
the
ransom
or
redemptive
price
for
all
mankind;
that
God
raised
up
Jesus
divine
and
exalted
him
to
heaven
above
every
creature
and
above
every
name
and
clothed
him
with
all
power
and
authority.
THAT
JEHOVAH'~
ORGANIZATION
is
called
Zion,
and
that
Christ
Jesus
is
the
Chief
Officer
thereof
and
is
the
rightful
King
of
the
world;
that
the
anointed
and
faithful
followers
of
Christ
Jesus
are
children
of
Zion,
members
of
Jehovah's
organization,
and
are
his
witnesses
whose
duty
and
privilege
it
is
to
testify
to
the
supremacy
of
Jehovah,
declare
his
purposes
toward
mankind
as
expressed
in
the
Bible,
and
to
bear
the
fruits
of
the
ldngdom
before
all
who
will
hear.
THAT
THE
WORLD
has
ended,
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
has
been
placed
by
Jehovah
upon
his
throne
of
authority,
has
ousted
Satan
from
heaven
and
is
proceeding
to
the
establishment
of
God's
kingdom
on
earth.
THAT
THE
RELIEF
and
blessings
of
the
peoples
of
earth
ean
come
only
by
and
through
Jehovah's
kingdom
under
Christ
which
has
now
begun;
that
the
Lord's
next
great
act
is
the
destruction
of
Satan's
organization
and
the
estab
litIhment
of
righteousness
in
the
earth,
and
that
under
the
kingdom
all
those
who
will
obey
its
righteous
laws
shall
be
restored
and
live
on
earth
forever.
THE
SERVANT'S
TESTIMONY
PERIOD
Beginning
with
January
21,
and
continuing
to
the
29th
in·
elUllive,
the
servants
of
Jehovah
will
be
putting
forth
another
extraordinary
effort
to
honor
the
Lord's
name.
During
The
Servant's
Testimony
Penod
the
anointed
will
offer
to
the
people
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good
will.
Every
one
of
the
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