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qe1ioml1 19 4wlllttlb ad a hls»,u ol izaial vol ~tlc~mm&un9~ijal11 ~f~lly n llyfr li semi·liloxtht.y january 1 1930 oontents sing unto jehovah 3 the sel vant end ot all controvel sy addressing his sermn t vhy called specillc honor reveajlng his purposes the new song song bejrun thill tuil oj thill serpe rile human soul-discovered dei lx d letters service appoin l ments lilusicians prophecy campaign 1 .4 4 i 7 8 0 1 1 11 serviciil conviilntions fllloll tllat 0pp08e me habakkuk e t 110m .tand vii 01 my watc11 l,td will .et mv foo the tower alia will tcatch to .c at ue tem bag unto me ana what an8tcer i .1ia make to them i -ow pon the earth distress ot nations with perplexity the sea and the waves [the l esttess discontented ronrlng men s heart tailing tllem for tear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth for the powel s of hea en shall he shaken whell tl se tllings be in to come to pass then know that the klng.lom of god is at banc look up ajl ll jlft up your heads for 3 our redewi,tlon dran-cth ni h luke 21 25·31 :matthew 24 33 mark 13 20.

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man for the earth and plaeed him upon it that man wilfully disobeyed god i law and wa lenteneed to death that by rea&0il of a.dam 1 wrojlgful act all men are bom lidderl ud without the richt to life that jesus wu made hlljllu in order that h might become the :bedeemer of man thr.t he gave hit life laari1iee for jii&jl and thereby produced the luiom pri that jesua the divijle wu r&i&ed froll1 the dead &lc4iaded into heaven and presented the value of hit human iaerillce as the redemptive price for man that for ka.ny centuries god through christ has been i18lecting from amongst men the members of hill church which constitutes the body of christ that the mi88ion of the church is to follow iu the footstepl of her lord christ jeiwl grow in hill likenebb give testimony to the name and purpoie of jehovah god and ultimately be glorified with christ jesus in his heavenly kingdom that christ head ud body consti· tutes the lined of abraham through which all families of the earth aha1l be blessed 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&kwatch tower dh presence an e~ald of chr~sts january yolo li 1 1930 1 0 1 sing unto jehovah using unto the l01 d a new song and his praise f1 orn the end of the eadh tsa 4.2 10 ehovah has taken his great power and begun to exercise it through his chief executive christ jesus the beloved he first reveals himself and his purposes to those who are in the covenant with him he shows his strength in their behalf and by his supreme power shields them from the enemy now the words of the prophet are the words of the anointed i will love thee 0 lord my strength the lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer my god my strength in whom i will trust my buckler and the horn of my salvation and my high tower i will call upon the lord who is worthy to be praised so shall i be saved from mine enemies ps 18 1-3 z jehovah is supreme he is the most high and his will expressed in his word is final he is the king eternal and the giver of every good and perfect gift those who have been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and were made partakers of the holy spirit who have tasted the good word of god and the power of his kingdom have every reason to praise the name of the :most high to the remnant has now been committed the great privilege of giving the testimony which was first delegated to christ jesus seeing their favored place in the outworking of god s purposes they break forth in joyfulsong a as the church now enters upon another year it is fitting and appropriate to adopt as a year text the words which constitute a command from jehovah sing unto the lord a new song the anointed will have this song in their hearts every day of the year the servant j the forty-second chapter of the prophecy of isaiah opens with the words of jehovah calling upon all creation to behold his servant the words of description and identification used in the prophecy prove beyond all doubt that the servant is not a man but christ the beloved one or jehovah the lord god has honored him above all the context shows that jehovah has conferred upon his servant the greatest title at his disposal and therefore the greatest possible his words show that such titles are not properly 6 given to man job 32 21 22 those who insist on giving such flattering titles to men god pushes away from him concerning his servant jehovah says behold my servant whom i uphold mine elect in whom my soul delighteth i have put my spirit upon him he shall bring forth judgment to the lentiles [nations let all creation take notice that cill ist jesus is the executive officer of the l iost high has been placed upon his throne of authority has taken up his power and has begun operations and that there is no opposing power that can hinjer his onward march to complete victory jehovah takes great delight in him because he is always in harmony with his father and has always delighted to do his father s will i the servants of satan those who represent him rage in the streets with a great blare of truro pets blasphemously claiming to be messengers of light in order to deceive the people and turn them away from the true and only god nah 2 4 3 1 2 the servant of the most high takes exactly the opposite course when christ jesus was on earth in the flesh he was meek and lowly in heart and with becoming modesty and dignity spoke the words that his father had sent him to speak the time comes for his second appearing and he comes preparing the way before jehovah and comes calmly and quietly as a thief in the night so little are he and his works observed by others 2 pet 3 10 1 thebs 5 2 christ does not make an exhibition of himself to attract at· tention to himself he has always magnified his father a name completing the work of preparing the way before jehovah he then came suddenly to his temple and began judgment with the house of oou altd this he has done in a manner observed only by those who love his appearing therefore it is writtetl of him he shall not cry nor lift up nor cause his voice to be heard in the street isa 42 2 th is does not mean that one who is de oted to the lord could not speak the truth in the open street or in the field if the circumstances warranted it but nndonhtedly has the meaning that the work of christ is done modestly a

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the watch tower baooklyn n y consistently and ahvays for the purpose of attracting attention to jehovah and not to any creature 6 jehovah further speaking as the record shows says a bruised reed shall he not break and the smoking flax shall he not quench he shall bring forth judgment unto truth verse 3 this quotatio from the atttltorized version is misleading accordmg to the better translations young and consistent with the context this text reads the bruised reed he shall not break the smoking flax he shall not quench 7 when christ was on the earth he was despised and rejected of men bruised disesteemed and oppressed isa 53 3-5 in the eyes of the world he has ever been as a bruised reed and even the clergy who claim to speak in his name give neither christ nor jehovah credit for establishing the righteous rule on the earth the jews used flax in their lamps for wicks and these burning the oil soaked up by them gave forth a faint light although jesus is the light of the world little heed has been given to that light to christendom so called he has been a faint light merely as a smoking flax or wick in an oil lamp the world lauds the deeds of satan s valiant agents but jesus christ is regarded merely as a nice example of willing submission to the kieks and rebuffs of others because thereof many have been ashamed to acknowledge jehovah and christ as king and boldly proclaim the truth and many others who once started in the narrow way have become discouraged and turned back many have come to the conclusion that the mission of christ has failed and that god has failed to bring about his expressed purposes · on the contrary jehovah has bided his own good time and now his time has arrived for positive action he w110 has appeared merely as a bruised reed and a smoking lamp wick shall now accomplish the most marvelous work amongst the nations of earth that can ever be accomplished so says jehovah he shall not fail nor be discouraged till he have set judgment in the earth and the isles shall wait for his law isa 42 4 the time has conie when the supposedly bruised reed and smoking lamp wick shall light and enlighten the whole world and shall bring forth justice and truth unto all these words of jehovah spoken concerning his servant carry the greatest encouragement and comfort to those whom god has anointed paraphrasing jehovah s words he sa~rg behold my servant he is meek and modest you have regarded him as a bruised reed and as a smoking lamp wick that could accomplish nothing but now i say unto all creation he shall be used to set judgment and truth in the earth and vindicate my name · the following it will be observed corroborates the above conclusion on one occasion jesus healed an infirm man and his good deed offended the clergy of that day and they conspired to kill him he withdrew himself and told the multitude that followed him not to make known his whereabouts on that occasion he qnoted the prophecy of isaiah and the diaglott rendering is as follows he will not break a bruised reed and a dimly burning taper he will not extinguish till he send forth the judgment to victory the nations also will hope in his name matt 12 20 21 the american revised version and rotherham concur in the above rendering of the text these translations show that the bruised reed is the object which he will not break and not the subject of the verb and also that the dimly burning taper or wick is the object which he will not extinguish and not the subject of the verb the text is seen to apply to each one of the faithful body members and to the entire body collectively the faithful servants of the lord appear in the eyes of the modern clergymen as weak insignificant and useless as a bruised reed and as a dimly burning taper but now the lord announces that he will not favor the big ones of earth but will show his favor toward his faithful servant class and use such to bring forth judgment and justice in the world the text therefore applies to the servant as a whole and to each individual member that continues faithful end of all controversy 10 for a long period of time satan having made the clergy of christendom his representatives has caused great confusion and controversy and blindness among the people the sacrifice of jesus christ has been ridieuled and god s announced purpose of salvation of the human race has been tabooed and spurned the pious and hypocritical clergy really representing satan have pushed jesus christ and jehovah into a corner and have heaped reproach upon them but the due time has come for the end of all controversy the word and name of jehovah shall now be exalted therefore jehovah speaks with absolute authority as it is written thus saith god the lord he that created the heavens and stretched th~m out he that spread forth the earth and that which cometh ont of it he that giveth breath unto the people upon it and spirit to them that walk therein verse 5 the words of jehovah spoken concerning his servant his mission and his work and addressed to all creation are words of absolute authority and the end of all controversy these words shall not return to jehovah void his purpose shall now be accomplished let all creation hear his words because jehovah is supreme everyone of his anointed should be encouraged and will rejoice at an understanding of his word addressing his servant 11 having spoken his authoritative message to all creation then jehovah directs his speech to the servant it seems clear that verses six to ten inclusive of this fort:r-second chapter of isaiah are words of

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januaily 1 1930 cfhcwatch tower ii instruction encouragement and comfort spoken in confidence to the servant it is the act of a great loving father to give courage and comfort to his own it here seems appropriate to consider some scriptures bearing upon the servant and if others are included with christ these scriptures must be of special comfort and encouragement at this time to such 121 1any persons have received some knowledge of god s word and have been begotten as his children and called to the heavenly calling but jesus is authority for the statement that only a few of such will be chosen for the kingdom matt 20 16 the time of the coming of the lord to his temple is the date of vital importance to the called ones then christ as the great judge upon his throne began the examination of the called ones and those that were approved were brought into the temple under the robe of righteousness into the secret place of the most high and made members of zion mal 3 1-3 ps 11 4-7 isa 6 1-3 61 10 ps 91 1-3 102 16 110 3 such are the ones whom the ilord declared that he would approve and invite and has invited to enter into his joy matt 25 21 christ jesus is the head of the temple and all who are approved are brought into the temple and built up as members of zion are made members of his body and are therefore in and a part of him by reason of being in christ and therefore of his body such are a part of the elect servant of jehovah jehovah chooses such by and through christ jesus and makes them members of the servant and therefore it is written i ye are my witnesses saith the lord and my servant whom i have chosen isa 43 10 the approved and chosen ones constitute the remnant to whom is committed a specific work in the name of jehovah 13 to his servant christ jesus god committed the great work of representing him including the testimony that must be given concerning his name he in turn conferred upon his faithful body members a portion of this work of giving the testimony therefore it is written concerning the remnant that such have the testimony of jesus christ and it becomes their privilege and duty in obedience to god s commands to give it because christ is the servant of the most high and because god has anointed others as members of his body there has been committed to the remnant this work and they have been commissioned to give the testimony c~ev 12 17 as his visible representatives on the earth found and approved when he comes to his temple christ jesus makes the remnant class the ruler over all his goods that is to say over all of his idngdom interests on earth which specifically is the giving of the testimony that he has commissioned them to give matt 24 45-47 the faithful remnant is therefore a part of the elect servant of jehovah only by virtue of the fact that such are in christ members of his body and faithful therefore when jesus speaks of a faithful and wise servant he does not mean an individual but means the members of his body collectively who are faithful and true 16 jehovah now addresses his beloved son christ jesus the head of his elect servant and through him the members of his body who are therefore in the temple and such hear and heed the message the almighty jehovah graciously speaks and gives all of the servant full assurance that now his unlimited power shall be exercised in behalf of the i servant and that his purpose shall be accomplished no member of the servant who hears and understands these words of jehovah could long be discouraged because god says to them i the lord have called thee in righteousness and will hold thine hand and will keep thee everyone who has the witness of the holy spirit that he is in christ and in the temple may confidently claim these words of precious promise and apply them to himself and thus doing he can not be discouraged but must rejoice the occasion is therefore furnished for participating in the new song why called 15 until the servant is identified and his position appreciated this prophecy could not be understood and appreciated continuing to address the servant jehovah announces why he has called and commissioned that servant i have called thee in righteousness this shows that god calls only those who have been brought forth as his sons and these faithful ones he then makes a part of his organization and members of his servant the apostle saw why god was calling these and therefore said i symeon hath fully told how god first visited to take out of the nations a people for his name acts 15 14 rotherharn later peter under inspiration addressed the church and said ye are chosen that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you 1 pet 2 9 by his prophet it is made plain concerning god s purpose in calling the servant and how the servant is to show forth j ehovah s praises there it is written 1 1 the lord have called thee in righteousness and will hold thine hand and will keep thee and give thee for a covenant of the people for a light of the gentiles to open the blind eyes to bring out the prisoners from the prison and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house isa 42 6 7 16 beyond all cavil these scriptures show that god has called men and made them members of his servant not for the mere purpose of getting such into heaven but that the servant may perform the duties which god has laid upon him which duties must be performed among men on earth in making known the word and name of jehovah long ago god made a covenant or unconditional promise through abraham that he would bless all the families of thl earth in the prophecy under consideration to his servant

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the watch tower bnooxlyn n y he says i will give thee for a covenant [a guarantee executive to curry out the purpos s of jehovah to the people to enlighten them and to open the blind christ jesus is the greatest of god s creation and e es and show them the right way open their blind there could be none above him amongst creation by ej es to what 7 to the truth that jehovah is the only him jehovah has opened the way of truth and the true god and that christ is the redeemer of man life and there is no other way for men to obtain life kind the mighty and righteous servant of .jehovah -john 14 6 acts 4 12 who will under jehovah s direction establish right20 god raised up christ jesus out of death and exeousness and justice amongst the peoples of earth the alted him above all others and clothed him with honor l iost high would now have it told to the people that and glory above all others phil 2 8-11 he is the even though christ jesus has long been despised and elect servant of the 1 1ost high to him god has given rejected and even though it appears from the hypo the divine nature none aside from the christ can ever crites who have claimed to represent god that jeho have the divine nature god has given him a glory ,·ah s purposes would not be realized and even though separate and distinct from all others therefore jehothe great name of jehovah has been pushed aside his vah would have all creation know that he who is the purpose now is to establish justice and truth amongst most high speaks with absolute authority and informs men and that it shall be done without regard to op all that his name is jehovah which means that his position purposes must be carried out he would have all un11 there is a great multitude of prisoners held in derstantl that he has made christ his elect sel vallt the religious systems of earth organized and carried and that none other can have this honor therefore on under the name of christ and who sit in darkness the eighth verse means that jehovah has made christ concerning the purposes of jehovah the eyes of these his elect servant next to himself and has given him blind prisoners must be opened that they may have glory and honor and will not give it to another the opportunity to come out of the prison houses and 21 the other words of the same verse neither my to take their stand on the side of jehovah god to the praise to graven images show that such is the prop41 servant is granted the privilege of doing this work er meaning of the text god would have it known thet and the remnant now on earth has a part therein and no graven image can have his honor and praise :men it is the privilege and duty of the remnant to carry have made their church organizations and their leadthe message of truth to these blind prisoners it is a ers in these organizations like unto god and have work of the present time and this witness work must claimed to worship god by and through such church be done before the faithful will be ehanged into the organization and their leaders all such are abomiglorious image of christ jesus it is the most joyful nable in the sight of the lord these come within the work in which any creature could be engaged and class that swear by the sin of samaria and theretherefore it calls forth the song of praise to the great fore are disapproved amos 8 14 no one aside from giver of all good gifts jehovah could confer the honor upon his creatures he has defined that his servant is the christ and that specific honor no human being is that faithful and wise servant 11 there is only one almighty god and all creaand he says that he will not give his glory to another tion must come to know that truth by his prophet he if others are unwise and foolish enough to give honor says i i i am the lord that is my name and my glory glory and flattering titles to men and to designate will i not give to another neither my praise to grav any man that faithful and wise servant and insist en images isa 42 8 the explanation of this on worshiping god by and through such the scriptext as generally given is that there are many gods tures show god will not be pleased with such and will or mighty ones and that many have tried to exalt manifest his disapproval and take them away.themselves but that jehovah declares that none shall job 32 21 22 have the honor except himself the context does not revealing ris purposes seem to support such conclusion to be sure no one 22 jehovah s purposes mature and come to pass in could have jehovah s honor because there is none other like unto him he is from everlasting to everlasting his due time but until his due time his purpose is and is the creator of everything in heaven and in not understandable by ·any creature and particularly earth and this he declares in this prophecy the con not by man prior to 1918 certain of the purposes of text must be considered in arriving at a proper under jehovah unfolded and matured and exactly on time some who had made a covenant with the lord induced standing of this text themselves to believe that the faithful and wise serv18 plainly the context and the text show this that jehovah has an elect servant in whom his soul de ant of jehovah was one man and they take an unlights that although that servant has been misrepre wise course accordingly in consequence they stumble sented and belittled by satan and his agents he is the into the error that no truth has been revealed by j ehohighest official representative of the most high god vah to his people since 1916 such have not seen the and that jehovah s time has arrived for him as such revealed truths that have been given to god s

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january 1 1930 czm watch tower t anointed during the past few ears and do not now when or how the angels desired to know more and understand present truth others in the covenant with sought to know but it was not god s due time to regod and who have carefully and earnestly sought to veal it 1 pet 1 12 that great privilege he redo his will and give god the glory and honor due his served for his elect servant into the hands of his name have had a clearer vision of jehovah s purposes elect christ jesus god committed all power in heaven the former things that have come to pass these have and in earth but even his beloved son must wait until god s due time to send him forth to carry out his been privileged to understand purposes the due time arrived god placed jesus is in this connection consider nmv the words of the lord through his prophet spoken to members of upon his throne and jesus began his reign he cast his servant behold the former things are come to the enemy out of heaven and then came to his temple pass and new things do i declare before they spring and assembled the members of his body and made them a part of god s organization forth i tell you of them verse 9 27 when the time came for christ jesus to act and 2 former things concerning god s purposes that did oust the enemy from heaven and to vindicate his come to pass were understood after the lord came to his temple and the lightnings of jehovah illuminated father s name this he did with great joy and doubthis word this same class then see new things which less this is what he mentions as the joy of the lord god has declared in the light of prophecy in the coming to his temple to take account with his servant course of fulfilment and of the further illumination to the faithful he said enter thou into the joy of thereof by jehovah the remnant class is permitted to thy lord it follows that the less faithful were not see other things that are shortly to follow concerning invited to enter into the joy of the lord and did not yrhich the lord says before they spring forth i enter this explains why some who made a covenant tell you of them jehovah takes the remnant into with the lord have since not been joyful but have his confidence in a measure by revealing to them the busied themselves in finding fault with and slanderprecious things that are in his keeping these have ing their own mother s son ps 50 20 28 the temple being open those of the temple class a better understanding than ever before of what the great battle of god almighty will mean and how have beheld the two great wonders to wit jehovah s jehovah will vindicate his name they understand organization and satan s organization in opposition that he has not restrained evil before this time and to each other these faithful have been permitted to that the real purpose is that his word and name see and to understand the meaning of the birth of might be completely vindicated those who are not of the nation or beginning of the kingdom the great the servant do not see and appreciate present creator has revealed to such the meaning of his diftruth nor do they see or appreciate other things of ferent names and what are some of his purposes the faithful see not that jehovah s purpose is primarily the divine purpose that are about to come to pass to get men into heaven but that his primary purpose 25 well do the facts as they exist fit this prophecy since the lord came to his temple assembled the is the vindication of his word and his name that members of zion and made them part of the servant creatures may see the way to ilfe and that to accomof jehovah his purposes continue to unfold with plish this purpose he has provided redemption through clearness to the remnant such have the full assur the blood of christ jesus raised christ up out of ance of god s protecting care no longer are they death and made him the great executive officer of seeking to ascertain the will of god but his will has jehovah and his elect servant and that it is christ been revealed to them and they delight to keep his whom he will use to vindicate his holy name furthercommandments and their joy increases the spirit of more they see that god has made the faithful remthe lord energizes them and they hasten to take ad nant members of the servant class and has assigned vantage of opportunities to serve jehovah and give to such the precious duty and privilege of proclaiming praises to the name of the great god to the rempraise to his name nant class have been made known the truths that the new song plainly reveal the will of god and this revelation of truth has furnished them the new song which they 26 further addressing members of the servant and particularly the remnant now on earth jehovah delight to sing 29 it is not at all surprising that there are those who through his prophet says sing unto the lord a new song why a new song because jehovah has re claim to be in the covenant of god and in the truth vealed his purposes to his servant as never before who do not understand the truth and who have not when jesus was born god caused the holy angels to entered into the joy of the lord and who oppose his sing glory to god in the highest on earth peace service the scriptures are explicit that no one aside good will toward men luke 2 14 to the angels from the servant class can understand and sing the god had revealed the fact of his purpose at some time new song when the lord says in his temple doth and in some way to establish peace on earth and good everyone speak of his glory ps 29 9 such is conwill toward men but the angels did not understand clusive proof that those who do not speak of his glory

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8 rrnewatch tower brooklyn n y nre not in tiic temple in further corroboration of this point it is written and i lookcd and 10 a lamb stood on the mount sion and with him an hundred forty and four thousand having his father s name written in their foreheads and i heard a voice from heaven as the voice of many waters and as thc voice of a great thunder and i heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps and they sung as it werc a ne v song before the throne and before the four beasts and the elders and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand which were redeemed from the earth rev 14 1-3 this new song must be sung by the remnant while on earth and no others can know it or sing it 10 the lord furthermore identifies this remnant dass by stating that these are they which were not defiled with women meaning that they are not contaminated with the association of systems that defame his name and that are symbolized under an evil woman the faithful delight to follow the lord jesus wheresoever he leads and they do not follow any man they see eye to eye because members of one body and therefore they work harmoniously together those who have really entered into the joy of the lord have no time to engage in controversy with others who oppose the temple class will be busily engaged in keeping god s commandments and in telling the testimony of jesus christ that has been committed to them song begun 11 the new song has begun and the harmonies thereof are reaching out farther each year into the earth it is being sung as a world-wide witness to the name of jehovah and his king in harmony with the instructions jesus gives to his faithful fo11owers matt 24 14 12 to the faithful jehovah says sing unto the lord a new song and his praise from the end of the earth ye that go down to the sea and all that is therein the isles and the inhabitants thereof isa 42 10 13 the year text is chosen from these words of jehovah because they are exactly in harmony and in keeping with the present work of the church on earth the little remnant amidst humankind now tossed about and buffetted by the waves of the sea march confidentlyon to the day of the great battle of god almighty the highest or the stable places in the sea well represent those who trust in the lord to a degree but who are not of god s remnant these have some hope while the restless element of humanity has no hope under the final test those who compose this great multitude will stand on the side of the lord and by him will be brought through great tribulation and receive god s approval rev 7 14 the remnant now see that jehovah has placed his beloved one upon the holy throne of zion and in thunder tones calls upon all the rulers of the nations to obey him they see that god s time has come to establish truth and justice in the earth and that nothing shall prevent the accomplishment thereof the heart of everyone of the servant class is thrilled and nonc can keep back the glad new song it is god s due time to sing the new song and it must be sung preceding his destruction of the enemy 8f let them give glory unto the lord and declare his praise in the islands the lord shall go forth as a mighty man he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war he shall cry yea roar he shall prevail against his enemies i have long time holden my peace i have been still and refrained myself now will i cry like a travailing woman i will destroy and devour at once -isa 42 12-14 35 for many long centuries the name of jehovah has been defamed satan has repeatedly and consistently cast reproach upon him in turn these reproaches have fallen upon jesus christ and then upon the members of his body but the day of vindication has come god will destroy the enemy and establish truth and justice in the earth the lord then discloses that his elect servant has but one single purpose and that is to do the will of jehovah 36 everyone of the servant class must be in full harmony with the head christ jesus and must likewise have ane follow a single purpose concernin this it is written who is blind but my scrvant yor deaf as my messenger that i sent 7 who is blind as he that is perfect and blind as the lord s servant y isa 42 19 the servant is blind to everything else except to do god s will the remnant therefore realize that the greatest privilege they could enjoy is to sing the new song of praise unto jehovah and this they do by giving testimony concerning god and his kingdom 37 the years that are past have been filled with many opportunities of service and these recent years have been attended with special joy in the service 1 he year 1930 should mark the greatest witness yet given and be attended by the greatest amount of joy to those who participate having a bctter understanding of god s purposes the remnant will have greater joy in obeying his commandments the anointed of the lord are the ones commissioned to do his servicc the anointed who continue faithful will do that service while doing it they will be the targets for the poisonous darts of the enemy they will not be discouragcj or even disturbed by such opposition however because they have full assurance that jehovah s time has eome for his anointed to stand victorious upon :mount zion and that no evil can befall them 38 the song which the servant now sings to jehovah s praise will not cease the kingdom will soon be fully established and truth and justice will be enthroned in the earth the praisc of jehovah will then be taken up by others and will not cease until everything that hath breath shall honor and praise jehovah s glorious name

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jant aily 1 1930 the watch tower to graven images 9 questions for berean study ll 21 why the expression ftneither [will i give my praise 11 1 2 jehovah has taken what position in regard to the world ll ll and to his people what are the particular benefits en· joyed by the anointed in their relationship to jehovah and to christ jesus and what is their responsibility 3 quote the year text for 1930 what is the purpose of a year textt 4 identify the servant referred to in isaiah 42 1 how does jehovah uphold him account for the reference to him as the one in whom my soul delighteth 5 who rage in the streets how and for what purpose contrast therewith the manner and procedure of the servant of the most high what is the meaning of verse two of the chapter from which our text is taken f 6·9 quote other translations of verse three and give its application describe the circumstances under which jesus quoted this prophecy and show to whom the term servant applies 10 describe the method and results of satan s operation through his representatives among the people what is now due in this regard 11·13 sho v to whom thee refers in verse six what is evidently the purpose of the words of verses sbc to ten point out the significance of the year 1918 in this respect explain how the anointed share in the commission given to christ jesus 14 how is the assurance i ·.· will hold thine hand and will keep thee fulfilled to the anointed 15 eli plain i ·.· haye called thee in righteousness called for what purpose 16 17 how and for what purpose is the servant given for a covenant to the people to what class in particular is the ministrv of the servant now to be directed to what end is such witness given 18·20 what is meant by i am the lord that is my name what is the glory referred to in this verse and to whom does jehovah give itt f 22 what is now evident as to when jehovah s purposes can be understood what benefit comes from the study of prophecy before the due time for its fulfilmentf the spirit of truth requires what consideration of conclusions previously drawn point out the importance of a proper attitude in respect to the progressive revelation of jehovah s purposes if 23·25 explain verse nine show how the facts fit this prophecy u 26 why the invitation and command sing unto the lord a new song with respect to the song and their under· standing it compare the position of god s messengers at the time of jesus birth with that of his witnesses when at -the end of the age the servant class becomes manifest 11 27 when and how have jesus words enter thou into the joy of thy lord been fulfilled 11 28 the opening of the temple revealed what two great wonders to whom revealed and to what advantage to them recall and mention many important truths made known to the faithful anointed since the temple of god was opened in heaven ll 29 30 give scriptures which serve to identify the temple class explain revelation 14 4 as further distinguishing the remnant class 31-33 when was verse ten fulfilled describe the manner of its fulfilment 11 34·36 at what time and ho v do verses twelve to fourteen apply what is the relation thereto of verse nineteen ll 37 since the kingdom once begun must increase until it fills the whole earth to what may the faithful look for· ward in 1930 ll 38 the kingdom fully established and in operation what will then be the greatness of jehovah 8 name and praise 11 ll ll ll ll ll i the trail of the serpent [thirty-minute radio lecture i n the scriptures the devil is called by four separate and distinct names he is called dragon satan devil and serpent for instances see revelation 12 9 and 20 2 these names were given him at the time he beguiled eve in the garden of eden and through her led adam into sin they are used to describe four characteristics of satan dragon means devourer and pictures satan as trying to devour and destroy the lord s people on earth devil means slanderer and pictures satan as charging that god is the author of false wicked and malicious doctrines and imputing evil and unworthy motives both to god and to his people on the earth satan means adversary and pictures the devil as the enemy of god the enemy of the people of god and the enemy of all righteousness serpent means deceiver and pictures satan as lying to and deceiving the people about god about the bible and about the people of god in this lecture we are considering satan from the standpoint of the serpent the great deceiver a serpent ig noted for its cunning and glides about shooting out poison at everybody this is how satan manifests the characteristics of a serpent in sly and cunning ways he poisons the minds of people against god against the work which god is doing in the earth against the people of god and against the bible satan is the most wicked creature living he is totally depraved by which we mean that there is no possibility of his being recovered from his wicked course jesus said that satan is the father of ail lies john 8 44 in hebrews 2 14 we are told that satan is to be destroyed the sentence of everlasting destruction was pronounced against him in edell when he led adam into sin this sentence however will not be executed until the end of the thousandyear reign of christ as recorded in revelation 20 7-14 which reads vhen the thousand years are expired satan shall be loosed out of his prison and shall go out to deceive the nations and the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone this is the second death the lake of fire and brimstone is a symbol of complete destructioll let us notice how when and why this great de ceiver came into existence god created adam and eve placed them in the garden of eden and gave them a glorions and beautiful dominion over the cal;th also over the birds beasts and fish he ai-

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10 cfhewatch tower baooklyn n y so created a wise and beautiful spirit being called ijucifer which means bright shining one and appointed him as a covering cherub a sort of guardian angel to adam and eve to act as their caretaker protector and overlord lucifer s commission was a most wonderful one and had he properly appreciated it and remained loyal to god and faithful to his trust there would have been no sin in the world and consequently no such thing as death and lucifer would now be the overlord and caretaker of approximately twenty billions of perfect sinless and happy human beings all of whom would have been the posterity of adam but lucifer committed the sin of treason against god and betrayed his trust and was sentenced to destruction he allowed selfishness to enter his heart he coveted a dominion just like that one which god had he desired to be a king and have subjects and to have these subjects recognize and acknowledge him as their lord and benefactor noting the prospects of an earth full of adam s posterity he saw his opportunity he reasoned that if he could lead adam into disloyalty to god and then persuade adam that he lucifer was his friend and benefactor and that god was his enemy adam and all his posterity would gladly become his subjects the record of the creation of lucifer of his commission from god and of his deflection and condemnation are found in isaiah 14 12-19 and in ezekiel 28 12-19 not only was it a diabolical plot and involved the act of treason toward god but it meant that he must plot to lead adam into disobedience to god it was in connection with this wicked plot to alienate adam s devotion from god to himself that satan began to manifest the characteristics of a serpent there the trail of the serpent began there satan began to shoot out the poison which was intended to deceive mother eve and later prove a temptation to adam this poison was in the nature of an effort to inject into their minds that which would poison their minds against god and lead them to distrust and disobey him from that time until the present satan has been using cunning crafty serpent-like methods to poison the minds of the people against god to do this he must resort to lies among the beautiful creations in the garden of eden was a serpent j and it is written in genesis 3 1 that the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field the word subtle means cunning we are to understand that the serpent did not use its cunning to the injury of others but did use it in harmony with god s laws to carry out his wicked designs satan used the serpent he took advantage of it obsessed it and through it deceived mother eve the record is that he spoke to mother eve through the serpent adam and eve had been forbidden to eat of a certain fruit on pain of death speaking through the serpent satan said to the woman ye shall not surely die for god doth know that in the day e eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods knowing good and evil this was the first lie ever uttered and it was a direct charge that god had lied to mother eve here the poisonous trail of the serpent began it had its effect on mother eye her mind was poisoned against god she was deceived into believing that god was withholding from her something that was for her good and of course she then regarded lucifer as her friend for having reyealed that god was deceiving her the effect of the poison is stated in genesis 3 6 as follows and when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be desired to make one wise she took of the fruit thereof and did eat and gave also unto her husband with her j and he did eat the lie of satan aroused the suspicion in the mind of eve that god was not her friend and benefactor but that satan was and thus she became the servant of sin and satan instead of the servant of god the apostle tells us that eve was deceived but that adam was not deceived seemingly adam ate of the fruit because he realized that his wife must die and he chose to die with her rather than to live without her his course showed a lack of faith in his creator and since he was not :leceived his sin was wilful and therefore more reprehensible than that of eve as a result of satan s lie adam and eve were condemned to death and driven out of the garden and the condemnation was passed on to their posterity by the law of heredity they lost the favor of god the act of treason had been committed and god said to the old serpent called the devil and satan i will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel in this statement are two things which it is quite important that we note at this time first that satan would have a seed and second that satan s head should be bruised the bruising of his head would mean his death and here is where god pronounced the penalty of destruction against satan which will be executed when he is loosed from his thousand years binding the question now occurs who is the seed of satan 1 the answer is that it consists of those men who are under his control who have his spirit of selfishness and disloyalty to god those men whom he uses as he did the serpent in eden namely to lie about god and to spread the poison of deception which is intended to lead people to repudiate god and to repudiate the word of god the seed of the serpent is the offspring of satan begotten by his lies by his spirit of selfishness and his desire to be great and famous among fellow creatures they are like their father satan in these respects satan s dream of a kingdom over men was blighted

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lan ilaby 1 19~o ernewatch tower 11 by the fact that the race was born under the death penalty and was continually dying this did not suit satan and so with a malignant cunning he conceived another plot which involved the deception of some of the angels the scriptures reveal the fact that holy angels could materialize by which we mean that they could instantly create human bodies and appear as men and at will could dissolve those bodies and assume their former spirit bodies we read that three angels appeared to abraham in human bodies and ate a veal dinner gen 18 6 7 satan further deceived the angels into marrying the daughters of men and rearing families evidently his idea was that their offspring would not be under condemnation because not adamic stock and would therefore live for ever and be satan s subjects thus he would realize his one great ambition to have a kingdom just like god s the record of this attempt on satan s part is found in genesis 6 1·4 the offspring of this unauthorized union of angels and women were giants who were wicked and cruel because they had the spirit of satan the result was a reign of wickedness and corruption on the earth brought about by that old serpent called the devil and satan at the time of the flood this wickedness had become so general that noah and his wife and his three sons and their wives were the only ones not involved in general corruption it was then that god acted and destroyed all the offspring of satan including the giants and kept noah and his family alive through the flood and used them to start the race anew after the flood and gave them the same command that he gave to adam namely be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth right after the flood satan conceived another bcheme to belittle god and to draw men away from the service of god it was another cunning scheme and well worthy of its wicked promoter it consisted of a plot to get men to worship a mythical god satan planned to form organizations of men on earth and to work through these organizations the organizations have crystallized into the great heathen religious systems of earth this plot against jehovah began in the days of nimrod who is mentioned in genesis 10 8·10 we are told that nimrod began to be a mighty hunter before the lord history gives us the thought that in his day the wild animals were a menace to the lives of the people and that nimrod manifested great prowess as a hunter and delivered the people from the wild beasts the statement before the lord in the original hebrew implies that the people held him in higher reverence than they did the lord hence nimrod ultimately became an object of reverence and worship according to tradition it came about this way the people regarded nimrod as their savior and deliverer later he was killed and his mother made the people believe that he was resurrected as a spirit being and was now a god he was thereafter called the father of gods and his mother came to be known as the mother of god and as such they came to be worshiped by the people as the mother and son this mother·and·son idea spread throughout the world among all the nations and they have all worshiped a false god and his mother this devilish substitute for jehovah god which satan foisted on the people was in existence in the days when israel was god s chosen people and the reason why god forbade the israelites to intermarry with the surrounding heathen nations was that they worshiped the false god called baal and his mother ashtaroth all those heathen religions have this mother-and-son idea the devil s miserable counterfeit of jesus and his mother thus satan was mocking the great jehovah and deceiving the people into worshiping something that did not exist as a result the trail of the serpent has made the condition of the heathen nations of earth one of darkness gloom and despair one of indescribable poverty and destitution thus has satan with cruel cunning deceived and poisoned the minds of the heathen peoples of earth against jehovah in the more enlightened nations of earth he has chosen a different but no less injurious and wicked method of deceiving the people this method is to get them to worship men the so-called great men of earth satan s deception brought hero worship into existence the apostle describes it in these words l ien · changed the truth of god into a lie and worshipped and served the creature man more than the creator rom 1 18 25 this means that satan gathered men into a great organization and gave it a high-sounding name and represented it to be god s organization this organization has always been composed of the religious political and financial elements of earth these have tried to arrogate to themselves the right to be god s representatives in the earth and claim that they and they alone are the ones who possess wisdom to represent god these put forth doctrines and teachings that they claim have the divine approval but which in fact misrepresent god and brin dishonor and reproach on his name the great polito ical leaders claim that the present governments of earth which they have formed by the strong arm of force called militarism are god i governments they claim that god has set them the task of governing the earth and has authorized them to use force to keep the people in subjection and that any resistance of their efforts is a resistance of god the financial leaders claim that god has given them the right to control the wealth and all other resources of the earth they claim that the masses do not know enough to handle these properly and that any resistance to their assumed vested rights is a resistance of god himself.

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12 thewatch tower buooklyn n y the great religious leaders put forth false doctrines such as eternal torment trinity human immortality human ordination and urge the people to submit to the wicked governments and the wicked oppressive schemes of the financiers these false doctrines are attributed to god and make reasonable and thoughtful men and women repudiate the bible and its author these false doctrines belittle god and bring reproach upon his name they make him appear wicked cruel and unjust and the men who are the authors of the false doctrines and who are foremost in advocating militarism and who set up the most wicked autocratic and tyrannical governments are regarded as great men art galleries are filled with their pictures street corners and parks with their statues and libraries with books extolling their virtues in many instances they are canonized or sainted their names are honored and revered far more than the name of jehovah god this organization was formed by satan for the express purpose of deceiving the people about god his wisdom justice love and power with serpent-like cunning satan has used these so-called great men to deceive the people these classes united and working together constitute satan s seed his organization on earth this organization oppresses deceives and injures the people it misrepresents god it is the seed of the serpent mentioned by jehovah god in the garden of eden.gen 3 15 when jesus was on earth nearly 1900 years ago he found these three elements arrayed against him namely politicians financiers and the great religious leaders satan used these so-called great men to poison the minds of the people about god and the bible let us note some texts psalm 58 3 4 the wicked · · go astray as soon as they be born speaking lies their poison is like the poison of a serpent again in psalm 140 1-3 we read deliver me 0 lord from the evil man which have sharpened their tongues like a serpent adders poison is under their lips again in romans 3 10-13 we read there is none righteous no not one there is none that doeth good no not one the poison of asps is under their lips and in james 3 8 we read the tongue · · is an unruly evil full of deadly poison these texts assure us that it is the tongue that the devil uses to slander god and his people and it is the tongue of those who constitute the seed of the serpent in jesus day this seed of the serpent was made up of the great leaders of that day those who professed great piety and claimed to be the representatives of jehovah god jesus called them hypocrites and surely nothing could be more wicked and diabolical than to pose as the representatives of jehovah god for the purpose of deceiving the people while actually the representatives of satan such are satan s methods read jesus own words addressed to these pious hypocrites as recorded in matthew 23 28-33 he said ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity ye serpents ye generation of vipers how can ye escape the condemnation of gehcnna gehenna is a symbol of the second death again john the baptist when he saw many of the pharisees and sadducees come to his baptism said 0 generation of vipers who hath warned you to flee from the vrath to come7 matt 3 7 a point worthy of special notice is that while these hypocrites appeared righteous unto men jesus and the apostles knew that they were hypocrites what was the poison they were broadcasting hear the words of jesus on this point this people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth and honoureth me w ith their lips but their heart is far from me but in vain they do worship me teaching for doctrines the commandments of men matt 15 8 9 in verse 6 of this same chapter jesus said to these same hypocrites ye have made the commandment of god of none effect by your tradition it is even so today the name of the lord is blasphemed by the traditions -of men among these tradi tions are such doctrines as eternal torment trin ity human immortality and the divine right of kings and clergy these are not found in the bible they are purely traditional having come down to us as an inheritance from the dark ages those who put forth these doctrines make void god s vord nevertheless they pose before the people as the only ones who can properly understand it as did the pharisees and others of jesus day the people s minds are poisoned with these false doctrines they are deceived into thinking that god is the author of these doctrines when in fact they originated in the minds of blinded and deceived men the doctrines that are deceiving the people today have crystallized into creeds and are taught to the exclusion of the bible we must bear in mind that satan is god s enemy and that his one great purpose is to deceive the people about god to misrepresent god and that to do this he must of necessity lie about god these lies are wicked slanders j they arc put forth by the socalled great and wise men of earth and hence catty far greater wdght than if put forth by those who lack education and influence these slanderous poisonous misrepresentations ot god of his people and of the bible are claimed to be found in the bible it is charged that god is the author of these lies the result is that people despise god and shun the bible and men have false and

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j liuaby 1 1930 cz he watch tower 13 perverted ideas of justice truth honesty and patriotism while ignorance and superstition hold sway everywhere in closing attention is called to the fact that in tho near future that ·· old serpent called the devil and satan is to be bound for a thousand years in order that he may deceive the nations no more till the thousand years are ended during this thousand years christ will awaken the dead and they together with those living will be given a proper understand· ing of what the will of god is and what are true anj righteous doctrines satan and all his human agents will be exposed and will be seen in their true light as hypocrites all false doctrines will be exposed and their authors will be made known those who still love that which is right true pure and good will quickly and readily fall into line with god s arrangements and get everlasting life while those who still love unrighteousness will be destroyed together with the devil in the lake of fire and brimstone which pictures second death thereafter righteousness peace justice and love will preva.il on the earth for ever thus the poisonous trail of the serpent will for ever end the human soul discovered defined [fifteen-minute radio lecture the opinions of man laid aside what does god s f god jehovah it is written in [his hand is the soul of every living thing and the written word say of the human soul in the hebrew breath of all mankind job 12 10 it is old testament the word which our english bible conclusive therefore that god the creator of souls translates soul is with but two exceptions the is the only authority on the soul question and his hebrew word nephesh this word occurs about 668 word the bible is the only book that can give the times but not always does our english bible translate it soul only 428 times is it translated soul true definition and description of the human soul because not acquainted with the true teachings of it is translated life 119 times person 30 times the bible mankind in general including practically creature 9 times man 3 times self 19 times all clergymen and church-going people have a very body 7 times dead body 8 times thing uncertain idea of the human soul to them it is a mys twice mortal i once and horrors fish once tery one methodist bishop is reported to have said num 6 6 hag 2 13 isa 19 10 doubtless you the soul is without interior or exterior without are amazed at these english translations of this hebody shape or parts and you could put a million of brew word meaning soul turning to the greek new testament we learn that them in a nutshell under the word soul the standard dictionary 1923 edition gives various def the apostles used the greek word psuche and that initions and says ·· it was augustine especially who 58 times does the king james version bible transin part on religious grounds and in part as the disci late it soul 40 times life 3 times mind ple of the later greek philosophy taught the simple once heart and once heartily or 103 times in immaterial and spiritual nature of the human soul all now wading through all these curious translations a view which has remained that of the scholastic phi of the hebrew and greek originals for soul we losophy and of christian theologians down to the pres ask does the bible teach the augustinian idea that the soul is immaterial and spiritual or the bishop s ent time the quotations just given raise the question is idea that you could put a million of them in a nutthe soul something immaterial and spiritual that shell or that at death the soul does not die but escapes from imprisonment in the human body and flits off to we can not now see hear or feel some invisible world y what the human soul is was no mystery to the well asks some one if we do not go to heaven faithful patriarchs prophets and writers of the old testament part of the bible neither did it mystify at death then what did david mean when he said jesus apostles and the writers of the new testament i shall go to him but he shall not return to me nor the christians of their day it was not until to -2 sam 12 23 ward the end of the fourth century when augustine david was referring to his baby son who had just began to introduce grecian philosophy instead of bi died he could not have meant that the baby was in ble doctrine that christian people began to get badly heaven and that he would go to heaven to join him mixed up on the soul question history plainly tells there because over a thousand years later on the us that the christians who held to god s word fought day of pentecost the apostle peter rose up and by augustine s teaching as being unchristian unscrip inspiration of the spirit which god had just poured tural pagan and subversive of true christianity and out on the apostles said men and brethren let me yet later generations have canonized augustine as a freely speak unto you of the patriarch david that he saint but has god ywe ask is both dead and buried and his 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1.1 ifhe watch tower brooklyn n y unto this day for david is not asccnded into the heavens acts 2 29 34 david s dead baby was an illegitimate child born to david by an act of adultery committed with anothcr man s wife we should not think though that the baby went to a place of eternal torment and that david meant to join him in that place bccause david was punished repented and died faithful to god and the bible prophesies of his restoration from death to life on earth under christ s kingdom hence david s words simply mean that the resurrection time being not j et due david would die before the baby was restored to life and thus he would join it in the death condition in the grave david knew that in due time both he and the baby would be awakened to life and come forth from the grave because his psalms so indicate in psalm 49 15 it is written god will redeem my soul from the power of the grave but the marginal reading says from the hand of hell thus sho,v,ing that the grave and the bible hell are one and the same once human souls did not exist it was over six thousand years ago that the tirst human soul was brought into existence but let me read you bible texts which use the original bible word for soul and see if you can discover your own human soul let us ask can a soul chew a good beefsteak or drink water or wine deuteronomy 12 20 replies because thy soul longeth to eat flesh thou mayest eat flesh leviticus 7 20 says the soul that eateth of the 11esh of the sacrifice of peace offerings that pertain unto the lord and proverbs 25 25 says as cold waters to a thirsty soul so is good news from a far country ex 12 16 provo 27 7 oh you say then a soul has teeth and a stomach and a digestive tract that gets hungry and thirsty well then does a human soul have flesh and blood let jeremiah 2 34 answer it reads in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents in the hebrew leviticus 17 14 saj s the blood of it is for the soul [ncphesh hebrew j of it prov 28 17 since the life of the flcsh is in the blood lev 17 11 the human soul must have a body that you can touch or scratch with your nails or put in prison psalm 105 18 20 says of joseph his soul [marginal reading j was laid in iron the king sent and loosed him psalm 7 1 2 reads delivcr me lest he tear my soul like a lion rending it [the soul in pieces job 18 4 can your eyes see a human soul if not then how could king saul have seen to hunt for david said to him thou huntest my soul to take it 1 sam 24 11 also ps 70 2 71 10 62 1 king saul replied my soul was precious in thine eyes this day 1 sam 26 21 showing that david could see to spare king saul s soul alive surely the king of sodom was not asking for somethin immatcrial and spiritual when he said to abram give me the souls [marginal reading and take the goods to thyself gen 14 21 nor was a hebrew priest buying mere wind when as leviticus 2 11 statcs if the priest buy any soul with his money he [the bought soul shall cat of it the holy thing v 10 he was buying something which would cost him to feed but some one asks where does the bible expose the immortality of the soul theory vhy says another docs the human soul die again let god s word ans er judges 16 30 tells us that samson prayed let my soul [marginal reading die with the philistines joshua 10 28 30 32 35 39 tells how joshua captured various cities and says they smote them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed all the souls that wcre therein speaking of god s ability to cut off a wicked soul from any resurrection to life jesus said fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in gehenna [marginal reading l iatt 10 28 a r v job 36 14 states their soul dieth [marginal reading in youth job 33 22 psalm 33 18,19 says the eye of the lord is upon them that fcar him to deliver thl ir soul from death and to keep them alive the apostle james 5 20 tells us that by converting a christian erring in his way we shall save a soul from death finally to remove all doubt as to the mortality 01 the human soul ezekiel 18 4 20 plainly says the soul that sinneth it shall die hence the bible consistently shows that the dead are dead and says that the dead know not any thing eccl 9 5 10 the only immortal soul is jehovah originally jesus wus made an immortal soul a life-giving spirit at his resurrection from the dead 1 cor 15 45 a r v rev 1 18 and the faithful overcoming christians will gain and put on immortality when resurrected from death as heavenly beings rom 2 7 1 col 15 53 54 however all human souls not gaining the victorious christian s prize of immortality will remain for ever mortal yet by obedience to god and the incoming kingdom of christ human beings may live for evel in perfection on this earth being evcr sustained by god s provision and power l iany more scriptures could be quoted but have you had enough to help ou to discover what j our soul is 1 if j ou truly believe what god s written word says ou will say y cs i have not a spiritual soul inside distinct from my body and that escapes from my body at death but i am a soul that statement is correct the first human soul wag adam 1 corinthians 15 45 reads and so it is written the first man adam was made a living soul where is it thus written in genesis 2 7 and please note that it is not writtcn that god breathed into man either 0 mortal or an immortal soul the scripture reads and the lord god formcd man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul the living breathing scntient creature man is as a whole the human soul due to sin the human soul now dies.

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