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ividing

the

People

xp

l

in

in

•

Three

Bible

Treat

ises

hy

J F.

RUTHERFOR

Page

reface

The True God

4 The lllmlc

od

45 Why Serve

Jehovah

.

.



Judge Ruthcdord l\ Icctul C .s

which

nrc

heard

by

millions

of

l>cople

weekly

1 along wi t i l hi s

many

publicatIons,

have greatly

aided

the people of good will in

the study of God s Word. Be

has

written 68 different publi-

cations,

and in the la

st twelve

years

the

se

have

reached the

amazing distribution of

over

150

million copies

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•

PREF CE

T

HE

END

OF THE WORLD llas been

reached, and Christ Jesus the

great

J ndge

and King, although invisible to human

eyes,

is

present, iliviiling the people,

He

llas

cOlmnitted a portion of

his

testimony to his

faithful followcrs, revealed to them the tl'Utll,

and conunanded tllcm to spcak ont the tl'Uth

plainly,

and

to thus enable tlle people to choose

wllich side they will take,

The

Lor 1 himself

illustrates the OppOSillg sides by goats and sheep,

The wrong side is

pictured

by a

flock

of goats

ltnd

their

leader; the righ side is

pictured

by a

flock

of sheep

and

tl1eir leadeI',

TIllS

dividing

work now in pl'ogI'ess

is iJl

f1l1fllrncnt of the

pI'ophecy uttered by J esns, to wit : WIlen the

Son of man shall come in Ilis glory, and all the

holy angels with

him,

then shall

he

sit upon the

tlnone

of his glory : and befol'e

him

shall be

gathered

all nations;

and

he shall sepltrate them

Olle

from

another, as a shepherd divideth his

sheep from the goats: and he shall set

the

sheep

on

11is

right hand, but the goats on the left.

(Mattllew 25 :

31-

33) WJlich side will you take 1

The

tlu'ee lectures following were broadcast

over a coast-to-coast network of radio stations,

rhe

demand

for

copies of these l

ect1.ll es

is so

great

that they

arc

published in convenient

3



4

PREF CE

form. Tbey make manifest the True God

and

the

false god

and

bow

Christ

tbe

great

Judge

is

ow dividing tIle people. Tbese lectures will

enable you to determine

the

side you

\vill

take.

Study them carefully with the Bible.

1933

PU LISHER



IVI ING

THE

PEOPLE

The True God

HE PURPOSE of this speech and the two

on following Sundays is to

bring

to the

at-

tention of

the

peoplein£ormation

tllati

so

f

tlle greatest importance to all men. Great dis-

tress

is now not only upon tlle people of America,

hut

on

the peoples of tlle entire world.

Ev

en

gl eater

dist

ress

is

certain to follow

i the near

future .

The

reason thereof and

what

will be

the

tinal outcome

are

directly

related

to

the

great

questions for consideration on the occa-

sions mentioned. The correct understanding

will bring

consolation to your heart

For

this

reason I iuvite you to listen with unbiased mind

to these speeches.

Is there a supreme God in whose hand is the

destiny of all of

the

nations and peoples?

f

so,

nothing else could be of such importance to

ll

of us. Who

is

the

true

God 7 and w

ha

t is his pur-

pose concerning man 7 How may we get tlle

true

and satisfactol Y answer to these questions 7 A

correct answer must be found in the testimony

that

is reliable and trustwortllY, and given

by

witnesses tllat l):e entirely competent.

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DIVIDING

THE

PEOPLE

Primarily there are two kinds of witnesses

tbat

bear testimony, and, tbese being reliable,

tbey fully corroborate eacb oilier.

Tbe

things

w cl

l we see with our eyes, but which do not

speak with

andible voice, do

by

their vel·y

exist

·

ence

bear

testimony to a

Creator

. Tllis hnd of

testimony we

call the

pbysical facts.

f

an hon-

est

man gives testimony

by

his speech, or by

wlIat he writes, we receive

that as

proof; and

if

his testimony is corroborated by the physical

facts, such is the strongest proof tllat both ai·e

correct.

There

are millions of stars whicb

we

see

wi

tll

the

natural eyes. When we gaze into the great

vault

above

the

eart

b and behold these

astra

l

boclies we know that they be

ar

testimony tlmt

there is a supreme power who

put

them there.

With wonder and admiration and in awe

we

ask:

Who made tile myriad of

stars1

Who placed

the

sun in the heavens to give light by day and

the

moon to sbine

at

night

to cheer

the

way of

the

wcary traveled

WllO

made tlle mountains

that fOT centuries have lifted high their heads

amollgst the clouds1

The

very existence of these

mighty

things

bears

eloquent testimony

that

they

are

tlle handiwork of the great

Creator

. t will

not do to say tllat nature creatcd them, because

uature

means

the

creation

that

is

visible to hu-

man eyes. Things

spiritual

means that which

is not seen by human eyes. , ¥Ilo, then, created



TH E

T R U E GOD

7

the visible

and

the invisible things Tbere is a

sacred record which

says

God created the heav-

ens and

the

earth,

the

things seen

and

unsee

n.

-Genesis 1: 1.

But, one will ask,

llOW

do we lmow tbat the

sacl ed record is

true

and correct

g

Because

com

petent witnesses bear testimony to its trutllful-

ness

and

the very language of

that

record proves

tbat

tlle record emanates, not

from

man, bllt

from the supreme One. That sacred record is

tlle Bible, and whicb is the Word of the tl UC

God given to man for

his

instruction.

t is

a

matter

of

history

and general 1010\\ 1-

edge that approximately nineteen centuries ago

there lived on

earth

a mau of great wisdom,

who spoke

as

no otller man ever spoke and

whose speech was true. The name of that man

is

Jesus.

Wben

he

stood before the Roman gov-

ernor and gave testimony he said tllat he came

to earth for the

very

purpose of bearing testi-

mony to

the

trUtil, As to what constitutes the

truth and where the truth

is

to be found Jesus

said that the Bible, the sacred record, tlle Word

of

God,itis

the trutil.

(John

17: 17; 18: 37) Cen-

turies previous tllcreto

faithful

men,

at

the dic-

tation of God,

had

written the prophecies of tlle

Bible, and whi ch prophecies foretold the coming

of J esus,

the

time

and

place of bis birti1,

and

tbe

work

that

be would

do.

No buman mind

could have preconceived these

things;

hence

it

must be conceded that the writers thereof wrote



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DIVIDING TllE PEOPLE

at the clictation of

God

and that the Bible is what

it

claims

to

be,

GOD S

WORD

OF

TRU1 H.

t is not an

unco=on

thing for a boy to learn

from his

father

the early llistory of the

United

States, and this before the cllild is able to read.

From the time of the first man to Moses infor-

mation concerning the human race was handed

down from one generation to another, even as

the

events of American

history

are

given from

one generatiOJl to another.

The

first five books

of tl,e Bible were written by Moses, wherein is

made

lmown the true God and his name and

his

purpose that he would accomplish through

his

heloved Son Jesus. When Jesus was

on

earth he

testified and

said:

'Moses wrote of me.' The

Bible bears

abundant

testimony tllat J

eS

l S is

the Son of the true God; therefore tbe testimony

of Jesus is true and imports absolute and eoUl-

plete verity. (Luke 9 : 35;

John 1:

34) 1\1oses

and the other prophets th

ereafte

r, likewise tes-

tified to

tbe

truth; and the history of tbe world,

as well

as

the Bible, makes record of

their

work.

Jesus had with l,iro on

earth

faithful men

to

whom he committed the truth, and directed them

to write a record tllereof, which they did. In

that

sacred record writtcn

under

inspiration are

fOlmd tllese words, in

Ephesians

4: 5 6:

There

is one God, the Father of all, who is abovc all,

and

one

Lord and Savior Je

sus

Cluist

Concerning

the

prophecies and whence they

carne it is written, n 2 Peter

1:

21: For the



TI l TUU

GOD

9

propllecy came not in old time by the wjJl of

man: but holy men of God spake as they were

moved by the holy

[spirit].

The testimony of these faithfnl and

true

wit-

nesses proves heyond all question of doubt that

the book called the Holy Bible contains the

sacred Word of the true and almighty

God

.

At

2 Timothy 3: 6 i t is

written:

'All scripture is

g

iv

en

by inspiratiou of God

for

the instrnction

of lUun in righteousness.' The Scriptures, there-

fore, must be a true and

conect

gllide for man

in all matters pertaining to humankind. Such

is the

truth

, and any teaching that is contrary

to the Holy Scriptures is not the trnth. We

therefore have tlle pllysical facts, tradition aud

the testimony of competent men

aU

agreeing

tlmt

there

is one

true

God.

Men who claim to be wise teacll that human

creatures evolved fl·om a lower order of animal;

but that teaching is not true, for the reason that

the Scriptures declare that God created the first

man

n

his image and likeness, and

that

man was

perfect, and that God gave man the power to

bring

forth

children. The physical facts show

that this statement of tlle Scriptures is true. t

is reasonable

to

e:>.. pect that God would give to

his most intelligent creature on earth a r eco rd or

revelation of tlle truth concerning Himself; and

that

is

exactly what

he

has done

n

the Bible.

Therefore tlle r everential man is caused to say,

as r eco

rded

at

Psalm 119: 105: Thy word is a



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DIVIDING THE

PEOPLE

lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path,

by which am guided

in

the

right

way.

t is distressing to observe what great igno-

rance there

now

is

amongst the people conccrn-

iag thc true God. J\Iany who

say

they helieve in

a Snpreme e i n ~ Imve

110

conception of the true

God. t is written in

Psalm

fourteen : The fool

hatll said in his heart,

There

is no Goel

Mark

tIlis, that he did

not

speak with his month,

bnt

in his heart he said,

There is nO

God. The

heart is the

seat

of motive, and therefore a man

by bis course of action di scloses what is in his

heart. f

he is wholly given over to selfishness,

and

refuses to hear anything about God and his

pDI'pose, he thereby discloses

his

motive

and

thus

he speaks

in

his hea

rt

and says, There

is

no God. Such a man in his own estimation is

always right; hence he rejects instruction, aud

the Lord declares

him

to be a foolish man .

Many men excuse themselves with the

state-

ment that tlley have read the Bible and know

it cannot

be

right,

when the

fact is

they know

nothing about the Bible, having merely casually

looked at some parts of it, and hence are wholly

incompetent to el. Press all opinion concerning

thc Bible. t is written therein

(P

salm 25: 14) :

The secret of the Lord is WitIl them

that

fear

him;

and he will shew them

his

covenant. A

man

who does

not

fear God cannot

lcarn.

Dis-

regarding

the Scriptures and following the

teaching of man

has led many

people into the



Ti l TRU

GOD

11

depths of ignorance concerning the

true

God

and his purpose.

The great crisis has now been reached, wllich

means

that

the time

has

come

for

a

c h a n g e

and

to those who profit by

the

knowledge available

the change will be

for their

good.

It

is written

that greater light shall come upon the peoples

at

the end of the worlel. We reached the enel of

the world in

1914,

and since

that

time

greater

light has been shed npon the name of the trne

Goel anel

his purposes cOllcm ning man. This in

creased light is available to all who honestly

seek for the truth

ill Goel s appointed way. It

is written that

t

is the will of God

that all

men

shall be brought to a lmowleelge of the trutll.

(1 Timothy 2: 4-6) The

clue

time to bring man

to a knowledge of tJle truth has now begun.

Furthermore,

the

prophet

of God wrote:

The

earth shall be

filleel

witll the lmowleelge of

the

glory of God even as the waters cover the sea.

(Habaldruk.2: 14) The lmowleelge of God s glory

means a manifestation of himself and his pur

pose, and this knowledge sllall become as

appar-

ent to those who seek it as tl,e fact that the

waters fill the sea. By his prophet Ezekiel the

Almighty declares more tl,an sixty times

that

Ul

that elay they shall lmow that I am

Goel .

The time for the beginning of tlle great in

crease of lmowleelge concerning

the true

God

having come, that is the very reason why many

radio stations this day broadcast a message



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DIVIDING TIlE PEOPLE

from the Scriptures, and the reason why men

and women go about the land with books ex

plaining the Bible. The purpose is not to in

duce other people to join some earthly organi

zation, but merely to afford them an opportu

nity to corne in contact with that which will en

ahle them to see the h:uth and llence to undcr

stand the meaning of p;-esent-day events. This

is

done

at

the commandment of tile Lord, and

hence mllst be done regardless of all opposition.

-Matthew

2 1

: 14.

The Creator of the universe is eternal, exist

ing from everlasting to everlasting. (Psalm

90: 2) To

Iri

s creatures he reveals himse

lf

by

several names

or

titles, each of which

ha

s a deep

significance, and to these briefly refer. Ilis

name God means

that

he is the Creator of heav

en and earth and all things that are good. He

is known as the Father of

li

ghts , because all

light and life emanate from him. (James

1:

17;

1

John

1: 5) He is revealed as tlle st IIigh

because he is above all. He reveals himself as

the lmighty God meaning that there is no lim

itation to his powel' and nothing can success

fully resist him,

He

designates himself as the

Lord of hosts , w]lich means that he is the

Almighty

Wanior,

who sllccessfully fights

against his enemies when the time comes for

im

to

act

for

that

purpose.

Ilis

name

J ehovah

is the most significant, because tllut means his

purpose toward rus creatures.



THE TRU GOD

13

Pharaoh of Egypt, the great world ruler,

when confronted by Moses as the representative

of J ehovall, scornfully asked Moses: Who is

J ehovaJl ' Even to this day men in high posi-

tions likewise sarcastically speak of his name

and ask, Who is Jehovah' When the

true

God

sent Moses to

Egypt

as his representative, to

Moses he said (Exodus 6: 3) : And I appeared

unto AbraJlaJll, unto Isaac, and unto J aeoh, by

the name of

God

Almigh ty; hut hy my name

JEHOV.AlI was I Jlot 1mown to them. Jehovah

then proceeded to tell Moses his purpose con-

cerning the people, and

later

Moses, under the

direction of JehOVaJl,

wrote down in Ule Bible

God's expressed purpose.

The name of the

true

Goel, which is J ehovah,

is the most

important

question at issue before

the peoples of earth today.

For

this reason

he

expresses his purpose of bringing tllis great

trutll to the attention of the people. The im-

portance of the name Jehovah is magnified

above everything, and tllis is shown hy the

words of

Jesus

. Just before his crucifixion Je-

sus saiel (John 17: 3 : This is life eternal, that

they might know thee the only true Goel, and

Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

t

is there-

fore certain

that it

is necessary to know J ehovuh

the

true

God iu order to learn the way to ever-

lasting liie.

When God created tIle perfect man he made

his mighty creature Lucifer the overseer or



DIVIDING

THE PEOPLE

overlord of

maD. Lucifer rebelled and hecame

Satan

and

led

man into

disobedience

of

God s

law, and

for

which wrong mall was sentenced to

death.

For

this reason all mankind hy inherit

ance

have ~ n

suffering the

results

of the death

sentence. (Romans 5: 12) Jehovah God then ex

pressed

his

purpose to redeem all men

from

death,

and to give

eadl

one an opporhmit-y to

know the trnfil

and

to ohey llim and live,

01

dis

ohey him

and

die

and

remain dead

EOl

ever.

To Ahraham Jehovah God appeared and

gave

promise t1Jat

he would

raise up

a seed,

hy

and

through which seed all the families of the

earth

Sllal1 he blessed. (Genesis 12: 3) The Scriptl1l es

disclose

tllat the

seed

thus

promised

is

The

Christ,

whose shed blood purchased the right

for

the human race to have life.

(Galatians

3:

16-29)

For

filis reast m God s Word declares

that there is nO other

name

under heaven wbere

by meu can

get li£e.-Acts 4: 12

By the mouth of

]lis holy

propbets Jehovah

expressed his

purnose

to

set up

On

em ill a Idng

dom

or

governmont Olat will rule

Ole

world in

righteousness, and that all who shall become

ohedient

to

the laws of

that

governmen

tor

kil1g-

dom shall live

£01

ever on earlll in peace,

pros

perity

and happiness.

The

one whom Jehovall

ha

s

appointed

and anointed

as

tlle

ruler

of Olnt

kingdom 01 government is Christ Jesus. W1len

Jesus

was on

earth

he declared

that

he spoke

noi

Iri

s own message

but

spoke only

the

message



T H E

TRU

GOD

15

that his

Fatl er

Jehovah gave him to speak.

He

always emphasized

the

importance of God s

kingdom for the blessing of men.

Just

before

his death he declared

tllat

he

must

die aud

be

raised

from

the

dead

and lliat

in

due time he

would return again, receive unto llimsclf his

faithful followers, and set up his kingdom or

government, and take cllargc of the affairs of

tIle world.

He

further

declared

that

Jehovah

the

true God would thus begin to execute his

pur-

poso at

the

end of tho world; and that fixed time

has now arrived, and hence we may look for the

convincing evidence of the great clmnge from

an ulll-igbteous rule to a righteous government.

The people desire such a government and they

must

receive 10l0wledge thereof.

J ellOval, having expressed his

purpose

hy his

Word, his name stallCls for his expressed pur

pose; tllerefore the importance of his name is

magnified.

He

lms a fixed time

for

the executiOll

of his purpose, at which time his name must

be

proved

true

and

vindicated before all creation.

• ehovah God sent Moses to Egypt not merely

to help the Israelites,

but

chiefly to mal,c a name

for himself. (2 Samuel 7: 23) The miraculous

deliverance of U e Israelites from Egypt bore

testimony

to

the supreme power of J-chova

h;

hence that was a

te

stimony to his holy name.

He

made

the

Israelites his

witnesses

that

tJ CY

might bear testimony

before

Otl1C1 S

to

the elld

tllUt otllers

might

learn

that

J ellOvab is tlle only



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DIVIDING

THE

PEOPLE

true God, from whom must /low the blessings

to

all creation.

In

Isaiah 44: 6

it

is written:

"Tlms saitb the Lord, the

Kjng

of Israel, and

his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I

am

the first,

and I am

the last;

and beside

me

there is no

God."

Only a small number of the Israelites proved

to be true witnesses of Jehovah. The gl'eat mass

of

them became unfaithful. The nation was cast

away, and the privilege of being J ehovab's peo-

ple taken away from

that

nation. Irhen Jehovah

sent to

earth

his beloved Son, Christ Jesus.

What was the primary purpose of the com ing

of J eSllS to earth Was it merely

that

he might

provide an example for other men to follow'

Surely not

that

alone.

Jesus

bimself answered

the question in thesc words: "To this end was

I born, and

for

tllis cause came I into the world,

that I sbould bear witness unto the truth. Every

one

that is

of the tmtl heareth my voice" ann

therefore does likewise. (John 18: 37)

Jesus

came to bear witness to ilie

truth

of and con-

cerning the true

God

Jehovah and his purpose,

that the name of JehovaJl might

be

made known

and

vin{licatecl

in

due time b

efOl e

all creation.

For

this r eason J CSllS Christ at all times em-

phasized the name and the purpose of his Fa-

ther, Jehovah. Because of his faithfulness as a

w

tness to the name of J ehoval he was given

the title of "The Faithful and True Witness".

(Revelation 3: 14) Every

tl Ue

follower of Christ



T H E TRU

GOD

7

J esus m11st be a witness

for

J ehovall, because

Jehovah and Jesus have so declared.

There is a company of men and women in tbe

land today who are designated

Jehovah s

\\it

nesses and about whom many professed Chris

tians

speak

with contempt and clisdain and

who

are

l eganled as unwortl ,y of decent treatment.

P e

rmit

me to give some information as to wby

these

faithful

men and women

are

designated

as witnesses of Jehovah God.

The

Ism

elites or J ews having failed

to

be

tru

e witnesses to the name of God, J ehovah sent

J eS

S

to the

eart

h; and with

hi

s clisciples God

began to take out from the other nations of the

eartb a people for

hi

s name. t is wriUen (Acts

15: 14-16,

Weymouth

that

'God looked

gra-

cio11sly on the other nations to take out from

them a people for Ills name, and tllat afterwarcls

he would set

up

Iu s kingdom'. The SCl·iptmes

theu show that the taking of these wHnesses out

from tile- nati.ons would be completed at tlle end

of the world. Also tl,at they mu

st

be witnesses to

the name of J ehovah in

order

tbat

otbers

mig

ht

learn who is the true and almighty God and bis

purpose.

This

t

est

imollY these witnesses must

bear accordillg

to

the commandment

of

Jehovah.

How do

th

ey get the name J ehovah's witness

es1 Do tl,ey name themselves1 That question I

will now answer from tile Scriptnres. A.t 1 P eter

2:

21

it

is

writt

en

that

every

true

follower

mU

G

do as J esus

clid

Since

Jesus is

the chief wHness



18

DIVIDING THE PEOPLE

of Jehovah, the others taken

out

from the na·

tions by

the Lord

mnst also

bear

witness to the

name of Jehovah. God then declares that he

names them as his witnesses. At

Isaiah

62 : 2

Jehovah

says

to the faithful followers of Jesns :

Thou

shalt be called by a new name, which the

mouth of the Lord [Jehovah] shall name. Since

U1ey arc taken out from the nations to be wit·

ncsses to the name of Jehovah, and since they

must bear testimony to

Iris

name

at

the end of

the world, therc could be

no

more

appropriate

name

fo ,

them than that of Jehovah's witnesses.

They arc witnesses of the

true

God.

Jehovah then declares tllat he would give his

own name to tIle faithful followers of Christ J e·

sns as his witnesses and

that

he would give it

to no other and t11at tllese should be his serv-

ants and bear testimony to Iris purpose. To them

he

says: I

am J ehOVall,

tllat

is my name, and

my

glory to another [aside from you] will I not

give. (rsaiall 42:

6-8,

Roth. Thus we see that

Jehovah

con fers his name upon those who

are

his

faithful witnesses.

We all know that today is a time of great con·

fusion and distress

tluoughout

the earth.

The

people are in great perplexity and c1istress be

cause they are blind to the truth and know not

just

what to do. f

tllCY

would

Imow the truth,

they

111nst

learn, not of men, but of Jehovall,

as

disclosed by his Word. His witnesses must bring

these great h'ullis to llie attention of

the

people.



TIIE T R U E

GOD

19

Note now

it

is mitten

by

Jehovah's prophet

Isaiah

(43: 8, 9), the followlllg:

Bring forth

the blind pcople that have eyes, and the deaf

that

have ears.

Let

all the nations be gathered

together, and let the people be assembled : who

among them can declare this, and shew ns for

mer

things'

let them

bring forth

their witnesses,

that

they may

be

justified: or let them hear

[Jehovah's

Word],

and say,

t

is

truth,

that

is in his Bible. Then to Ids faithful servan ts

Ol '

wHnesses the

true

God says (Isaiah 43: 10-12,

R.V . Ye arc my witnesses, saith Jehovah,

and

my

servan t whom I have chosen; that ye

may know and believe me, and understand

that

I am he; before me there was no God formlld,

ncitllel' shall there be

after

me.

I,

even I,

am

Jehovah;

and besides me there

is

no saviour.

I have declared, and I have saved, and I have

showed; and there was no

strange

god among

you: tllerefore ye are my wjtnesses, saith J e-

hovah,

[that]

I am God. Almost all people to

day follow after the mimic god about which I

will tell you.

This day, and the days following, faithful men

and women call at yom homes, exhibiting to

you the message of J ehovaJl God concerning

bimsel f his name, his purposes and his king

dom. This- tl,ey do because they have agreed to

do

God's will, and the Lord gives this command

ment, saying to them: This gospel of tIle king

dom shall be preached in all the world for a wit-



20

DIVIDING THE

PEOPLE

ness unto all nations and then shall the end

come."-Matthew

24:

14.

These witnesses are the true friends of the

people, because they come, not witb the message

of man, but

with the

message from the true God.

Recently a great storm was sweeping in frOID

the

sea.

The

United States government hurried·

ly sent out a warning to the people who were

in the line

of

the storm, warning them to

flee.

Some of them obeyed the warning ani escnpcd.

Others disregarded the warning, and died. J e-

hoval declares that when the testimony or IllS

witnesses is completed then tl ere shall follow

a time of trouble, or a great cataclysm, upon

the

nations such as the world has never known;

and

he

now sends his witnesses

to

give warning

to the people thereof in

order

that the people

of good will might take tileir stand on the side

of

Jehovab God and live. Some will heed the

message, but many will not. (MattJlew 24:16-22)

Long

ago J ehovah tile

true

God fix ed a time

limit

in

which wickedness should have a free

hand among men, and time and again be bas

declared in his Word that at

the

end of

lhat

lime

limit

he

wi ll completely destroy the workers of

wickedness and

will

completely set p us gov

ernment of righteollsness in the earth. What

is the purpose of destroying

til

e wicked rule of

the world and setting up

in

peace a righteous

government' The answer is given

in '

salm

83: 18 in

these words: "T

hat

men may know



Tn

TRUE

GOD

21

that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAli art

the most high over

ll

the earth."

The

name of Jehovah God

mu

st be vindicated

and ll creation corne to a kuowledge of the fact

tbat be is

the

fountain head of life

and

everlast

ing happiness. Those who receive such knowl

edge will

greatly

profit thel·eby. Regarcliess of

the good intentions of men, and regardl<: ss of

their

strenuous efforts

to

bl'ing about a desir

able condition amongst the people, they cannot

succeed. The crisis has corne and J ehovah God

has decrced that his own righteous goverllmell

t

ullCler Christ shall now

be

put in operation, aJld

that government alonc is

U C

hope of tllC wOl'ld;

hence the

vita

l importance or kno

wi

ng tlle name

ancl

purpo

se

or

tJlC

true

Goel

at

this time.

But why, SOBle will ask, will a just ancl true

God let thc people have so mucll suffering and

sorrow ancl

distress

as they are now having?

Why has he brongllt such great h'ouhle npon

the people1 TIle illlswer is that J ehovall God

is

iu

no

wise respousible

for

the present-day

sufferings of humankind. He is not the cause of

their trouble, distress and suffering, and the

economic

depre

ssion upon the world.

He

is tlle

just and lovi ng God, and all of Ius ways

arc

right

and rigllteous.

The

truth

concerning these questions

is

of the

greatest

inlportance to all of us. \Ve cannot

get

too much truth. .Any

att

empt to

preven

t one

from speaking to the people on these vitr.l ques-



22

DIVIDING THE

PEOPLE

tions is wrong and r esults injuriously to the

people.

Our

fighting amongst ourselves can re

sult

in no good to anyone.

f

a man wants to

express his view, give him the opportnn

it

y to

be

heard, and then judge

his

IVol ds

by

tI e Bi

ble, which is tIle

truth

. often

ca

ll attention

to false doctrines, not

for

the pl1l pose of holding

men

up

to ridicule

or

to

do

them

injmy

but

Oll

ly

that

the peoplc may examine

tile

Word

0

f

God and l

em

n

the truth

. have no fight with

men

who

publicly tllrougll

the press

or other

wise oppose me. They are entitled to their own

opinion; but coercion, putting a gag in anyonc s

mouth, or preVe1lting him from speaking, is un

godly and therefore wrong. f you want to hear

what

they say, do so, and then determ

ine for

yOUl selves what is the

truth

.

The

opinioll of

man, regardless of the position he holds in any

organization,

and

the r eputation of any organi-

.zation on eart

h are of small importance.

The

truth

of and concerning God s purposes is of

all importance to you and to me. The time has

come when the people

must

learn the clear dis

tinction between the

true God and the mimic

God. Those who

wou

ld now find life

and

attend

ing

blesshlgs must Imow the

trut

h.

Next Sunday a t this

hour

it wi ll be my

priv-

ilege to

point

out to you the conclusive proof

tlmt the

suffering of the peopl es has come by

reason of the works of the mimic goel; that the

mimic

go

d

ha

s

built

a great and cruel ol gani-



THE TRUE GOD

23

zation which has oppressed tJle people and kept

them in igno rance and caused them great dis

tress;

and

to point

out

the

truth

as

to what shall

be the end thereof. The time has come when the

people must have an opportunity to learn the

b.-uth, and those who do willingly seek the tl llth,

and who do right, have Jehovah s

sure

promise

that they may be spared in the

great

tribulation

that is shortly to come upon the whole world.

Joining

some orguni

zat

i01l

of men will do yon

no

good,

but

to kn ow the true Goel will put you

in line fOl bounclless

bl

essings. Be assured of

my best wishes for you, that you may live in

peace

and

happiness.

st

rongly

ur

ge

Ul

a l whpn

J cllOvah s witnesses call at your mes you avail

yourselves of the opportunity to learn more

about tIle

true

and everlasting God, wllOse name

alone is J ehovah.

_ _ ', ,''''''.,'''U_ '_ ''''om.... '''''' ''_'''''''''''''''.... ''''''''''''''m ''''''.

But Why Wait Until Called On?

Just n few lines above Judge Rutherford has stated

th

at

he

strongly Ul'ses that when Jehovah's witnesses

call

at

yOUI homes you avail yom'selves of the opportunity

to learn more about the true and eve1:1asting

God

, whose

name alone is Jehovall . It

may

be a week, a month,

01

even longer, before onc of Jellovah's witnesses calls upon

you, but one will sooner

01

later. However.

why

not at

once drop a

carel to

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St

.,

Brooklyn, N. Y., and ask

for

theil' catalog which de scr ibes

in detail 11 11 of Judge Ruthcdord's w1'itings as well as

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i11

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The Mimic God

A

MIMIC

is

one who

imitates

or tries

to be

like another,

but

is a counterfeit of the

true,

and

who ridicules and tries to

bring

the true one

into

disrepute. The mimic god

is

the

one who

attempts

to be liJte the tTIle Almighty

Jehovah

and who

is therefore

a counterfeit of

the true God and who ridicules J ellovah, defames

his

great

name,

attempts

to bring him into dis-

repute, and thereby deceives many persons.

Having

established

n

my former

address

the

proof that the Bible

is

God s Word of

truth,

and

the only rountain of

truth

conceming man, now

attention

is given to the mimic god.

Jehovah

God created perfect man and woman and gtwe

tllem the power to

bring

chi

ldr

en into existence.

(Genesis 1: 27, 28)

At

the same time he made

Lucifer

the overlord of man, and

it

was Luci-

fer s duty to see

that

man

kept

in harmony with

J ehovall s organization of righteousness. Lu-

cifer became covetous. He

Imew

tlrat life was

given to man by

Jehovah

and

that

man s duty is

to

always obey and be subject to J ehovall . He

saw the possibility of a

great

and num

erOllS l' )ce

of hwnan

creat

ures upon the earth and he de-

termined to commercialize

that

r c ~ and bring

it

into subjection to himself. That was the

root

of evil.-l Timothy 6: 10.

J ehovall, ti,e

true

God, made Luci fer the head

over an

organization including mtlll, and

it

is

2,



TH

MIMIC

GOD

25

written that Lucifer was perfect in all his ways

t ll he became lawless, and his lawlessness was

made manifest by making mel'chandise of man.

(Ezekiel 28: 13-19)

Lucifer's

motive or wicked

heart is made 1mown by

his

action,

and

therefore

it is written of him in God's Word: 0 Lucifer,

_ thou

hast

said in thine heart, I will ascend

into heaven, I will exalt my throne above. the

stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of

the congregation, in

the

sides of

the

north:

I

will ascend above

the

heig

hts

of

the

clouds: I

will be like the Most High. Yet thou shalt be

llrought down to hell, to the sides of

the

pit.

(Isaiah

14: 12-15) t was there that Lucifer be

came tile mimic god, and ever since he has tried

to ape J ehovall's organization, to ridicule J

e-

hovah's name, and to

do

violence to those who

have served Jehovah the true God.

1'hat wicked one caused man to sin and to

turn away from Jehovah, and for that reason

man was sentenced to death and death has

passed upon all men. (Genesis 3: 1-1

5;

Romans

5:

12

Then

Jehovah

changed Lucifer's name,

and since he has heen designated by the names,

to wit, Sa.tcun meaning opposer of God; Devil,

meaning slanderer of

GOd SJlOly

name; Se1 pent,

meaning deceiver of other

creatures; and

m -

on, meaning the one who seeks to devour all who

try to serve the true God.-Revelation 20: 2

i

1

P e

ter

5:

8;

Jolm 8:

44

.

. Having caused Adam and Eve, the perfect



26

DIVIDING THE

PEOPLE

ones, to fall away from Jehovah, Satan then de

fied God

and

challenged hlm to put on earth a

man who would

at

all times

remain faithful

and

true to JellOVah. Satan declared that he could

cause man to suffer

so

much

that

he would curse

God to

his

face . (Job 2: 3-7)

That

cllaUenge of

the wicked one

put

in dispute

or

at

issue before

all .creation the word,

the

powel and the su

premacy of

Jehovah

God and hence involved

his great

name. God could have destroyed Sa

tan

immediately, but that would not

hav

e sct

tIed the question in the miuds or otl,er

creatlU Cs

.

Jehovah there Core

accepted the cha

ll

enge of tIle

wicked one

and

suffered or permitted Satan

tbereafter to

put

forth

aU

his efforts in his

attempt

to prove his side of the issue.

Jehovah

set a fixed time limit in which he would not in

terfere with Satan s wicl{ed course, declaring

that

at the end of such fixed tinle he would show

his

absolute power, his perfect wisdom, and his

equal justice, and that all this would be a vindi

cation of his word and his name

Al l

the wick

edness, crimes and sufferings that mankind have

experienced

from Eden t i l l

now are due to

the

works of the chief criminal,

Satau

the Devil,

who is the mimic goel. J ehovah Goel

11a

s never

brought sufferings upon

hi

s creatures. ITe has

punished those who have willi.ngly violated

their

covenant with him,

but as

to the

U

I fel ings of

mankind in

ge

ueral God is in no lvise respon

sible for such.



TI lD MIMI

GOD

27

From the time of Eden Jehovah began to

mark some men for himseli. The first one was

Abel, and Satan cansed him to be murdered. t

is the duty of all men to serve and worshlp

Ule

true

God; and Satan, 1mowing Ulis, set about

to cause men to practice the worship of crea

tm'es, Ulat he thereby might

turn

men away

from the great Creator Jehovah. Religion has

ever been one of the means employed by Satan

to turn men away from J ehova

b.

At Shinar Sa

tan organized the ./1r8t religious company and

put Nimrod forward as leader and exalted llim

above Jehovah. Satan caused the people to

build the tower of Babel for the announced pur

pose

of

going to heaven, nil of which was done

to riclicule Jehovah. (Genesis 10:

;

J1

:

1-9) As

tIle peoples of Ule eariJl grew in numbers other

religions were organized by Satan, alld in evel'y

instance those religions were a mockery of anel

against Jehovah God.

Seemingly Satan was i 1nniug ll Ule people

away from Jehovah God, but

at

all times

God

had

on

earth a

few

fruthful witnesses to bis

name. J ehovnh UlCn organized the peoples of

Israel as a people for 11imself, and in order to

safeguard them from the 'TIcked in{]uC11Ce of

Satan J ehovah gave thcm tills commandment:

Thou

shalt

have no otl1er gods before me . Thon

sl1alt not mal,e unto thee any graven image, or

any li1<eness of any thing tbat is in heaven

above, or that is in the earUl beneath, or that is



28

DIVIDING

THE PEOPLE

in the

water

under the

earth:

thou shalt not bow

down thyself

to

them. (Exodus 20: 3-5) The

worship and bowing down before men

01·

man

made things

is

an insnlt to Jehovah and is done

at the instance of tlie mimic god.

JellOvah made the

Israelites

or

Jews

his wit

nesses in

tl1C

earth and favored them as he had

never

favor

ed another people. Ovcr a long pe

riod of more than eighteen

ce

nturi

es God

dealt

mercifully with that people. (Amos 3: 2) Time

and

I1.gain they violated tl1eir covenant

wi

th

hill1 , and in the days of King Zedekiah they had

so completely yielded to tlle Devil that

Jehovah

cast away the J

e\vi

h natiOll from him. (Ezekiel

21: 24-27) From tlIat time onward Satan the

Devil has been the god

or

invisible

ruler

of the

world, and, as it is written of him, 'tile whole

world li es in the wicked one. -1 John 5: 19,

Dinglott

In

clue time Jehovah sent his beloved Son J

e-

sus

to the earth, first to bear witness to the name

of

Jehovah and to redeem mankind by his

011 11

sacrifice, and later to return

ancl

set up

his

gov

ernment of righteousness and to vindicate Je

hOVal, S name. WIlen Jesus began his witness

work in the earth Satan

at

once tried

to

induce

J esus to bring about his own destruction by

proving unfaith Eul

to

God.

In

ti,lS

Satan

com

pletely failccl . (Matthew

4:

1-11)

The primary

purpose of the coming of Jesns was to

prove

and vindicate his Father s name. To this cnu he



THE MIMIC

GOD

29

went forth preaclling to the people concerning

Jehovah's purpose. n

order for

Jesus to prove

J ellOvah's side

of

the

question

at

issue he must

suffer the contradiction and opposition of Satan

and his agents and he must, under such adverse

conditions, maintain his integrity towards J e

hovah, and tllis he did.

Satan

resorted to fraud,

deceit and aU manner of wicked persecution to

bring about the destTuction of

Jesus

and to

cause further reproacll upon the name of J eho

vah.-Romans

15:

3;

Psalm 69: 9

Not every person who claims to se

rv

e Jehovah

God does so in fact. t is written: Ye shall

know them

by

their

fruits ;

meaning that if they

bring

to the people their own fruits or teachings

or the

fruits

or teachings of any man they

are

not God's servants. f they bring to the people

God's pure Word, such fruits or teacllings tes

tify that tJley are tlle servants of God. Even

though the Jews had been cast away by Jehovah,

yet the rabbis,

Pharisees and

other

religious

leaders among them claimed to serve God, and

probably they thOllght they were serving

him,

but they were in fact the servants of the Devil.

The testinlOny of Jesus is authority for tJlis con

clusion. In John

8:

41·44 it is written that the

Pharisees

said to Jesus: We have one Father,

even God.

Jesus

said

lUlto

them, f God were

your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded

forth and came from Goel; neith

er

came I of

myself, but he sen me Why do ye not undcr-



T H E

MIMI

GOD

31

may be acting with the b

es

t intention and yet

be the servants of the Devil, and

for

that

reason

the apostle wrote to those

at

Rome the rollow-

ing: Know ye )lot, that to

whom

ye yield yonr-

selves servants to obey, his servants ye

are

to

whom ye obey

j

whether

of

sin lmto death, or of

obedience nnto righteonsness1 -Romans 6: 16.

Wl,en say that men are serving the Devil

and not Jehovah

God

do not mean to be llarsh,

but am merely calling attention to tl,e methods

that Satan uses to deceive men, and this do

for the benefit of all

who

desire to learn the

truth

or God's Word, which is for their benefit.

Repeateclly the Sm·iptures refer to Satan, lhe

mimic god, as the arch deceiver

who

deceives

ftnd

misleads men.

JJ

men

with

the very best

intention follow tile teachings or other men and

di

s

regard

ale Word

of

God they arc certain lo

fall into the trap of. Flalan and hence become his

servants. t is written, in 2 Corinthians

n

14,

15:

Satan

himself is transformed into an angel

of light.

TherefOl·e

it

is no

great

thing i f his

ministers also be transformed as the ministers

of l ~ h t o u s n s j whose end shall be aecordlng

to their

wOI·ks.

They appear outwardly to be

servants of the

God

of light, but ;n fact arc the

servants of Satan .

The mere fact that a religion which is called

Christian is practiced among us

is

no evidence

whatsoever

111at it

is according to the truth

of

God's Word. WllY is iliere amongst the people



34

DIVIDING

THE PEOPLE

such a great lack

of

knowledge of

and

concern

ing

Jehovah

God,

his

Word

alld

his

kingdom'

The answer is found

n

the Scriptures,

and that

answer is, because Satan the god of

this

world

l

as

made the people blind to the truth.

Note

the

words of the apostle who says, at 2

Corinthians

4: 3-5: But

i

our gospel be bid, i t

is

bid to them

tllat are

lost; in whom the god

of

tillS wOTld

hath

blinded

the

minds

of

tllcm which eEeve

not,

lest

the light

of

the glorious gospel

of

Christ, who is

the

image of God, should shine

unto them.

For

we preach not ourselves,

but

Christ Jesus the Lord;

and

ourselves

your

serv

ants for Jesus' sake. fmen

of

an

organization

preach the

doctrines

of men they are not preach-

ing

the

truth of

God's

Word;

hence

they are

deceived

and

others

are

deceived by

the

machi

nations

of the mimic god, Satan, whose cbief

objective is to

reproach Jehovah's

name and to

turn men away from the true God.

Wllat is tlle purpose

of

Satan, the mimic god,

in

turning

Ule

people

away

froUl tlle

trnth

and

into

darlmess 1 Satan would much prefer to see

the entire

human

Tace

destroyed

than to see

anyone thereof faithfully

serve

Jehovah God.

In no

other

way could he prove

his

siele of

his

wicked cllallcnge. Satan the Devil, being

rim-

self the

father

of lies, opposes the

truth

always,

and

thereby

deceives men

and fraudulently

in

duces them to oppose tlle trutll. There

are

re-

ligious

organizations

and

their

leaders who



TH M I M I C GOD

35

would

in this

day vigorously oppose the broad

casting of the words of Jesus as written in the

twenty-third

chapter

of Matthew.

Why would any religious organization

so

op

pose the radio's being used

to

proclaim the truth

of God's Word as it is

written

The answer is,

becau e Satan, the mimic god, and who is the

god of this world , is opposed to the

truth

and

he deceives men and causes them to

act

as

op-

posers to the truth and

against

their own wel-

fare.

Instead

of becoming angry with one an

other when these matters are mentioned we

should be able to speak the

truth

with fl'anlmess.

We should all want to have the truth be

fore

u.

in order

that we

might avoid tlmt gr

eat

enemy

who is

against

all of us, and who

is

seeking

a

turn tile whole human race against

tllC

true

God

.

The apostle Paul llad the rig

llt

idea when he

wrote

under

inspiratioll: 'Let the

truth

be told

even though

it

make all men liars.' (Romans

3: 4) The apostle was not there abusing men,

but

he was magnifying tlle importance of the

truth;

and

it

is only

tilC

trutll of God's

Word

that will shield us from the assaults of the mimic

god, who is

Satan

the Devil.

For

this

rea

S( ln

Jesus

declal'ed: 'Sanctify them with the truth;

tllY

vVord

is

truth'; and again he said: The

truth

shall make you free. -John

8:

32-36;

17:

17.

f we helieve the Bible is true, ilien we must

know that the Devil

for

centuries

has

been the



36

DIVIDING THE

PEOPLE

invisible ruler of this world. The p'roof is

fO

.nnd

in both the Old and the New

Testament

and is

especially empllasized by the testimony of J

eSllS

Christ. (

John 12:

31; Daniel

2:

1-45; 4:

- 2 ~

Does that mean

that

the men

who

govern hjwe

willingly and with full k :nowledge put them

selves

under

the Devil's control1 No,

it

means

nothing of the kind. Men have followed their

own

understanding

in the organizations and con

dnct of governments and have ignored the Bihle

and have easily faJlen under the deceptive in-

fluence of Satan. Commerce, politics and reli

gion have joined together in forming and carry

ing

on

the governments of the world. These have

followed the advice of

other

men, and

that

to

the exclusion of

God

's Word of truth.

~ a n y

a

man today is heard to say, I believe n God ;

but

the difficulty is, he does not know Jehovah,

the true God, and, having an inclination to bow

to a supreme power, he falls a victim to

Satan's

seductive inOuence.

In

stead of saying that the

governing powers have knowingly followed Sa

tan,

the correct thonght

is that

Satan has over

reached them, becanse they have failed to fol-

low God's Word. Let it be kept

in

mind that

1J1e Devil's primary PU Ipose is to turn men away

from the true God and in order to

do so

he em

ploys frond deception and leads men of

good intention into his

trap.

[·or that reason

:e nations today are in a great dilemma.



TIIE

UInl I

GOD

37

All of us well Imow

that

the

most

influential

religious organizations and leade

rs

on

earth

today t ell the people that the world depression,

suffering and distress is a judgment from God

upon the people because of their unfaithfu ln ess

to the c

hurch

. There is nothing

farthe

r from the

truth t1lan such a statement. The world is suf

fering

and is in

great

di

st

ress, and this is not

due

to

anythi ng

that

the

true

God

has

don

e.

Nor

is

it

possible t1lat men by

their prayers

can re

move or even aid in

th

e present depression,

suffering and distress. The world depression

aJld

its

attending suff

er

ings

arc clue

to the wick

ed works of til e Devil, the mimic god, and this

r

will

now prove I rom the

Scriptmes;

and

t1li

s

do in

order

that

the people may see the

tru

e

situation and

flee

to the on ly rciuge.

Jehovah appointed C

hri

st J e:us to be the vin

dicator of hi name and raised him up out 01

death, exalted him

to

tile hig

ll

est place ill tile

univer se, and clothed him with all power and

authority. Jehovah fixed a specific time in whjch

he would

permit

the Devil to do a

ll

within his

power to lJrove llis wicked c.halJenge ; therefore

Jehovah

Goel

said to J esu

s, as stated

in

the

Sc

riptur

es,

Wait

until my due time to

put

the

enemy under thy feet. (Psalm 110:

1,

2; He

br

ews 10: 12, 13)

That

fixed time of waiting

ended in

1914,

and then

Jehovah

sent

forth

Je-

sus to rule, and his first work was to onst Satan

from heaven. (Uevelation

12:

1-10) The next



38

DIVIDING THE PEOPLE

great

aet is tlle destructiou of the Devil

and

his

organization.

Preparation

is now

n

progress to

that

end,

and that

will be accomplished

at

Ar

magcdJon.

How do we Imow that

the

true God will de

stroy Satan, the mimic god, and Ilis orgmliza

tim]? Because his final

judgment

is written in

the Scriptures

to U,at effect, from which

quote:

I

will destroy thee and

bring

thee to ashes.

AU they

that know thee

ruUOllg the people shaU be astonished

at

thee:

thou

shalt he a

terror

and never shalt thou be

any

more." (Ezekiel 28 : 16-10) This final judg

ment of Jehovall will be executed in the near

future. The

Devil Imows

that

the fight must

come off

and

that he must get reaely

for it

and

that his time is ShOTt. Now note tIle words

oE

the Scriptures

concerning this

matter:

"\Voe to

the

illllabiters of ilie earth, and of the sea I for

ilie devil is come down uuto you, having gr

at

wrath

because he lmowetli that he hatll hut a

short

time." (ReYelation 12: 12) This proves be

yond all doubt

that

tile Devil J,as hrought the

great

woe and sufferings upon tIle peoples

oE

the eart

h because he knows that Ius time is

short, and he is

now

using every power

at

his

cornmand to C< luse tile people to curse tl,e true

aod and tum away from him.

Will

the Devil suc

ceed in

turning

all men away

from

the

true

God

He will succeed in turnulg

the

great majority

away,

but there

will be

many

who

w ll maintain



THE

MIMIC GOD

39

their integrity

toward the

true

God

and

remain

faithful.

But

one teaches

the

people

ODe

thing,

and

others another

thing, and, you ask, how sha

ll

the people lmow

what

to believe and whlch way

to

torn'

The conect

answer is fOll11d

in the

Scriptures, which is, to wit: Do

Dot

follow what

any man says, because all men are imperfect

and al e sel

sh and hence

are unsafe

guides, re-

gardless

of

their

good intentions,

n

this hour

of

great

crisis

.J

ehovah, the

true

God,

ha

s given

the propel advice in these words

(Proverbs

3: 5,

6):

Trust

in

[Jehovah]

with all thine

heart;

and lean

not

un to thine own

understand-

ing, n all

thy

ways acknowledge him, and he

shall

direct

tllY paths,

What

shall come to

pass

in the near

future'

The Bible, the

Wonl of

UlO h ue God, answel s

that

there

shall be

great tribulation on earth,

such as never

befor

e was known, and which shaU

result

in

the

complete eoUapse

of

world organi-

zations,

(Matthew

24: 21, 22; Zechariah 14: 12,

13) WllY should

that

great

trouble come upon

the world Because the h ue God

ha

s thus de-

creed t

to

tile end

that his judgment

may be

executed against

the

enemy

and aU

oppression

and wrongdoing on the

eart

h shall cease, The

time limi t

COl

the Devil to prove his wicked

challenge has come to an

end; therefore

his

world

has

ended and

at

Armageddon

Jehovah

by

Christ

will

destroy the

wicked organization



40

nrvIDIN G THE PEOPLE

and completely vindicate bis

own

name. Then

all shall know that Jehovah is the true God. The

great

battle

is designated

n

the

Scriptures

as

the expression of

Jehovah

God s wrath at the

wickedness of the Devil and his agents,-Rev

elation 11: 18.

Which way shall the people now turn to pro-

t ect tll emselves1 Let the

Word

of the

true

God

give answer,

8S

found in Zephaniah

2:

2-4,

which says: Before the anger of the

Lord

break,

seek meekness

and

righ teollsness, and

it

may

be that you shall be hid in this time of trouble:

Keep iu mind that Armageddon is not a battle

between men, but that it is a war of

the

Devil

and his forces

on

one side with Jehovah God

and

his forces, led

by

Christ,

on

tI,e

other

side,

and

that in

the

great battle .the world

sha

ll be

made rid of all wickedness. TIle only

pos

sible

way of escape

and

of protection n

that great

tribulation is to take

yOUI stand

on the side of

J ellovah, the true God; seek

me

elmess, which

means to be willing to be

taught

by his Word,

and

not

by

men;

and

do righteousness

by

deal-

ing

o

~ s t l y and right with all men in all mat-

ters

, and, above all, to put your

trust

in God

and

in Christ

~

his King, who is

earth s

right-

ful ruler.

Does that mean that we must fight against

the efforts of men

n

tins day who

are

trying

to

Plll1

the world out of

the present

dilemma of

distress and depression No,

it

means nothing



T::rE M I ~ I

GOD

41

of the l;ind.

t

does mean

that

those who main

tain -their integrity toward

God

will not put

their .trust n man and in man's feeble powcr,

hut will rely upon tbe

Lord

J ebovah and his

kingdom, which is now set up under Cllrist, who

is 'Carth's rightful ruler. Note the

Scriptures

say (Proverbs 29: 25): The fear of man bring

eth a

snare:

but whoso putteth his

trust

in the

Lord shall he safe.

(Psalm

118: 8)

It

is

better

to tl'Ust in the Lord,

tlHln

to put confidence in

man. (Psalm 146: 3)

P

ut not

your

trust in

princes [earthly rulers], nor in tile son of man,

in whom there is

no

help.

The true Jehovah God is the God of wisdom,

justice and love.

The

mimic god

is

thc

embocIi-

ment

of

wiekcdnc

R

and the deceiver and op-

pressor of the people. The time is

at

hand for

Ius wicked rule and opprcssion to for ever end.

The true God

in

the exercise of his loving-kind

ness now sends forth his witnesses to give this

warning to the people,

that

they may have an

opportunity to take tileir

stand

ou the side of

Jehovah

and maintain

their

integrity

toward

him and escape. Jehovah's witnesses come to

you with tile message of

truth

from tile Word

of Jehovah because they

are

commanded

to

do

so by the IIlost Hig

h.

They

can receive no earth

ly gain by telling you O e message. They can

maintain Oleir

int

egrity toward God only by be-

ing obedient to his commandments and doing

so willingly and joyfully. J ehovah's witnesses



42

DIVIDING THE PEOPLE

now bring to you his words, set alongside the

facts whieh are well known to you, and

by

which

you can determine

what is

the truth,

and what

is the right course to pursue.

This

crisis has come upon the world because

Satan,

the mimic god, is making his final des-

pOl'ate

effort

to turn mankind away from the

true God and to cause their destruction. Men

or the world npon whose

shonllers

the respon-

sihility to rule is now resting are with good in-

tention using their best endeavors

to

relieve the

world.

To

oppose them in their efforts would

be entirely wrong, but a failme to tell lhe trulh

to the people would be a

far

greater wTong. f

the present governors of the world were wise,

instead

of lemung to human understanding they

would turn to the Word of

Jehovah

God

and

be

guided solely by it.

Ther

ein they would learn

that the world of the mimic god,

Satan,

has

ended and that his organization must go down

and

no power can hold it up; Ulat the kingdom

of Jehovah, the true God, 10

g ago promisecl,

is

here;

and

that

his beloved Son is now

setting

up the govel lune

nt

of righteousness, and con-

cerning whom

it is

m itten: The government

shall be upon his shoulder, and it shall he a

ri ghteous

govemme

nt . - I saiah

9:

6

7.

Jehovah s

witnesses

are

not opposing the

N.RA

. or any other

effort

of men to relieve the

world from

di

st

ress; but in

order

to be true to

their

fellow man, and, above all, to maintain



TH E MHI I GOD

43

their integrity toward the

true

God, tl,ese wit

nesses

must

tell the people the truth, even

though hy so doing they

arc

great

ly misunder

stood.

We

have reached thnt time specincall y

mentiolled

in

the prophecy wherein Jehovah

God speaks to those who arc his witllesses and

says: Prepare

ye the way of the peopJe, pain t

them to ille highway, and lift up a standard for

the peopJe. (Isa. 62 :

10

The purpose of this

speeell, and ille

purpose

of

Jehovah s witnesses

calling

at

your homes with Bible instruction, is

to obey illese conunandments from Jehovah and

th llS

bring to the attention of ille people the dis

tinctioll between the true God aud

the faJ

e or

mimic god.

t

must be

cOllc

eded by all ill

at

i f

Jehovah s

time

has

come

WhCJI

tbe organizatioll of this

world shall go down to make the way clear ror

the setting up of

his

l ighteol1S govcrnmellt on

eartl1, then

it

is not within the power of

men to

hold to

ge

ther iJle presellt institutions. For cc

n-

tnri

es devout persons have expected

th

e coming

of God s kingdom

and

have ferven tly prayed

illat

it might

come,

and that his

will might

be

done

011 earth

as

it

is

dOlle in

heavel1.

Tl,at

pray

er

is not a mockery, but

it

is

trne

and the tr11e

God will shortly answer

it.

All hopes pinned

to

man-made schemes will fail, and that

short

ly

Let

the

people

bear

in mind

that Jehovah

says

of and concerning his kingdom nllder Chri

st

(hlatthew 12: 18, 21,

R.V. :

Behold,

my

serv-



44

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will

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my

spirit

upon him,

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[nations].

And

in

his

name shall the [nations]

ope.

Let

the people now

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to

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the

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will

result to the

people

in

so doing? \Vl,y

serve

J ehovah1

That

question it shall be my privilege to answer from

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at

thi s time.

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Why Serve ehovah

F

OR many centuries the whole world has been

under tJ,e domination of Satan, the mimic

god. This is not man s opinion, but the

solemn declaration of. God s Word, the Bible.

(1

John 5 : 19) Almost all men have, to some

extent at least, been deceived by

Satan

and have

therefore served him either willingly or un-

willingly. When

we

l

earn that

the

Scriptures

clearly teach

that

there are two gods, to wit, e-

hovah, the true God, and Satan the Devil, the

mimic and wicked god, then

we

can ,readily see

that

every man has been and is the servant

either of the true or of the false god.

t

is writ-

ten: Ye are the servants of him whom ye serve.:

(Romans 6: 16) One may ignorantly serve the

Devil, but he is

Satan s

servant just the same,

regardless of his intention.

t

is not necessary

for us to judge others, but our

proper

course is

to ascertain the trUtll,

that

we may take the

right way.

What is ti,e general result to the human race

by reason of serving Satan for centuries past1

The record of the human race is chiefly wl itten

in human blood unrighteously shed. Crime and

gl OSS wickedness have sta

lk

ed thJ:ough the

earth, and the entire race has been brought into

great woe. All those who have tried to do right

have su ffered

at

the hands

of

the Devil, and some

of tllese have maintained their integrity toward

5



46

DIVIDING THE

PEOPLE

God even nnder

the

most

terrible

conditions.

Selfishness and wickedness have

mled

for

centuries amongst men; families once happy

have been torn

asunder;

wickedness

and so

r-

row have becn upon all, and thousands of mil-

lions have gone dmvn to untimely graves, and

their depm ture has caused a sea of tears of

bitterness to

flow

from those who are left to

mourn tileir loss. Throughout the

earth today

the

marble shafts stand as silent witnesses tes-

tifying

to the ravages

of

disease and death.

To whom is this terrible condition charge-

ableY The SCl ipturcs answer that sin is the

cause of death and that Satan the Devil

launched sin on its destructive road and has

carried

it

on. Of

Satan Jesus

declares

that

he

was a murderer

from

the beginning and abode

not in the

truth He

is the father of lies and

the

arch deceiver. (John 8: 44) Not only has

Satan caused the death of billions of lnunan

creatures, hut

he has brought reproach upon

the

name of

Jehovah

God hy declarhlg falsely

that there is

no

death; and that was amongst

his

first

li

es. (Genesis 3: 4 5) He follows up

that falsehood by causing his

servants

to false-

ly declare that the dead are alive and in rl1l ga-

tory or tOt ment, and that

the

pTayers or men

can aid the dead and remove from them much

of

their

suffer

ing;

and by

that

means

m ~ l y

good people have been greatly deceived. 1\ow

the tide of

truth

has begurr to rise, because it



WHY SERVE

JEHOVAH

7

is God's due time, and soon the knowledge of

the glory of God shall flll the whole earth as

the

waters

now fill the seas. When the people

learn the truth, then every good person will

rejoice to know that the reign of SataJl the

wicked one must cease

for

ever. Jehovah ha

permitted the Devil

to

go his

limit

n his

effort

to tnrn all men into wickedness, and, now

that

time linlit having been reached,

Jehovah

God

begins to bring to the people a knowledge of

himselL

that

they may know and serve him, the

only true God. ~ h t advantages are there to

mell in serving Jehovah, the

true

God Why

serve J ellOvah 1

Because all men inherited the result of

Adam

's fal

l all men

arc

imperfect,

but

even

Ule

inlperfect and selfish man who is ane desires

to see a bette)' condition. What is it that men

in general desire above all things else? They

desire to Live n peace; prosperity and happi-

ness, because such is to theiT advantage. Any

sane

man

who could be assuTed of everl

ast

ing

life and bappiness would

natnrally

desiTe

to

have that li fe with all its attending blessings.

Jesus

Christ, when on

eart

h, spoke with abso-

lute au thoril y, :md amollgst other things he

said (John

17:

3): This is life eternal, that

they might know thee the only true God, anel

Jesus

Christ, whom thou ha

st

sent.

t

there-

fore follows tllat those who would Jjve must get

a Imowledge of Jehovah and Christ, and in the



48

DIVIDING

THE PEOPLE

name

of Christ the

King

must the nations hope.

Adam, the

perfect

man,

had

life, anrl he dwelt

in a perfect home wllich

Jehovah

had provided

for him.

By

reason of yieJcling to the Devil

Adam

lost life and the right thereto, and the

effect of his wrongdoing passed upon all the

IHunan race, because all descended from Adam.

(Romans 5: 12) The sentence of Adam to death

was just, because

he

willfully violated God's

law.

For

his

own

name's sake Jehovah gave his

wonl that he would send a redee

mer

who wO\l ld

purchase

hy his own

perfect

lifehlood the right

of man

to

live. TIle deatll of Christ

Je

sus there

fore results heneficially to all who will accept

this gracious provision

for man

to live. There

fore it is

written

(John 3:

16) : God so loved

the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,

that

whosoever bali eveth in

lr m

should not per

ish , but have everlasting life.

Jesus

was made

a

perf

ect man with the right to live as a man.

Satan

had d

ec lar

ed to God that he

cOl11d

not

put

a man

on

earth

\\ ho

would under the

stress

of suffering emain true to JeJlOvah.

(Job

2:

2-7) In order to prove Jehovah

s

side of the

controversy tIle perfect man Jesus ml1st be

subjected to persecutions and suffering

at

the

llands of Satan and he must prove hi s illtegrity

under

such Su ffering. t is written iii the Scrip

tures

concerning ,lesus (Hebrews

5:

8,

9):

Though he were n Son, yet lea

rn

ed he obedi

er.ce by the things

\·:hic11

he suffere

d;

and being



WHY SERVE JEHOVAH

49

made perfect, he became the author of eternal

salvation unto all them

that

obey him.

The

man Jesus not only Imew Jehovah, but obeyed

him implicitly, and that under the most adverse

conditions, because be was subjected to the

worst kind

of

persecution and to

the

contradic

tion of sinners. He proved Jehovah's side

of

the issue to be true, proved Satan to be a liar,

and proved his own qua

lifi

cation to be the Vin

dicator of Jehovah's name and the Savior of the

hum

an

race. Concerning the advantages that

resulted to Jesus because of his faithful devo

tion and service to Jphovah

it

is written (Philip

pians 2 : 7-11) : [He] made himself of no repu

tation, and took upon him the form of a servant,

and was made in the likeness of men; and

be-

ing round in fashiOll as a man, he humbled him

seLf

and became obedient unto death, even the

deatllof the [tree]. Wherefore God also hath

highly exalted him, and

given him a name which

is above every name: that at the name of

Jesus

every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and

things in earth, and things under the

earth;

and

that every tongue should confess that Jesus

Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the

Father

.

Jehovah gave Jesus

faithf1l1

men as

hi

s -dis

ciples 01' apostles, and with these God began to

take out from amongst the nations

a

people

for his name

that

these, like their Head

and

Leader, Christ Jesus, might bear testimony to

Jehovah's name and have a part n the vindica-



50

DIVIDn:G

THE

PEOPLE

tion thereof All men so taken out of the world

and

who

bear

testimony

to Jehovah's

nam e

must

also be subjected

to

the reproaches

and

suffer

ings sucll as fell upon Jesus, and this at the

l,an d of

Satan,

in

order to prove

God's side of

the great question at issue. (Romans 15: 3) To

those who faithfully serve

Jehovah

Jesus

sa

id:

I f they have persecuted me, they will also

per

secute you

.All

these

tl1i

ngs

will

they

do

unto yon for

my

name's sake, because they Imow

not

him

that se

nt me. -John 15: 20, 21.

TIle

faithful

apostles of J eSllS were

sent

forth

as Jehovah's witnesses to bear testimony to l,jS

pm-pose. Satan then caused his political

and

r eligious

agents

to persecute

and

woefully mal

tre

at those faithful apostles. Those men en

dm'ed great suffering and, while so doing, main

tained their in

tegrity toward

Jehovah

God.

IVhen those faithful witnesses of J ellOvall were

haled before the courts

at

the instance of the

priests

and

Pharisees who constitnted the re

ligious l

eaders

or

clergy of

tllat

day,

and

when

they

were told

that

they

must

cease

preaching

the

trnth,

they replied: Wl,ether it be l'ight in

the sighi of God to hearken U11to you more than

unto

God,

judge

yeo

We

[will] obey God

raUler than men. -Acts 4:17-19; 5 : 29.

Those faitl1ful men were imprisoned and

b

eate

n and tortm-ed, and

yet

tlley

said: 'We

COlmt

not

our lives dear unto u

s,

so that we

may

finish our course willI joy.' (Acts 20: 24 Again

•



WHY SERVE

JEHOVAlI

51

the

faithful

apostle exclaimed :

I hav

e suffered

the loss of all things

that

might be made

par

taker

of

the

resurr ection of Chl'ist J esus.'

(Philippians

3: 8-14) Determined to maintain

his

integrity

toward God under all condition s

tllO apostle

further

said: I am determined that

nothing shall

separate

me from

th

e love of God,

w

hi

ch

is in Christ

Jesus.' (Romans

8:

38, 39)

ACter he

had

endured all

manner

of suffering

in

prison and

out

of prison

he

WI ote these

words (2 Timothy 4: 7, 8): I have fought a

good fight, have finisl1ed my course, have

kept

the

faith; henccforth thcre is laid up

for

me a crown of l'ighteousness, which the Lord,

the

ri

ghteous judge, shall give me at

that

day :

and

not

to me only,

but

unto all them al

so

that

love

hi

s apllearing,

t

paid for

th

e apostles to

serve J ellOvah,

Other men, and women, have been taken out

from among the nations of earth to be

t le

fol

lowers of Christ J esus, and this work, beg in

ning with the apostles, continues until the com

ing of

the

Lord

Jesus and

the gatl1ering unto

llimsel Cof Iris faithful ones. 1914 the World

,Val' and attending evidences fmnished the

pro

of that Christ had begun

his

r eign, and

sh

ortly

tllereafter he began to gather lmto him

self those taken out from tho world as witnesses

to the

name of J ehovah.

Th

e ones gathered to

11im must also suffe,r persecution in order to

maintain

the

ir

integrity towards Jehovah aner



52

DIVIDING THE PEOPLE

to prove

his

side of

tbe

question

at

issue; all of

wbicll persecution and suffering came upon

them by reason of the wicked work of

Satan,

the mimic god. n

further

support of this con-

clusion note the words of Revelation 12: 17,

in

which

it

is stated that

the

testimOl]Y has been

givell to tbese faitllful witnesses, and the Drag-

on, which is

the

Devi

l

was wroth with them

and

goes

forth

to

maJ{e

war against

them

be-

cause they keep the commandments of God and

l,ave the testimOllY of J

eSllS

Christ.

For these witnesses of J ehovaJl to now com-

promi se or serve tIle Devil

WOllld

mean

their

complete destruction. They mu

st

prove their

fid elity to J ehovaJl under the test. For their

faithful service to Jehovah God wbat advan-

tage results to them1 Jesus answered: Be thou

faithful unto death, and will give thee a croWD

<if

life. (Revela.tion 2: 10)

Furthermore, the

pl'omise to these

faithful

ones is that they shall

have

part in the vindication

of

Jehovah

s

name

and

live

and

reign with

Christ

and be made

partakers of immortality and be fo]' ever in

the

presence of J ehovaJ], having Jlis everlasting ap-

proval. (Revelation 20: 4)

t

is thus seen

that

it is all to their advantage to serve Jehovah

the true God.

Life is sweet to

any

creature; but dearer to

Jehovah s faithful

witnesses

than lif

e

itself

is

the

fact

that

they Irnow they

are

riglJt and have

the

approval of

the

true and almighty God, and



5

DIVIDING THE PEOPLE

some on eartl] who have remained true and

steadfast

to

Jehovah

God.

From

Abel

to

John,

the

last

of the llrophets,

there

was a line of

men wllO served Jehovah amidst great perse

cution and suffering. They suffered

all

manuer

of contradiction and indignities

at

tlle hand of

the Devil and his ageuts hecause they wonld

not violate tlleir covenant with the true God.

They

maintained their

integrity

towards J ho

vah

and

at

all times faithfully served him. Of

them

it

is

written

in the Word of God: [They]

had

trial of cruel mockings and scourgings,

yea, moreover, of bonds and imprisonment

tl,ey were stoned, tlley were sawn asunder, were

tempted, were slain with the sword: tlley wan

dered about in sheepskins and goatskins being

destitute, amicted, tormented (of whom the

world was not

worthy:)

they wandered in des

erts, and in mouutains, and in dens and caves

of the

earth

. Decause of their faithfulness tlley

all received J

ellOvaJl

'S approvaJ and

it

is de

clared

that

God is

not

ashamed to be called

their

God, and

tl,at

he has prepared for them a place

in his kingdom. (Hebrews 11: J6-38) And what

advantage will

inure

to

the

benefit of tllOse

faithful men

for

their service to

Jehovah

1

The

Scriptures answer tllat they shall be resurrected

as

perfect

men and made

the

visible representa

tives of God's righteous government on

earth,

and hence shall be visible rulers of tlle nations

of the earth.

(Psalm

45:

6 Isaiah

32: 1) Those



WHY

SERVE JEHOVAH

55

men lmve found the way to everlasting life and

usefulness. The advantage to them

for

serving

J ehovah could not be measured by any human

rule of value.

t

paid them to serve J ehovalt.

At this day ther e is anoillcr class of people

on earth who are properly des

ignat

ed as the

Jonadab class. (2 Kings 10: 15-23; Jeremiah

35

: 6-19) Jehu, who was

sent

to destroy Devil

worship in I s

ra

e

l

was a type of Christ J e

sus and his faitlllul body members. J onadllb

joined himself to Jehu when the latter went

forth in

JChOVall

'S service and manifested his

zeal fol' tlle Lord, and thus

Jonadah

foresbad

owed a class of men now on earth

who

are

known as people of good will bec lnse thciT de

sire

is to do good, to have l'ighteous govern

ment, and to see the name of Jehovah exalted.

SUcll are the ones who today gladly hear the

message of God's Word, and while they have no

expectation of going to heaven they sincerely

desire to do the

will

of the true God. These

are

the ones who now seek meekness

by

diligently

studying the Word of God and coming to a

knowledge of him and his purposes. They seck

righteousness because they

are

diligent in try-

ing to do what is right,

as

set forth in the Word

of God.

1 he

battle of t he

great

day of God

AJmighty, otherwise called "Armageddon", is

rapidly

approaching, and

that

will

be a time

of

tribulatioll 011

earth

such as the

wOloJd

has never

known. (Matthew 24:

21

22)

Will

it be at all



56

DIVIDING THE

PEOPLE

to

tIle advantage of the J onadab class in

that

time of tribulation

that

th

ey

hav

e taken

their

stand on

the side of Jehovah and served lum 1

JellOVah by his prophet Zephaniah answers

that

it

w ll

be

to their advantage and that such as

seek rneelmess and righteousness may be Iud

in tllat tinle of 1 is

great wrath

upon the organi

zations of earth_ (Zephaniah 2: 2,

3)

The e

perSons constitute the same ones mentioned

by

tbe p.rophet when he wrote: Blessed is he

that

considereth the

pOOl'

: the

Lord

will dellver him

in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve ]UIll,

and keep him alive 'and he shall be blessed up

on

1:]le cal·tll; and thou wilt not deliver him unto

fue will of his

enemies. -Psalm

41: 1,

2.

Again the same class of persons

is

designated

by the Lord Jesus under the symbol of sheep,

fuat

is, harmless ones,

to

distinguish them from

the goats, that is, the cruel and wicl,ed ones

amongst men. The cruel

goat

class are the serv

ants

of Satan and they misrepresent and mal

treat

Jehovah's witnesses.

Jesus

likened the

faitMulmembers of llis body to sheep and then

said:

Other sheep I have, which

are

not of this

fold: them also I must bring, and they shall

hear

my voice. (Jo1m 10: 16) These mcn and

women of good will now see Jehovah's witness

es actively engaged n bearing the message of

truth

to

the

people, and they render good un

to

such.witnesses because they

are

serving the trne

God-

When they see Jehovah's witnesses snf-



WHY

SERVE JEHOV

l i

57

fering

the eontracliction of sinners and being

per-

seeuted

at

the hands of Satan's agents because

of their faithfulness, they minister good deeds

nnto Jellovah's witnesses. When these faithful

ones

are

UTested, wrongfully convicted and un-

prison ed, are sick and afflicted, this company

of

people, lmown as sheep or persons of good will,

visit and comfort Jehovah's witnesses. Because

they want to serve JellOvah and Christ they

are

good to JellOvah's servants. Therefore J es us

pronounces final judgment upon the goats and

upon the sheep class; that is to say, upon ti,e

wicked persecutors and upon those of good will

who minister good to God's people. To tbe sel V-

ants

of

Satan he says :

Depart

from

me,

yo

cursed, into everlasting fire

prepared

for

the

devil and his angels." Unto the sheep class,

otllerwise

lm own

as tI,e

Jonadab

class, Jesus

says: "Come, ye blessed of my

Father,

ililierit

the kingdom prepared for you from the founda

tion of the world: for was an hnngred, and

ye gave me meat; 1 was thirsty, and ye gave

me

drink;

was a stranger, and ye took me in;

naked, and

ye

clothed me; was sick, and ye

visited me; was in prison, and ye came Mto

me." (Matthew 25: 34-36)

Let

all who hear de

tel1nine whether or not it

is

now advantageous

to the peoples of

ear

th to serve tlle Devil, the

mimic god,

or

to serve Jehovah, the

true

God.

Under tlle government of Christ all

the re-

mainder of the human race must be brought 1 0



58

DIVIDING

THE

PEOPLE

a knowledge of

the truth

and learn

that

J eho-

vah is the only

true

and living God. The billions

who have gone down into death are not now in

pmgatol y or torment,

but

they are in Uleir

graves, out of existence, and entirely

lIDcon-

scious. n due time all of these shall be awak-

ened out of death and brought to a knowledge

of the truth. Concerning them Jesus said (John

5:

28

29

A n

V. :

For

the

hour

cometh,

n

which all that are

in

the tombs shall

hear

his

voice, and shall come forth; they that bave done

good, unto the resurrection of life; and iliey

tllat have done evil, unto the resurrection of

judgment.

The shed blood of Christ

Jesus

provides the

redemptive price

for

ll men, and all must have

an opportunity to learn of Jehovalr's gracious

provision and his purpose

for

their regenera-

tion. Therefore

it

is written : There sllall be

a resmrection of the dead, both of the

just

and

unjust. (Acts 24: 15) These are awal{encd

out of death

that

they

may

be brought to a

lmowledge of the truth, because such is the pm·-

pose of Jehovah.

The mimic god, Satan, by

the

exercise oE his

power of

death

has filled the whole earth with

sorrow. Even ill this day there are millious up-

on earth

who are

mourning the loss of some

loved ones

that

have been snatched away from

them by tlle enemy death. Jesus Christ, tlle

Vindicator of Jehovah, will destroy

Satan and



WHY S RV J HOV l i

59

break the bars of the grave and release those

who sleep

in

the

dust

of the

earth

. Teeming

millions Sllall come forth from their graves.

Families that

have

been broken up by d

eath

shall again be brought together that they may

learn of the goodness and loving-kindness of

the

true

God. TIley will tllen l

earn

that

Jehovah

has a gracious

gift

for all mankind who obey ;

as

it is

written: The

gift

of God

is

eternal life,

through Jesus Christ o

ur

Lord. (Romans 6: 23 )

They will lea

rn

tllat thel'e is

no other

name giv

en under heaven whereby man can obtain lue

everlasting.-Acts 4: 12

How will the people know then what to be

lieve 1 a nd why will tlley not be deceived hy false

teachers 7 The answer is

that

then

there

will

be no deceivel's in existence, the Devil and his

agents

having

been put

out

of tlle way. (Rev

elation 20: 1-3) J ehovall will turn to the peo

ple a

pure

message, or language, that all may

learn the truth, and all who shall call upon

his

name will learn the

way

to righteousness and

life. (Zephaniah 3 : D At the present time and

for centuries past the people have been kept in

blindness concel11ing tlle h'uth, but the promise

of J ehovall is

that

in hi s kingdom under Clu'ist

he will r emove and destroy

that

veil of covering

wInch is now cast over the people anel whicb

hi

eles

the

trutll from them,

an

l

that

then

aU

shall have an opportulli ty to lmow and to serve

the

true

Goel.-Isaiall 25 : 7. .



60

DIVIDING THE

PEOPLE

What

w ll then be the advantage

resulting

to

those

WllO

serve

Jehovah,

the

true

God,

and

his

King, Christ Jesus' Jehovah gives

his

word

that never again shall wickedness arise

in the

earth

to afflict the

human

race,

and that

those

who obey ltim sha]] live. (Nahum 1: 9)

In

Psalm

145 :

20 it

is written:

The Lord preserveth

all

them that love him; but all

the

wicked will he

destroy. To love God

means

to

unselfishly

obey and

serve 11im;

and

to

all such his promises

are sure that they shall be preserved and shall

live forever on the earth, and all others shall

be destroyed. Added to the fOI'egoing precious

promise

is

the testinlOny of Jesus ChI'ist, the

great

King, concerning those who then obey and

serve Jehovah (Jolm 8:

51) : Verily, verily, I

say

UlltO

you,

f

a

man keep

my saying,

he

shall

never

see

death.

Furthermore, Jesus said: 'He

that

lives

and

obeys shall

never

die.'-John 11: 26

The

reign

of Christ

Jesus,

the Vindicator of

the true and

almighty

God,

w ll

result in the

complete

destruction

of

every

enemy

of

rigbt

eousness. t is

written,

in 1

Corinthians

15: 25,

26: ' 'For he must reign, t ll

he

hath put all ene-

mies under his feet. The last enemy

t11at

shall

be destroyed is death. In

that

kingdom of God

under Christ God shall wipe away all tears

from their

eyes; and there

shall be no

more

death, neither

sorrow,

nor

crying, lleitheT shall

theTe be ally

more

pain:

for the former things

are passed away .-Revelation 21: 4



WilY SEnVE

JEHOVAH

6]

Everlasting life of the obedient servants of

J ehovah sball be accompanied by everla

sting

peace under tile

true

and righteous government.

Concerning tlris it is written: Unto us a child

is

born, unto us a son is given; and the govern-

ment sball be upon

his

shoulder: and his name

shall be culled Wonderful Counsellor, The

mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince

of Peace. Of the increase of his government

and peace tllere shall be no end. Never again

will the peoples of eartll know war, but they

shall dwell in safety and contentment together.

-MicaJl 4: 3

4.

Never again in the ages to come sha ll the

peoples of earth be in poverty, want or distress.

The

obedient ones

yjll

be wholly devoted to J

e-

hovah God and serve him. Concerning the gov-

ernment of the King of Jehovah it is wl'itten

(ISaiall 25: 6 :

In

this [kingdom] shall the

Lord of hosts make unto all people a

feast

of fat

tllings, a feast of wines on the lees, of

fat

things

full of marrow, of wines on the lees well re-

fined . Peace, plenty, prosperity, healtll, happi-

ness and life shall be the everlasti ng portion of

those who live and serve the true God, J ehovah.

In

the secret place of the Most High tllel'e

have been revealed to those who love JehovaJl

certain great truths which they

are

commanded

to

proclaim to the nations. (Mattllew

10

: 27)

Among

SUell

truths l'evealed

are

these: That

J ebovah is the

true

God; that

Christ

Jesus

is



6

DIVIDING TIlE

PEOPLE

his

anointed King, who is earth s rightfull uler ;

that

n

1914

he

took his ollice,

and his first

work

was

to cast

Satan

out of heaven;

that

in 1918

he began to

gather

the

faithful

into a compact

company and malw knOWll to them that Satan

has builded a mighty organization

in

the

earth

consisting of religion, polHics and co=erce;

that

within a

short

time

the battle

of Armaged-

don

w ll

be

fought;

that, knowing tlwre

is

but

a short time for him, Satan now brings

greater

bl1l dcns upon the peopl

e; that

n ol dcr to

vin-

dicate His holy name and save tile people tlIe

battle

of Armageddon will result in the com-

plete dcstructiOll of Satan s organization, in-

elueling all tlIe nations of

the earth; tbat the

people must now be notiiled, and that such no-

tice or testimony will be given

amidst

great op-

position, but will be given just the same; and

that SUell

notice is not a tlu eat,

but is

a solemn

warning, and those who

hear it

may receive

it

or reject

it; take it or leave it,

For

more tlIal1 two

years

it

has

heen

my

pl iv-

ilege to addl ess

tbe

people by radio concerlling

God s kingdom, whicb trutll they so greatly need

at

tlus

time, These speeches do

not

contain

my

message, bnt do con tam the expression of e-

hovah s purpose wlueh he commands must now

be told to the people, To now

prevent the

broad-

casting of these speeches would mean to wrong-

{,lily deprive the radio

stations

of a legitimate

income, and to prevCllt the people

from

h

earing



WHY SERVE JEHOV:AB

63

the truth, and, above all, would be a defiance of

J ehova11's specific command. The power, offi-

cial

and

unofficial, that is now

being

wTongfully

used to accomplish that

lmjust thing

J ehovab

may pCTmit to succeed, fOT a time, in order to

thus

compel ccrtain ones to openly

id

entify

themselves

as

his enemies.

The

truth, how

ever

,

will continuc to come to you.

Already bundr

eds

of

machines

wi

th

electrically transcTibcd speech-

es

are in the land,

and

tbesc will be employed

in halls

and

other public places to freely convey

to yon the message

of

God's kingdom. There is

no power that can successfully resist the

J-

miglJty God.

rhe i ssne is clearly drawn between

the

trne

God

and

the mimic god.

The

major

portion

of

you have 'lot l)een

serving the

true

Goel,

because

you have been misled by your enemy Satan .

The

responsibility now

rests

upon you to choose

to serve

either

J ehovall and his

King

01

Sata

n.

As Joshua spolie to

the

peoples of ISTael, who

foreslladowed Christendom , so now his words

nre

appropriate

to those of Chri stendom ,

to

wit

: I f it seem vexatious to yon to serve J oho-

vab, choose yon

this

day whom you will

serve

,

whether Satan or J ehova11.

(J

oslma 24: 15,

Rof,hel1wm Those who taJ,e Satan s side a.nd

oppose J ellOvall'S truth slla.U die; those who

serve Jehovah shall live forever

and

obey

and

honor his holy name.



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