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    p r i m y over alS

    crw&d

    t h w . In

    him

    every-

    on

    .

    Tf

    Paul

    had wiiarhtd

    tcr

    e xp r e e r k a t e r idea [tha

    whole univeme hab been created through him and

    war

    created],

    hg had Gmk wor

    for him.

    And he

    exists before everything, and all

    m

    he

    word

    P S ~ E O ~ E ~ H ~ : S ,

    h g

    firs

    things

    rct

    held together

    in

    him.

    . .

    He is its origin,

    bever, hU She wor

    . In aI1 thtngs d o n e supreme. For in him the

    meaning ' h t w t t e n ,

    wM

    dg

    mrnpletr kh of

    God, by God's own choice,

    im quite different, .

    t o

    dw@n,401w~iam

    :15-19 w E q d t

    fit of Alexandria wrote Exwrpta

    Bible

    m ro wtrndy a humlrd years after the deat

    A;CI;YIRATE ~~E~

    of the a p d e J o b .

    In

    it he eontrssts

    the

    word

    Thc unlearned

    aad

    unstable twisting these

    potot s md

    p r r t ~ a

    Other ehrittia

    words of h u l ar they

    da

    the other scriptures

    ta

    wri ten of &JE~

    mt

    mt u r S $ ~

    .E.

    liLOO made thi

    their awn destructkm.-2 EPater 3:16 They are well

    distinction. Paul

    &

    net Ufir&=elrated:' bu

    scribed

    as

    ever

    2

    never able to come

    first-born, an C X ~ & Q ~tanlne

    mmc~mg

    to an accurate af the truth. -

    altogether different.

    2

    %thy

    3 7

    Faithful

    whole-

    b o d i n g to Dr W i i l h f

    hr

    of th

    muled

    service

    ts

    Jehovah

    must

    Urrkeadty of British Culumbfmr: T h e @ad irs

    t3ecei.we.d

    by

    these

    a m

    who are '

    Mw

    born b d ong

    rincs

    aa r sd t o

    ing thb

    md of &~& -2 cmhhhng

    4:2 Careful corn-

    iiteml

    just

    parison

    o

    II frvlnhticuari

    PL

    WWB as referring

    3, fismtf with u& I ht p

    to t or

    m k ext will bring out the true

    tlts

    first

    minister En ad hnu R C ~

    ad, k

    s th

    mning of any

    lEs.assage

    o

    one

    o rusts

    in

    most preeminent. A, kbtsl ia the

    p f h e

    of hib lif

    Jehov& all

    his

    heart and does not lean

    hit has long since

    lef

    fir& pstt of fi ife &hind

    own p m ~ ludgment.-Proverbs 3: 5

    Similarly, ffr flbcrm arn$

    io

    denote mt priority i

    Ricad

    an,

    with

    this m s t d early u n b r s t d ,

    but

    preemineme

    in

    *nL'

    that no prophetic

    Scripture

    can

    be

    awn

    y

    I t , h 0 u H mmb.ed a ulrongqr

    mgk sw mmerthl

    omn**-2 hter of action

    caused Reuben

    t a forfeit his n

    a

    8e.y Vemb n ThenPore p q ,

    Unkowr my

    firstborn (2 Chr

    5:

    1-2) and i t s well

    tha

    at

    9

    thiw out

    Em .rtmlIy

    a l d his rank of firitborn t J&.

    his l p e u m r brother.-(;en 25:33

    Carnmn.ting an the five books of M o m Rabb

    TED.

    d J e k o v h the Firstborn of th world.

    n,

    N.J.

    rofessor

    Surely h deca

    not intend t o imply thpt

    Jehvvah

    of

    New

    Tertame

    Literature, says:

    was m t e d

    or that

    be 1

    a

    part

    of the

    wrdd

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    Neither did

    Paul

    intend to imply that Christ was

    created nor tliat he is a part of all things.

    Clearly the

    m p h b s on fIrJtborn rather than

    firstborn. Hawever, regarding the words born

    t , the not& English author

    C.S. Lewis explains: To beget is t o k m e the

    father of: to create is t o make. And the difference

    is

    just tHis.

    When

    you beget, you b e t amething

    of the p m kind as youmlf . A rnmW t s uman

    babies, a beaver begets little

    beawrr,

    a d r bird

    k p t s eggs which turn into little bird& But when

    you make, you make m m t h i n g s

    a

    d iE sm~ t ind

    from yourself. A bird makes a nest, a k a v e r builds

    a

    dam, and man makes.

    .

    statue.

    Now that's the first thing to p t clear. What

    6 d beg b God; just as what man begets is

    m.

    'Whrt

    GA

    begets L God - hat is

    why

    thc

    Father

    d

    im

    Soin

    %d.

    but to his

    f b n

    he

    says: God,

    your

    throne &a11

    W

    for

    ever

    and

    1

    8

    Jerusalem Bible

    X@4OF

    ALL CREATION

    Marry &tile ~ h o l a r s nderstand this to be the

    @ n i W of comparison.

    Abbott explains i t

    as

    priority in

    time

    and distinction from the g m .

    This maker Chrirt p r i ~a md -rate f r m '*dl

    aaUon .

    Therefore, Moffrtt

    -&*a

     He

    is

    the liktnerc of the

    unseen God,

    h r n

    Brat,

    before

    all the

    creation - or it was

    by

    lzim h t

    ll

    t h i n p

    wtre

    created.

    .

    .

    J.B.

    Phillip tmalntion re.&:

    He w s

    efore

    c m t i m w n . h r & y o s

    ttan for6

    dl

    m

    Berkeley Version readr:

    nrtlon. See also C.B.

    tion The Living Bible,

    t

    faGf

    that this unduly strains

    the

    firmnmr. Th+y

    *hew t b phrase

    u

    a gedtfve of

    Art ion . W C o o t explains it

    u

    Firatborn, t k t

    Lard

    of

    all

    cmticstt.'

    tcd

    Heir

    of

    l

    things

    reads: Firatborn over all creation. And the New

    English Bi& says: ' hls is the primacy over a11

    created things.

    A footnote in

    N

    ivm born before all

    creation as an aalternate mading. The m i n reading

    then favora

    '%ugrmey9'

    Lsgktfoot et al) and the

    alternate favors priority (Abbott e ta l ) . An

    Expad&

    tion

    by Kenneth Wuert

    tries

    to

    incorporate

    both

    Meas: The Son has priority t o

    and m ~ e i g n t yver all creation.

    Nom m m

    Doea

    Colossians :15 teach Christ is e m u o r

    'This

    interpretation

    is

    e x g e t i d l y and btmhEly

    impossible; for verses 16-17 e m p h a W y

    t inp i sh between

    'him'

    he

    11

      wlf

    crttltion, w o r d i n g to Baggot. (See hio h k ,

    C ~ b s s i s n s , . 58.)

    translation delibmtaly insstts

    th w ~ r d'other four times in t k ~wa W ~ M So

    d te r the thought to

    imply

    that Christ

    is

    th

    creator of d l things exwpt Eane - himelf. This

    reading would bring Pad fflta conflict with th

    apostle John who sa@: All c r a t i o n took glace

    through him, a d

    mm

    twk phce without him.

    -John

    1

    :3MI@

    Had the apacsth Paul

    to sappy 'bfB%rnhe

    m l d

    h

    i d ta slla; instead,

    kc

    z 1

    (the all) words which

    are

    absolute a d

    msmpn-

    hensive and will admit no except1an . -wtfmt?

    p 150

    See

    any Greek text, rg

    nhF

    K w m

    InterJinem Translation.

    BY HIM, THROUGHHIM, FOR

    NtPd

    En auto

    mmno that

    Christ

    is

    th

    p

    nr well as

    the

    inrtrumn

    by means of him.* Pls did

    else's agent. Christ k tka

    Creator (through),

    jtd

    the herpaw

    [Fw

    f

    aII

    things,

    %t

    oaa

    did firkt

    a m

    cS it bring a b u t

    -tian; bb

    wntinulsa

    bs

    ct

    t b hold it together.

    He b to dj,

    tl

    m fn liun. -Mo,

    fa;T'BfWewrso to exist for in Instant,

    all

    c m t i m wm

    fiy

    spa€.b m k y e x p u hat

    It is W a u s o s f Qrrfrt ' Y b wfrerse hangs t o p & -

    a

    d

    d a r mt dirintqmtc

    in

    us.

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      So,

    then, the San h

    the

    mb the end of etgUon,

    ereation tagsther. is Cmat

    md Me Finn1 eanlof the workt.

    If t a

    k

    the Origfn of

    God's craatim.

    7

    KJV God th Fntlmer llta

    ''faithful

    d

    rue anid ' the wnalngl  attv

    21:56. Jurt

    t.t we

    understand the F I L ~ ~ B To refer

    t f

    ar the. Opiein

    and DOISiaatian,n M

    auldwa u n $ emW the Son rr

    t

    Oligin. Md

    ha fiat my I a d lIIS Father am ~ n t ? - J ~ h n

    i0:m

    x u m m m

    L - ,

    :y

    t-

    Far

    t

    wzw

    la

    h h hat

    the

    d i W P u b s

    wtlled

    kr cut

    Umlt,w- Mo

    For

    9

    the

    ar*irit ftd

    o

    dwell

    in

    him, -AT

    The

    It the

    eoimg.1etenera or totality of

    W

    hs Sea

    k

    not only the irmp (eikon)of the

    rs

    ead;

    n him im

    the

    totality

    pletvrna).

    t rryr:

    UT e

    Inas denotes

    the rwn-total

    Bnrclay'says the

    Son

    ia nat simply a sketch

    o

    God;

    He is

    not r wmmary

    of God;

    He

    ismor tha

    lifeless

    portrait of Cod. In

    Him

    there is nothin

    left out. erefore, Barelay's New TkursJa&n

    reads: For

    in

    Hlm od in dl

    His

    fullnets wa

    phased to trko up

    his

    r'bsde.

    Phillip

    t r m h b s : It was

    in him

    that the fu

    Rature c Eod

    ax to l in .

    T T says: It w

    by W r

    wn

    d&an

    that the

    h

    as in M m l

    the full IUfSLrt of

    COd.

    htor [2:9)

    Frul

    reitorat- t

    lhw

    all the fullness $

    D W t f

    ' t i3 was m

    rm w mnctp t ; years k f o m he had written to th

    Corinthians exhlniq th t W

    p r s o d y r-ging the world

    Corinthians 5:19 P ow o

    th

    mys, For

    in

    him

    all

    the f d l m s

    of

    Cad

    mz

    pleased

    t o

    dwell,

    md through h im to E ' E M I C ~

    t

    h m e l f l things, -RSV

    Hal

    au &m n e m

    cdld to God 3

    Undoubtedly christians ham asked you % i

    quat ion before, in m e orm or other.

    Are

    you

    avecl?' Ham

    you been barn again?' Ba yo

    haw

    eternal He? We w u l d

    like

    to talk to yo

    again. Look up the

    perton

    you t&ed to bfole

    o

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    - ' la tor^" b k d kt their religious traditions

    and decided what they wanted the Bible t o

    my; then

    they

    Ewkd fa r

    an

    excuse

    far

    "tmndrrting" mrtain

    words

    incorrectly.

    S o m a t l m ~Aer deciding on the correct

    t m d a t k n " these

    ones

    could not decide

    m

    .

    the m m t excuse. John 8:58 is an exwl-

    '

    lent

    example.

    Traditionally they

    do

    not

    trelieve t@t

    Christ Jcsars

    s

    &far%Absalzam

    came to be: themfare, Skey d a e d on ths

    "tr;nnslatisn"

    hawe

    Qwn.I hs

    fmh0t~18

    the

    95Q

    sdltfon 9syst:

    .

    . pmpdy

    denxi in

    tho

    parfsct Inldlefidnfte

    tern,

    .

    Cmk

    =hailan

    quickly'

    p in tad

    out t b t na

    edition t o

    read:

    f

    .

    pmperyY

    m n d e d

    in

    the

    perfect

    tenm indisative,"

    Six yearn

    later

    in their interifnear trarislrtion they kept

    the

    traditional hare bean but &n &awed

    the

    excuse in the f m t n o t e

    to:

    .p@p f-

    ly rendered in the

    perfeet

    Etne.'?

    These

    '?tr'ansfatd3

    elaim t o have

    usas-d

    the Weartccrtt

    and

    Hart Gretk text. Says the

    t t ,

    eagMumt of

    the

    md

    HorP text a f the

    : fm

    -

    The phrase

    &cnw.

    In

    t b

    me-

    nd

    the

    eternal."

    The

    -&t9ssl aqua

    that

    einm

    they

    .

    have

    put

    the

    wr

    atha

    in bm&ets this

    & o w

    that

    their nenddq

    af C a l e s ~ a n s

    1

    :1 6 1

    7

    is sat

    d i h o n w t but y w dane

    merely

    for

    #he

    mko

    at

    chrtfiieaticm. How-

    ever,

    the

    insflion

    of

    the

    wad

    " ~ t h e r "

    brackets.

    Bmekcts were

    add& later in

    order t o retain

    this

    tsaditian rRer G ~ e k

    scholars pointed out the cmr. Norim

    t h t

    brackets

    are

    not

    uwd

    when

    atkrv7ia

    added t o Phillipians 2: 18.

    Clearly

    the

    "translators"'

    have vialaad

    the

    first

    part

    of

    Jehovah's carnmmd:

    You

    must not add t o i t nar take ttmy

    f rom

    it,'*

    But what a h u t the

    nd

    put?

    See their

    interlincar at J o h 14 for

    a

    aitical

    axample.

    Notice that

    the G m k text has

    the

    wor

    "rne*Qbut the n amw EnQlM

    colurtla does

    ;st,

    If you

    ark me anything

    in

    my

    n am ,

    I

    will

    do

    itsn

    Hen

    Jesus

    is

    ttacbing his dieeipl~s u pray t o him and

    that

    h~

    will

    aamtr. Later

    ht

    fa the3 them

    kr pray to the Father and that the Father

    w f H

    an-=.

    ' lf you mk

    the

    Fathe-

    $or

    nme.

    -- Jkskn

    26:23

    WRy d a the. " t m & t r '

    Imve

    out the

    'ward

    pnc9*

    e t Joh* 14: i

    'Adm4tfy

    you

    s f a ~ d e he w m m a n d m e ~ tsf Cad in

    srrdtr

    t a k t a i n your tradition." Mark 7:9

    What

    tradition?

    The

    tradition whieh

    pays:

    ' ems did n a t teach them t o

    pray

    to

    Rimslf, . . - Tmth Book, p. 152

    Not only did Jesus tea& them to

    pray

    to

    him; they f o i l 0 4 hb instructions

    and

    pmyd to him

    Pauf'r

    prayer to Chrjart

    (''Lard, what

    will

    you haw:

    me

    da?' - Acts 9:d) mrked the

    ,&art of his Life in

    Christ.

    %taph@n?arayqr

    ta Christ

    fuLslcd Jaws, receive

    my spirit.

    -

    Acts 7:

    59

    marked

    tka

    end

    of

    his

    earthly

    mum and echoed

    the prayer of our

    Lard

    at

    kk

    death:-

    Luke 23:46

    Throu&out

    the

    o ~ k f the Act3

    nd t a the Lord J a u s

    (me 9:21222

    md

    22: 16 far elrrrmgleo .The

    disciples

    duaizlg is

    period wcfk-kn~wn

    those w h Wca Jo n the name af (not

    Jehavah - but mr

    rd

    Jesus Chti~t ."

    Acts 9:

    14 and

    I

    Carintkhnr

    1

    The

    Epistles contain expm&ans

    mch

    "I thank

    Christ:

    Jema our

    h r d

    I

    imothy

    I 121, which am be

    cla&fsed

    as

    prayer.

    And

    tha p~

    nds in

    that

    mpiflmnt pmy &urcih wki&

    is

    sjosn

    t~

    be m - d

    Amm,

    ~ ( j mOfd

    Jws.

    - RmhttjQn2%:20

    is,

    nat

    mly

    d m he tm Wslrld

    add

    te the

    Ward of d

    rr

    t

    it

    fakes

    away

    fmm 9 9 'In

    rhhtion

    of

    the

    Bible's

    d i e d m m m d .

    -

    Rtvelatisn

    22 :

    19

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    HAVE COMPLETE UNITY?

    J

    EHOVAHS WITTIESSES

    hive been in-

    volved in many important court cass

    a r o d he work . One

    such

    c w w k plsrm

    in Scotknd in 1954 The followiq

    is

    from

    that

    case.

    The hesldinp identify the p m n

    king gueistiomd. Numbrri fellowing quo

    tatbns indicate the page&of the tmmcript

    where

    each tedimony

    s

    mmrr2ed.

    Itt mm

    r n VV r t r n N

    Questbn:

    s

    it not vital to

    on religious matters?

    +Q

    A n w e r

    : It certainly is.

    -

    .

    e?@,c..:73.1>'-

    +*-,. .,- .

    Question: You have promulgated - orgive

    the word

    -

    alse prophesy?

    '

    Answer:

    W e

    have - I do not think e have

    promulgated false pmcagksy there have

    b a n

    statements that

    were

    e m m u & hat

    is the way

    1

    put it,

    fll

    mhtakcn.

    &&s#bn:

    Back to the point

    w w . A

    f a k

    't" ,YU .

    prophesy was prornukpted?

    &- siL;L

    Amwer: agrm to that.

    Question: It

    had

    to be aceepted

    by

    Jeho-

    vah" Wgnems?

    ,.

    , LZ==q

    A m @ :

    That is correct, T ; PL I-

    -

    Questfan: kt a member of' Jehovah% Wit-

    ness$

    Pmk

    the

    ew

    himslf that that

    pmphq

    was

    wrong and said

    m

    would

    be disfellow&ipped?

    Amwer Yes, if he said so and kept

    persisting in creating trouble, because if the

    whob organization believes one thing, even

    though it be erroneous, and somebody else

    starts on his own trying to put his ideas

    across then there

    is

    disunity and trouble,

    there cannot be harmony, there cannot be

    marching together. . .

    .

    Our purpose is to

    have

    unity.

    -

    Q m s t b n :

    . It

    WPS pmmulgt3M as

    ~ w m t i o n ; nity at all msf~?, rgcg::

    d :.~

    matter which

    must

    be b l k d by 811

    A ~ c I : nity a t l all

    oosts

    h m we

    mmbm

    of

    fehovahVsWi t n ew

    that the

    bdievz

    and am

    a r e that Jehovah God is

    Lord" Semngl Cornt i~ook gk a in

    18747

    w d ~ g ur orgkt luon, the governh b d y

    - of mr omnlsatian to direct it, even

    Answer:

    That

    was the publimtion of a fahe

    t h ~ q h istakes ari%m d e from time to

    prophesy, it

    was

    a false statement

    or

    an time.

    erroneous statement in fulfilhent of

    a Qvestion:

    A unity based upon an enforad

    prophesy that was false or erroneous. acceptance of false prophesy?

    Qaestion:

    And that had to be believed

    by

    Answer:

    That

    is

    cx>ncededto be

    bus.

    the whob of JehovaKs Witnesses? Question:

    And the person who expremsd

    Amw e : Yes, because

    YOU

    must understand his view, as you ay, that it

    was

    wrong, md

    we must have unity, we cannot have was disfelbwshipped, would be in breach

    digunity with, a

    of the Cavenant, if he was bbaptisd?

    ot

    of

    p p l e

    '

    Answer: That is correct.

    *-

    , . , , I + . ,

    -

    ..\-*

    going every

    Qumtfon: And

    fs

    you

    sti

    yesterdsf'gg:

    way, an army

    p e d y , would be warthy of death?

    ..

    Amwer:

    I think - -

    -

    s

    supposed to

    --

    ' . .

    - r

    .=?

    -:q,gp~P.;- l-

    -2

    rnareh in step.

    ?

    .* ..-. ,

    .

    . Quesrbn: Would you say ym or no? . -

    I...

    WATCH

    W T

    -

    JULY 6. 137S

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    Answer:

    will

    answer yes, unhaitating~y.wplswer: l r mn r necessary ror urn to read

    Q u a t i o n :

    Do yau

    call

    that

    rekion?

    that Judge Rutherford is in error on that

    A m m : It certainly i%.

    point, What he

    is

    inteasted in is

    in

    the

    Q w s t f o n :Die you all it Christianity? presnt truth, the up-to-date truth.

    Answer: I certainly do. - pp. 343-343

    @&tion: Yareday s e n o n ce se t

    be

    FRED

    W.

    FWZ

    publhhed do they?

    Questfors:

    But it

    was

    a calculation which is

    Ymp we

    Our

    nger accept by

    Dimc- Question: o that what it published sr the

    t m f the Society7

    Answm: That

    is oarrect.

    truth today by the

    Society

    may have to b

    admitted to wrong in a few

    years'

    Amw e :

    We have to wait and

    see

    -nxious to ma the

    pordtion;

    it

    k a m e

    mesfion:

    hd in

    the

    body

    bunden duty

    * f

    Jchovrh'g

    Witneaa have h e n follouriw

    a-t this mbkuh tha?

    A P J J W C T ;es.

    e m r ?

    A : They have

    k n

    allowing rnircon-

    ? m f n : In what form ru his m h l c w itructions

    on sdpturn.

    t o on

    cam ?

    h ~ f h p r

    mr ?

    Awer: Wlnn

    we

    mched

    the

    I 9 l Anme Wel l

    - pp.

    112 114

    and

    the

    work4

    develspments

    w nt faward,

    lcnwe that we

    undemwd pucJtbn:

    ~ u t &ink

    you hrve told ut

    of .

    pp. lwl S-already that an acceptance of the beliefs

    rn I right that it was at one

    and

    facts

    is

    t that in 1925 Abraham and Answer: Yes

    other Prophets would come back to earth? Que tion: And there is no possibility of

    Answcr:

    They

    were expected to

    come

    back picking

    and

    choosing amongst those facts

    approximately then.

    which you will accept, and those which you

    Question: But they did not mme?

    will reject. I t must be taken as a whole?

    Answer: NO.

    Answer:

    That is right,

    .

    3.8.

    Question: It w s published, was

    the body of Jehovah s Witnesses

    was

    to

    be expected in

    1925?

    Amwer:

    Yes.

    Question:

    But that was wrong?

    Answer:

    Yes .

    p. 120.

    it not, to

    that that

    Questton:

    a

    that once again Judge Ruther-

    ford preached error?

    Answer:

    He didn t

    preach

    the

    full rounded

    out truth af the matter.

    Questdon:

    In

    that particular, not putting

    too fine s paint on

    it, he was in

    error?

    Answer:

    He

    was

    n

    cmr,

    uestion: Haw

    does

    one- OW joining

    and d i n g his erro-

    neous view of Judge Rutharfard s, know,it

    is now regarded

    as

    erroneous?

    Queztforr

    : . Jehovah s Witnesses accept

    without question doctrines: and Biblical

    interpretations as expounded by the Watch

    Tower Bible and Tract Society through itr

    Directors?

    Answer: Yes.

    Question:

    In

    publications both g.erioBiGltl

    and in book form?

    -Answer:

    Yes.

    p.

    25

    A m w m : T k s c h ive an expoaithm

    On

    the whole-Scriptws.

    Question:

    But an

    autheritatiwdti expolritbsl?

    Amwer:

    They

    mbm

    the Bibb

    on

    the

    statements

    that

    arr: tkrein made, and the

    individual emmhr t the statement and then

    the Scripture to rn that the statement is

    Scripturally supported.

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    ..

    Question:He

    what?

    Question: A witness has no alternative,

    Answer: He examines the Scripture to 9ee he,

    to

    r m p t as authoritative

    and

    to

    be

    whether the statement

    is

    supported

    by

    the

    @begredinatmdions iswed in

    'The Watch

    Scripture.

    As

    the

    Apostle says Rave all

    tow@' ' Tb d o m m t or Awake ?

    things; hold fast that which

    is gso8.' Answw: He must accept

    tho=.

    -

    Question: I

    understood the

    g oG t i ~ n

    s

    be pp 122-123 .

    . .

    --

    r- *'

    .

    -

    do

    please

    m m c t

    r

    f I

    am

    wrong

    -

    :..-

    ,.

    that

    a member of

    the Jehovah's Witnems

    Quesrtopa: Can you tell me

    this; are the=

    ',

    .,

    mwt awept as

    a true Scripture

    and

    inttr-

    ~eol+csll

    pubfic( Gam nd wmi-montMy

    pmtatbn

    what is

    given

    in

    the

    boob

    I

    phdiicala;uwd

    for diwwion of

    gutcments

    ~TGW

    ou

    o? of

    doctrine: .. . .*

    -

    .

    .

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    Answer: 4124 BC

    Q ues t bn: What is L I L ~ resent view?

    Answer:

    One hundred years have been

    taken.off.

    Qrrsstbn: What was Pa'stor Russell%view?

    Answer: Pastor Russell had an extra one

    hundred years

    in

    there.

    Q u e s t b n :

    So that date

    has

    been altered

    three

    t i m a ,

    has it?

    A m w e : The date s been eo-estcd.

    & ~estiola:ut once the dote w s published

    by the Society

    aU

    Jehovah's Wit%=% were

    bound to accept it as scriptmlly true'

    Answer:

    Yes

    Qucstbapt: A& 1hbk to dkfe'ellow-

    shipped if they d m m d o the date?

    Answer: If they c a u d trouble over it,

    because

    the Scriptures say that

    if

    anyone is

    a

    disturber inside the wngregation he is

    hindering the growth of the congregation

    and its activities and should

    be

    disfellow-

    shipped.

    Q ues t bn: Even though h~ prehrsnce were

    supporting the date m w taken by the

    Society,

    when

    the Society was p u b B ~ n g

    t h wrong date?

    Answer: One

    who may have tp

    difference

    of

    undershndiw

    like

    that

    will

    wait upon

    Jehovah

    W

    tn

    9 e:

    if

    he

    is

    correct,

    3rd

    he

    will

    abide t

    s

    published

    for

    the time

    being,

    Question:

    But

    if

    he m

    a w i b and under-

    stands that he is correct what is he to do?

    A n ~ w e r :He gets a

    blessing

    because of his

    submission and wit

    upon

    Jehovah and

    not

    leaning to

    his

    own ufldentandhg.

    Q w s t b n : In f ib respect dm

    amely the

    date of the

    a m k g

    of mankind upon the

    earth, two e m

    am

    b.c f;l ubl*d as

    authgritative Scriptwe?

    Answer:

    Yes, as azlthQrjtative c

    '0p:ical

    dates. - pp

    118-119

    Question:

    Is

    there any

    h a p s f

    salvation for

    a

    man

    who depends ulp on Ris

    Bibb

    alone

    when he is in a situation in the

    world whe*

    he anne t get the tracts and pubuations

    of

    your inctrmration?

    A n w e : He is dependent upon the Bible.

    Question: i l l

    he

    be able

    to interpret it

    truly?

    A m w er: No. - p. 133

    GRANT

    UWER

    Q u c ~ f b n :ndeed ean he in the rkw of

    Jehovah" Witnesses have an understanding

    of

    the Ssiptures apart from the

    gubliea-

    tions of Jehovah's WItm*s?

    Answer

    No.

    Q u e b i o ~ : nly by the pubtiations

    can

    he

    h a the right understanding of the

    Scriptures?

    Answer: That is right.

    Qb~estion:S that not arrogance?

    Amwer: No.

    Question: You heard the evidence about

    1874 having been found to

    be

    wrong

    as

    a

    material

    and

    crucial date, and a h u t 925

    being a wrong date.

    On

    these two items,

    acceptance and abmlute accepmm as

    fmt2-1 was imp& upan

    al

    Jehomhss

    Wit at f k h e ?

    AMWW

    T h t k *bt, -

    pp.

    499-500

    mwmm

    Q u e s t b n :

    d

    is the am

    s it

    not,

    that on occa;sionsyou

    haw ot

    swken what

    is

    true?

    [ ee

    Ms

    first anmEr above.]

    A m w 1 have agreed to that many times

    and I will agree to it many times mom hat

    we

    have made mSgfakes and pmchimd

    error afld have had to correct oumkw

    many times.. .

    Question: Have you studied oampsrzztivt

    religion?

    Answer: I

    have to

    a

    certain

    t xbn t ,

    not wry

    extensively

    I

    must confess.

    Question:

    ou know of

    ditrgr

    telbbn

    of

    the world, as you wauM

    put it

    set awlled

    which has as its set up of publlshiq

    what

    is

    later proven

    ta

    be untrue but requiring

    of

    its members that under p i n of rpitituotl

    death they must zlcmpt that untruth?

    Amwtrr: I

    do

    not

    knaw

    of any . other

    organisation except

    Jehovah's

    Witn

    -p.

    351

    ,

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