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CHAPTER XII
THEOCRATIC ORGANI ATION
ASCANNING of the starry heavens by night
should convince an intelligent person that
the apostle's statement to the Christian
congregation is true : "God is a God, not of disorder,
but of peace ." He should appreciate the
practical application which the apostle makes of
that principle to the congregation, saying : "Let
all things take place decently and by arrangement."
That requires organization according to
the God of peace, Theocratic organization, for
"theocratic" means "ruled by God" .-1 Corinthians
14 :33,40, NW.
2 The congregation of Christ's justified followers
who are in the way to heavenly life is a Theocratic
organization . The word "organization" comes
from the Greek word used at James 1 :4 NW
"Let endurance have its work complete," namely,
the word "ergon", which means "work" or "deed" .
The electrical term erg is taken from that word
and means a unit of work or energy . Just as an
organ is an instrument with which to accomplish
a particular work or do a thing, whether it be
an organ in our human body or be a musical instrument
which an organist plays to produce har-
1 . Why does the congregation require organization?
What kind?
2 . From what is the word organization drawn? What
is God's organization?
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