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THEOCRATIC ORGANI ATION 125
monious, melodious sounds, just so an organization
is an arrangement with which to work or do
a deed. God's organization is an orderly, wellconnected
arrangement of his devoted, obedient
creatures in order for them to work together toward
a common end and in harmony with his
purpose, doing so in peace and oneness, without
clash or conflict, with efficiency and a comfortable
state of heart and mind . God's organization
is at one with itself. All its members are at one
with its great Organizer, Jehovah God, and at
one with their obedient fellow members . God's
perfect wisdom made his holy universal organization
that way.
3 The organization of the Christian congregation
is Theocratic, because God is its organizer
and is its top director at all times . It operates
Theocratically, because it functions by taking orders
from God down through his Son Jesus Christ,
and not up from the organization members below.
Nineteen centuries ago God by his Son Jesus
Christ set up this Theocratic organization among
men . Being on earth, it is an organization visible
to men . But as it is composed of those begotten
by God to heavenly life it is a part of Jehovah's
great universal organization which he governs .
Being Theocratic, it is not nationalistic nor infected
with any kind of national politics, whether
democratic, communistic, Nazi, fascistic, imperialistic,
or otherwise . Though drawn from all nations,
its members obey the divine command to
3 . How is the congregation Theocratic as to organization?