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186 "THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE"
publicly declare from God's Word, then we belie
what we claim and we stumble those who look upon
us as examples of what believers are and should
be. "Faith, if it does not have works, is dead in
itself."-James 2 :17, NW .
s Satan the Devil corrupted man and woman's
faith toward God in Eden . From the time that the
pure faith was originally delivered he has tried to
corrupt it and its practice . Not only does he twist
scripture, as he did to Jesus in the wilderness of
temptation, but he tries to corrupt the lives of
the believers with the faith-destroying "works of
the flesh". He tries to infiltrate a filthy, treacherous
"fifth column" among the Theocratic organization
of Jehovah's people, to debase the pure
living standards which they must uphold . These
agents of the Devil were foretold and forewarned
against, and the disastrous end which they and
all who yield to them must suffer was set down
with absolute certainty . These persons have not
at heart cleaned themselves up from the world .
Under hypocrisies they sneak into the congregation
and try to use God's mercy and undeserved
kindness toward his people as an excuse for immoral
conduct to gratify their sexual desires .
They persuade unstable believers that, to begin
with, God forgave us our sins through faith in
Christ's blood, including our former sins of fornication
and adultery. Yes,' say they, God knows
we are weak and subject to passion, and so if we
9. a Whom does Satan try to infiltrate among the
congregation? b How do they try to turn God's mercy
into excuse for immorality?