1912 Watch Tower - A2Z.org
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of Jesus on a low plane--one of the least in theKingdom. This would apply amongst the Lord's followersat the present time: the Church is the Kingdom inembryo, and any brother in such an attitude should be consideredby the brethren as weak and should not be givena position of prominence in the service of the Church.THE PHARISEES' STANDARD LOWERIn Jesus' day the Pharisees prided themselves on theirzeal for the Law and found fault with Jesus' disciples andwith Himself for healing the sick on the Sabbath. Insteadof admitting their claims Jesus repeatedly showedthem to be fallacious. They were particular respectingthe little requirements of the Law, but were careless respectingits spirit of love. This Jesus termed hypocrisy;He declared that unless His followers would be nearerright in heart than were the Pharisees they would notget into the Kingdom at all. (We must remember the differenceR5007 : page 119between the embryo Kingdom which was inauguratedat Pentecost and the glorious Kingdom into whichthe faithful will be ushered by the First Resurrectionchange.)Unless His followers would have more of the spiritof the Divine Law than the Pharisees they would notbe fit for the begetting at Pentecost--none but thosewho love righteousness and who thus have the spirit ofthe Divine Law are acceptable at all in the Church--"the Church of the First-Born, whose names are writtenin heaven."The Pharisees held the letter of the Law and said, Bewarelest you kill a man, for that would subject you tojudgment or trial before the council, or local court of yourtown; but Jesus taught that hatred is murder, even if itdo not go to the length of killing. So high is this standardamongst the Lord's consecrated people that for one ofthem to be even slightly angry would be a serious matter;and if he were angry enough to call a brother Christian"a fool" it would imply that he were in serious danger ofthe second Death--Gehenna. All Christ's followers,therefore, must not only guard their actions but also theirlips and the very thoughts of their hearts, that even inthought they shall be in fullest accord with the very spiritof the Divine Law of love; and if on approaching thethrone of grace they find any other spirit in their heartsthey should go no further toward God, but first be reconciledto their brother. Under a parable of arrest, condemnationand imprisonment our Lord teaches His disciplesthat if they have a wrong feeling toward a brotherthey should make great haste to settle the matter. Everymoment of delay endangers their spiritual standing withthe Lord and makes it more difficult for themselves in theirrelationship with God.
The intimation is that if we have wronged a brotherand delay to make the matter right and the case comebefore the Lord for settlement, we will be obliged tosuffer the full penalty of our neglect, "the uttermost farthing,"before we will be fully restored to Divine favorand fellowship.----------GOD'S INHERITANCEEPHESIANS 1:18.And can it beThat God designs with you and meForevermore to dwell?Can His great mightSecure for us the rightTo be His Israel?A people chosen to proclaim His worth,To sound the praises of His glory forth,To lead the van of an adoring earth?This poor, weak clayCan He transform in such a wayThat it shall yield Divinity?This sin-stained mindSo cleanse that He in us shall findAffinity?Th' abode of His eternal rest,That habitation which He loveth best,His chosen Zion? City ever blest?If this be so,Not all the wealth this world can knowWill me suffice:Nor name, nor fame, nor power, nor pleasure here belowMy soul entice.How poor these transitory things of earthBeside this treasure of unending worth,This Heavenly fellowship, this Royal birth!And can it beThat down throughout succeeding ages HeWith ardent longing waitsTh' eventful dayWhen--sin all purged away--We'll sit within His gates?Can we be subjects of our God's desire?Doth He our loving fellowship require?And to this height may such as we aspire?How good to knowHis never-failing Word proclaims it so!Here, Lord, I give myself to Thee,Work out Thy gracious purposes in me
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of Jesus on a low plane--one of the least in theKingdom. This would apply amongst the Lord's followersat the present time: the Church is the Kingdom inembryo, and any brother in such an attitude should be consideredby the brethren as weak and should not be givena position of prominence in the service of the Church.THE PHARISEES' STANDARD LOWERIn Jesus' day the Pharisees prided themselves on theirzeal for the Law and found fault with Jesus' disciples andwith Himself for healing the sick on the Sabbath. Insteadof admitting their claims Jesus repeatedly showedthem to be fallacious. They were particular respectingthe little requirements of the Law, but were careless respectingits spirit of love. This Jesus termed hypocrisy;He declared that unless His followers would be nearerright in heart than were the Pharisees they would notget into the Kingdom at all. (We must remember the differenceR5007 : page 119between the embryo Kingdom which was inauguratedat Pentecost and the glorious Kingdom into whichthe faithful will be ushered by the First Resurrectionchange.)Unless His followers would have more of the spiritof the Divine Law than the Pharisees they would notbe fit for the begetting at Pentecost--none but thosewho love righteousness and who thus have the spirit ofthe Divine Law are acceptable at all in the Church--"the Church of the First-Born, whose names are writtenin heaven."The Pharisees held the letter of the Law and said, Bewarelest you kill a man, for that would subject you tojudgment or trial before the council, or local court of yourtown; but Jesus taught that hatred is murder, even if itdo not go to the length of killing. So high is this standardamongst the Lord's consecrated people that for one ofthem to be even slightly angry would be a serious matter;and if he were angry enough to call a brother Christian"a fool" it would imply that he were in serious danger ofthe second Death--Gehenna. All Christ's followers,therefore, must not only guard their actions but also theirlips and the very thoughts of their hearts, that even inthought they shall be in fullest accord with the very spiritof the Divine Law of love; and if on approaching thethrone of grace they find any other spirit in their heartsthey should go no further toward God, but first be reconciledto their brother. Under a parable of arrest, condemnationand imprisonment our Lord teaches His disciplesthat if they have a wrong feeling toward a brotherthey should make great haste to settle the matter. Everymoment of delay endangers their spiritual standing withthe Lord and makes it more difficult for themselves in theirrelationship with God.
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