"We Want to Go With You"

"We want to go with you, for which we have heard that God is with you people." -Zechariah 8:23.

SPEAKING of the time in which we are living, Jehovah foretold:  "In those days ten men out of all the languages of the nations will take hold, yes, they will take firm hold of the robe of a Jew, saying:  'We want to go with you, for we have heard that God is with you people.' " (Zechariah 8:23)  Like the figurative ten men, those who have an earthly hope have taken "firm hold of the robe of a Jew."  They are proud to associate with the spirit-anointed "Israel of God," knowing that Jehovah is blessing his anointed ones. -Galatians 6:16.

As did the prophet Zechariah, Jesus highlighted the refreshing unity that is experienced by God's people. He spoke of his followers as two groups, a "little flock" and "other sheep," but he said that they would be "one flock" with "one shepherd."  (Luke 12:32; John 10:16) However, the relationship between these two groups raises some questions:  (1) Do those of the other sheep need to know the names  of all those who are anointed today?  (2) How should anointed ones view themselves? (3) How should you react if someone in your congregation starts to partake of the emblems at the Memorial? (4) Do you need to be concerned about any increase in the number of those partaking? Let us consider the answers to each of these questions? 

Next time: "We Want to Go With You" -DO WE NEED TO KNOW THE NAMES OF ALL THE ANOINTED TODAY? 

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