Chapter Seven/Rekindle That First Love - "Do the Former Deeds" - Continue

 The John class, however, emerged from the tumultuous days of the first world war with a love for Jehovah and for the truth that impelled them to serve him with flaming zeal. They resisted those who tried to introduce sectarianism through practically idolizing the first president of the Watch Tower Society, T. Russell, following his death in 1916. Disciplined by persecution and adversities, this Christian group clearly received a judgment of "well-done" from their Master and an invitation to enter into his joy. (Matthew 25:21. 23) They recognized the course of world events, and in their own experiences, the fulfillment of the sign that Jesus had given to mark his invisible presence in Kingdom power. From 1919 onward, they moved forward to share in the further fulfillment of Jesus' great prophecy: "And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and the end will come." (Matthew 6:9, 10; 24:3-14) If their love Jehovah had been some way lacking, it was fanned into a flame from that time onward. 

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