EPISODE 2 The birth of the Kingdom in heaven Paragraphs 19 and 20 They gathered to worship God, read more...

[Queen Esther]

EPISODE 2
The birth of the Kingdom in heaven
Paragraphs 19 and 20
They gathered to worship God
19, 20. How were encouraged God's people to gather to worship him?
19 The Bible Students taught that, whenever possible, should meet to worship God. Not enough to leave false religion: the true Christian should practice pure worship. Already in the first issues of the Watch Tower magazine readers he was encouraged to come together to worship God. We find an example in the July, 1880, where Brother Russell recounted one of his tours of speeches and highlighted the cheerleaders were the many meetings had been held. Then he invited readers to write to him occasionally a few lines to tell how they were doing with the meetings. Some of these comments appear in the magazine. He suggested: "We all want to know [...] how the Lord is blessing. Tell if meet regularly with people who share their valuable faith. "
20 The same magazine published an article in 1882 that encouraged Christians to meet the goal of "edify, encourage and strengthen each other". The article stressed: "There is no need to have someone with higher education or a special talent. Everyone take your Bible, pen and paper. Use all aid available to them, as a concordance [...]. Pick a topic and ask the guidance of the Holy Spirit to understand. Then read, reflect and seek the relationship between biblical texts. This way you will be guided to the truth. "
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Charles Russell with a large group of Bible Students Copenhagen (Denmark) in 1909

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