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YOU ARE DEBTORS TO MINISTERS OF
SPIRITUAL THINGS. (Romans 15:26-29).

Of all the nations of people of the world, not one person can enrich Almighty God. (1 Chron 29:10-18) (James 1:17). Further, those who contribute to the operation of His Will have a privileged opportunity, one granted to those of a righteous disposition, leading to blessings from God that bring happiness. (John 3:36) (James 1:25).

GIVING ONESELF TO GOD TO FULFIL ONE'S SPIRITUAL NEED.
Almighty God is not in need of a single thing. But people are in need. Those not conscious of their spiritual need are not happy, for it is written: "Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need, since the Kingdom of the heavens belongs to them." (Matt 5:3). In fact, The Christ describes all our needs in Matthew 5:3-11. Even persecution "for righteousness' sake" brings happiness, that by the exercise of faith we are created in spirit. Ultimately, the Kingdom of the heavens will also belong to the "great crowd" through the administration of righteousness by the Heavenly Kingdom of 144,000 underpriests, for their everlasting happiness; until we are all incorruptibly created in spirit "that God may be all things to everyone." (Rev 7:9-17. 1 Cor 15:27,28). Jehovah cannot be "all things" to beast-like fleshly people. (Eccles 3:18-21 KJV. See also Page 866C).

MATERIAL DEBTS TO ANOINTED UNDERPRIESTS FOR OUR NEEDS.
We know that Almighty God has given authority to His Firstborn created Son The Christ, our Lord Michael, to subject people to God for their happiness. (1 Cor 15:28. Eph 1:19-23). Consequently, Jehovah God has founded a congregation for Christ, and Christ has furnished its orderly arrangements to accomplish this spiritual work of subjecting peoples to God, so that their "rule of conduct" is of a Godly nature. (Matt 16:15-18) (1 Cor 14:26 37. Gal 6:16).

After the failure of natural born Jews to abide by that "first covenant", Jehovah God said He would conclude a "new covenant" with people gathered from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation. (Heb 8:7-12) (See Rev 5:9,10). It is in this regard that God decided, through His Son, to first sanctify a relatively small number of persons, namely 144,000, to help gather the "great crowd, which no man was able to number". (Rev 7:9,10) (Rev 14:1-5). Therefore, what work is of greater importance to those remaining on earth of the 144,000 Spirit anointed "temple" class: Secular work? Or the administration of life-giving spiritual blessings? (Rom 15:27 Moffatt).

Jehovah has inhabited by Spirit and directly instructs those of His anointed "temple" class. (1 Cor 3:16,17) (Eph 2:21,22. Rev 5:9. 1 John 2:27). But when all of these Spirit created sons of God are gathered to Him in His Spirit heavens, then God will fulfil His promise: "And after that it must occur that I shall pour out My Spirit on every sort of flesh, and your sons and your daughters will certainly prophesy. As for your old men, dreams they will dream. As for your young men, visions they will see. And even on the menservants and on the maidservants in those days I shall pour out My Spirit." (Joel 2:28,29). This is so that they too may also inherit heavenly life. According to the principle described in Romans 15:26-28 and 1 Corinthians 16:1-3, to secure this "fruitage" of their spiritual work we should supply their material needs. (1 Peter 2:9) (Joel 2:21 27). Failure to abide by this principle has led to the withholding of spiritual teachings of God from the people, resulting in a spiritual "drought" among those ministering with a spirit of divination. (Joel 1:5-7). But Jehovah will compensate His people for the period when His great military force of anointed "locusts" was spiritually active, for His people did not apostatize themselves. (Joel 2:25).

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