“Go, Preach” or “Sit, Listen”

The Watchtower, April 1, 1955

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“Go, Preach” or “Sit, Listen”?

Today’s so-called Christianity is too often a “go and-sit” affair, rather than a “get-out-and-do” matter. Is yours a religion of sitters or of workers? Is your religion strengthening enough that you will take your own time to get up and go out regularly to tell your neighbors why it is important? The Bible says a great deal about strength and zeal and faith. Jesus said in Matthew 10:7: “Go, preach”; today’s churchgoers have changed it to: “Sit, listen.” Which do you do?

Also in this issue

• Abraham and the Hittites
• Announcements
• Check Your Memory
• Judgment Day—Just a Joke
• Part 7—New Administration Amid World War I
• Pray for World Peace
• Preaching for the Purpose of a Witness
• Priest Rebukes Parishioner
• Questions From Readers
• Theocratic Conduct Within the Family Circle
• Theocratic Tact in Divided Households
• Zeal for Improving Service