Joseph Franklin Rutherford Quotes

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Before we can know God and understand his great plan it is first necessary for us to believe that he exists and that he rewards all who diligently seek him.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
The development of the telescope, together with increased knowledge of things, brought men to see that the earth is not what man had once thought it to be.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition everywhere, and many clergymen will attempt to prevent the people from reading what is here written.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Jehovah created the earth and therefore it is his by right of creation.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Life everlasting in a state of happiness is the greatest desire of all men.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Man is more than merely an animal to exist and propagate his species. His mind gives him capacity to search out the great truths in God's arrangement and this lifts him far above the other animal creation.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Today the eyes of orthodox Jews of earth are fixed upon Palestine.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Since the days of Abraham many men of unusual intellect not only have diligently studied the divine plan, but have devoted their lives to having a part in making it known to others.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
The ecclesiastical system of Rome, and particularly its leaders, for a thousand years and more thought that the earth is fixed and that everything else revolves about it.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
The earth incites the wonder and admiration of man even though he is imperfect and his understanding greatly limited.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
The Bible is the only credible guide either as to the real relationship between man and the earth and the great Creator of both or concerning the purpose of the creation of both.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
The earth is yet the place of the domicile of man and all the offspring of the first man.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
It is to be expected that Satan will try to inject into the minds of the consecrated the thought that 1925 should see an end of the work, and that therefore it would be needless for them to do more.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
The Bible is God's Word expressed and revealed to his creature, man.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
In Germany the common people are peace-loving,... The Devil has put his representative Hitler in control, a man who is of unsound mind, cruel, malicious and ruthless... He cruelly persecutes the Jews because they were once Jehovah's covenant people and bore the name of Jehovah, and because Christ Jesus was a Jew.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Do you believe it! Do you believe that the King of glory is present, and has been since 1874?... Behold, the King reigns! you are his publicity agents. Therefore advertise, advertise, advertise, the King and his kingdom.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
You may successfully resist any and all men, but you cannot successfully resist Jehovah God.... In the name of Jehovah God and His anointed King, Christ Jesus, I demand that you give order to all officials and servants of your government that Jehovah's witnesses in Germany be permitted to peaceably assemble and without hindrance worship God.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
The Bible shows the clear statement of God's purposes concerning the earth, and man once made its prince. Its opening chapters show that it was intended for man's instruction.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
It is more reasonable to conclude that the Great Pyramid of Gizeh as well as the other pyramids thereabout, also the sphinx, were built by the rulers of Egypt and under the direction of Satan the Devil.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford
The holy spirit means the invisible power of Jehovah, holy because he is holy. This power of Jehovah operated upon the minds of honest men who loved and who were devoted to righteousness, directing them in the writing of the Bible. The spirit of God, i. e., his invisible power, moved upon the waters and thereby he created.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford