not inviting to those who want to practice the desires of the flesh. But some men may try to wander about the “Way of Holiness” for the very purpose of unholy conduct, as the Bible foretold: “Certain men have slipped in who have long ago been appointed by the Scriptures to the judgment . . . , ungodly men, turning the undeserved kindness of our God into an excuse for loose conduct.” (Jude 4) Men who put on an appearance of holiness for ulterior reasons do not deceive the guardians of the “Way of Holiness,” for they are angels; and as Jesus said: “The Son of man will send forth his angels, and they will collect out from his kingdom all things that cause stumbling and persons who are doing lawlessness, and they will pitch them into the fiery furnace.”—Matt. 13:41, 42.

AIDING OTHERS TO FIND THE NARROW GATE

Though the world is not illuminating the narrow gate, this gate is being advertised so that life seekers may find the “road leading off into life.” This journal, widely distributed throughout the world by the New World society of Jehovah’s witnesses, is an aid to finding the narrow gate. Bible-study aids such as the Watchtower magazine and the book From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained are aiding thousands of persons to find the narrow gate. To help life seekers further, Jehovah’s witnesses spend millions of hours each year in giving free home Bible instruction.

Thus there is an organization of people today that is advertising the narrow gate, helping people of all races, nationalities and religious beliefs to find the narrow gate to life. The organization travels the “Way of Holiness” and aids all who go in through the narrow gate to stay on it. The New World society of Jehovah’s witnesses requires that all those who associate with this organization of Christian witnesses must conform to the standard of holiness set by God. All who will eventually gain everlasting life on earth under God’s kingdom must go over the highway of holiness. Since “the unclean one will not pass over it,” those who make a practice of sin are disfellowshiped. Yet all who sincerely desire to serve God are given every kind of assistance, that they may conform to the holy conduct required by God and that they may stay on the “road leading off into life.”

Take advantage of the helps for locating the narrow gate to life and for pursuing the road that comparatively few of earth’s billions of inhabitants find. It will require time and effort, but the blessedness of traveling the “Way of Holiness” and of reaching its destination is worth it, yes, worth the most strenuous efforts. “Exert yourselves vigorously,” said Jesus, “to get in through the narrow door.”

Christendom Not Salt of the Earth

● “From my standpoint of view I see communism as a phenomenon of consequence caused by the fact that the Christian churches have not been as the salt of the earth according to their great calling,” wrote clergyman Voitto Viro. Jesus said that when salt has lost its strength “it is suitable neither for soil nor for manure. People throw it outside.” Should not this Scriptural principle be applied to Christendom, which it is evident has not been as the salt of the earth?—Luke 14:35.