The Watchtower. Study Edition, September 2025.

Study Article 36.

This article will be studied during the week of November 10th through 16th.

Call the Elders

Theme text, Let Him Call the Elders of the the congregation to him, James 514.

Song 103, Shepherds, Gifts in Men.

Focus, get spiritual help from the congregation elders when you need it.

Paragraph 1. Question.

How has Jehovah shown that his sheep are precious to him?

Jehovah's sheep are precious to him.

He purchased them with the blood of Jesus and assigned the congregation elders to care for his flock.

God wants his sheep to be treated tenderly.

Under Christ's leadership, the elders refresh the sheep and protect them from spiritual danger.

Paragraph 2. Question.

In whom does Jehovah show special interest?

Jehovah has deep concern for all his sheep, but he gives special care to those who are suffering.

Through the elders, he helps those who are suffering in a spiritual sense.

Ezekiel 34, 15, and 16 reads,

I myself will feed my sheep,

and I myself will make them lie down,

declares the sovereign Lord Jehovah.

The lost one I will search for,

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