grow in strength and get a tighter grip on a person. He then has greater difficulty getting his mind off them. His best defense is to resist them at the outset.

22. Why can we be certain that destruction awaits this world?

²² This modern world is like the world of Noah’s day. Those people gave no heed to the godly bounds set upon human desires. They did not control them but catered to them, and so cultivated their lusts. These bad desires led them to sin and that resulted in their destruction at God’s hand. “He did not hold back from punishing an ancient world, but kept Noah, a preacher of righteousness, safe with seven others when he brought a deluge upon a world of ungodly people; and by reducing the cities Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them, setting a pattern for ungodly persons of things to come.” (2 Pet. 2:5, 6, NW) The fate of the depraved people of Noah’s day as well as of those in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah was a pattern of what is due to come upon this present world for following the same course of catering to wrong desires.

23. Why is the Christian in a dangerous position, and what must he do?

²³ Since this old world is facing the adverse judgment of God, the Christian is in a very dangerous position. The world’s lustful desires, its love for money and its grasping for material possessions confront him on every side. He is constantly subject to its attractions, its temptations and its wrong thinking. By his being continually surrounded by such bad influence his walking of the narrow way to life is made very difficult. He will not be able to stay on it if he permits his mind to dwell upon these things and thus build up a desire for them. If he fails to recognize the power of wrong desire and to make every effort to resist it he will inevitably be caught by its bait and be led into sin and death. Therefore, let every dedicated Christian remember what the power of wrong desire did to Achan, what it did to Judas, what it did to the first human pair and what it did to the angels that sinned. Let each recognize that power and make every effort to resist it, for its way is the way to sin and to eternal death.

For Young and Old

● Speaking of the book Faith on the March, a reader writes: “Historically it speaks with authority and courage. Scripturally it confirms our hopes, past and future. It should be an inspiration for the younger and a comfort for the older brothers.”—D. F. J., Florida.

Jehovah Watches and Cares

● “The words in that book [Faith on the March] remind us that our great God and Father in heaven is watching the scene, knows those who belong to him and extends his tender mercy and loving care to them at all times without fail.”—A. K., Washington, D.C.

Half a Century of Joy

● A. H. Macmillan’s “Life of joyous service with Jehovah’s witnesses” will be multiplied a thousandfold through his book Faith on the March, according to a delighted reader who writes: “Your documented account going ‘way beyond the past half-century’ and recounted by one who has been in the front ranks of the battle these many years will bring great joy to untold thousands of people at this time.”—F. S. B., Oklahoma.