And the GB have never claimed to have any special ability.
They never said their every word is error free. Really they flat out tell you all they do is
read the Bible like the rest of us. No conversations with Jesus or miraculous visions.
Nothing is interpreted but the interpretation comes from God and is then published.
(WT 1943 July 1 pp. 202-203)
Angels deliver what is published.
(PREPARATION 1933 pp. 36-37, 64)
THE WATCHTOWER publishes "no man's opinion".
(WT 1931 November 1 p. 327; 1936 March 15 p. 85)
"To it (this organization) alone...the Bible is not a sealed book." The WTS is "the only organization on earth that understands the 'deep things of God.' "
(WT 1973 July 1 p. 402)
The leaders are "spirit directed" (WT 1988 March 1 p. 10)
and "God's channel."
(WT 1969 January 15 p. 51; 1960 July 15 pp. 439, 442)
"It is vital that we appreciate this fact and respond to the directions of the 'slave' as we would to the voice of God, because it is His provision."
(WT 1957 June 15 p. 370)
C. T. Russell founder = "God's mouthpiece" (WT 1906 July 15 p. 229);
Russell states that compared to reading his books Bible reading is "a waste of time" (WT 1910 September 15 p. 298),
Russell's books "harmonize...every statement in the Bible."
(DIVINE PLAN OF THE AGES 1886 p. 348)
God uses and directs the WTS.
(VINDICATION Book 1 1931 p. 77)
Watchtower 1957 June 15 p.370 " It is vital that we respond to the directions of the "slave" as we would to the voice of God ."
"The 'slave' class has served as God's sole collective channel for the flow of Biblical truth to men on earth. Just as the early Christian congregation collectively served as the channel of communication from heaven to earth, so in our time."
(WT 1960 July 15 p. 439)
"As Jehovah revealed his truths by means of the first-century Christian congregation so he does today by means of the present-day Christian congregation. Through this agency he is having carried out prophesying on an intensified and unparalleled scale. All of this activity is not an accident. Jehovah is the one behind all of it." (WT 1964 June 15 p. 365)
"Therefore, in submitting to Jehovah's theocratic organization, we must be in full and complete agreement with every feature of its apostolic procedure and requirements."
(WT 1967 October 1 p. 593)
"The modern-day "Ezekiel"... commissioned to serve as the mouthpiece and active agent of Jehovah ... commissioned to speak in the Divine name" . (p54 "The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah"—How? 1971)
"We must serve Jehovah in truth, as revealed in his Word and made clear in the publications of "the faithful and discreet slave." (Watchtower 1996 May 15 p.18)
