[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Sunday, November 24 [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] [/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]What will be the sign of your presence and of the conclusion[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]of the system of things?[/FONT] —[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Matt. 24:3.[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] Jesus treated his disciples as[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] friends, not as inferiors. He spent[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] time with them, took them into[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]his confidence, and ‘made known[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] to them all the things he had[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] heard from his Father.’ [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif](John 15:15)[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] Imagine how thrilled they[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] were when Jesus answered their[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] question concerning the end of[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] this system of things. He also[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] shared with his followers his private[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] thoughts and feelings. Like[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] Jesus, Christian elders today befriend[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] and help others. They cultivate[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] a warm, close relationship[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]with their fellow believers by taking[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] time to show personal interest[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] in them. Elders trust their[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] brothers and share with them[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] Scriptural truths they themselves[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] have learned. By no means[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] do elders treat as inferior a ministerial[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] servant who may be comparatively[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]young. Instead, they[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] think of him as a spiritual man[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] with potential who is performing[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]a valuable service in behalf of the[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] congregation. w11 11/15 5:4, 5[/FONT]