The question is whether, as babes in Christ, we shall wink at the unscriptural divisions of God’s people, into followers of Paul or Apollos, Cephas or Luther, Calvin or Wesley (1 Cor. 3:4; D. 17); whether, like Rahab, we shall be in the citadel of error when it falls, or like Joshua who caused it to fall (Josh. 6:25; Z. ’07‐267); whether, like the fitches and cummin, we shall easily divest ourselves of the entangling associations of life, represented by the pods from which the fitches and cummin are so easily shaken, or whether we shall be like the “bread‐corn” which requires a vast amount of threshing before it will let go of the close‐clinging chaff. (Isa. 28:27; Z. ’84‐1‐4.) The question is whether, like the rejected members of Gideon’s army, we shall forget our mission, and bury our heads in the waters of truth; or whether, with equal appreciation of its message, we shall remember why the Lord gave it to us, and shall drink of it, with our eyes out over the horizon, seeking to serve, to spend and be spent in the Master’s service. (Judg. 7:6; Z. ’07‐331.) The question is whether, like Caleb and Joshua, we shall retain our confidence in Him who has called us, and bring back true reports of the land we hope ere long to possess, or, whether we shall be of the larger company that through fear and faint‐heartedness never enter in. (Num. 13:31; Z. ’07‐251.) Shall we rejoice to lay down our lives for the Lord’s brethren, or shall we, through fear of this sacrificial death, be all our lifetime subject to bondage? (Heb. 2:15; T. 70, 71.) The question is whether we shall be like the servant who hid his Lord’s talent in the earth (in earthly enjoyments and pursuits) (Matt. 25:24; Z. ’01‐61; Z. ’06‐318), whether we shall be double minded, having some idea of attaining heavenly things and some idea of getting all we can of earthly things (Jas. 1:8; Z. ’07‐316), whether, like Obadiah, we are merely friendly toward the Truth and those who stand for the Truth, but conceal our interest for fear of the consequences to ourselves and our families.—1 Ki. 18:3; Z. ’04‐221.