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Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ?” |
1 John 2:22 |
1 John 2:22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
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John warned that there were “many deceivers,” who could mislead those who were not prepared to defend the truth about Jehovah and Jesus |
2 John 7-11 |
2 John 7-11For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those not acknowledging Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.8Look out for yourselves, so that you do not lose the things we have worked to produce, but that you may obtain a full reward.9Everyone who pushes ahead and does not remain in the teaching of the Christ does not have God. The one who does remain in this teaching is the one who has both the Father and the Son.10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your homes or say a greeting to him.11For the one who says a greeting to him is a sharer in his wicked works |
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Jehovah is the One guiding you in the way you should walk |
Isaiah 48:17, 18 |
Isaiah 48:17, 18This is what Jehovah says, your Repurchaser, the Holy One of Israel: “I, Jehovah, am your God, The One teaching you to benefit yourself, The One guiding you in the way you should walk.18If only you would pay attention to my commandments! Then your peace would become just like a river And your righteousness like the waves of the sea |
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Hate what is bad, and love what is good |
Amos 5:15 |
Amos 5:15Hate what is bad, and love what is good, Let justice prevail in the city gate. It may be that Jehovah the God of armies Will show favor to the remaining ones of Joseph |
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seek the Kingdom of God and his righteousness |
Matthew 6:33 |
Matthew 6:33Keep on, then, seeking first the Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these other things will be added to you |
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John warned that there were “many deceivers,” who could mislead those who were not prepared to defend the truth about Jehovah and Jesus |
2 John 7-11 |
2 John 7-11For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those not acknowledging Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.8Look out for yourselves, so that you do not lose the things we have worked to produce, but that you may obtain a full reward.9Everyone who pushes ahead and does not remain in the teaching of the Christ does not have God. The one who does remain in this teaching is the one who has both the Father and the Son.10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your homes or say a greeting to him.11For the one who says a greeting to him is a sharer in his wicked works |
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John wrote: “Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ |
1 John 2:22 |
1 John 2:22Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son |
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no such thing as a secret sin because everything we do is visible to Jehovah |
Hebrews 4:13 |
Hebrews 4:13And there is not a creation that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and openly exposed to the eyes of the one to whom we must give an account |
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we cannot be walking in the truth and at the same time be living an immoral life |
1 John 1:6 |
1 John 1:6If we make the statement, “We are having fellowship with him,” and yet we go on walking in the darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth |
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We have no sin,’ we are misleading ourselves |
1 John 1:8 |
1 John 1:8 If we make the statement, “We have no sin,” we are misleading ourselves and the truth is not in us. |
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We must expect to be hated by the world |
1 John 3:13 |
1 John 3:13Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you |
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the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one |
1 John 5:19 |
1 John 5:19We know that we originate with God, but the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one |
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As this system draws to an end, Satan’s anger grows hotter |
Revelation 12:12 |
Revelation 12:12On this account be glad, you heavens and you who reside in them! Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the Devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing that he has a short period of time |
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we should love, not in word or with the tongue, but in deed and truth |
1 John 3:16-18 |
1 John 3:16-18By this we have come to know love, because that one surrendered his life for us, and we are under obligation to surrender our lives for our brothers.17But whoever has the material possessions of this world and sees his brother in need and yet refuses to show him compassion, in what way does the love of God remain in him?18Little children, we should love, not in word or with the tongue, but in deed and truth
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we are under obligation to surrender our lives for our brothers |
1 John 3:16-18 |
1 John 3:16-18By this we have come to know love, because that one surrendered his life for us, and we are under obligation to surrender our lives for our brothers.17But whoever has the material possessions of this world and sees his brother in need and yet refuses to show him compassion, in what way does the love of God remain in him?18Little children, we should love, not in word or with the tongue, but in deed and truth. |
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Whoever does not love has not come to know God, because God is love |
1 John 4:7, 8 |
1 John 4:7, 8Beloved ones, let us continue loving one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born from God and knows God.8Whoever does not love has not come to know God, because God is love |
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we show love by forgiving one another |
Colossians 3:13 |
Colossians 3:13Continue putting up with one another and forgiving one another freely even if anyone has a cause for complaint against another. Just as Jehovah freely forgave you, you must also do the same |
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Kingdom of God is government will fully accomplish Jehovah’s purpose for our earth and will result in the blessing of all those who want to serve God |
Daniel 2:44 Daniel 7:13, 14 Daniel 7:22
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Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. And this kingdom will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it alone will stand forever. Daniel 7:13, 14“I kept watching in the visions of the night, and look! with the clouds of the heavens, someone like a son of man was coming; and he gained access to the Ancient of Days, and they brought him up close before that One.14And to him there were given rulership, honor, and a kingdom, that the peoples, nations, and language groups should all serve him. His rulership is an everlasting rulership that will not pass away, and his kingdom will not be destroyed Daniel 7:22 until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was rendered in favor of the holy ones of the Supreme One, and the appointed time arrived for the holy ones to take possession of the kingdom.
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beware that you does not fall. |
1 Corinthians 10:12 |
1 Corinthians 10:12So let the one who thinks he is standing beware that he does not fall |
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obedient to those who are taking the lead among you and be submissive |
Hebrews 13:17 |
Hebrews 13:17Be obedient to those who are taking the lead among you and be submissive, for they are keeping watch over you as those who will render an account, so that they may do this with joy and not with sighing, for this would be damaging to you. |
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look out not only for [our] own interests, but also for the interests of others.” |
Philippians 2:4 |
Philippians 2:4as you look out not only for your own interests, but also for the interests of others. |
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Congregation elders are accountable for the sheep entrusted to their care. |
Hebrews 13:17 |
Hebrews 13:17Be obedient to those who are taking the lead among you and be submissive, for they are keeping watch over you as those who will render an account, so that they may do this with joy and not with sighing, for this would be damaging to you |
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Satan and the demons mislead “the entire inhabited earth. |
Revelation 12:9 |
Revelation 12:9So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him |
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Do not love either the world or the things in the world |
1 John 2:15, 16 |
1 John 2:15, 16Do not love either the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him;16because everything in the world—the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the showy display of one’s means of life—does not originate with the Father, but originates with the world. |
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the anxiety of this system of things and the deceptive power of riches choke the word |
Matthew 13:22 |
Matthew 13:22 As for the one sown among the thorns, this is the one hearing the word, but the anxiety of this system of things and the deceptive power of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful |
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We cannot slave for God and for Riches |
Matthew 6:24 |
Matthew 6:24No one can slave for two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick to the one and despise the other. You cannot slave for God and for Riches |
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no matter what we ask according to his will, he hears us |
1 John 5:14 |
1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that no matter what we ask according to his will, he hears us |
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Jehovah hears our cry for help |
Psalm 145:18, 19 |
Psalm 145:18, 19Jehovah is near to all those calling on him, To all who call on him in truth.19He satisfies the desire of those who fear him; He hears their cry for help, and he rescues them |
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Do not fear, Aʹbram. I am a shield for you |
Genesis 15:1 |
Genesis 15:1After this the word of Jehovah came to Aʹbram in a vision, saying: “Do not fear, Aʹbram. I am a shield for you. Your reward will be very great |
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the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan,was hurled down to the earth |
Revelation 12:7-10 |
Revelation 12:7-10And war broke out in heaven: Miʹcha·el and his angels battled with the dragon, and the dragon and its angels battled8but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them any longer in heaven.9So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.10I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come to pass the salvation and the power and the Kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ, because the accuser of our brothers has been hurled down, who accuses them day and night before our God! |
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Keep on, seeking first the Kingdom and his righteousness |
Matthew 6:33 Mark 10:28-30 |
Matthew 6:33 Keep on, then, seeking first the Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these other things will be added to you. Mark 10:28-30Peter began to say to him: “Look! We have left all things and followed you.”29Jesus said: “Truly I say to you, no one has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the good news30who will not get 100 times more now in this period of time—houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, with persecutions—and in the coming system of things, everlasting life |
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stand against Satan |
1 Peter 5:9 |
1 Peter 5:9But take your stand against him, firm in the faith, knowing that the same kind of sufferings are being experienced by the entire association of your brothers in the world
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Consider the trials all joy |
James 1:2 |
James 1:2Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you meet with various trials |
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Jehovah has always given us the needed strength to overcome these problems |
Psalm 94:18, 19 |
Psalm 94:18, 19When I said: “My foot is slipping,” Your loyal love, O Jehovah, kept supporting me.When anxieties overwhelmed me, You comforted and soothed me |
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Rejoice in the hope |
Romans 12:12 |
Romans 12:12 Rejoice in the hope. Endure under tribulation. Persevere in prayer |
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wait patiently on Jehovah. |
Micah 7:7 |
Micah 7:7But as for me, I will keep on the lookout for Jehovah. I will show a waiting attitude for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me |
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see clearly the wonderful things” in God's Word |
Psalm 119:18 |
Psalm 119:18Open my eyes so that I may see clearly The wonderful things from your law
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Love God's word |
Proverbs 4:20-22 |
Proverbs 4:20-22My son, pay attention to my words; Listen carefully to my sayings.21Do not lose sight of them; Keep them deep within your heart,22For they are life to those who find them And health to their whole body |
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the widow gave the best she could |
Luke 21:1-4 |
Luke 21:1-4Now as he looked up, he saw the rich dropping their gifts into the treasury chests.2Then he saw a needy widow drop in two small coins of very little value,3and he said: “Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than they all did.4For all of these put in gifts out of their surplus, but she, out of her want, put in all the means of living she had |
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A·polʹlos was eloquent man who was well-versed in the Scripture |
Acts 18:24 |
Acts 18:24Now a Jew named A·polʹlos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephʹe·sus; he was an eloquent man who was well-versed in the Scriptures |
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Paul was persuasive man |
Acts 26:28 |
Acts 26:28But A·gripʹpa said to Paul: “In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian |
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a poor Israelite might offer “two turtledoves or two young pigeons |
Leviticus 5:7 |
Leviticus 5:7‘If, though, he cannot afford a sheep, he must bring to Jehovah two turtledoves or two young pigeons as his guilt offering for the sin, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering |
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if an Israelite could not afford two birds, Jehovah accepted “a tenth of an ephah of fine flour |
Leviticus 5:11 |
Leviticus 5:11“‘Now if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he must bring as his offering for his sin a tenth of an eʹphah of fine flour for a sin offering. He should not add oil to it or place frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering |
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Jehovah chose David to replace King Saul |
1 Samuel 16:10-13 |
1 Samuel 16:10-13So Jesʹse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesʹse: “Jehovah has not chosen any of these.”11Finally Samuel said to Jesʹse: “Are these all of your boys?” To this he said: “The youngest has been left out until now; he is pasturing the sheep.” Then Samuel said to Jesʹse: “Send for him, because we will not sit down for the meal until he comes here.”12So he sent for him and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes, and handsome in appearance. Then Jehovah said: “Get up, anoint him, for this is the one!”13So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. And the spirit of Jehovah began to empower David from that day forward. Samuel later rose and went his way to Raʹmah |
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endured to the end will be saved |
Matthew 10:22 |
Matthew 10:22And you will be hated by all people on account of my name, but the one who has endured to the end will be saved |
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if an Israelite married a slave and later took a second wife, he could not diminish his first wife’s food, clothing, and marital due |
Exodus 21:9, 10 |
Exodus 21:9, 10If he selects her for his son, he is to grant her the rights of a daughter.10If he takes another wife for himself, the sustenance, the clothing, and the marriage due of the first wife are not to be diminished |
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death ends a marriage ， the surviving mate can thereafter remarry |
Romans 7:1-3 |
Romans 7:1-3Can it be that you do not know, brothers, (for I am speaking to those who know law) that the Law is master over a man as long as he lives?2For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband.3So, then, while her husband is living, she would be called an adulteress if she became another man’s. But if her husband dies, she is free from his law, so that she is not an adulteress if she becomes another man’s |
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A man will stick to his wife become one flesh |
Genesis 2:24 |
Genesis 2:24 That is why a man will leave his father and his mother and he will stick to his wife, and they will become one flesh |
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Jehovah listened as Abraham stated his concerns about the decision to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah |
Genesis 18:22-33 |
Genesis 18:22-33Then the men left from there and went toward Sodʹom, but Jehovah remained with Abraham.23Then Abraham approached and said: “Will you really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?24Suppose there are 50 righteous men within the city. Will you, then, sweep them away and not pardon the place for the sake of the 50 righteous who are inside it?25It is unthinkable that you would act in this manner by putting the righteous man to death with the wicked one so that the outcome for the righteous man and the wicked is the same! It is unthinkable of you. Will the Judge of all the earth not do what is right?”26Then Jehovah said: “If I find in Sodʹom 50 righteous men in the city, I will pardon the whole place for their sake.”27But Abraham again responded: “Please, here I have presumed to speak to Jehovah, whereas I am dust and ashes.28Suppose the 50 righteous should lack five. Because of the five will you destroy the whole city?” To this he said: “I will not destroy it if I find there 45.”29But yet again he spoke to him and said: “Suppose 40 are found there.” He answered: “I will not do it for the sake of the 40.”30But he continued: “Jehovah, please, do not become hot with anger, but let me go on speaking: Suppose only 30 are found there.” He answered: “I will not do it if I find 30 there.”31But he continued: “Please, here I have presumed to speak to Jehovah: Suppose only 20 are found there.” He answered: “I will not destroy it for the sake of the 20.”32Finally he said: “Jehovah, please, do not become hot with anger, but let me speak just once more: Suppose only ten are found there.” He answered: “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”33When Jehovah finished speaking to Abraham, he went his way and Abraham returned to his place |
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Jehovah is interested in the opinions of his angelic sons |
1 Kings 22:19-22 |
1 Kings 22:19-22Mi·caiʹah then said: “Therefore, hear the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne and all the army of the heavens standing by him, to his right and to his left.20Jehovah then said, ‘Who will fool Aʹhab, so that he will go up and fall at Raʹmoth-gilʹe·ad?’ And one was saying one thing while another said something else.21Then a spirit came forward and stood before Jehovah and said, ‘I will fool him.’ Jehovah asked him, ‘How will you do it?’22He replied, ‘I will go out and become a deceptive spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ So he said, ‘You will fool him, and what is more, you will be successful. Go out and do that |
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Jehovah did not become offended or angry when she laughed at his promise that she would become pregnant in her old age |
Genesis 18:10-14 |
Genesis 18:10-14So one of them continued: “I will surely return to you next year at this time, and look! your wife Sarah will have a son.” Now Sarah was listening at the tent entrance, which was behind the man.11Abraham and Sarah were old, being advanced in years. Sarah was past the age of childbearing.12So Sarah began to laugh to herself, saying: “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I really have this pleasure?”13Then Jehovah said to Abraham: “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Am I really going to give birth even though I am old?’14Is anything too extraordinary for Jehovah? I will return to you next year at this appointed time, and Sarah will have a son.” |
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prove to yourselves the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. |
Romans 12:2 |
Romans 12:2And stop being molded by this system of things, but be transformed by making your mind over, so that you may prove to yourselves the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. |
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Let us not become egotistical |
Galatians 5:26 |
Galatians 5:26Let us not become egotistical, stirring up competition with one another, envying one another |
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stop being molded by the desires |
1 Peter 1:14, 15 |
1 Peter 1:14, 15As obedient children, stop being molded by the desires you formerly had in your ignorance,15but like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all your conduct, |
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The Christian congregation is marked by love |
John 13:34, 35 |
John 13:34, 35I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, you also love one another.35By this all will know that you are my disciples—if you have love among yourselves |
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the end of Christ’s Thousand Year Reign, “the earth will certainly be filled with the knowledge of Jehovah. |
Isaiah 11:9 |
Isaiah 11:9They will not cause any harm Or any ruin in all my holy mountain, Because the earth will certainly be filled with the knowledge of Jehovah As the waters cover the sea. |
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there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous |
Acts 24:15 |
Acts 24:15And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous |
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Jehovah’s people will work out [their] own salvation |
Philippians 2:12 |
Philippians 2:12Consequently, my beloved ones, just as you have always obeyed, not only during my presence but now much more readily during my absence, keep working out your own salvation with fear and trembling |
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Jesus likened death to sleep and the resurrection to being awakened from sleep |
John 11:11-13 Matthew 9:18 |
John 11:11-13After he said these things, he added: “Lazʹa·rus our friend has fallen asleep, but I am traveling there to awaken him.”12The disciples then said to him: “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get well.”13Jesus, however, had spoken about his death. But they imagined he was speaking about taking rest in sleep Matthew 9:18While he was telling them these things, look! a certain ruler who had approached did obeisance to him, saying: “By now my daughter must be dead, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will come to life |
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those who rebel against God will not be allowed to disrupt the peace of Paradise |
John 5:28, 29 |
John 5:28, 29Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice29and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment |
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King David was aware of just how interested Jehovah is in each one of us. |
Psalm 139:1-4 |
Psalm 139:1-4O Jehovah, you have searched through me, and you know me.2You know when I sit down and when I rise up. You discern my thoughts from afar.3You observe me when I travel and when I lie down; You are familiar with all my ways.4There is not a word on my tongue, But look! O Jehovah, you already know it well |
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Jehovah is right beside us, looking for opportunities to help us |
2 Chronicles 16:9 |
2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of Jehovah are roving about through all the earth to show his strength in behalf of those whose heart is complete toward him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on there will be wars against you. |
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We know that if our enemies kill us, Jehovah will restore us to life |
Revelation 2:10 |
Revelation 2:10Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. Look! The Devil will keep on throwing some of you into prison so that you may be fully put to the test, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Prove yourself faithful even to death, and I will give you the crown of life. |
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earnestly looking for those who are “rightly disposed for everlasting life” and helping them to love Jehovah and serve him |
Acts 13:48 |
Acts 13:48When those of the nations heard this, they began to rejoice and to glorify the word of Jehovah, and all those who were rightly disposed for everlasting life became believers |
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Jehovah is patient, many people, including us, have had time “to attain to repentance |
2 Peter 3:9 |
2 Peter 3:9Jehovah is not slow concerning his promise, as some people consider slowness, but he is patient with you because he does not desire anyone to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance |
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you will maintain your joy, no matter what trials you face |
James 1:2-4 |
James 1:2-4Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you meet with various trials,3knowing as you do that this tested quality of your faith produces endurance.4But let endurance complete its work, so that you may be complete and sound in all respects, not lacking in anything |
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Jehovah’s promise that “there is going to be a resurrection”! |
Acts 24:15 |
Acts 24:15And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. |
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We are God’s fellow workers. |
1 Corinthians 3:9 |
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field under cultivation, God’s building. |
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the 70 preachers whom he had sent out to the field returned with joy |
Luke 10:17-21 |
Luke 10:17-21Then the 70 returned with joy, saying: “Lord, even the demons are made subject to us by the use of your name.”18At that he said to them: “I see Satan already fallen like lightning from heaven.19Look! I have given you the authority to trample underfoot serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing at all will harm you.20Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are made subject to you, but rejoice because your names have been written in the heavens.”21In that very hour he became overjoyed in the holy spirit and said: “I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have carefully hidden these things from wise and intellectual ones and have revealed them to young children. Yes, O Father, because this is the way you approved |
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Harboring ill feelings toward our brothers can lead to distorted judgments that are not based on the facts |
1 Timothy 6:4, 5 |
1 Timothy 6:4, 5he is puffed up with pride and does not understand anything. He is obsessed with arguments and debates about words. These things give rise to envy, strife, slander, wicked suspicions,5constant disputes about minor matters by men who are corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, thinking that godly devotion is a means of gain. |
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recognize our obligation to love our brothers and freely forgive them from the heart |
Colossians 3:12-14 |
Colossians 3:12-14Accordingly, as God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, clothe yourselves with the tender affections of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, and patience.13Continue putting up with one another and forgiving one another freely even if anyone has a cause for complaint against another. Just as Jehovah freely forgave you, you must also do the same.14But besides all these things, clothe yourselves with love, for it is a perfect bond of union |
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the congregation is to function peacefully, we must value one another and work together |
Ephesians 4:16 |
Ephesians 4:1616From him all the body is harmoniously joined together and made to cooperate through every joint that gives what is needed. When each respective member functions properly, this contributes to the growth of the body as it builds itself up in love |
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none of us can look at another servant of Jehovah and say “I do not need you. |
1 Corinthians 12:21 |
1 Corinthians 12:21The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you,” or again, the head cannot say to the feet, “I do not need you. |
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the heavens . . . and the earth with all that is in it belong to Jehovah |
Deuteronomy 10:14 |
Deuteronomy 10:14Look, to Jehovah your God belong the heavens, even the heavens of the heavens, and the earth with all that is in it |
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all humans belong to Jehovah |
Psalm 100:3 Revelation 4:11 |
Psalm 100:3 Know that Jehovah is God. He is the one who made us, and we belong to him. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture Revelation 4:11“You are worthy, Jehovah our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because you created all things, and because of your will they came into existence and were created. |
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faithful worshippers of Jehovah in ancient Israel as “his special property |
Psalm 135:4 |
Psalm 135:4For Jah has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his special property |
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the book of Hosea foretold that some non-Israelites would become Jehovah’s people |
Hosea 2:23 |
Hosea 2:23I will sow her like seed for myself in the earth, And I will show mercy to her who was not shown mercy; I will say to those not my people: “You are my people,” And they will say: “You are my God |
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Hosea’s prophecy was fulfilled when Jehovah included non-Jews in his selection of prospective corulers with Christ |
Acts 10:45 Romans 9:23-26 |
Acts 10:45And the circumcised believers who had come with Peter were amazed, because the free gift of the holy spirit was being poured out also on people of the nations Romans 9:23-26And if this was done to make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,24namely, us, whom he called not only from among Jews but also from among nations, what of it?25It is as he says also in Ho·seʹa: “Those not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not loved, ‘beloved’;26and in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God |
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holy nation” is Jehovah’s “special possession |
1 Peter 2:9, 10 |
1 Peter 2:9, 10 But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for special possession, that you should declare abroad the excellencies” of the One who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.10For you were once not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not been shown mercy, but now you have received mercy |
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Jehovah calls the majority of faithful Christians his “people” and his “chosen ones |
Isaiah 65:22 |
Isaiah 65:22 They will not build for someone else to inhabit, Nor will they plant for others to eat. For the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, And the work of their hands my chosen ones will enjoy to the full |
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Paul compared the congregation to the human body. He also compared the individuals in a congregation to parts of the body. |
Romans 12:4-8 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 |
Romans 12:4-8For just as we have in one body many members, but the members do not all have the same function,5so we, although many, are one body in union with Christ, but individually we are members belonging to one another.6Since, then, we have gifts that differ according to the undeserved kindness given to us, if it is of prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith;7or if it is a ministry, let us be at this ministry; or the one who teaches, let him be at his teaching;8or the one who encourages, let him give encouragement; the one who distributes, let him do it liberally; the one who presides, let him do it diligently; the one who shows mercy, let him do it cheerfully 1 Corinthians 12:12-27For just as the body is one but has many members, and all the members of that body, although many, are one body, so too is the Christ.13For by one spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink one spirit.14For, indeed, the body is made up not of one member but of many.15If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am no part of the body,” that does not make it no part of the body.16And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am no part of the body,” that does not make it no part of the body.17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If it were all hearing, where would the sense of smell be?18But now God has arranged each of the body members just as he pleased.19If they were all the same member, where would the body be?20But now they are many members, yet one body.21The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you,” or again, the head cannot say to the feet, “I do not need you.”22On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are necessary,23and the parts of the body that we think to be less honorable we surround with greater honor, so our unseemly parts are treated with greater modesty,24whereas our attractive parts do not need anything. Nevertheless, God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that had a lack,25so that there should be no division in the body, but its members should have mutual concern for one another.26If one member suffers, all the other members suffer with it; or if a member is glorified, all the other members rejoice with it.27Now you are Christ’s body, and each of you individually is a member
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do all things for God’s glory |
1 Corinthians 10:31 |
1 Corinthians 10:31Therefore, whether you are eating or drinking or doing anything else, do all things for God’s glory |
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search out who in it is deserving |
Matthew 10:11-13 |
Matthew 10:11-13“Into whatever city or village you enter, search out who in it is deserving, and stay there until you leave.12When you enter the house, greet the household.13If the house is deserving, let the peace you wish it come upon it; but if it is not deserving, let the peace from you return upon you. |
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Angels may direct us to find honesthearted ones |
Revelation 14:6 |
Revelation 14:6And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, and he had everlasting good news to declare to those who dwell on the earth, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people |
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Supplicate Jehovah in prayer to open the heart of sincere ones |
Acts 16:14 |
Acts 16:14And a woman named Lydʹi·a, a seller of purple from the city of Thy·a·tiʹra and a worshipper of God, was listening, and Jehovah opened her heart wide to pay attention to the things Paul was saying |
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consider one another, encourage one anothe |
Hebrews 10:24, 25 |
Hebrews 10:24, 25And let us consider one another so as to incite to love and fine works,25not forsaking our meeting together, as some have the custom, but encouraging one another, and all the more so as you see the day drawing near |
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Every publisher of the good news is important to God and to the congregation |
Romans 10:15 1 Corinthians 3:6-9 |
Romans 10:15How, in turn, will they preach unless they have been sent out? Just as it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who declare good news of good things 1 Corinthians 3:6-9I planted, A·polʹlos watered, but God kept making it grow,7so that neither is the one who plants anything nor is the one who waters, but God who makes it grow.8Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one, but each person will receive his own reward according to his own work.9For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field under cultivation, God’s building. |
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What is God's will? |
1 Timothy 2:4 |
1 Timothy 2:4whose will is that all sorts of people should be saved and come to an accurate knowledge of truth |
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we show genuine love in action |
1 John 3:18 |
1 John 3:18 Little children, we should love, not in word or with the tongue, but in deed and truth |
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avoid asking questions that are too personal |
1 Thessalonians 4:11 |
1 Thessalonians 4:11Make it your aim to live quietly and to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we instructed you, |
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quick to listen and slow to speak |
James 1:19 |
James 1:19Know this, my beloved brothers: Everyone must be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger, |
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Stop judging |
Matthew 7:1 |
Matthew 7:1Stop judging that you may not be judged |
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Jehovah had a means to save all of Adam and Eve’s children who want to serve him. |
John 6:38-40 John 6:57 |
John 6:38-40for I have come down from heaven to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me.39This is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose none out of all those whom he has given me, but that I should resurrect them on the last day.40For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who recognizes the Son and exercises faith in him should have everlasting life, and I will resurrect him on the last day. John 6:57Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will live because of me |
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some friends and close family members may distance themselves from us or even oppose our newfound faith. |
Matthew 10:36 |
Matthew 10:36Indeed, a man’s enemies will be those of his own household. |
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Jesus give us assurance that the rewards for buying truth far exceed any price we may pay |
Mark 10:29, 30 |
Mark 10:29, 30Jesus said: “Truly I say to you, no one has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the good news30who will not get 100 times more now in this period of time—houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, with persecutions—and in the coming system of things, everlasting life |
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Jesus is God’s firstborn Son |
Colossians 1:15 |
Colossians 1:15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation |
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the words Jehovah spoke from heaven at Jesus’ baptism: “This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved. |
Matthew 3:17 |
Matthew 3:17Look! Also, a voice from the heavens said: “This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved. |
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Jehovah knows that we are imperfect, sinful humans, and he forgives us generously |
Psalm 86:5 |
Psalm 86:5For you, O Jehovah, are good and ready to forgive; You abound in loyal love for all those who call on you |
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Jehovah knows our limitations, and he does not expect more of us than we can do |
Psalm 103:12-14 |
Psalm 103:12-14As far off as the sunrise is from the sunset, So far off from us he has put our transgressions.13As a father shows mercy to his sons, Jehovah has shown mercy to those who fear him.14For he well knows how we are formed, Remembering that we are dust |
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love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind.’ |
Matthew 22:37 |
Matthew 22:37He said to him: “‘You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind |
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From now on you will be catching men alive. |
Luke 5:10 |
Luke 5:10and the same was true of both James and John, Zebʹe·dee’s sons, who were partners with Simon. But Jesus said to Simon: “Stop being afraid. From now on you will be catching men alive. |
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Here I am! Send me! |
Isaiah 6:8 |
Isaiah 6:8Then I heard the voice of Jehovah saying: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said: “Here I am! Send me! |
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Christians in Ephesus put away unscriptural practices and buy truth |
Acts 19:19, 20 |
Acts 19:19, 20Indeed, quite a number of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them up before everybody. And they calculated their value and found them worth 50,000 pieces of silver.20Thus in a mighty way, the word of Jehovah kept growing and prevailing |
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Jesus foretold that preaching work would expand in scope and continue long after his death |
John 14:12 |
John 14:12Most truly I say to you, whoever exercises faith in me will also do the works that I do; and he will do works greater than these, because I am going my way to the Father. |
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Jesus used occasion to confirm that assignment to be fishers of men was more important than any other endeavor |
John 21:15-17 |
John 21:15-17When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter: “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” He replied to him: “Yes, Lord, you know I have affection for you.” He said to him: “Feed my lambs.”16Again he said to him a second time: “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He replied: “Yes, Lord, you know I have affection for you.” He said to him: “Shepherd my little sheep.”17He said to him a third time: “Simon son of John, do you have affection for me?” Peter became grieved that he asked him the third time: “Do you have affection for me?” So he said to him: “Lord, you are aware of all things; you know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him: “Feed my little sheep. |
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Jesus informed his disciples that the witnessing work he had started would expand far beyond the borders of Israel. |
Acts 1:6-8 |
Acts 1:6-8So when they had assembled, they asked him: “Lord, are you restoring the kingdom to Israel at this time?”7He said to them: “It does not belong to you to know the times or seasons that the Father has placed in his own jurisdiction.8But you will receive power when the holy spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses of me in Jerusalem, in all Ju·deʹa and Sa·marʹi·a, and to the most distant part of the earth |
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Under angelic direction, “everlasting good news” was being preached to “every nation and tribe and tongue and people |
Revelation 14:6 |
Revelation 14:6And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, and he had everlasting good news to declare to those who dwell on the earth, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people |
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Jesus gave a vision to the apostle John to show him what would take place “in the Lord’s day |
Revelation 1:10 |
Revelation 1:10By inspiration I came to be in the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a strong voice like that of a trumpet |
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For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, |
John 18:37 |
John 18:37So Pilate said to him: “Well, then, are you a king?” Jesus answered: “You yourself are saying that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is on the side of the truth listens to my voice |
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the Son of man has nowhere to lay down his head |
Luke 9:58 |
Luke 9:58But Jesus said to him: “Foxes have dens and birds of heaven have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay down his head. |
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Jesus was not deterred by fierce opposition |
John 8:59 |
John 8:59So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid and went out of the temple |
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Jesus wasn't tempted when others wanted to make him king |
John 6:15 |
John 6:15Then Jesus, knowing that they were about to come and seize him to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain all alone. |
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The prophet Habakkuk longed for an end to the violent conditions in Judah. |
Habakkuk 1:2 |
Habakkuk 1:2How long, O Jehovah, must I cry for help, but you do not hear? How long must I ask for help from violence, but you do not intervene? |
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For centuries, Jehovah was extraordinarily patient with the unfaithful nation of Israel. |
Nehemiah 9:30, 31 |
Nehemiah 9:30, 31You extended patience to them for many years and kept warning them by your spirit through your prophets, but they refused to listen. Finally you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.31And in your great mercy, you did not exterminate them or abandon them, for you are a compassionate and merciful God.
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he allows time for all whom he draws “to attain to repentance.” |
2 Peter 3:9 |
2 Peter 3:9Jehovah is not slow concerning his promise, as some people consider slowness, but he is patient with you because he does not desire anyone to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance |
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No man can come to Jesus unless the Father, who sent me, draw |
John 6:44 |
John 6:44No man can come to me unless the Father, who sent me, draws him, and I will resurrect him on the last day |
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Jehovah is not slow concerning his promise |
2 Peter 3:9 |
2 Peter 3:9Jehovah is not slow concerning his promise, as some people consider slowness, but he is patient with you because he does not desire anyone to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance |
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Habakkuk confidently declared: “At my guardpost I will keep standing.” |
Habakkuk 2:1 |
Habakkuk 2:1At my guardpost I will keep standing, And I will station myself on the rampart. I will keep watch to see what he will speak by means of me And what I will reply when I am reproved |
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Apostle Paul patiently continued “to bear thorough witness to the good news |
Acts 20:24 |
Acts 20:24Nevertheless, I do not consider my own life of any importance to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear thorough witness to the good news of the undeserved kindness of God |
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There is an appointed time for everything |
Ecclesiastes 3:1 |
Ecclesiastes 3:1There is an appointed time for everything, A time for every activity under the heavens |
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have faith in Jehovah |
John 14:1) |
John 14:1Do not let your hearts be troubled. Exercise faith in God; exercise faith also in me |
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No matter what circumstances we face, Jehovah will always be our refuge and strength |
Psalm 46:1-3 |
Psalm 46:1-3God is our refuge and strength, A help that is readily found in times of distress.2That is why we will not fear, though the earth undergoes change, Though the mountains topple into the depths of the sea,3Though its waters roar and foam over, Though the mountains rock on account of its turbulence |
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great respect was engenderedT for the holy things belonging to Jehovah |
Leviticus 5:14-16 |
Leviticus 5:14-16Jehovah continued to speak to Moses, saying:15“If someone behaves unfaithfully by unintentionally sinning against the holy things of Jehovah, he is to bring to Jehovah a sound ram from the flock as a guilt offering; its value in silver shekels is set according to the standard shekel of the holy place.16And he will make compensation for the sin he has committed against the holy place and he will also add a fifth of its value. He will give it to the priest, so that the priest may make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and it will be forgiven him |
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amass riches and material possessions—things that will not survive with us through the great tribulation. |
Proverbs 11:4 Matthew 6:31-33 |
Proverbs 11:4Wealth will be of no benefit on the day of fury, But righteousness is what will rescue from death. Matthew 6:31-33So never be anxious and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or, ‘What are we to drink?’ or, ‘What are we to wear?’32For all these are the things the nations are eagerly pursuing. Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.33“Keep on, then, seeking first the Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these other things will be added to you 1 John 2:15-17Do not love either the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him;16because everything in the world—the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the showy display of one’s means of life—does not originate with the Father, but originates with the world.17Furthermore, the world is passing away and so is its desire, but the one who does the will of God remains forever |
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King Asa trusted, not in numbers, but in his God, Jehovah |
2 Chronicles 14:11 |
2 Chronicles 14:11Aʹsa then called to Jehovah his God and said: “O Jehovah, it does not matter to you whether those you help are many or have no power. Help us, O Jehovah our God, for we are relying on you, and in your name we have come against this crowd. O Jehovah, you are our God. Do not let mortal man prevail against you |
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Jehovah’s power and ability to act in behalf of Asa's people |
2 Chronicles 14:8-13 |
2 Chronicles 14:8-13Aʹsa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, equipped with large shields and lances. And out of Benjamin were 280,000 mighty warriors who carried bucklers and were armed with bows.9Later Zeʹrah the E·thi·oʹpi·an came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. When he reached Ma·reʹshah,10Aʹsa went out against him and they drew up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephʹa·thah at Ma·reʹshah.11Aʹsa then called to Jehovah his God and said: “O Jehovah, it does not matter to you whether those you help are many or have no power. Help us, O Jehovah our God, for we are relying on you, and in your name we have come against this crowd. O Jehovah, you are our God. Do not let mortal man prevail against you.”12So Jehovah defeated the E·thi·oʹpi·ans before Aʹsa and before Judah, and the E·thi·oʹpi·ans fled.13Aʹsa and the people with him pursued them as far as Geʹrar, and the E·thi·oʹpi·ans continued falling until not one of them was alive, for they were crushed by Jehovah and by his army. Afterward they carried off a very great deal of spoil |
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Jehovah draws those whom he allows to become members of his spiritual family |
John 6:44 |
John 6:44No man can come to me unless the Father, who sent me, draws him, and I will resurrect him on the last day |
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Jehovah spoke from heaven at Jesus’ baptism |
Matthew 3:17 |
Matthew 3:17Look! Also, a voice from the heavens said: “This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved |
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Jesus is God’s firstborn Son |
Colossians 1:15 |
Colossians 1:15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation |
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Satan is a liar and the father of the lie |
John 8:44 |
John 8:44You are from your father the Devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father. That one was a murderer when he began, and he did not stand fast in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks according to his own disposition, because he is a liar and the father of the lie |
