1. What might we ask ourselves as we reflect on all that Jehovah has created?
As we reflect on the vastness and majesty of the heavens, the moon, the stars and the entire universe and compare ourselves to them, it is certain that we feel small and insignificant, but it is more surprising to think and know that Jehovah looks at each one of us. . Therefore, perhaps we wonder like David, who said: What is mortal man that you keep him in mind and the son of man that you take care of him?
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Well, when comparing ourselves with the creation the universe the stars, we may think that we are insignificant within that greatness and therefore, like King David, we may wonder what mortal man is so that Jehovah has it in mind and the son of man to to take care of us.
And if we think about the size of the planets and compared to us it is true we are insignificant we are nothing but as it says there at the end of the paragraph he made us part of his family that is, we are very grateful that Jehovah takes us into account.
2. What was Jehovah's purpose for his first children on earth?
Jehovah's purpose for Adam and Eve is recorded in the Bible in Genesis 1:28 where it says: that Jehovah wanted them to "have many children, multiply, fill the earth and take control of it."
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
We can see there recorded in Genesis chapter 1 verse 28 when he told the first humans who had many children to multiply, fill the earth and take control of it in other words he wanted them to be productive members of his family.
And we emphasize the idea that the role that Jehovah gives to his children is an active role is not passive Jehovah wants his children to take action that they are productive in what he wants but that they are not simply observers.
They had the possibility to continue being part of his family for all eternity if they had fulfilled Jehovah's purpose.
3. Why can we say that Jehovah honored Adam and Eve with a valuable place in his family?
Because by creating them he put them in charge and above the rest of the physical creation, Jehovah gave them the commission to care for the earth and animals. Therefore, Adam and Eve had a valuable place in Jehovah's family. That is why, in Psalm 8: 5 it says that "Although he made them a little inferior to the angels, he crowned them with glory and splendor." In this way, he offered our parents a wonderful and dignified life.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Yes, as mentioned at the end of the paragraph, they were offered a wonderful life, how do we know they had a perfect life and, as Psalm 8: 5 says, a little inferior to the Angels.
We also have Psalm 103: 20 which tells us that although human beings are not as strong and powerful as the Angels, it is a great privilege that Jehovah has created us like this because, for example, the references we have in this verse lead us to what It happened when an angel killed 185,000 Assyrians or other passages where Angels are said to stand before Jehovah, so being a little inferior to them is an honor a gift.
4. What happened to Adam and Eve, and what will we see in this article?
What happened is that Adam and Eve lost their place in Jehovah's family. Still, Jehovah has not changed his purpose: he wants obedient humans to be his children forever. So in this article we will look first in what ways Jehovah has honored us. Then we will discuss what we can do now to show that we want to be part of your family. And finally, we will be told of the blessings that Jehovah's children on earth will enjoy forever.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
They lost their place in Jehovah's family and this brought disastrous consequences for them as well as for their descendants, the good news is that Jehovah's purpose has not changed as he continues to want us to be part of his family forever.
The article is based first on seeing in what ways Jehovah has honored us, secondly, how can we now show that we really want to be part of Jehovah's family, and thirdly, what blessings we will have now and in the future as part of the family.
HOW JEHOVAH HONORED HUMANS
5. How do we show our gratitude to God for making us in his image?
We do this when our attitude and behavior show that we reflect his precious qualities, such as love, compassion, loyalty, and justice. Also, as 1 Peter 1: 14-16 says, "If we resolve to be holy in every aspect of our lives, like Jehovah, who is Holy," we will feel happy, satisfied, and become the kind of people he wants to have. in your family".
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And how beautiful that idea, when we strive to do it we are honoring Jehovah we are expressing our gratitude because we echo the words recorded in the first letter of Peter there under exhalation said that Jehovah asks us that we have to be holy because he is holy That is why to the extent that we strive to imitate those beautiful and attractive qualities, we are showing gratitude for it.
In that first letter of Peter there it is indicated among other things that we must be holy in all our conduct, that is to say that in every aspect of our life it must be evident that we worship Jehovah as he expects us to obey him and that therefore we strive to Cultivate these wonderful qualities that he has, therefore if we do so as the paragraph indicates, we will be pleasing Jehovah, we will be showing gratitude and above all we will be able to become the kind of people that he desires in his family.
6. How did Jehovah honor human beings when he prepared the earth?
Jehovah honored human beings because, before creating them, he prepared the earth into a suitable and delightful place for us to inhabit and live in it. As he is a good and generous God, he designed the earth to sustain our life in it and that we enjoy it. Furthermore, as Psalm 8: 6 says, he honored us by giving us "dominion" and care of his beautiful creation, not for a few days or years, but forever.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Giving us endless things for us to enjoy, we see that in Psalm 104 where they talk about necessary things such as food for consumption but also other things that were not essential but do make our hearts happy like wine, oil, So Jehovah honored us by preparing things simply for us to enjoy.
And we have seen some examples but they are very few examples, we have many more examples of things that Jehovah has given us, that is why the last question is very timely: if we have the habit of thanking Jehovah for this wonderful promise and for everything that Jehovah gives us.
I love the expression mentioned in the paragraph that Jehovah spent time thinking about what he had created, what a beautiful expression, Jehovah did not make the earth in any way it is perceived affection is perceived wisdom is perceived greatness and how good that Jehovah us give the human being the domain over all this to be able to take care of it, without a doubt, it gave us great honor by doing this and it is something for which, as has been commented, we must thank very much for it.
7. How does Joshua 24:15 show that human beings have freedom of choice?
This text narrates the occasion when the Israelites had to make the decision between worshiping Jehovah or serving other gods, which means that he respected the right to decide whether or not they would serve him. This event shows us, then, that Jehovah has given us freedom of choice. Of course, he is happy when we decide to serve him and make good use of our "Freedom of choice" in the different fields of life.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
In this verse, Joshua was telling the Israelites if serving Jehovah is not okay with them, choose today who they want to serve and that is because we have the opportunity to decide if we are going to give Jehovah the best of our lives or if we are going to decide to pursue our selfish desires. But Jehovah will never force us to make one decision or the other.
Also the fact that he gives us freedom does not mean that he does not know what is best for us in fact for those who show him integrity according to the words of Psalm 84:11 he says that he gives them a promise not to stop anything good and that promise coming from Jehovah himself that he does not retain anything good for our imagination almost that he is incapable of assimilating it.
If also Jehovah loves us so much that it is true he gives us freedom of choice, in proverbs 27 he wants us to rejoice his heart because he wants us to do well so Jehovah's desire is that we use our freedom in the best way.
Yes, also there in Proverbs 27:11 makes it clear that the decisions we make influence Jehovah's feelings because it says that he is happy when we decide things that are in accordance with his will, so every decision we make and that is in According to what Jehovah expects us to do, it is sure that a smile comes out when we decide something good.
Yes, that Jehovah has given us the ability to choose is one of the greatest signs that he trusts us that he honors us because this ability dignifies us and makes us able to decide and without a doubt that is a wonderful show of Jehovah's love for us.
8. Tell one way Jesus used his freedom of choice.
One way was when he decided to put the interests of others first. In Matthew 6: 30-34 it is related that Jesus and his apostles were very tired, and they went to a secluded place where they could be alone and rest, but they did not succeed, because a large crowd of people came where they were to listen to the teachings of Jesus. He was not upset, rather, he was moved by those people and "began to teach them many things." So Jesus decided to use his time and energy to help others, thus bringing glory to Jehovah.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
We see this occasion in which Jesus and his Apostles were very tired and went to a place to rest but people kept coming to want to learn more about Jesus, Jesus had been able to decide to continue resting or to continue teaching, instead of bothering he chose to them and continued teaching him many things.
I could also have thought good, I'll take care of you now I tell you a couple of things, some quick ideas and we left, but it was not the idea in fact the highlighted paragraph that word many there where you also perceive the way in which Jesus used his freedom of decision I dedicate time to them that is also why it is good to see our dear brothers in the congregations after a day of hard work, the young people at school, the older brothers with their ailments, even so they dedicate time to shine their light as Matthew 5 says. no doubt it also gives Jehovah much honor.
And it is that if we decide to serve Jehovah we have to keep in mind that it is impossible to hide it and this must be reflected in our daily actions that is why the Illustration of Jesus there in Matthew 5 is very graphic when it says that no one lights a lamp and then cover it does not have No sense the same applies to us if we are servants of Jehovah we should not avoid doing good things we should try to do them all the time.
9. What should parents keep in mind?
We must bear in mind that Jehovah has given us the ability and beautiful privilege of having children, but this carries with it the sacred responsibility of raising them "in accordance with Jehovah's discipline and counsel." Since Jehovah loves our children, he provides us with different tools based on the Bible that help us to care for them and teach them about him, at the same time, this spiritual teaching they receive gives them the opportunity to become part of Jehovah's family to forever.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
They should bear in mind that having children is a great privilege, but it also carries a great responsibility to raise them according to Jehovah's discipline and counsels.
If it is defined in the paragraph as a special gift and the reason is mentioned and it is that Jehovah, for example, has given angels a lot of power to do impressive things but the privilege of having children has only been given to human beings, so that's something that will help parents value that privilege.
How beautiful is the expression in the paragraph that Jehovah likes to see that parents trust him, as they show that they trust Jehovah because taking advantage of all the tools that the organization puts at their disposal publications videos songs articles online when they trust in Jehovah as they will use them to the maximum and be attentive to the news and in that way they are helping their children to strengthen their relationship with Jehovah and allow them to be part of his family forever.
10, 11. What has Jehovah made possible through the sacrifice of his Son?
Jesus' sacrifice has given us the opportunity to become part of Jehovah's family again. Due to Adam and Eve's disobedience we lost a place in his family, but He lovingly took the necessary steps for obedient humans to regain that place. For this reason, he chose 144,000 faithful human beings as spiritual children, and he is giving the opportunity, now, to millions of people to do his will and after the final test after 1,000 years to become full members of his family. In addition, those who are resurrected, if they choose to obey him, will eventually become part of his family as well.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Well, it has made it possible for us to become part of his family again when Adam and Eve rebelled against God, they lost the place they had in their family and therefore also made all their descendants lose that possibility, however, thanks to the rescue, Jehovah solved this situation .
Yes, thanks to this sacrifice, in fact, it already made it possible for Jehovah to adopt as sons the 144,000 faithful human beings, so in this way they are already part of Jehovah's family.
And also millions of people around the world who also have the hope of living the earth because we will also be able to be full members in the sense of the word of their family after the final test of the thousand years.
This will also include the people who are resurrected, these people will also have the opportunity to learn what Jehovah expects of them and if they are obedient and accept they are part of Jehovah's family because in time they will also be able to be.
ILLUSTRATION:
Parents teach their two children. One is shown a video about the rescue, and the other is shown the book "Lessons I Learn from the Bible." The family imagines living in Paradise with various animals.
In what ways has Jehovah honored us? (See paragraphs 5 to 11). *
12. What question will we answer?
The question is: What can we do now to show Jehovah that we want to be part of his family forever?
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What can we do now to show Jehovah that we want to be part of his family forever?
SHOW JEHOVAH THAT WE WANT TO BE PART OF HIS FAMILY
13. What should we do if we want to be part of Jehovah's family? (Mark 12:30).
As this text says, we are to love and serve Jehovah with all our hearts. What it means to obey all his commandments, one of them is to make disciples and baptize them. Another is loving each other. We must bear in mind that Jehovah will only accept us into his worldwide family of worshipers if we obey him.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Yes, the point is clear to love Jehovah but not only in words but in actions, so we must be obedient like his son Jesus was and here he cites two points of which we can be obedient to Jehovah, by being disciples and baptizing them as Jehovah likes.
And one of the greatest capacities that Jehovah has given us is to worship him, the book insight indicates that worship is the act of rendering reverent honor or homage and that true worship of Jehovah encompasses every aspect of human life, for example when Jehovah created Adam did not prescribe or indicate any type of specific ceremony or means to worship him, he could gild him at any time of the day and faithfully doing the will of his father, so we have certain ways of worshiping Jehovah second to Second, we can honor and worship Jehovah by showing that we love him.
In Psalm chapter 15 verses 1 and 2 we see how important obedience is and it says that to receive in Jehovah's holy mountain among other things one has to do what is right so without a doubt we always do what Jehovah does to us. He indicates in his word what is the most correct thing to do, we will have the opportunity, as I did in the final part of paragraph 13, for him to accept us in his family because he accepts those who obey him.
14. How do we show that we love others? (Matthew 9: 36-38; Romans 12:10).
One way is by helping people to know Jehovah. In Matthew 9: 36-38 Jesus mentioned that many people are in a pitiful spiritual state, he said “that they are mistreated, abandoned like sheep without a shepherd”, so they need love and compassion and we can show this by teaching them about Jehovah. And even after they are baptized, in Romans 12:10 we are encouraged "to take the initiative in honoring each other and showing brotherly love", which means that we should always promote peace and not think that they have done with bad intention or out of selfishness.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Yes, first of all, from the text of Matthew we can extract the example of Jesus showing great love for people, he saw them just like sheep without a shepherd and that prompted him to preach all he could and in fact he kept asking for more disciples to come, then there where we can grasp our role we can continue to demonstrate we are also participating in the work of preaching helping people to be saved while Jehovah still allows it.
And it is nice to keep in mind the motivation we do all this out of love, love is Jehovah's main quality and, as the paragraph mentions, he demonstrated it even before we met him, he was willing to give the life of his own son, he was willing to give what he most loved. He loved for each and every one of us, so when we reflect on that beautiful idea then that will be the engine that will drive us to preach and what more people can be part of in the future of Jehovah's family.
That is why it is also important that we keep in mind that we put into practice what Philippians 2: 3 says that we humbly always think that others that the other members of the congregation are superior to us, if we think that way we will think that their intentions are always better than ours that their motives also and that will lead us not to look at them with suspicion or to make them distrustful as the paragraph says whenever possible, let us give them the benefit of the doubt and do not suspect that they have done something with bad intention or selfishness.
And I like how this paragraph applies to the newly baptized to those who have been in the truth for a short time and of course many times we may be demanding with those brothers but we must always remember that they have been in the truth for a short time they are getting to know more and more to Jehovah they are strengthening their relationship with Jehovah and therefore a way of showing honor to him as the paragraph says by not being demanding and asking for more than they can give.
15. To whom should we be merciful and kind?
In Luke 6: 32-36, Jesus teaches us "that we should be merciful and kind to all people, including our enemies." This is not easy to do, but we must learn to think and act like Jesus. By doing our best to imitate him, we show Jehovah that we want to be part of his family forever.
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Obviously, it is not easy to be merciful and loving with the coworker who is making fun of us because we are Jehovah's Witnesses or with the classmate who laughs at us because we may not celebrate parties or birthdays, it is not easy to show mercy to For this type of person, the formula is to think and act as Jesus did, if we manage to reach that point, we will be able to show this type of qualities even against our enemies.
We may wonder but it is so important to love an enemy because the truth is that Jesus gave us the answer because in Luke 6:35 after encouraging us to love our enemies he said then their reward will be great and they will be children of the highest so here he relates directly be merciful and kind to everything in order to become a member of the family forever.
16. What can we do to protect the reputation of Jehovah's family?
We can be a good example for others. As 1 Thessalonians 4: 7 says, "God did not call us to be unclean, but to be holy," so we are not to take any wrong path, be a bad example, or allow anything to separate us from our loving heavenly Father. Rather, we must respect and obey biblical principles in our lives so that we can set a good example for others and at the same time protect the reputation of Jehovah's family.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
If the example is very nice that it has an older brother and the little one follows his example, but as we saw in the article, Jehovah gives us the ability to think, the ability to choose, so if a brother we love a lot has made a bad decision and leave the organization we do not have to follow their example if we do not want to honor Jehovah and one of the way is by doing things as Jehovah expect us to do it.
First letter to the Thessalonians there the same idea is emphasized, saying at the beginning this is the will of God that they be saints who abstain from certain habits in the 6th, reload the same idea, no one should go beyond the limits of what is appropriate and the seven explains again the reason why Jehovah did not call us to make impure but to make holy, we want to imitate our father we want to do the best we can because we love him deeply so that will be the motivation to avoid any of these practices because If we did not, we would lose the privilege of being part of Jehovah's family.
17. What should we not think about, and why?
We should not think that the material things of this world will protect us and make us happy, because we know that clinging to the material can distract us from serving Jehovah and lose the opportunity to be adopted as one of his children into his family. We must be clear that the only thing that will give us true inner peace is trusting in Jehovah and doing his will. So we have to keep striving to be productive members of his family and seek God's Kingdom and righteousness first.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
We do not want to think that material things are going to give us happiness, much less even if it seems that this system is the only thing that sells, we know that in reality it is not like that, and we do not want to fall into the error of thinking that perhaps because of concerns about not having In this moment that Jehovah is taking care of us, we remember the promise of Matthew 6:33 that if we continue to seek his justice first, he will give us all the necessary things.
I find it very interesting that after all the things that we have seen in this subtopic, the last one is material things, I think it is a bit like what happened to the man we see in Mark 10, it seems that he was not a bad man in fact in the verse 20 he says that he had obeyed the law from a very young age and in 21 we see that Jesus cared for him but he lacked something is he had attachment to material things so the problem could be that material things prevent us from giving the maximum to Jehovah.
Well, an excessive attachment to material things can make us unproductive, in fact, as it happened to Marcos's man, and that is why the paragraph invites us to ask ourselves the question is that we have a lot that we have little, I am too attached to the things that I have.
WHAT JEHOVAH'S CHILDREN WILL ENJOY FOREVER
18. What great honor and blessings will obedient human beings enjoy forever?
We will have the great honor of loving and worshiping Jehovah forever. And among the blessings is living on Earth turned into a paradise with perfect human beings. Also, Jehovah will resurrect millions of people and give them the opportunity to live forever in perfect health. At that time, each of us will fully reflect the "glory and splendor" that David mentioned in Psalm 8: 5.
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And if we are already striving to do this, how pleasant will it be to do it in the new world and that Jehovah honors, for example, is he going to give us to enjoy the beautiful planet of ours, worrying about what is going to happen with it or because of insecurity or for the economy or for the diseases if not to have the total freedom to love and adore him eternally.
In this paragraph the thematic text of the article Psalm 8: 5 reappears and reminds us that Jehovah had created us with that glory and with that splendor, it is true that temporarily we cannot fully reflect it but we do look to the future with great enthusiasm and with a desire for power, he finally reflects this glory that Jehovah has given us and doing so by praising him for eternity.
19. What should we remember?
We must remember that we have a beautiful hope, that Jehovah loves us and wants us to be a member of his family. So, we have to do our best to serve and please you. In that way, we will have the honor of worshiping and praising him forever.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Several points are mentioned here, that we do not forget that Jehovah loves us and wants us to be members of his family and also that Jehovah wants us to be productive members, that will help us to keep in mind and in our hearts the promises that Jehovah has made towards us .
And another idea that appears in the middle of the paragraph is that we need to act accordingly and do our best to show appreciation to Jehovah for all that he has done for us.
And the final phrase is precious we have to cherish the honor of worshiping Jehovah our beloved heavenly father and treasure the hope of praising him forever, when we take time to meditate when we see the wonderful creation and that Jehovah has made everything for our enjoyment for our delight if we take the time to treasure that in our hearts without a doubt we will do our best not to be unpleasant so as not to tarnish your beautiful reputation and above all to serve you now and forever.
WHAT WOULD YOU ANSWER?
What has Jehovah done to honor human beings?
Jehovah has done several things to honor us: 1) He honored us by creating us in his image. 2) He made us a special home. 3) It has given us the freedom of decision. 4) He has given us the ability to have children and the responsibility to teach them to love and serve him. 5) He gave us his most beloved Son to give us the opportunity to become part of his family again.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
He honored us by creating us in his images, he prepared a special place for us and gave us freedom of choice.
If one of the greatest gifts is the sacrifice of his son Jesus that has laid the legal basis for justice and has allowed 144,000 humans to be begotten as children directly from Jehovah and that many more people have passed the 1000 years and the final test they can also become part of Jehovah's family.
How do we show Jehovah that we want to be part of his family?
We do it: 1) When we love and serve Him with all our hearts. 2) When we love others. 3) When we are merciful and kind to all people. 4) When we protect the reputation of Jehovah's family. 5) When we trust in Jehovah and not in material things.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
One of the ways we saw was demonstrating our love for Jehovah with all our heart, soul and mind that we demonstrated by obeying his commandments and we saw two of them making disciples and also loving each other.
What will Jehovah's children soon enjoy?
We will enjoy the greatest honor that can exist, which is: loving and worshiping Jehovah forever and being a member of his family, along with the blessing of being perfect and living in a land turned into paradise.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
For we will enjoy the greatest honor that we can have, that of loving and worshiping Jehovah forever and also many blessings in paradise of perfect health to be able to see again loved ones who have died and many more.
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