Let's Examine the Scriptures Every Day 2022
Saturday February 5, 2022
Pay constant attention to your conduct and your teaching (1 Tim. 4:16).
Parents, for your children to be convinced that they have the truth, they must have a personal friendship with God and be sure that the Bible contains the truth. If you want to teach your children the truth about God, you must set an example by being good Bible students. Take time to reflect on what you study. Then, they will be able to teach their children to do the same. Show them how to use our study tools, just like you do with your Bible students. In this way, they will help their children to love Jehovah and trust in the means he uses to give us spiritual food: “the faithful and wise slave” (Matt. 24:45-47). Don't just teach them the fundamental truths of the Bible. Help them to know "the deep things of God" taking into account their age and his ability, and thus they will come to have a strong faith (1 Cor. 2:10). w20.07 11 paras. 10, 12, 13.
According to 2 Timothy 3:14, 15, how did Timothy become convinced that he had the truth?
Timothy was sure he had the truth. How did you get to that conclusion? (Read 2 Timothy 3:14, 15). His mother and grandmother were the first to teach him "the holy writings". But without a doubt he himself devoted his time and energy to studying them. As a result, he became convinced that the truth was found in them. Then he, his mother, and his grandmother learned Christian teachings. No doubt he was impressed by the love shown by Jesus' disciples, and he had a sincere desire to be with and care for his spiritual brothers (Phil. 2:19, 20). But his faith was not based on what he felt for others, but on facts that strengthened his friendship with God. We too must study what the Bible says about Jehovah and reason to reach logical conclusions.
Of what three fundamental truths must we convince ourselves?
To begin, we must convince ourselves of at least three fundamental truths. First, that Jehovah is the Creator of all things (Ex. 3:14, 15; Heb. 3:4; Rev. 4:11). Second, that the Bible contains God's message to mankind (2 Tim. 3:16, 17). And, third, that Jehovah has an organized group of people who worship him under the guidance of Christ: Jehovah's Witnesses (Isa. 43:10-12; John 14:6; Acts 15:14). To convince ourselves of these foundational truths, we don't have to be a walking encyclopedia of biblical knowledge. Our goal should be to use our "ability to reason" to be more convinced that we have the truth (Rom. 12:1).
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