Let's Examine the Scriptures Every Day 2022
Monday, April 25, 2022
Let us continue to love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God (1 John 4:7).
The apostle John loved his brothers very much and was interested in their spiritual well-being. That sentiment is clearly reflected in the advice he gave in the three letters he wrote out of inspiration. How encouraging to know that the men and women who will go to heaven to rule with Christ have the same kind of feelings that John had (1 John 2:27). Let's take seriously the advice that Juan gave. Let us resolve to walk in the truth and to obey Jehovah in all that we do. Let us study his Word and trust it. Let us strengthen our faith in Jesus. Let us reject human ideas and what apostates say. Let us fight against the temptation to lead a double life and give in to sin. Let us be guided by Jehovah's high moral standards. And let us help our brothers to stay strong by forgiving those who offend us and helping those in need. So no matter what battles we have to fight, we will continue to walk in the truth. w20.07 24, 25 paras. 15-17
What obstacle do young Christians face?
All Christians must be careful not to be deceived by human ideas (1 John 2:26). Who else should beware of this trap are young Christians. Alexia,* a 25-year-old sister from France, says: “When I was in school, I studied evolution and other human philosophies. These ideas made me doubt the truth. Sometimes they seemed interesting to me. But I thought that I could not just listen to what they taught me in class without giving Jehovah a chance to speak.” Alexia studied the book Life... How did she introduce herself here? By evolution, or by creation? In a matter of weeks, her doubts had disappeared. She recalls: “I convinced myself that the Bible is true. And I realized that respecting their rules would make me happy and give me peace.”
What temptation must we fight against, and why?
All Christians, whether young or old, must fight against the temptation to lead a double life. John referred to this when he pointed out that we cannot walk in the truth and at the same time live an immoral life (1 John 1:6). If we want to have God's approval now and in the future, we must behave as if the whole world sees what we do. Actually, there are no secret sins, for Jehovah sees everything (Heb. 4:13).
What should we reject?
We must also reject the world's attitude toward sin. The apostle John wrote, “If we say, 'We have no sin,' we are deceiving ourselves” (1 John 1:8). In John's day, apostates held that a person could knowingly sin and still be a friend of God. Today many think the same. They claim to believe in God, but they do not accept what he says about sin, especially in matters of sex. What Jehovah calls sin, people call personal preference or alternative lifestyle.
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