DAILY TEXT, From today Saturday June 3, 2023, Happy is he who does not stumble because of me (Mat. 11:6).

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Saturday June 3

Happy is he who does not stumble because of me (Matt. 11:6).

Do you remember how you felt when you realized you had found the truth? She imagined that everyone in the world would also want to accept the Bible's teachings. He was sure that the Bible's message would give them a happy life now and wonderful hope for the future (Ps. 119:105). Very excited, he began to tell all of his friends and family what he was learning. But how disappointed he was when many of them did not want to listen to him! It should not surprise us that there are people who reject the message we preach. When Jesus was on earth, he performed miracles that showed that he had Jehovah's support, and yet most people rejected him. For example, when he raised Lazarus from the dead—a miracle not even his enemies could deny—the Jewish leaders did not want to believe that Jesus was the Messiah. It's more, they set out to kill him and Lazarus (John 11:47, 48, 53; 12:9-11). w21.05 2 pars. 1, 2.

Why did some people think that Jesus could not be the promised Messiah?

Many people were stumbled by the origin of Jesus. They recognized that he was an extraordinary teacher and that he worked miracles, but for them he was no more than the son of a humble carpenter. Furthermore, he was from Nazareth, a city that some might have considered insignificant. Even Nathanael, who became a disciple of Jesus, at first said: “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” (John 1:46). Because he said that? Perhaps it is that it seemed to him that the city where Jesus lived was not much. Or he may have been thinking of the prophecy in Micah 5:2, where the Messiah was predicted to be born in Bethlehem, not Nazareth.

What should those who rejected Jesus as the Messiah have done?

What does the Bible say? The prophet Isaiah predicted that the enemies of Jesus would not be interested “in the details of his generation”, that is, in the life of the Messiah (Is. 53: 8; note). Many of those details were in the prophecies. If they had bothered to check the facts, they would have known that Jesus was born in Bethlehem and was a descendant of King David (Luke 2:4-7). So the birthplace of Jesus did fit the prophecy of Micah 5:2. So what was the problem? That, since they did not have all the data, they reached hasty conclusions. They stumbled and rejected Jesus.

Why do many reject Jehovah's people?

Does the same happen today? Yes. In general, Jehovah's servants come from humble beginnings. Many see us as “common and uneducated” people (Acts 4:13). They believe that we cannot teach from the Bible because we have not attended reputable theological schools. Others claim that we are an American religion, although the reality is that only about 1 in 7 Jehovah's Witnesses live in the United States. Others have been told that Witnesses do not believe in Jesus. And, over the years, we have been called "communists," "American spies," and "extremists." Those who hear these stories and do not have the facts—or do not accept them—stumble and reject Jehovah's people.

According to Acts 17:11, what should you do if you want to be sure who God's servants are today?

What will help you not to stumble? Investigate the facts well. That is what he strove to do Lucas. When he was going to write the Gospel of it, he set out to investigate "everything exactly from the beginning." He wanted his readers to have “full assurance” of the things they had heard about Jesus (Luke 1:1-4). The same can be said of the Jews of the ancient city of Berea. The first time they heard the good news about Jesus, they searched the Hebrew Scriptures to confirm that what they were told was true (read Acts 17:11). Similarly, you need to check the facts. Compare what Jehovah's Witnesses teach you with what the Bible says. You may also want to study the modern history of Jehovah's Witnesses. If we investigate well, we will not get carried away by prejudice or gossip.