DAILY TEXT, Today Saturday, December 23, 2023, Worship Jehovah your God (Matt. 4:10).

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Saturday December 23

Worship Jehovah your God (Matt. 4:10).

No matter what happens, we are determined to obey those words of Jesus. Today, many people enthusiastically follow very popular religious leaders, to the point of almost idolizing them. They crowd their churches, buy their books, and donate lots of money to support them. Some believe everything they are told. Not even seeing Jesus in person would they get so excited! In contrast, true servants of Jehovah do not follow any human leader. While we respect those who lead us, we are guided by this clear teaching of Jesus: “You are all brothers” (Matt. 23:8-10). We do not turn men into idols, whether they are religious leaders or political rulers. And we do not support their causes, but remain neutral and separate from the world. In all of these areas we are very different from many groups that claim to be Christians (John 18:36). w21.10 20 paras. 6, 7.

Why are so many people confused?

It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of religions that claim to be Christian and that claim to worship God as he pleases. No wonder so many people are confused and ask, “Is there only one true religion, or does God accept all religions?” And we? Are we fully convinced that Jehovah's Witnesses teach the truth and that our way of worshiping God today is the only way he accepts? Is it really possible to be so convinced? Let's see what the evidence indicates.

Why was the apostle Paul convinced that what he believed was the truth? (1 Thessalonians 1:5).

The apostle Paul was completely convinced that what he believed was the truth (read 1 Thessalonians 1:5). And that security was not a simple emotion. It was the result of a deep study of the Word of God. He believed that “all Scripture is inspired by God” (2 Tim. 3:16). By studying it, Paul found indisputable evidence that Jesus was the promised Messiah. However, the Jewish religious leaders decided to ignore these tests. Those hypocrites claimed to represent God, but their works said otherwise (Titus 1:16). In contrast, Paul did not choose which parts of God's Word he wanted to believe and which he did not want to believe. He was willing to teach and apply “the whole will of God” (Acts 20:27).

To be convinced that we have the truth, do we need to know the answers to all our questions?

3 There are those who believe that true religion should be able to answer all questions, even those that are not specifically answered in the Bible. Is it realistic to expect that? Let's look at Paul's example. It is true that he told Christians to “prove all things,” but he also recognized that there were many things that he did not understand (1 Thes. 5:21). He explained that “we have incomplete knowledge” and that “we see blurred images in a metal mirror” (1 Cor. 13:9, 12). Paul didn't know everything, and neither do we. But he understood the basic teachings about Jehovah, he had enough knowledge to be convinced that he had the truth.

How can we strengthen our conviction that we have found the truth, and what will we see in this article?

How can we strengthen our conviction that we have found the truth? One way is by comparing the way Jesus taught God to worship with the way Jehovah's Witnesses worship Him today. In this article, we will see that true Christians 1) reject idolatry, 2) respect Jehovah's name, 3) love the truth, and 4) have intense love for one another.

What example did Jesus set in worshiping God, and how can we follow him?

Because Jesus loved Jehovah very much, he worshiped him alone, both when he was in heaven and when he was on Earth (Luke 4:8). And he taught his disciples to do the same. Neither he nor his faithful disciples ever used images in their worship. Since God is a spirit, nothing man does to represent Him can ever come close to His incomparable glory (Is. 46:5). And what about making images of the so-called saints and praying to them? In the second of the Ten Commandments, Jehovah said: “Do not make for yourself any graven image or anything in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters below. Do not bow down to such things” (Ex. 20:4, 5). For those who want to please God, these words leave no room for doubt.

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