DAILY TEXT, Thursday, May 22, 2025, This is my beloved Son (Matt. 17:5).

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Thursday May 22, 2025

This is my beloved Son (Matt. 17:5).

Jehovah and his beloved Son have spent countless years together. That's why they are so close and love each other so much. Their relationship is the oldest in the universe. In today's text, Jehovah openly said that he loved Jesus. He didn't just say, “This is the one who has my approval,” but because he wanted us to know how much he loved Jesus and how proud he was of Jesus and what he would soon do, he said, “This is my beloved Son” (Eph. 1:7). Jesus was totally sure of how Jehovah felt about him. He was so convinced that his Father loved him that he said it again and again (John 3:35; 10:17; 17:24). w24.01 28 para. 8.

What word describes Jehovah's love for his anointed ones? (Romans 5:5).

Jehovah also expresses his love for the anointed (read Romans 5:5). A Bible dictionary says that the word “poured out” conveys the idea of ​​a river coming upon us. What a striking image to describe how much Jehovah loves the anointed! The anointed know that “they are loved by God” (Jude 1). They all feel identified with what the apostle John said: “Look what great love the Father has for us that we are called children of God!” (1 John 3:1). Does Jehovah love only the anointed? No, as we will see, he has shown that he loves all his servants.

What is the greatest proof that Jehovah loves you?

What is the greatest proof we have that Jehovah loves us? The rescue. That act shows that he loves us more than anyone else (John 3:16; Rom. 5:8). Jehovah gave his beloved Son and let him die for all of us so that we could be forgiven for our sins and be his friends (1 John 4:10). The more we meditate on the high price that Jehovah and Jesus paid, the better we will understand how much they love each of us (Gal. 2:20). Jehovah did not pay the ransom to comply with a cold law, but he did it because he loved us. He showed us his love by sacrificing his Son—the most valuable thing he had—and letting him suffer and die for us.

What do we learn from Jeremiah 31:3?

As we have seen, Jehovah not only loves us, but also expresses it. (Read Jeremiah 31:3.) He has drawn us to Him because He loves us (compare Deuteronomy 7:7, 8). Nothing and no one can separate us from the love he has for us (Rom. 8:38, 39). How do you feel when you think about this? Next we will read Psalm 23. As we do so, consider the effect that Jehovah's love had on David and what it can have on you.

How would you summarize Psalm 23?

(Read Psalm 23:1-6). In Psalm 23, David expressed his confidence that Jehovah loved him and cared for him. There he said that Jehovah was his Shepherd, and described his friendship with him. David felt secure because he knew that Jehovah was guiding him. And he relied completely on him. He knew that Jehovah's love would accompany him all the days of his life. Let's see what led him to express so much confidence in God.

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