DAILY TEXT, Saturday, July 26, 2025, Imitate God as beloved children (Eph. 5:1).

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Saturday, July 26, 2025

Imitate God as beloved children (Eph. 5:1).

We can praise Jehovah by speaking about him with affection and gratitude. When we preach, our main goal is to draw people to him and come to love him as much as we do. (James 4:8) We love to use the Bible to show them his beautiful qualities, such as his love, justice, wisdom, and power. Another way we can praise Jehovah and rejoice in his heart is to imitate him as best we can. When we do this, people may notice that we are different from other people and wonder why. (Matt. 5:14-16) In your daily life, you will likely have opportunities to explain the reasons why. Eventually, kind-hearted people will be drawn to our God. When we praise Jehovah in these ways, we rejoice in his heart. (1 Tim. 2:3, 4) w24.02 10 par. 7

Why is Jesus the best example of someone who praised Jehovah's name?

In all the universe, no one knows the Father as well as the Son (Matt. 11:27). Jesus loves his Father and has left us the best example of what it means to praise Jehovah's name (John 14:31). When he prayed to his Father the night before he died, he summed up his entire ministry this way: "I have made your name known" (John 17:26). How did he do it?

9. What parable did Jesus use to make clear what Jehovah is like?

Jesus didn't just tell people that God's name is Jehovah. The Jews already knew that. Rather, he explained to them “what he is like” (John 1:17, 18). For example, the Hebrew Scriptures said that Jehovah is merciful and compassionate (Ex. 34:5-7). But Jesus brought this truth to life when he told the parable of the prodigal son. When we read that his father caught sight of him “while he was still a long way off,” ran to him, hugged him, and truly forgave him, it's crystal clear that Jehovah is merciful and compassionate (Luke 15:11-32). Jesus certainly helped people understand what Jehovah is like.

Why do we know that Jesus used his Father's name and wanted others to do so as well? (Mark 5:19; see also the image.)

Did Jesus want others to use his Father's name as well? Of course. It's possible that some religious leaders of the time believed that God's name was so sacred that it shouldn't be spoken. But Jesus didn't allow that tradition—which had no support in Scripture—to prevent him from honoring his Father's name.

What does Jesus want us to do?

Consider the time he healed a demon-possessed man in the region of the Gerasenes. The people were so frightened that they begged Jesus to leave. (Mark 5:16, 17) But Jesus wanted everyone to know Jehovah's name. So before he left, he told the man to tell the people what Jehovah—not Jesus himself—had done for him. (Read Mark 5:19.) Our King, Jesus, wants us to do the same—to teach Jehovah's name to everyone. (Matt. 24:14; 28:19, 20) When we do, it makes him happy.

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