DAILY TEXT, Monday, March 30, 2026. This is how God's love was revealed (1 John 4:9).

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Monday, March 30, 2026

This is how God's love was revealed (1 John 4:9).

Isn't the ransom an extraordinary gift? (2 Cor. 9:15) Thanks to Jesus giving his life, we can have a close friendship with Jehovah and the opportunity to live forever. We have ample reason to be grateful to Jehovah, who gave us this gift because he loves us so much. (Rom. 5:8) To help us remain grateful and never take the ransom for granted, Jesus commanded us to commemorate his death every year. (Luke 22:19, 20)

In 2026, the Memorial will take place on Thursday, April 2. No doubt we all plan to attend. It will do us much good to take time during the Memorial season to meditate on all that Jehovah and his Son have done for us. w25.01 20 pars. 1, 2

How could the death of a single man save millions of people?

The ransom teaches us that Jehovah loves justice (Deut. 32:4). Why do we say this? Because Adam disobeyed God, all his descendants have inherited sin and death from him (Rom. 5:12). Jehovah sent Jesus to rescue us from sin and death. But how could the sacrifice of just one perfect man rescue millions? The apostle Paul explained it this way: “Just as many became sinners through the disobedience of one man [Adam], so many will become righteous through the obedience of one person [Jesus]” (Rom. 5:19; 1 Tim. 2:6). In other words, if all humans became slaves to sin and death because one perfect man disobeyed God, then to free us all it took was for one perfect man to obey God.

Why couldn't Jehovah simply let Adam's obedient descendants live forever?

But did Jesus really have to die to save us? Couldn't Jehovah have allowed Adam's obedient descendants to live forever? From our imperfect perspective, that might seem like a good solution, but let's remember that Jehovah's justice is perfect. So he couldn't overlook Adam's terrible disobedience and pretend nothing had happened.

Why can we be confident that Jehovah will always do what is right?

But suppose Jehovah had not paid the ransom, but had instead allowed Adam’s imperfect offspring to live forever. What would have happened? Since that would have meant overlooking his justice, people might wonder if he would do so again in other matters. For example, would he fail to keep any of his promises? But we need not worry about that, because Jehovah acted justly even though it involved sacrificing his beloved Son. So we are confident that he will always do what is right.

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