Bible Values

Consider some of the values the Bible promotes: "Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need." (Matthew 5:3) Another: "Trust in Jehovah with all your heart and do not lean upon your own understanding. In all your ways take notice of him, and he himself will make your paths straight." - Proverbs 3:5, 6.

The Bible also teaches that we are all accountable for the values we choose to live by. Consider Ecclesiastes 11:9: "Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart do you good in the days of your young manhood, and walk in the ways of your heart and in the things seen by your eyes. But know that on account of all these the true God will bring you into judgment." Accountabilty for our actions is directly stated at Proverbs 2:21, 22: "The upright are the ones that will reside in the earth, and the blameless are the ones that will be left over in it. As regards the wicked, they will be cut off from the very earth; and as for the treacherous, they will be torn away from it."

With this positive hope of a righteous government, how beneficial it is to develop a close friendship with God! Associating with others who also wish to be subjects of God's Kingdom will help put ourselves in line to experience the rulership of his glorious Kingdom and the fruitage of the marvelous values it will promote.