KEEP ON SERVING JEHOVAH WITH A STEADFAST HEART - Continue Your Quest for Accurate Knowledge

Continue Your Quest for Accurate Knowledge

To live up to our dedication to God, we must continue to gain faith-building Scriptural knowledge.  What a delight it was to take in spiritual food when we first became acquainted with God's truth!  (Matthew 24:45-47)  Those "meals" were delicious-and they nourished us well spiritually.  Now it is essential to keep on taking in rich spiritual food so that we maintain a steadfast heart as Jehovah's dedicated servants.

Effort is needed to acquire further knowledge of the Scriptures.  It is like searching for hidden treasures-something that calls for exertion.  But how rewarding it is to find "the very knowledge of God!"   (Proverbs 2:1-6)  When a Kingdom publisher first studied the Bible with you, he or she may have used the book Knowledge That Leads to Everlasting Life.   Considerable time may have been taken to cover each chapter, perhaps in more than one session. You benefited when cited Scriptures were read and discussed.  If a point was hard to grasp, it was explained.  The one conducting your Bible study prepared well, prayed for God's spirit, and helped you to develop heartfelt gratitude for the truth.

This effort was appropriate, for Paul wrote:  "Let anyone who is being orally taught the word share in all good things with the one who gives such oral teaching."  (Galatians 6:6)  Here the Greek text indicates that the teachings of God's Word were sounded down into the mind and heart of the one "being taught."  Your being taught that way qualifies you  to be a teacher of still others.  (Acts  18:25)  To be faithful to your dedication, you must maintain your spiritual health and steadfastness by continual study of God's Word. - 1 Timothy 4:13; 2:2.

Next time: KEEP ON SERVING JEHOVAH WITH A STEADFAST HEART - Remember Your Repentance and Conversion

The Watchtower, 2002