SHOW A WAITING ATTITUDE! - Conclusion of Have a Realistic View

Conclusion of Have a Realistic View

So, have Jehovah's Witnesses changed the moral climate in the world? Well, in  the past decade, the number of active Witnesses increased from slightly fewer than 3,800,000 to almost 6,000,000.  That is an increase of about 2,200,000, many of whom gave up unrighteous practices when they became Christians.  A lot of lives improved!  Still, this number is very small when compared with the increase in world population during the same period-875,000,000!  Jehovah's Witnesses have found it a source of joy to help responsive individuals, though realizing that few from among mankind will take the road to life.  (Matthew 7:13, 14) While the Witnesses await the worldwide changes for the better that only God can make, they do not get involved in secular reform movements, which often start  with good intentions but end up disillusionment and even violence. -2 Peter 3:13.

In taking this course, Jehovah's Witnesses demonstrate the same confidence in Jehovah that Jesus did while on earth.  Back in the first century, Jesus performed miracles of healing.  (Luke 6:17-19)  He even resurrected the dead.  (Luke 7:11-15; 8:49-56)  But he did not remove the problem of sickness or conquer the enemy death.  He knew that  it was not yet God's due time for this.  With the elevated abilities of a perfect man, Jesus could likely have done much to resolve serious political and social problems.  It seems that  some of his contemporaries wanted  him to take power and act in this way, but Jesus declined.  We read:  "When men saw the signs he performed, they began to say:  "This is for certainty the prophet that was to come into the world.'   Therefore  Jesus, knowing they were about to come and seize him to make him king, withdrew again into the mountain all alone. - John 6:14, 15.

Jesus refused to become involved in politics or purely social work, because he knew that the time for him to assume kingly power and to perform works of healing for everyone everywhere had not yet arrived.  Even after his ascension  to immortal spirit life in the heavens, he was willing to wait for Jehovah's appointed time before taking action.  (Psalm 110:1; Acts 2:34, 35)  However, since his enthronement as King of God's Kingdom in 1914, he is going forth "conquering and to complete his conquest."  (Revelation 6:2; 12:10)  How grateful were are to submit to his kingship, while others who claim to be Christians choose to remain ignorant of the Bible's teachings concerning the Kingdom!

Next time: SHOW A WAITING ATTITUDE! -Waiting-Source of Frustration or Joy?

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