Remain No Part of the World

You undoubtedly look forward to the wonderful new world promised by our heavenly Father.  How, then, do you view the world of unrighteous human society alienated from God?  Satan,  "the ruler of the world," had no hold on Jesus Christ.  (John 12:31; 14:30)  You surely do not want the Devil and his world to have a hold on you, so take to heart the apostle John's  words: "Do not be loving either the world or the things in the world."  That is the wise course, for "the world is passing away and so is its desire, but he that does the will of God remains forever." -1 John 2:15-17. 

Are you helping your children to 'keep themselves without spot from the world"?  (James 1:27) Satan would like to reel in your children as a man reels in fish. Various  clubs and other organizations are designed  to make young people fit in with Satan's world.  But Jehovah's  servants already belong to the only organization that will survive the end of this wicked  system of things.  So Christian youths should be encouraged to have "plenty to do in the work of the Lord." (1 Corinthians 15:58)  Godly parents need to assist their children to set goals that will give them a happy and rewarding life that houses God and helps them to be ready for Jehovah's day. 

Next time: Look Beyond Jehovah's Great Day

From the Watchtower magazine, 2007