Fine Conduct Draws People to God

Sometimes, as we show honor and love to our parents and grandparents, we draw people to God.  The apostle Peter wrote:  "Maintain your conduct fine among the nations, that, in the thin which they are speaking against you as evildoers, they may as a result of your fine works of which they are eyewitnesses glorify God." -1 Peter 2:12. 

Andrew, a Christian elder in West Africa, traveled 60 miles twice a week to care for his sick father, who was not a believer.  He relates:  "When I became one of Jehovah's Witnesses, my father was strongly opposed. But when he observed  how I was taking care of him while he was sick, he kept urging my younger brothers and sisters,  'you have to join your brother's religion!' That stirred them, and now my father's nine children are all Jehovah's Witnesses."

Honoring and caring for our elderly parents can be a challenge, especially in hard economic times.  But as Christians strive to do this, they reap many rewards. Above all, they experience the joy of giving, along with the satisfaction of knowing that they are pleasing Jehovah God, who is himself the "Father of all persons." -Ephesians 4:6.

Next time: LET US HOLD FAST TO OUR PRECIOUS FAITH

From the Watchtower magazine, 1997