Enemies Become Friends

Robert and Abraham, former enemies, are now close friends. They serve as full-time evangelizers in the same congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses.   "During the war, I often wondered how it was possible for people from neighboring countries -many of whom belonged to the same religion-to hate one another," explains Abraham,  "Robert and I belonged to the same church, yet we went to war against each other. Now we are both Jehovah's Witnesses, and our faith has united us."

That is the difference," adds Robert.  "We now belong to a faith that makes us part of a genuine brotherhood.  We would never go to war again."  The Bible has had a powerful influence on the hearts of these former enemies. Hatred and bitterness have gradually given way to trust and friendship.  

At the same time that Abraham and Robert were at war, two other young men stood on opposite sides of another conflict between two  neighboring countries. Soon the Bible acted like a  very potent medicine to heal their hearts too. How? 

Next time: Kill-Then Die a Martyr's Death

From the Watchtower magazine, 2001