"Look! I Am Making All Things New"

Education for Entering Paradise

Would you like to live in Paradise?  If your answer is 'Yes,' you will be thrilled to know that when Jesus spoke of today's troubled system and "the sign" of its approaching destruction, he added, "This generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur."  Some, at least, of the generation that saw the "beginning of pangs of distress" in 1914 will live to see Paradise restored on earth.  (Matthew 24:3-8, 34) However, it is a sad fact that most people today are on the broad road that leads to destruction.  (Matthew  7:13, 14)  There is little time left for them to change. How thankful you can be that Jehovah has provided warning in time!  Because Jehovah wants you to have life, he will help you to take the right steps. 2 Peter 3:9; Ezekiel 18:23.

Your urgent need now is accurate knowledge.  (1 Timothy 2:4; John 17:3) Where can you get this? Can it be found in just any religion? Some people say all religions lead to the same goal, just as all paths on a mountain lead to summit.  How mistaken they are!  In order to find the right path, mountaineers use maps, and they hire guides. likewise, there is only the one religion of truth that will lead to everlasting life, and guidance is needed to find it. -Acts 8:26-31.

This brochure has been provided by the Jehovah's Witnesses to help you.  It has already helped  you to understand some basic Bible truths, has it not?  No doubt you have confirmed for yourself that each point is based on God's inspired Word. Now, to progress toward your goal, you must continue to learn. Just as a proper secular education is necessary to fit a person for a place in everyday society, so a proper Bible education is necessary to equip one for entering the society that will survive to live on the Paradise earth.  (2 Timothy 3:16, 17)  Satan may try to distract you by causing close associates to oppose you or by tempting you into selfish materialistic or immoral ways. Do not give in to Satan.  Your safety and whole future of you and your family depend on your studying the Bible further. - Matthew 10:36; 1 John 2:15-17. 

Besides continuing your present Bible study, there is another way to learn.  People in your neighborhood who are interested in Bible education regularly attend the local Kingdom Hall meetings.  All who attend are there to take instruction from the Bible and are sincerely trying to become better people.  They readily  welcome newcomers, saying,  "Come, you people, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah [his place of worship] . . .and he will instruct us about his ways, and we will walk in his paths." (Isaiah 2:3) Good reasons for attending Bible meetings are explained in Hebrews 10:24, 25, which reads:  "Let us consider one another to incite to love and fine works, not forsaking  the gathering of ourselves together, as some have the custom, but encouraging on another, and all the more so as you behold the day drawing near." 

Next time: "Look! I Am Making All Things New"/Conclusion of Education for Entering Paradise

From the Awake! magazine