Worship That God Approves

Conclusion of HOW TO IDENTIFY THE TRUE RELIGION

True worshipers are no part of the world.   When on trial before the Roman ruler Pilate, Jesus said:  "My kingdom is no part of this world." (John 18:36)  No matter what country they live in, Jesus' true followers are subjects of his heavenly Kingdom and thus maintain strict neutrality in the world's political affairs.  They take no part in its conflicts. However, Jehovah's worshipers do not interfere  with what others chooses to do about joining a political party, running for office, or voting.  And while God's true worshipers are neutral regarding politics, they are law-abiding.  Why?  Because God's Word commands them to "be in subjection" to the governmental  "superior authorities."  (Romans 13:1) Where there is a conflict between what God requires and what a political system requires, true worshipers follow the example of the apostles, who said:  "We must obey God as ruler rather than men." -Acts 5:29; Mark 12:17. 

Jesus' true followers preach that God's Kingdom is mankind's only hope:  Jesus foretold:  "This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come." (Matthew 24:14)  Instead of encouraging people to look to human rulers to solve their problems, true  followers of Jesus  Christ proclaim God's heavenly Kingdom as the only hope for mankind.  (Psalm 146:3)  Jesus taught us to pray for that perfect government when he said:  "Let your kingdom come, Let your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:10) God's Word foretold that this heavenly Kingdom "will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms [now existing], and it itself will stand to times indefinite." -Daniel 2:44. 

On the basis of what we have just considered, ask yourself:  'What religious group bases all its teachings on the Bible and makes known Jehovah's name?  What group practices godly love, exercises godly love, exercises faith in Jesus, is no part of the word, and proclaims that God's  Kingdom is the only real hope for mankind?  Of all the religious groups on earth, which one meets all these requirements?'  The facts clearly show that it is Jehovah's Witnesses. -Isaiah 43:10-12.  

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From the book: WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REALLY TEACH?