MAKE IT YOUR AIM TO SERVE JEHOVAH FOREVER

Conclusion of LIVING UP TO YOUR DEDICATION AND BAPTISM

Among your spiritual goals should be that of imitating Jesus' joyful example more closely.  (Hebrews 12:1-3) He loved the ministry.  If you are privileged to share in the Kingdom preaching activity, then, do not let it become mere routine. Seek to find satisfaction in teaching others about God's Kingdom as Jesus did.  Put to use the instruction that the congregation provides to help you improve as a teacher. And be assured that Jehovah can give you the strength to carry out your ministry. -1 Corinthians 9:19-23. 

A dedicated, baptized person faithfully endeavoring to follow Jesus is special to God. Jehovah examines all the billions of human hearts and knows how rare such individuals are. He considers them to be treasures, "desirable things."  (Haggai 2:7)  Bible prophecies show that God views such ones as marked to survive the execution of his judgment soon to come upon this wicked system of things.  (Ezekiel 9:1-6; Malachi 3:16, 18) Are you "rightly disposed for everlasting life"?  (Acts 13:48) Is it your earnest desire  to be marked as one serving God?  Dedication and baptism are part of that mark, and they are essential for survival. 

After the global Flood, Noah and his family came out of the ark into a cleansed earth.  Similarly today, "a great crowd" who apply the knowledge of God in their lives and gain Jehovah's approval have the prospect of surviving the end of this wicked system of things and enjoying everlasting life on a permanently cleansed earth.  (Revelation 7:9, 14) what will that life be like? 

Next time: CHAPTER NINETEEN: WHEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD FILLS THE EARTH

From  the book: KNOWLEDGE That Leads to Everlasting Life