Set Your Heart on Spiritual Treasures - OUR TREASURE STORE OF REVEALED TRUTHS

A third spiritual treasure is our repository of revealed truths. Jehovah is the God of truth.  (2 Samuel 7:28; Psalm 31:5) As a generous Father, he shares divine truths with those who fear him.  From the time that we first heard the truth, we have had the opportunity to collect truths from his Word, the Bible, from our Christian publications, and from our conventions, assemblies, and weekly meetings. Over time, we develop what Jesus described as a "treasure store" of old and new truths.  (Read Matthew 13:52) Jehovah will help us to collect  precious new truths into our "treasure store" if we search for them as hidden treasures.  (Read Proverbs 2:4-7.) How do we do that?

We must develop personal study habits and do careful research in God's Word and in our publications.  This will help us to discover truths that may be "new" in the sense that we did not know them before.   (Joshua 1:8, 9; Psalm 1:2, 3)  The very first issue of this magazine, published in July 1879, stated: "Truth, like a modest little flower in the wilderness of life, is surrounded and almost choked by the luxuriant growth of the weeds of error, if you would find it you be ever on the lookout. . . .If you would possess it you would stoop to get it. Be not content with one flower of truth. . . . Gather ever, seek for more."  Yes, we must be eager to enrich our own treasure store of divine truths.

We discovered some priceless truths when we first began to associate with God's people. These could well be described as "old," in that we have known and appreciated them from the beginning of our Christian course. What do such precious truths include?  We learned that Jehovah is our Creator  and Life-Giver and that he has a purpose for mankind. We also learned that God lovingly provided the ransom sacrifice of his Son so that we might be freed  from sin and death. We further learned that his Kingdom will end all suffering and that we have the prospect of living forever in peace and happiness under Kingdom rule. -John 3:16; Revelation 4:11; 21:3, 4. 

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