Stay Close to Jehovah - End Notes - 18. SPIRIT

The Hebrews Greek words translated "spirit" in the English edition of the New World Translation can mean different things.  Yet they always refer to something invisible such as the wind or the breath of humans and animals.  These words may also refer to spirit persons and to the holy spirit, which is God's active force.  The Bible does not teach that a separate part of a person keeps on living after he dies. - EXODUS 35:21; PSALM 104:29; MATTHEW 12:43;  LUKE 11:13.

Chapter 6, paragraph 5; Chapter 15, paragraph 17

19 GEHENNA

 Gehenna is the name of a valley near Jerusalem where garbage was burned and destroyed.  There is no evidence that in Jesus' time animals or humans were tortured or burring alive in this valley. So Gehenna does not symbolize an invisible place  where people who have died are tortured and burned forever. When Jesus spoke of those who are thrown into Gehenna, he was talking about a complete destruction. - MATTHEW 5:22; 10:28.

Chapter 7 , paragraph 20

20 THE LORD'S PRAYER

This is the prayer Jesus gave when teaching his disciples how to pray. It is also called the Our Father prayer or the model prayer.  For example, Jesus taught us to pray this way:


* Let they heavenly Father Jehovah be sanctified" 

We pray for Jehovah to clear his name, or reputation, of all lies. This is so that everyone in heaven and on earth will honor and respect God's name.

"Let thy Kingdom come" 

We pay for God's government to destroy Satan's wicked world; to rule over the earth, and to make the earth into a paradise.

"Let thy will be done . . . on earth as it is in heaven" 


We pray for God's purpose for the earth to be fulfilled so that obedient , perfect humans can live forever in Paradise, just as Jehovah wanted  when humans were created.

Chapter 8, paragraph 2

21. THE RANSOM 

Jehovah provided the ransom to save humans from sin and death.  The ransom was the price needed to buy back the perfect  human life that the first man, Adam, lost and to repair man's damaged relationship with Jehovah.  God sent Jesus to earth so that he could die for all sinners.  Because of Jesus' death, all humans have the opportunity to live forever and become perfect.

Chapter 8, paragraph 21; Chapter 9, paragraph 13

Next time: Stay Close to Jehovah  - End Notes - 22. WHY IS THE YEAR 1914 SO IMPORTANT?

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