We Belong to Jehovah - Conclusion of WE DEDICATE OUR LIVES TO JEHOVAH

Read Malachi  3:16.  Why is it so important to dedicate your life to Jehovah and get baptized? It is true that from the moment you began to exist, you already belonged to your Creator, Jehovah.  But jut think how happy Jehovah will  be when you accept him as your Ruler and dedicate yourself to him. (Proverbs 23:15)   Jehovah knows those who willingly serve him, and he writes their names in his "book of remembrance." 

If we want our name to remain in Jehovah's "book of remembrance,"  There is something we must do. Malachi said that we must fear Jehovah and meditate on his name. If we worship anyone or anything else, our nae will be removed from Jehovah's book!- EXODUS 32:33; PSALM 69:28. 

So it is not enough for us to promise to do Jehovah's will and then get baptized. These are things that we do only one time, but worshipping Jehovah  is a way of life. Every day, for as long as we live, we must proved by our actions that we obey Jehovah. - 1 PETER 4:1, 2.

Next time: We Belong to Jehovah - WE REJECT WORLDLY DESIRES

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