Cultivate Compassion for "All Sorts of People" - IMITATE JEHOVAH'S COMPASSION

For thousands of years, people have told wicked lies about Jehovah.  But he remains  "kind toward the ungrateful and wicked."  (Luke 6:35)  How does he show his kindness?  He is patient with everyone.  Jehovah wants "all sorts of people" to be saved. (1 Timothy 2:3, 4)  Even though God hates wickedness, people are precious to him and he doe not want any of them to die. - -2 PETER 3:9.

Jehovah knows that Satan is very good at making people believe lies.  (2 Corinthians 4:3, 4)  Many have been taught lies about God since they were children. So the way they think and feel may make it difficult for them to accept he truth. But Jehovah is eager to help them. How do we know?

Take, for example, how Jehovah felt about the people in the city of Nineveh.  Even though they were violent, Jehovah  said to Jonah:  "Should I not feel sorry for Nineveh the great city, in which there are more than 120,000 men who do not even know right from wrong?" (Jonah 4:11)  Jehovah felt pity for those people, who did not know the truth about him. So he sent Jonah to warn them.

We feel the same way Jehovah does about people. They are precious. Like Jehovah, we are eager to help them learn about him even when it seems that they will not accept the truth. 

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