Are You Convinced That You Have the Truth? Why? - THE GREATEST EDUCATIONAL WORK IN HISTORY

From the start of his ministry, Jesus stressed the importance of proclaiming the good news of God's Kingdom.  He chose 12 disciples to share in laying the foundation for a global ministry; afterward, he trained a group of 70 disciples.  (Luke 6:13; 10:1) These were prepared to take the good news to others, at first to the Jews.  Then, a surprise! Jesus's disciples were going to take it to uncircumcised ones of the nations.  What a change  that must have been for zealous Jewish disciples! - ACTS1:8.

The apostle Peter was sent to the home of Cornelius, an uncircumcised Gentile. Peter then recognized that God is impartial.  Cornelius and his household were baptized. Christianity was now expanding  into a vast field; people of all nations could hear the truth and accept it. (Acts 10:9-48) Now the field was the whole world.


During  the modern-day history of Jehovah's Witnesses, those taking the lead have zealously promoted the preaching and teaching of the good news around the world.  Today, almost eight million zealous Witnesses are doing their utmost to spread Christs message in well over 600 languages, with more to come!  Jehovah's Witnesses are clearly identified by their house-to-house ministry and by their preaching on the streets, sometimes using display tables and mobile literature carts. 

More than 2,900 translators have received specialized training to translate the Bible and Bible literature.  Their work is certainly  not limited to what might be considered major languages.  Their efforts  include hundreds of languages that are not widely known but that are, nevertheless spoken by millions of people.  For example, in Spain millions of Catalonians speak their native their native language, Catalan, on a daily basis.  In recent times especially. there has been a resurgence of Catalan and its variations in Andorra, Alicante, the Balearic Islands, and Valencia. Jehovah's Witnesses now produce Bible literature in Catalan, and Christian meetings are being held in the language that warms the heart of Catalonian people.

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