How Jehovah Draws Close to Us - JEHOVAH USES THE BIBLE TO DRAW US CLOSE

So far in this article, we have  used scriptures from 14 Bible books.  Using his holy spirit, Jehovah inspired the writing of the Bible to draw us close to him. Without the Bible, how would we know that we can  draw close to our Creator?  Without it, how could we learn about the ransom and about the way Jesus helps us to draw close to Jehovah?  It is in the Bible that we learn about Jehovah's beautiful personality and his purpose for mankind.   For example, at Exodus 34:6, 7,  7, Jehovah described himself as "merciful and compassionate, slow to anger, and abundant in loyal love and truth, showing loyal love to thousands, pardoning error and transgression and sin." Who would not be drawn to someone like that?  Jehovah knows that when we learn more about him, he will become more real to us and we will feel closer to him.

The beginning of the book Draw Close to Jehovah says that as we build  a close friendship with someone, we get to know our friend and admire his qualities. So, in order to have a close relationship with God, we need to learn who he really is by studying his qualities in the Bible.  We can be very thankful that Jehovah had the Bible written in a way that is easy to understand. 

Jehovah could have used the angels to write the Bible. They are very interested in who we are and what we do. ( 1 Peter 1:12)  They could have written Jehovah's message to mankind perfectly.  But angels are not like humans.  They have never had the feelings, needs and weaknesses that we have. Jehovah knows that angels are very different from us, so he wisely chose humans to write the Bible. When we read about the disappointments, doubts, fears, and mistakes of the Bible writers and others, we can feel their pain. And when we read about their happy times, we can feel their joy.  Like the prophet Elijah, all the Bible writers  had "feelings like ours." - JAMES 5:17. 

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