"My Kingdom Is No Part of This World" - "RETURN YOUR SWORD TO ITS PLACE" - Conclusion

 The sister in southern Europe mentioned that she learned the same lesson.  She says:  "I have seen that violence does not bring justice.  I saw that those who resort to violence often end up dead.   And many others end up embittered.  I was so happy to learn from the Bible that only God can bring true justice to the earth.   For the last 25 years that is the message I have been preaching."  The brotehr in souther Africa replaced his spear with  "the sword of the spirit ," God's Word.  (Ephesians 6:17)  Now he preaches a message of peace to all kinds of people, no matter what tribe they are from.  And after the sister in central Europe  became one of Jehovah's Witnesses, she married  a brother from an ethnic group she use to hate.  All three made these changes because they wanted to be like Christ.  

It is very important to make these changes! The Bible says that mankind is like the sea that tosses and turns and is never peaceful.  (Isaiah 17:12; 57:20, 21; Revelation 13:1) Political issues provoke people, divide them, and lead to violence.  But we are peaceful and united. When Jehovah sees how divided people in the world are, he must be very happy to see how united his people are.  - Read ZEPHANIAH 3:17.

In this article, we have learned that we can promote unity in three ways: (1) We trust that God's Kingdom will correct all injustices, (2) We never take sides in political issues, and (3) We reject violence. But something else that can threaten the unity is prejudice. In the next article, we will learn how we can overcome prejudice, as the early Christians did.

Next time: Have Jehovah's Witnesses Changed the Bible to Fit Their Beliefs? 

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