Why Get Baptized? - YOU LOVE TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS

 Jehovah commanded his people to "love truth." (Zechariah 8:19)  Jesus urged his followers to pursue righteousness.  (Matthew 5:6)  This means that one needs to have a strong desire to do what is right, good, and clean in God's eyes.  Do  you love truth and righteousness? We are sure that you do.  You hate lies and all that is wrong and wicked.  (Read Psalm 119:128, 163.)  Lies reflect the personality of Satan, the ruler of this world. (John 8:44; 12:31) One of Satan's goals is to slander the holy name of Jehovah God. Satan has been spreading lies about our God since the rebellion in Eden.  (Genesis 3:1, 4, 5) Satan's lies about Jehovah have continued to poison the  minds and hearts of people.  When humans choose not to "love truth," Satan can lead them  into kinds of unrighteousness and wicked conduct. - ROMANS 1:25-31. 

Jehovah is "the God of truth," and he generously teaches  the truth to those who love him. (Psalm 31:5) By doing so, he lifts them up, freeing them from Satan's lies. Jehovah also teaches his servants to be honest and righteous.  They thus find a measure of dignity and inner peace. (Proverbs 13:5, 6)  Has he done that for you as you have studied the Bible?  You have learned that Jehovah's ways are best for all humankind and for you personally.  (Psalm 77:13)  So you want to  take your stand for God's righteousness.  (Matthew 6:33)  You want to defend truth and help to disprove the slander about our God, Jehovah.  How can you do that?

You can choose a life course that says, in effect: "I reject Satan's lies, and I uphold the truth. I want Jehovah as my Sovereign, and I want to do what he says is right." How can you take such a stand?  Approach Jehovah in prayer and dedicate yourself to him and then make that dedication public by getting baptized. Love for what is true and right is a powerful motive for choosing to get baptized. 

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