How Bible Principles Apply to Your Life - THE COURSE TO FOLLOW

 We must remember that while today's clergy often try to please almost everyone, the Bible does  not try to please anyone.  Anyone who wants to put things in their right order and please God can follow it, but it does not come down to the level of those who do not wish to do that, no matter how many of such people there might be.  This book offers safeguards for the minds and hearts of the men who will accept it.  It reveals the mind of the Creator.  Through getting a right knowledge of what it says we can make our  minds over, putting things in the right order and pleasing God. Psalm 119:9 (AS) puts it very simply: "Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word." 

Now, in all probability your home has a Bible. Most homes do. But just having it is not the important thing. You must know what is ays, believe it, apply its instructions, use as your life guide.  As Paul advised Timothy, You must be "a workman iwth nothing to be ashamed of, handling the word of the truth aright."  - 2 TIMOTHY 2:15, NW.

What do you learn from God's Word?  First, you must avail  yourself of Christ's ransom sacrifice, doing something about iot. We read that  "the Son of man came . . . to give his souls a ransom in exchange for many."  Note: not for all, for many.  Yes, it is a free gift, but it takes two  to make a gift, a giver and a receiver.  To accept the ransom you must take a positive action, taking advantage of its provisionsl  Your must recognize Jehovah God as the Supreme Ruler of the universe, the Father of the ransomer, to one to whom "salvaton belongeth," and you must obey the instructions that are contained  in his Word. IT is through thsu faithfully serving him that you show appreciation for the loving provisions that he has made. - MATTHEW 20:28, NW; PSALM 3:8.

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