HOW TO ATTACT OTHERS TO THE SPIRITUAL PARADISE

 Each of us has an important role to play in making the spiritual paradise attractive to others. We can fulfill this role if we imitate Jehovah. He does not drag people into his organization against their will. Instead, he gently "draws" people to himself. (John 6:44; Jeremiah 31:3) Good hearted people who learn about Jehovah's loving qualities and appealing personality are irresistibly drawn to him. How can we, by our good qualities and find conduct attract people to the spiritual paradise?

One way to attract others to the spiritual paradise is by treating our fellow worshippers with love and kindness. When new ones attend our congregation meetings, we want them to come to the same conclusion as did the unbelievers who likely attended the meetings in ancient Corinth. They declared: "God is really among you." (1 Corinthians 14:24, 25; Zechariah 8:23) Thus we must continue to heed the counsel to "be peaceable with one another." - 1 THESSALONIANS 5:13.

We should always try to see our Christian brothers and sisters as Jehovah sees them. We do so by focusing on their positive qualities and not on their imperfections, which will eventually disappear. We ca resolve any differences between us in a spirit of love by always being "kind to one another, tenderly compassionate, freely forgiving one another." (Ephesians 4:32) Then the spiritual paradise will attract people who want to be treated in a similar way. 

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