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“WORK WHAT IS GOOD TOWARD ALL” (DO GOOD TO YOUR FAMILY (7 min.) (those…
“WORK WHAT IS GOOD TOWARD ALL”
JEHOVAH TEACHES US BY EXAMPLE HOW TO DO GOOD TO OTHERS (5 min.)
Mark 10:18 - "Why do you call me good? Nobody is good except one, God." -- Jehovah God is the greatest example of goodness
Materially - Earth filled with God's good acts towards us
Pic 1 - food variety
Pic 2 rice variety
nasi putih, nasi merah, nasi uduk, nasi padang, nasi goreng, nasi uduk goreng, nasi bakar, nasi uduk goreng kambing
What is goodness?
moral excellence thru & thru, no badness or rottenness - positive quality, only expressed towards others
Jehovah - goodness overlaps with all his qualities, no bad or corruption, all his actions benefit creation
Education/Instruction - God's Word - life guide
how to live, how to please God;
how to be truly happy, whole family happy;
to have real purpose;
understand man's history and future; understand the universe;
most practical- how to cope with all life's problems
Isa 41:10
- Loving Support, lifelong friend
J. wants us to be like him -
Hebrews 13:16
- "well-pleased"
God's spirit helps us imitate His goodness
get closer to God, living life his way, access more and more of his holy spirit
DO GOOD TO YOUR FAMILY (7 min.)
those closest to us should receive the most good from us
2 Tim 3:3
- no natural affection nor love of goodness
authority, control, selfishness, competitive, lack of responsibility
Read Eph 5:33
tender feelings should drive and dominate interactions
Love and support
Materially - Parents provide for children until they can fly on their own
Caution - Over-providing everything the child may "need" - temporary happiness, teaches materialism, not showing goodness
Caution - children are not a retirement plan; goodness shown in raising them to be mature Christians who will have their own household to care for; goodness will move them to step in and help aging parents
Deut 6:6,7
- parents instructing children with love
want to, not a duty
Unbelieving family members
tactful and respectful
exp: my mother
DO GOOD TO FELLOW BELIEVERS (6 min.)
Gal 6:10
Special Relationship
John 13:34,35
kindness, imperfection covered by forgiveness; even when hurt deeply
Goodness shown to those with different backgrounds
2 Cor. 6:11-13
Practical help those in need
sick, elderly, other limitations - groceries, meal, errands, association, maybe more - lost job, lost home, need to help relatives;
not limited to our congregation
DO GOOD TO THOSE YOU DO NOT KNOW (8 min.)
World greatly divided by any and all differences; many feel only those they know or who are like them deserve any kind of attention, help, or opportunities
Luke 10:29-37
- good samaritan
samaritan was a true neighbor to the Jew
Matt 7:12
- "golden rule"
not easy - driving, at the store, mall, anywhere people are can be a challenge
Jehovah's spirit can and will help us
Matt 5:44 - love your enemies
even when mistreated, goodness can be shown
in Cyprus. A young woman, first contacted by Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1975
“I was having serious difficulties getting along with my husband, I left him and went to live with relatives in Limassol. Jehovah’s Witnesses were visiting the family regularly -- Witnesses conducted a regular Bible study with me.
Shortly thereafter this woman attended a circuit assembly of Jehovah’s Witnesses. “I thought I was in paradise!”
But then opposition started. “Arriving home from the assembly,” she relates, “my mother beat me. My husband too opposed me; and so did many others in the family. Due to fear of having their reputation besmirched if I became a Witness, my mother even threatened suicide. However, one of my sisters showed interest in the Bible and began to study with Jehovah’s Witnesses. This caused other family members to turn against both of us. Our books were destroyed and the Witnesses who studied with us were threatened with death.”
As a result of what this woman was learning from her study of the Bible, she sought reconciliation with her husband, she and her two children again began living with her husband. But this did not end the opposition to her Bible study. “Many times on returning from a Christian meeting,” she explains, “I found that my husband had locked the doors. When I finally would be permitted to enter, a beating was waiting for me and the children.”
The Bible urges Christians not to return evil for evil, but to display long-suffering. (Rom. 12:17, 18) The young woman endeavored to heed this Scriptural advice. It had a rewarding outcome, as she points out, saying:
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DO GOOD TO OTHERS BY KINGDOM PREACHING (4 min.)
Primary good done by helping people come to Jehovah
More good in helping people live in a way that results in everlasting life than anything else we can do
Make it your goal to speak about Jehovah and his Kingdom at every appropriate opportunity
"but I'm young or new" - share what you have learned with others
pic preaching at school
Demonstrate impartiality by speaking boldly “to people of all sorts”
Pr 11:25
Be assured that Jehovah God will bless and reward the goodness you show to others
Family, Fellow Believers, People we do not know, Preaching Work
how to let God's spirit help us