Contents

PAGE CHAPTER

5 1 Grand Blessings from God Near at Hand!

11 2 Why It Is Wise to Examine Your Religion

17 3 Who Is God?

27 4 Why We Grow Old and Die

34 5 Where Are the Dead?

46 6 Jesus Christ, the One Through Whom God Blesses Mankind

55 7 Are There Wicked Spirits?

65 8 Why Has God Permitted Wickedness Until Our Day?

75 9 The Reason Why a “Little Flock” Goes to Heaven

82 10 God’s Kingdom Comes to Power in the Midst of Its Enemies

94 11 The Last Days of This Wicked System of Things

102 12 Righteous Rule Makes Earth a Paradise

114 13 The True Church and Its Foundation

122 14 How to Identify the True Religion

131 15 “Get Out from Among Them”

140 16 Popular Customs That Displease God

151 17 How to Pray and Be Heard by God

157 18 Christian Obedience to Law

163 19 Godly Respect for Life and Blood

170 20 Building a Happy Family Life

181 21 Your Decision to Serve God

187 22 True Worship​—a Way of Life

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations in this book are from the modern-language New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, revised edition of 1961.

Abbreviations of names of other Bible versions quoted:

AT — The Bible: An American Translation, by J. Smith and E. Goodspeed, of 1935.

AV — Authorized or King James Version Bible, of 1611.

Dy — Roman Catholic Douay Version, of 1610.