The “pleasures of this life” are made very appealing by schoolmates, as well as by the advertising and entertainment media. For example, one young person, whose parents had taught her God’s Word from infancy, drifted from the way of the truth when she became nineteen. “I wanted to taste what life was all about and do some of the things other young persons had made seem so enjoyable,” she admitted. “So I moved to my own apartment and began dating and going to many parties just for the excitement. I soon stopped attending congregation meetings. It was not long before I forsook the morals of the Bible.”

The Heart​—“Nothing Else So Deceitful”

“The heart is more treacherous than anything else and is desperate. Who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9) Yes, your heart is capable of misleading you​—to your own injury. This happened to the young woman mentioned earlier. She confessed: “At first when I was doing whatever I wanted to, it was fun. But then after a while, though I still had all the excitement, I didn’t seem to have any inner joy. Something seemed to be missing. The happiness was only artificial. I became miserable.”