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JANUARY 2-8
GOOD-GOOD LESSONS FROM THE BIBLE | 2 KINGS 22-23
“Why It Good to Be Humble?”
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Jehovah Feel Sorry for Josiah Because he Was Humble
It was in the morning, the people started working hard on the temple. Josiah was grateful to Jehovah that the workers were fixing the damage his wicked family people who were living way back did to Jehovah house. While the work was going on, Shaphan brought information to him. He came with one roll of paper in his hand. He said that High Priest Hilkiah found “the book of Jehovah’s law by the hand of Moses.” (2 Chronicles 34:12-18) Surely, that was the original, or first copy of the Law!
Josiah really wanted to hear what was inside the book. When Shaphan was reading it, Josiah started seeing how all the law them apply to him and the people. But what really touch his heart was the way the book focus on true worship and the punishment that will come if they put their hand in false religion. As soon Josiah know that the people were not doing the thing them in the book, he tear his clothes. Then he tell Hilkiah, Shaphan, and the other people say: ‘Yor go ask Jehovah about all the thing them inside this book because Jehovah vex with us bad way. Our people them way back not listen to the thing them Jehovah say.’—2 Kings 22:11-13; 2 Chronicles 34:19-21.
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Jehovah Feel Sorry for Josiah Because he was Humble
Josiah messenger them go to one prophet woman in Jerusalem they call Huldah. She tell them all the troubles that Jehovah talk about in the book that was found, will happen to the Israelite them who turn their back on true worship. But because Josiah humble himself, he will not see all this trouble them during his life time. He will die and they will bury him in peace.—2 Kings 22:14-20; 2 Chronicles 34:22-28.
Good-Good Thing Them Inside the Bible
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You Can Be Successful No Matter How They Bring You Up
Even though it was not easy for Josiah when he was coming up, he still obey Jehovah. His rulership was so successful that the Bible say, “Like him there did not prove to be a king prior to him who returned to Jehovah with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his vital force, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him has there risen up one like him.”—2 Kings 23:19-25.
Josiah example can really encourage people who were not having good parents when they were coming up! Wetin we can learn from his example? What help Josiah to choose the right way to live and keep living like that?
JANUARY 9-15
GOOD-GOOD LESSONS FROM THE BIBLE | 2 KINGS 24-25
“You Taking Note of the Time We Living In?”
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Jehovah Judgment Day Near!
Zephaniah prophecy help young Josiah to know why it was really important to move false worship from Judah. But Josiah was not able to stop all the wickedness the people were doing. And what Josiah did was not enough for Jehovah to forgive the wicked thing them his grandpa Manasseh did, like killing innocent people in Jerusalem. (2 Kings 24:3, 4; 2 Chronicles 34:3) So nothing was going to stop Jehovah judgement from coming.
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Interesting Points Inside the Book of Jeremiah
It was in 607 B.C.E. when Zedekiah was in the 11th year of his kingship in Jerusalem. King Nebuchadnezzar from Babylon surrounded Jerusalem for 18 months. In the 19th year of Nebuchadnezzar rule, on the seventh day of the fifth month, Nebuchadnezzar send his chief body guard they call Nebuzaradan to Jerusalem. (2 Kings 25:8) It look like Nebuzaradan put his camp outside the city wall and started looking at all that was happening in the city and planning how to attack the people. Three days later, on the tenth day of the month, he enter the city and burn it.—Jeremiah 52:12, 13.
Good-Good Thing Them Inside the Bible
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Interesting Points Inside the Book of Second Kings
24:3, 4. Because Manasseh kill innocent people, Jehovah not forgive Judah. God get respect for the lives of innocent people. We can be sure that God will destroy all the people them who killing innocent people.—Psalm 37:9-11; 145:20.
JANUARY 16-22
GOOD-GOOD LESSONS FROM THE BIBLE | 1 CHRONICLES 1-3
“The Bible That True Story Book”
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You Think Adam and Eve Were Real People?
Just think about the Jewish people family records in First Chronicles chapters 1 to 9 and Luke chapter 3. The record in First Chronicles 1 to 9 talk about 48 generations and Luke chapter 3 talk about 75 generations. Luke list the family line of Jesus, while Chronicles give information about the family line of the kings and priest them in Israel. The two record them list the name of well-known people like Solomon, David, Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, Noah, and finally Adam. All the name them that on these two lists was for real-real people who were living way back. And Adam was the first real person on each list.
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The Heavy Rain That Fall in Noah Day That True Story
Two accounts in the Bible about family line prove that Noah was real person. (1 Chronicles 1:4; Luke 3:36) Ezra and Luke who wrote this information them really check good-good. Luke list Jesus family line all the way back to Noah.
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You Think Adam and Eve Were Real People?
Plenty people who can go to church get deep respect for the Bible teaching about the ransom. According to this teaching, Jesus gave his perfect human life as ransom to save people from their sins. (Matthew 20:28; John 3:16) We know that the ransom, that equal price that someone can pay to free something or buy something back. That the reason why the Bible describe Jesus as “a corresponding ransom.” (1 Timothy 2:6) Maybe you thinking, corresponding, or equal to what? The Bible say: “Just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive.” (1 Corinthians 15:22) The perfect life that Jesus gave to free obedient human from sin and death, equal to the prefect life that Adam lost in the garden of Eden when he sin. (Romans 5:12) So it clear that if Adam was not real human being, then Jesus ransom sacrifice was coming to be for nothing.
Good-Good Thing Them Inside the Bible
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Genealogy
Names of Women. Sometime they use to put some women them name in the record of the family line when they get good reason for keeping it in history. For example, they put Sarai (Sarah) name in Genesis 11:29, 30 because that through her the promise seed was suppose to come. And that not through any other wife Abraham was going to get. Also, they put Milcah name in this same verse because she was Rebekah grandma. And Rebekah was Isaac wife. This one show that her family line coming from Abraham relatives, since Isaac was not suppose to marry woman from different nations. (Ge 22:20-23; 24:2-4) But why they put Keturah name in Genesis 25:1? That because after Sarah die, Abraham marry again and he was still able to born children even after 40 years from the time Jehovah perform miracle for him to have child. (Ro 4:19; Ge 24:67; 25:20) It also show the relationship that Midian and other Arabian tribes were having with Israel.
We can find Leah, Rachel, and Jacob other women them and their sons names inside the Bible. (Ge 35:21-26) It help us to understand how God use their sons later on. That the same reason why we can find other women them name in the family line record. If they will take over the family property, then they can write their name inside the Bible. (Nu 26:33) But Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth case was really different. For each of them, they were having good reason for putting their name in the family line of Jesus Christ, the Messiah. (Ge 38; Ru 1:3-5; 4:13-15; Mt 1:1-5) Other places we can find women name in the family line record that in 1 Chronicles 2:35, 48, 49; 3:1-3, 5.
JANUARY 23-29
GOOD-GOOD LESSONS FROM THE BIBLE | 1 CHRONICLES 4-6
“Wetin My Prayers Can Say About Me?”
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The “Hearer of Prayer”
Jabez use to like praying. He use to start his prayer by asking for God blessing. The three things he ask God for show that he really get faith.
First, Jabez beg God, saying: ‘make my land big.’ (Verse 10) This honest man was not asking God because he was greedy or wanted to take other people land by force. He was begging because he was having more interest in people than the land. Maybe he was asking Jehovah to get more land peacefully, so that plenty people can come worship the true God.
Second, Jabez beg for God “hand” to be with him. God hand here mean the power Jehovah can use to help his worshippers. (1 Chronicles 29:12) For him to get answer to his prayer, Jabez turn to the God who hand not short to help people who put faith in him.—Isaiah 59:1.
Third, in Jabez prayer he say: ‘safe me from trouble so that it can’t hurt me.’ The expression “so that it can’t hurt me”, not mean that Jabez was praying, so that he can’t face any problem. But he was praying so that the problem them can’t overcome him because of the wickedness that was all around him.
The way Jabez pray show that he was concern for true worship and he was having faith and trust in the hearer of prayer. How Jehovah answer Jabez? This short account end with the words: ‘God gave him everything he ask for in prayer.’
Good-Good Thing Them Inside the Bible
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Interesting Points Inside the Book of First Chronicles
5:10, 18-22. During the time Saul was King, the tribes from the east of the Jordan defeated the Hagrites even though the Hagrites were plenty pass them. They were like 2 people to 1 person. The strong fighting men from the east of the Jordan defeated the Hagrites because they trusted in Jehovah and look to him for help. Like them, we too fighting spiritual war against powerful enemies. So, we must continue to put our trust in Jehovah and look to him for help.—Ephesians 6:10-17.
JANUARY 30–FEBRUARY 5
GOOD-GOOD LESSIONS FROM THE BIBLE | 1 CHRONICLES 7-9
“Jehovah Can Help You to Do Any Hard Assignment”
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Interesting Points Inside the Book of First Chronicles
9:26, 27. Jehovah trusted the Levite them who were minding the gate. They were having the key for entering the door to the holy areas in the temple. They use to make sure to open the gate every day. We too, Jehovah na trust us with the assignment to preach to people in our territory and help them to come serve him. We must try our best to show that people can depend on us and trust us just like the Levite gatekeeper them.
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You Able to Be Like Phinehas When You Facing Problems?
Way back in Israel, Phinehas was having one big responsibility. He face those problem them successfully because he was having courage and he depended on God for understanding. Phinehas work hard to take care of God congregation and make Jehovah happy. Some 1,000 years later, Ezra say: “It was Phinehas the son of Eleazar that happened to be leader over them in the past. Jehovah was with him.” (1 Chron. 9:20) May that be true for all those who taking the lead among God people today and all Christians who loyal to Jehovah.
Good-Good Thing Them Inside the Bible
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Sing for Jehovah!
Through his prophets, Jehovah direct his worshipper them to praise him with song. The Singers from the priest tribe were even free from the work that the other Levite them use to do. They free them so they can get enough time to write song and practice how to sing it.—1 Chron. 9:33.
FEBRUARY 6-12
GOOD-GOOD LESSONS FROM THE BIBLE | 1 CHRONICLES 10-12
“Make Your Desire Strong to Do God Will”
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“Teach Me to Do Your Will”
12 David show that he was thankful for the principles he saw in the Law and he really wanted to live by them. He set good example for us to follow. Think about what happen when David said he really wanted to drink water from the cistern or water tank in Bethlehem. Three of his men them force their way inside the city to get water for David to drink. And the Philistines were there. But David refuse to drink the water and he waste it on the ground to Jehovah. Why? David explain: “It is unthinkable on my part, as regards my God, to do this! Is it the blood of these men that I should drink at the risk of their souls? For it was at the risk of their souls that they brought it.”—1 Chron. 11:15-19.
13 David knew from the Law that blood must be waste on the ground to Jehovah and nobody must eat it. He also understand the reason why they must do it like that. David knew that “the soul of the flesh is in the blood.” But somebody will say, that water, that not blood. So why David refuse to drink it? David understand the principle behind the law. To David, the water was looking important just like the three men them blood. So David knew that it was not correct to drink the water. Instead of drinking it, he decided to waste it on the ground.—Lev. 17:11; Deut. 12:23, 24.
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Let God Laws and Principles Train Your Conscience
5 To benefit from God laws, we must not just read it or know it good-good, but we must learn to love and respect them. The Bible say: “Hate what is bad, and love what is good.” (Amos 5:15) But how we can really do it? The best way, that for us to learn to see things the way Jehovah can see them. For example: Let say you finding it hard to sleep. Your doctor say you must change some things in your life, like the type of food you can eat, and take exercise. After you follow the doctor advice, and see that it working for you, you will be too grateful to your doctor for helping you to improve your life. Not so?
6 That the same way our creator na gave us laws that can make our life better and protect us from the problem them that can come because of sin. Just think about how we can benefit when we follow the Bible advice about lying, tricky behavior, stealing, man and woman business, violence, and medicine business. (Read Proverbs 6:16-19; Rev. 21:8) When we experience the plenty blessings that can come from doing things Jehovah way, it can make our love for Jehovah and his laws to be strong and we can be thankful to him.
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Heart
Serving With “Your Whole Heart.” For the real human heart to work good-good, everything on it must be correct. But our figurative heart can be divided. That why David pray to Jehovah saying: “Unify my heart to fear your name.” It show that somebody heart can be divided in the way they show love for God and fear him. (Ps 86:11) That kind na person can be halfhearted, not worshiping God with their whole heart. (Ps 119:113; Re 3:16) Somebody can also get “double heart” (meaning to get two heart). It can also mean trying to serve two masters, or lying to people while thinking on different thing. (1Ch 12:33; Ps 12:2, ftn) Jesus strongly condemn people who were pretending and having double heart.—Mt 15:7, 8.
Anybody who want make God happy must not serve with half heart or double heart. But they must serve him with their whole heart. (1Ch 28:9) We need to fight hard because our heart can want fool us to do bad things. (Jer 17:9, 10; Ge 8:21) Wetin will help us to continue serving Jehovah with our whole heart? We must pray from our heart, (Ps 119:145; La 3:41), study the Bible every day (Ezr 7:10; Pr 15:28), preach the good news with zeal (compare Jer 20:9), and make friend with people who serving Jehovah with their whole heart.—Compare 2Ki 10:15, 16.
FEBRUARY 13-19
GOOD-GOOD LESSONS FROM THE BIBLE | 1 CHRONICLES 13-16
“Following Direction Can Make Us Successful”
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You Can Ask, “Where Is Jehovah?”
12 After they bring the ark back to Israel and it spent plenty years in Kiriath-jearim, King David really wanted to carry it to Jerusalem. He talk with the Israelite them chiefs about bringing the ark to Jerusalem. He ask them if it will be alright to do it, and if Jehovah will accept it. But he not check good-good to know what Jehovah say on the matter. If he was going check, they were not coming to put the Ark on wagon. The Kohathite Levites were going to carry the ark on their shoulders, the way Jehovah clearly directed them. Even though David always use to ask Jehovah, but in this case, he not ask Jehovah the correct way. So the result was very bad. Later on, David said: “Jehovah our God broke through against us, for we did not search after him according to the custom.”—1 Chronicles 13:1-3; 15:11-13; Numbers 4:4-6, 15; 7:1-9.
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You Can Ask, “Where Is Jehovah?”
13 When the Levite them finally took the ark from Obed-edom house and carry it Jerusalem, they sing the song that David write. The song was having this good reminder: “Search after Jehovah and his strength, seek his face constantly. Remember his wonderful acts that he has performed, his miracles and the judicial decisions of his mouth.”—1 Chronicles 16:11, 12.
Good-Good Thing Them Inside the Bible
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Worship Jehovah, the King That Live Forever and Ever
14 David brought the sacred ark of covenant to Jerusalem. During this happy occasion, the Levite them sing one song that get this important words in 1 Chronicles 16:31: “Declare among the nations: ‘Jehovah has become King!’” Maybe somebody will think say, ‘Since Jehovah that King who live forever and ever, why they say he na become King again?’ Jehovah can become King when he show his rulership or choose someone to represent him at a particular time or to deal with certain situation. This part of Jehovah kingship also talking about something more important. Before David die, Jehovah promise him that his kingship will continue forever. Jehovah said: “I will raise up your offspring after you, your own son, and I will firmly establish his kingdom.” (2 Sam. 7:12, 13) In the final fulfillment, a child from David family line came in the world more than 1,000 years later. Who he turn out to be and when he will become King?
FEBRUARY 20-26
GOOD-GOOD LESSONS FROM THE BILE | 1 CHRONICLES 17-19
“Remain Happy Even When Something Disappoint You”
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Focus on How Jehovah Organization Good
King David of Israel, that one of the important person the Hebrew Scriptures talk about. David that was shepherd, musician, prophet, and king. He trust Jehovah God with his whole heart. The deep love that David was having for Jehovah move him to want build house for his God. The house David wanted to build was going to be the main place for true worship in Israel. David knew that building the temple in Israel was going to bring blessing and happiness to God people. That the reason why David sing this song: “Happy is the one you [Jehovah] choose and cause to approach, that he may reside in your courtyards. We will certainly be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holy place of your temple.”—Psalm 65:4.
Find Happiness in Any Assignment You Get
11 That the same way we will be happy when we work hard in any assignment they give us in Jehovah service. We must try to do our best in the preaching work and the congregation activities. (Acts 18:5; Heb. 10:24, 25) Prepare the study material before going to the congregation meeting so you will be able to make comments that will benefit other people. Any student assignment you get for the midweek meeting, take it serious. If they ask you to help with any work in the congregation, be there on time to do it. Take all assignment to be important. Try to improve the way you do your work. (Prov. 22:29). The more you put yourself in your work, that how you will make fast progress and be happy doing your work. (Gal. 6:4) And it will also be easy for you to be with other people when they receive the assignment your heart was on.—Rom. 12:15; Gal. 5:26.
Good-Good Thing Them Inside the Bible
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We Love Our Father Jehovah Very Much
Jehovah Know Me?
You na think on this question before, ‘With all the plenty-plenty people on this earth, wetin will make Jehovah to know me?’ If that how you thinking, that not your one can think that way. King David said, “O Jehovah, what is man that you should notice him, the son of mortal man that you should pay attention to him?” (Ps. 144:3) David was sure that Jehovah knew him good-good. (1 Chron. 17:16-18) That the same way Jehovah using the Bible and his organization to let you know that he know you, and he can see the love you get for him. See some thing them the Bible say that can help you to be sure that Jehovah know you:
• Jehovah knew you even before you were born.—Ps. 139:16.
• Jehovah know what in your heart, and he know the thing them you can be thinking on.—1 Chron. 28:9.
• Jehovah can listen to all your prayers.—Ps. 65:2.
• The thing them we can do can either make Jehovah feel good or bad.—Prov. 27:11.
• That Jehovah himself draw you to him.—John 6:44.
• Jehovah know you so well that even if you die, he able to bring you back to life and put your body and mind together again. Jehovah will also bring you back with all the ways that in you that people know you by.—John 11:21-26, 39-44; Acts 24:15.
FEBRUARY 27–MARCH 5
GOOD-GOOD LESSONS FROM THE BIBLE | 1 CHRONICLES 20-22
“Help Young People to Be Successful”
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“These Things Entrust to Faithful Men”
8 Read 1 Chronicles 22:5. Maybe David was thinking that Solomon was not able to direct the important work of building the temple. Why? Because the temple was suppose to be very beautiful and at that time Solomon was still small and he not know plenty things yet. But David knew that Jehovah was going to help Solomon to be successful in building the temple. So David focus on what he was able to do by preparing plenty building materials for the work.
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“These Things Entrust to Faithful Men”
7 Even though David knew that the praise for building the temple will go to Solomon, he continue to support this important project. And when they finish the temple, they name it Solomon temple, not David temple. Even though David was feeling bad that he was not able to do what he wanted to do for Jehovah, that one not stop him from supporting the work. David work hard and he do his best to put people together to work on the temple. He also collected materials like iron, copper, silver, gold, and cedar timbers for the work. Then he encourage Solomon saying: “Now, my son, may Jehovah be with you, and may you be successful and build the house of Jehovah your God, just as he has spoken concerning you.”—1 Chron. 22:11, 14-16.
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You Helping Your Child to Make Progress and Get Baptize?
14 The elder them in the congregation can help parents by talking good-good things about spiritual goals to the young people them. One sister who was pioneering for more than 70 years remember the good lecture she had with Brother Charles T. Russell the time she was just six years old. She say, “He use 15 minutes to talk with me about my spiritual goals.” So you see, when we say good and encouraging things to young people about spiritual goals, it can help them, and it can be on their heart for long time. (Prov. 25:11) Elders can make parents and their children to be part of Kingdom Hall project by giving the children work to do according to their age and what they able to do.
15 Other people in the congregation can help by showing that they really get interest in the young people them. Try to see the good-good thing them the young people doing to show that they making progress. You na hear any young person making good comment from their heart in the meeting or prepare good-good to take part in the midweek meeting? You see any young person who remaining loyal to Jehovah and can talk about Jehovah in his school? Be quick to tell them thank you from your heart. Try to always talk with one young person before or after the meeting to show how much you really care about them. When you do that one, the young people will know and feel that they part of “the great congregation.”—Ps. 35:18.
Good-Good Thing Them Inside the Bible
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Interesting Points Inside the Book of First Chronicles
21:13-15. Jehovah commanded the angel to put stop to the destruction because He care about the suffering of His people. For true, “Jehovah really merciful.”