1. What do we mean by the term “the truth”?

We refer to our beliefs and worship of God and that our way of living is based on what the Bible teaches.

Thus it implies much more than being part of a religion that perhaps is how other people in the world see it if not that it implies a way of life to correct our way of thinking and as the Gospel of John 8:32 says it is a truth that we libera frees us from false teachings and allows us to live in the best possible way.

And as the truth is part of our life part of our vocabulary, because when we meet another person it is normal for us to ask how you knew the truth. How long have you been born in the truth?​ —John 8:32.

2. According to John 13:34, 35, what might initially attract a person to the truth?

2 We have seen many experiences both biographies and broadcasting or interviews where brothers when they visited a kingdom hall for the first time because perhaps they do not remember what exactly was talked about but they do remember the love that the Brothers showed them the love that John 13:34 speaks of. and 35.

Also in other cases the good conduct as we see here in first Peter 2:12 when other people see our honesty our integrity the morality that we have that has also impressed them to join Jehovah\’s people.

Of course, and it is something that draws a lot of attention to people to see biblical principles in action, something that is not seen in this world, hence it causes such a shocking first impression (1 Pet. 2:1; Read John 13:34, 35.) 

3. What may happen if our faith in God is based only on the Christlike love shown by our brothers and sisters?

3 Well, as the paragraph says, it is as if we build our faith with soft materials, what feelings or emotions are like and like a house that is built with a bad foundation can fall because our faith if it is not based on a good friendship with Jehovah Or how does Romans 12: 2 say if we do not prove that truth for ourselves with facts or logical reasoning, because this faith can also be shaken.

If our relationship with Jehovah were built with these soft materials, things such as a person, an elder, a pioneer, respected brothers, commit a serious sin, hurt us or become apostate by being based simply on emotions or feelings or by just following people our relationship with Jehovah it would be put in check very soon. ​—Rom. 12:2

4. According to Matthew 13:3-6, 20, 21, how are some affected by tests of their faith?

4 And it would be delusional to think that we will never have problems, it is something that sooner or later we will all experience and as Psalm 6: 6 mentions, sometimes we can get exhausted from sighing and spending the night crying and it is something that drains our joy and Our illusions however if we have a well rooted faith will not fade.

Verses 20 and 21 show The problem is that these new disciples are not afraid of the tribulation of problems but that their heart is hard as a rock and as has been commented, they have not penetrated, they have not been convinced that this is the The truth has not fully penetrated your heart and that is why trouble comes and your faith fades. (Read Matthew 13:3-6, 20, 21; Matt. 16:24; Ps. 6:6; Eccl. 9:11.

5. How are the majority of our brothers and sisters proving that they are convinced that they have the truth?

5 Psalm 119: 165 says that if a person loves Jehovah\’s law nothing will be an obstacle for him, the vast majority of our brothers and sisters love Jehovah\’s word for them is the truth, therefore their Faith is strengthened with each trial .

And James chapter 1 verse 3 emphasizes this idea well when he says that his faith of proven quality has already been tested faith and what it produces is endurance, when we are faced with tests such as gold is refined and impurities are removed. it can remove the impurities that we may have and our quality our faith is approved and it will produce more endurance.

If I also love the first part of Psalm 119 because it says that it does not lose its peace, its peace is abundant so although we do not stumble also if we lose peace that can also measure how our faith is, we have to maybe strengthen our faith if it is happening something that is robbing us of our peace. (Ps. 119:165; Jas. 1:2-4) 

6. On what did the first-century disciples build their faith?

6 How we read in Galatians 2: 5 in the truth of the good news and that includes the knowledge of the scriptures and the teachings of Jesus Christ for example his sacrifice and resurrection.

And the Christians of Berea set a good example in this regard because we read of them in Acts Chapter 17 that when they received the word they accepted it with great interest because, because every day they carefully examined the scriptures to see if these things were as they were. they said, their feelings they had for the truth reinforced with knowledge.

And this deep knowledge that their faith was not based simply on feelings but quite the opposite as mentioning Hebrews 5 14 is a faith that through practice and training, because it facilitated that they had the ability to think to discern what it is that is good and what is not good. (Gal. 2:5; Acts 17:2, 3; Acts 17:11, 12; Heb. 5:14; Col. 1:9, 10).

7. What will our faith in Bible truths do for us?

7 Also in the psalm it is said that the essence of the word of Jehovah is the truth, the meaning of essence is that which is invariable, so the biblical truths are the ones that will sustain us in difficult moments because it will never change.

The Illustration of the paragraph is very beautiful, such as an anchor keeps a ship afloat during a storm of ours. It is based on biblical truths, I will not endure difficult moments and we have possibly seen images of small ships in big storms how they can stay afloat and thanks to that point We are going to experience or already experience extremely difficult situations and it is that knowledge that we have those truths that we know are eternal and do not vary is what keeps us always stable (Ps. 119:160) 

8. As shown at 2 Timothy 3:14, 15, how did Timothy become convinced that he had the truth?

8 Well, of course, it is the influence of her mother and grandmother that helped her since they helped her since she was little because they taught her the holy writings and also the love that the disciples of Jesus showed for each other impressed her, but this was not the only thing that It helped convince him because he also had other influences, so it was spending time and energy to study and reach conclusions that convinced him what it was that cemented his friendship with Jehovah.

And that is what 2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 14 shows, he learned them from his mother as well, but nevertheless, as shown, it says that he was persuaded and a reference work is interesting what it says that this word in its original language is to be convinced and sure that something is true or true, so Timoteo convinced himself that what he had learned from his mother was the truth. (Read 2 Timothy 3:14, 15; Phil. 2:19, 20) 

9. What three basic truths do you need to prove to yourself?

9 First we have to be convinced that Jehovah is the creator of all things It also includes understanding the meaning of his name I will be what I decide to be and according to Revelation 4:11 we have to accept that Jehovah deserves to receive the glory because he created all things.

The second thing we have to be convinced of is that the Bible contains God\’s message for us and that as we read in Second Timothy 3:16 and 17 this message from the Bible enables and complements us for all that Jehovah wants. what we do.

What Jehovah has a group of people here on earth who worship him in an organized way under the guidance of Christ and as says Acts 15:14 Jehovah would draw from among the nations a people for his name and it is a name as we see in Isaiah 43 are Jehovah\’s Witnesses.

And an idea that helps us not to overwhelm ourselves is that we do not have to be as a walking encyclopedia says here, that is to say, the objective is not to hoard biblical knowledge just because, but to use our ability to reason to convince ourselves that we have the truth. (Ex. 3:14, 15; Heb. 3:4; Rev. 4:11; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17; Isa. 43:10-12; John 14:6; Acts 15:14; Rom. 12:1)

10. In addition to knowing the truth, what do we need to be able to do?

10 Well, we have the responsibility of that truth to teach it to other people and when we do that we defend our faith with which it becomes stronger.

We also have a great help is the series of conversations with a Jehovah\’s Witness that appeared in the Watchtower from 2010 to 2015 and there you see several conversations between the householder and the Jehovah\’s Witness and the reasoning that there are examples questions all This can help us so that when we are also preaching we can also transmit the truth and that the person can be convinced that this is the truth.* (1 Tim. 4:16) 

11. What example did the apostle Paul set as a teacher?

11 If you quote what acts 28:23 Paul says that he convinced them that they accepted Jesus using the law and the prophets, that is, he used the Bible but he used it reasoning about it to convince and that is what we want to do when We teach others to reason about what the Bible says so that they become convinced.

Often there is a strong bond between a Bible student and a publisher, a lasting friendship often remains after baptism, but our main goal is to teach Bible students to love Jehovah Bible students cannot base their faith in friendship with us should not accept the truth because we admire the people in the congregation.

And one point that caught my attention from verse 23 is that Paul says that he reasoned with people from morning to sunset this teaches us that when we help others to accept the truth this takes time requires us to be patient because love for Truths do not emerge overnight, so this teaches us the importance of being patient when teaching others. (Acts 28:23) 

12-13. How can parents help their children to remain in the truth?

12 –13 Not only with the idea that since they have good friends in the congregation everything is already settled, it is interesting that parents worry that the greatest friendship they have is with Jehovah, to understand why Jehovah does things to understand that everything that He has done it has been for the welfare of his servants that is important so that this truth also calms their hearts.

Also another idea that is mentioned by copying the example that we heard in the Regional Assembly that not only do we have to give them fish but also teach them to fish, explain how to use study tools to be able to obtain those deep teachings for themselves in the future and that they be good students too. (Matt. 24:45-47; 1 Cor. 2:10)

ILLUSTRATION

Well, we see a family studying biblical prophecies and we see that the example of the father because he has the book well prepared and perhaps this will help him to the questions that the daughter asked him, because he has a notepad where perhaps he has prepared several questions so the father is reasoning with her and explains why maybe she has to go through these tests or some kind of detail from the prophecies.

And we see that in this family there are two children of different ages, but the parents do not come to the conclusion that the children are too young to study deep things, looking at the cover of the book they are studying the book pure worship a deep book, seeing Also the body language of the father and that of the daughter shows that the daughter is thinking, that is, he is not only explaining the information, he is helping her to reason, perhaps he is using questions and that makes the girl think and convinces herself .

14. Why should we study Bible prophecy? (See also the box “Can You Explain These Prophecies?”)

14 There are many prophecies in the word of God is an important part of the Bible and when we study not only those that are being fulfilled today but also those that have been fulfilled in the past that will strengthen our faith a lot.

And for example Daniel chapter 2 and chapter 11 greatly strengthens our faith because we know or understand that another power is not going to come as seen in Daniel chapter 2 but that the Anglo-American power is already the last, but also by another side of chapter 11 of Daniel, maybe we thought well, we still need to reveal who the king of the North is, well we already know it too, so we see that we are at the gates of the great tribulation and the new world and that strengthens us a lot faith. (2 Tim. 3:1-5; Matt. 24:3, 7; Daniel chapter 2 or in Daniel chapter 11* 

BOX

A first idea that occurs to me is the fact that all these prophecies have really adjusted the understanding in recent years about how they apply to Jehovah\’s people and that is why it is very important that we continue to study to familiarize ourselves quickly and when there is an adjustment of understanding in order to be up to date and at the pace of the organization and that our faith is strong.

And perhaps we could also use this box this summary of prophecies to review it with our students that we help them to reason and that in this way we also help their faith to be strengthened.

Yes, also thinking about prophecies of which well here we hope for future fulfillment because also knowing them well and knowing what they mean prepares us to face the tests that we have in the future.

15-17. How did studying the Bible strengthen our brothers who were persecuted by the Nazis?          

15-17 The brothers in Nazi Germany already knew that the kingdom of God had begun to rule in 1914, they studied biblical prophecies of course before being put in concentration camps, from their previous biblical study they knew how to calculate the year 1914, they believed that the kingdom God was already ruling and they also knew from the Bible that no human government can destroy the kingdom of God, so they had a solid reason to persevere.

I really like that example because not only did they know those truths but they were convinced what that meant for themselves and that is why they knew that somehow that Hitler government would come to an end.

Yes, walking around remembering a little what we have talked about in the first paragraphs, what helped the brothers in the concentration camps was not only the love they showed each other, some in fact were even alone, but it was their knowledge and understanding of the Bible. and the prophecies and her trust in Jehovah that made her have unwavering faith. ​—2 Pet. 1:19-21

ILLUSTRATION

Well, we see this family that has studied the prophecies and thanks to that conviction and that confidence in the prophecies they have the necessary confidence the unshakeable faith to endure those tests that come.

The faces are also calm and the children see that they know exactly what to do, they are probably hiding the books and Bibles.

18. As indicated at John 6:67, 68, why do we need the “accurate knowledge and full discernment” that Paul wrote of?

18 Well, because that was what helped him in a time of trial to know how to identify where the truth was and be convinced, he knew that Jesus had the truth where he was going to go because that will help us whatever the time there is. It proves that there is the influence that we have to be convinced of what the truth is.

It says there at the end of the paragraph that our faith will remain solid in the face of trials and we will also be a source for other people because we will share the truth. (Phil. 1:9; Eph. 4:14; Read John 6:67, 68; 2 John 1, 2).