Jehovah s Witnesses containing report for the service year of

Yearbook 17
died. But now through Jehovah's undeserved kindness
man has an opportunity for life. Life is given
to him by God, not by the things man possesses.
We read: "He that exercises faith in the Son has
everlasting life; he that disobeys the Son will not
see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him."
(John 3:36, NW) So then faith and obedience to
the Word of the true God are his requirements.
It must be faith that grows and fills your whole
life, faith that takes you on to a greater understanding
of Jehovah's Word by a study of that
Word, faith that moves you to keep on serving God
with spirit and truth. (John 4:23; Gal. 6:8, 9, NW)
Paul, quoting Jehovah's own earlier utterance,
wrote: "My righteous one will live by reason of
faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure
in him." (Heb. 10:38; Hab. 2:4, LXX) Christians
are not the kind that shrink back. But even any
of them who do shrink back are going into destruction
along with this system of things.
Study of God's Word, searching of the Scriptures
and observing the continuing fulfillment of
God-given prophecy make one's faith strong.
"Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped
for, the evident demonstration of realities though
not beheld. For by means of this the men of old
times had witness borne to them." (Heb. 11:1, 2,
NW) One with faith in God, with love for Him
and for his neighbor, will prolong his days, because
love puts away all covetousness. "He that hateth
covetousness shall prolong his days." (Prov. 28:
16, AS) His right thinking, his proper use of
accurate knowledge, bring life. "This means everlasting
life, their taking in knowledge of you, the
only true God, and of the one whom you sent
forth, Jesus Christ."-John 17:3, NW.
Gaining of everlasting life depends on our
knowledge, our continually taking in knowledge of
the Sovereign Ruler of the universe, Jehovah God,
and of his Son, Christ Jesus. However, Satan, the