THE WATCHTOWER—STUDY EDITION August 2023

[Sofia]

This is absolutly outstanding! Food at proper time. The answer of some of my prayers.

Take a look of the articles to be studied in October:

 

• STUDY ARTICLE 33  Learn From Daniel’s Example
• STUDY ARTICLE 34  Learn From Bible Prophecy
• STUDY ARTICLE 35  Continue to Be Patient
• STUDY ARTICLE 36  Carry What You Must, and Throw Off the Rest

[coolbrz731]

When did they start using different voices for the questions and the paragraphs?  Did I miss when that happened?

[ChrisW]

Thank you for the appetizer. I actually started studying article 36 yesterday. I loved the points under the subheading "Weights We Must Throw Off"

 

STUDY ARTICLE 36

Carry What You Must, and Throw Off the Rest

 

 

Weight:

 ¹² Feeling responsible for the poor decisions that others make. We cannot make decisions for others; nor can we always shield them from the consequences of the bad choices they make. For example, a son or a daughter may eventually decide to stop serving Jehovah. That  decision can cause untold grief to the parents. However, parents who blame themselves for their child’s poor decision take on a heavy burden. It is not a weight that Jehovah expects them to bear.—Rom. 14:12.

 

Than it gives us the advice: 

¹³ How can you throw off that weight? Recognize that Jehovah has given all of us free will. He lets each person make his own choice. That includes whether to serve him. Jehovah knows that you are not a perfect parent; he simply wants you to do the best you can. The choice your child makes is his responsibility, not yours. (Prov. 20:11) Still, you may fret over mistakes you made as a parent. If so, let Jehovah know how you feel and ask for his forgiveness. He knows you cannot relive the past and change what has happened. At the same time, he does not expect you to keep your child from reaping what he has sown. Bear in mind that if your child makes any effort to return to Jehovah, He will eagerly receive him back.—Luke 15:18-20.

 

Points I really appreciated and saved in my phone. As parents we want to help so badly, and if we can prevent our children from causing themselves unnecessary pain that's what we strive to do.  But, we all reap what we sow even our children.

[Jwanon]

https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-august-2023/Questions-From-Readers-August-2023/

 

Is there something in this article that we didn't already know before ?

[carlos]

It's just a small detail, call it semantics if you wish.

 

We have long understood that there were two issues raised by Satan: the issue of sovereignty (Jehovah doesn't have the right to rule because he's a bad ruler) and the issue of integrity (people were created selfish and only serve Jehovah for interest).

 

Now we understand there's only one main issue, the sanctification of Jehovah's name, and all the others are just aspects of that main issue.