Saturday, August 5 Maintain your conduct fine among the nations, so that when they accuse you of being wrongdoers, they may be eyewitnesses of your fine works and, as a result, glorify God.​—1 Pet. 2:12.

[Áine]

Saturday, August 5

Maintain your conduct fine among the nations, so that when they accuse you of being wrongdoers, they may be eyewitnesses of your fine works and, as a result, glorify God.—1 Pet. 2:12.

 

Jesus remained positive and kept preaching even though some were indifferent to his message. Why? He knew how much the people needed to know the truth, and he wanted to give as many as possible an opportunity to accept the Kingdom message. He also knew that some who initially were indifferent would eventually respond. Consider what happened in his own family. During Jesus’ entire three-and-a-half-year ministry, none of his brothers became his disciples. (John 7:5) Yet, after his resurrection, they became Christians. (Acts 1:14) We do not know who will eventually accept the Bible truths we teach. Some people take longer than others to respond to our message. Even those who choose not to listen to us see our good conduct and positive attitude, and they may eventually begin to “glorify God.” w21.05 18 ¶17-18

 

[Alejandro]

Jesus' brothers growing up with him as an older brother, may have had difficulty accepting his role as "The Messiah" or "Son of God", due to familiarity and natural skepticism towards someone they grew up seeing as an ordinary brother, -- but later may have experienced a change of perspective after seeing his teachings, miracles and especially after his resurrection.