Saturday, October 7 The good news we preach did not come to you with speech alone but also with power and with holy spirit and with strong conviction.​—1 Thess. 1:5.

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Saturday, October 7

The good news we preach did not come to you with speech alone but also with power and with holy spirit and with strong conviction.—1 Thess. 1:5.

 

Some feel that the true religion should be able to answer every question, even questions that are not specifically addressed in the Bible. Is that a realistic expectation? Consider the apostle Paul’s example. He encouraged fellow believers to “make sure of all things,” but he also admitted that there were many things he did not understand. (1 Thess. 5:21) “We have partial knowledge,” he wrote, adding, “we see in hazy outline by means of a metal mirror.” (1 Cor. 13:9, 12) Paul did not understand everything; nor do we. But Paul did see the general outline of Jehovah’s purposes. He knew enough to be convinced that he had the truth! One way we can strengthen our conviction that we have found the truth is by comparing the pattern of worship set by Jesus with what Jehovah’s Witnesses are doing today. w21.10 18-19 ¶2-4