Can You Control Your Future? :
... What Controls Your Future?
...... Can You Control Your Destiny?
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2005/1/15/article_01.htm
Many refuse to listen to what God says, because of what so many of those who claim to be His worshipers have done. Yet, how can you blame a physician for a patient's illness if the patient fails to follow the doctor's guidance? Most persons claiming to be loyal Christians have not only long ignored Jesus' 'recipe' for overcoming mankind's ills, but gone directly against his advice. If a chef wants to make a healthy salad, but uses poisonous vegetation instead of the health-promoting recommendations -- can you hold the recipe's originator responsible for the results of eating the chef's poisonous conglomeration?! Yet, God's son Jesus gave us -- not only the remedy for our day-to-day problems -- but those for the afflictions of mankind worldwide! The following article shows how using Jesus' 'recommendations' can make all the difference:
How Can Jesus Change Your Life?
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/1999/7/1/article_02.htm
Another Bible-based article that expounds on this issue is:
Why So Much Suffering & Injustice?
http://www.watchtower.org/library/pr/index.htm?article=article_06.htm
Listed below are several online Bibles that can be used to
"Make Sure of All things; Hold Fast to what is Fine!" (1Th5:21)
2006-06-19 08:51:33
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answered by Anonymous
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EVERLASTING LIFE!
6 The well-known historical figure Jesus Christ described this feature of the knowledge of God in clear terms. He said: “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) Imagine—knowledge that leads to everlasting life!
7 Do not quickly dismiss everlasting life as a mere dream. Instead, look at the way the human body is made. It is splendidly designed to taste, hear, smell, see, and feel. There is so much on the earth that delights our senses—delicious food, pleasant birdsong, fragrant flowers, beautiful scenery, delightful companionship! And our amazing brain is far more than a supercomputer, for it enables us to appreciate and enjoy all such things. Do you think that our Creator wants us to die and lose all of this? Would it not be more reasonable to conclude that he wants us to live happily and to enjoy life forever? Well, that is what the knowledge of God can mean for you.
LIFE IN PARADISE
8 What the Bible says about the future of the earth and mankind might be summed up in one word—Paradise! The mention of Paradise no doubt brought to that man’s mind the happy state of our first parents, Adam and Eve. When God created them, they were perfect and lived in a gardenlike park that the Creator had designed and planted. It was fittingly called the garden of Eden, which name denotes pleasure.
How delightful that garden was! It was a real paradise. Among its beautiful trees were those bearing delicious fruit. As Adam and Eve explored their domain, drank from its sweet waters, and gathered fruit from its trees, they had no reason to be anxious or fearful. Even animals posed no threat, for God had placed the man and his wife in loving dominion over all of them. In addition, the first human pair had vibrant health. As long as they remained obedient to God, an eternal, happy future lay before them. They were given the satisfying work of caring for their wonderful Paradise home. Further, God gave Adam and Eve the mandate to “fill the earth and subdue it.” They and their offspring were to extend the borders of Paradise until our entire planet became a place of beauty and delight.—Genesis 1:28.
10 When Jesus mentioned Paradise, however, he was not asking a dying man to think about the distant past. No, Jesus was speaking about the future! He knew that our entire earthly home would become a paradise. God would thus fulfill his original purpose for mankind and our earth. (Isaiah 55:10, 11) Yes, Paradise will be restored! And what will it be like? Let God’s Word, the Holy Bible, answer.
LIFE IN THE RESTORED PARADISE
16 Everlasting life on a paradise earth will be delightful. “The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it.” (Psalm 37:29) “The wilderness and the waterless region will exult, and the desert plain will be joyful and blossom as the saffron.”—Isaiah 35:1.
KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR FUTURE
17 If life in Paradise appeals to you, let nothing hold you back from gaining the knowledge of God. He loves mankind and will bring about the changes needed to make the earth a paradise. After all, if you had the power to end the misery and injustice so prevalent in the world, would you not do so? Would we expect God to do less? Actually, the Bible speaks in vivid terms of a time when God will remove this strife-ridden system and replace it with a perfect, righteous rule. (Daniel 2:44) But the Bible does much more than tell us about all of this. It shows us how we can survive into God’s promised new world.—2Â Peter 3:13; 1Â John 2:17.
18 The knowledge of God can also do much for you right now. Life’s deepest and most disturbing questions are answered in the Bible. Accepting its guidance will help you to develop a friendship with God. What a grand privilege! And this will enable you to enjoy the peace that God alone can give. (Romans 15:13, 33) As you begin to take in this vital knowledge, you are embarking on the most important and rewarding endeavor of your life. You will never regret acquiring the knowledge of God that leads to everlasting life.
If you would like further information on our happy future or a free home Bible study, please contact Jehovah's Witnesses at the local Kingdom Hall. Or visit http://www.watchtower.org
2006-06-19 04:49:28
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answered by Jeremy Callahan 4
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Reality is Now...what you do now helps to create your future and what will be in it. Your choices now determine where your experience will lead you. Your thoughts build the day around you and color your experience of Reality. Most people live only in their thoughts and miss what is really happening now...they sleepwalk through life. Character is built on choices. Freedom of choice is more powerful than some realize. Live your good life now, make good choices, and tomorrow will take care of itself.
2006-06-19 04:42:12
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