FAITHFULNESS
(See also Endurance; Integrity)
aid from God’s word: w05 4/15 12
anointed must maintain: w20.01 22; w16.01 19, 23; w12 3/15 21
avoiding being stumbled: w12 5/15 15; w90 4/15 26-28
benefits: w03 12/1 11
Bible examples:
Abraham: lff lesson 60
Caleb: w93 5/15 26-29
Daniel: w18.02 5-6; w05 7/15 27-28; dp 31-45, 115-120, 122-127; w96 11/15 8-9
Elijah: w14 2/1 12-15; ia 84-88, 90-91; w08 1/1 18-21; w97 9/15 10-15
Gaius: w17.05 27; w92 11/15 17
Jephthah and daughter: lfb 88-89; w16.04 5-9
Job: w18.02 6-7
Noah: w18.02 4-5
Rechabites: it-1 1270
Shulammite maiden: si 117
three Hebrews: it-2 382-383; w05 7/15 27-28; dp 31-45; w96 5/15 14
comments by—
Franz, F. W.: w92 1/1 9
Ishii, Matsue: yb98 69-70; w93 12/15 14; w88 5/1 25
despite difficulties: w06 8/15 24; w99 1/1 9-11
despite opposition of mate: tp 173-174
discussion: w05 7/15 26-30
examples: w03 2/1 10
anointed remnant: w94 9/15 20
children separated from parents by Nazis: g 8/11 18-20; w07 9/1 9; w04 10/15 28; g93 9/22 15-19; yb89 123-125
declines offer of schooling abroad: yb08 51
despite blood loss: yb89 238-239; g88 4/22 11-15
despite family opposition: yb89 88-89; w86 8/15 27-28
despite filthy prison: yb98 69-70; w88 5/1 21, 24
despite labor camps: yb02 190-192
despite loss of year’s pay: w12 7/15 25
despite threat of death: yb04 99, 102-103; yb03 143; w98 11/1 19-21; yb96 88-89, 91; w90 10/15 22; yb90 171-172; yb88 164; w86 8/15 27-28
despite war conditions: yb88 163-164
faithful in face of death: yb94 91, 97-98; g93 5/8 5-12
faithful unto death: kr 150; yb09 165-169; re 39, 43, 102; yb06 82; w03 1/15 32; yb03 23; g03 2/8 18-19; g03 3/8 31; yb02 152; w01 11/15 32; w00 4/1 26-28; w00 5/1 32; w98 6/15 17-18; w96 11/1 32; yb96 90, 93-95, 149, 161; w95 1/15 6-7; w94 7/1 29-31; yb94 96-99, 217-218, 226; g93 2/8 21-23; g93 9/22 10-11; yb92 174-177; w91 8/1 28; yb91 244-245; w90 8/1 19; w90 11/1 23, 28; w89 1/1 32; yb89 99-100, 102, 119-123; g89 4/8 14-16; w88 4/1 21; yb88 151-154
girl refuses arranged marriage to unbeliever: w90 10/15 24
humble sister in prison: yb92 181-182
imprisoned youth: yb02 145-146
isolated brother in Namibia (South-West Africa): w86 9/15 24
isolated single mother of four: jr 80
longtime member of Bethel family: w93 12/15 13
pioneer under interrogation and threats: yb16 113
preaches despite iron lung: w01 9/15 17-18; g93 1/22 18-21
prison cell teeming with bedbugs: yb08 98
refuses to join political youth organization: yb08 120
sea horse: g96 9/22 29
sister working in hospital: yb08 23
stork: w02 8/1 32; g90 1/8 14
wartime Japan: w88 5/1 24
water buffalo: g95 7/22 25
experiences:
‘marrying only in the Lord’ (1Co 7:39): w15 3/15 31-32; w11 11/15 16; yb90 237; w87 10/15 28-29; yb87 57-58
national anthem at school: w92 6/1 9
parents of four-year-old who was struck by car: w88 4/1 27
tests within organization: kr 22-23; yb87 126-128, 131-132
‘faithful envoy a healing’ (Pr 13:17): w04 7/15 28-29
“in what is least” (Lu 16:10): w17.07 8-9; w05 7/15 27-28; w01 6/1 10; w99 10/1 30
Jesus Christ:
“faithful and true witness” (Re 3:14): re 66-67
“Faithful Witness” (Re 1:5): re 18; jv 19-25
keeping one’s word: w14 3/15 30-32; w89 9/15 28-29; yp 216; w88 9/15 17
“let your word ‘Yes’ mean yes” (Mt 5:37; Jas 5:12): it-2 517-518; w14 3/15 32; w12 10/15 27-31
life stories:
Faithful to God for Over 70 Years: g 9/09 12-15
My Father’s Faithful Example: g94 6/22 30
“Oh, Jehovah, Keep My Young Girl Faithful!”: g93 9/22 15-19
We Stuck to Our Assignment: w02 11/1 20-25
“looked for in stewards” (1Co 4:2): w12 12/15 12-13
loyalty differs: cl 281; w88 3/15 17-18
meaning of term: w05 7/15 27-28; w88 12/1 22
moon “a faithful witness” (Ps 89:37): w07 7/15 32
not ignoring, of longtime Christians when problems arise: w92 11/15 20
overcoming fear of man: w89 6/1 6-7
“righteous nation that is keeping faithful conduct” (Isa 26:2): w95 1/1 10-11, 16
strength to maintain: w21.05 22, 24-25
“wounds inflicted by a lover” (Pr 27:6): w90 9/15 28
youths: w97 5/1 32; w91 7/15 23-26