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“Keep Working Out Your Own Salvation”The Watchtower—1982 | August 1
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to work at good, to be rich in fine works, to be liberal, ready to share,
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“Keep Working Out Your Own Salvation”The Watchtower—1982 | August 1
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11. What vital need is served by this present life, in spite of its few trouble-filled days?
11 This present life as the world lives it is not really living. “The one that goes in for sensual gratification is dead though she is living.” (1 Timothy 5:6) This life, however, serves this one principal need, namely, “to be rich in fine works,” ‘to treasure up a right foundation for the future,’ to “get a firm hold on the real life” in the realm of Jehovah’s kingdom under Christ. We could have everything that this life has to offer, and yet if empty of fine works it would be wasted and worthless. The days of this life are few and full of trouble and pain, sorrow and suffering, grief and disappointment, wickedness and death. The days are few, but there are enough of them for us to get rich in fine works if we do not delay. To do such works brings us joy and satisfaction, peace and contentment, feelings of meaning and purpose, spiritual health and eternal life.
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