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Youth, Is Bible Morality the Best Way?The Watchtower—1981 | November 1
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BUILD YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
20. (a) What can happen when one does not have a personal relationship with God? (b) What was lacking in the immoral persons described by Paul in Romans chapter one?
20 “I never built a personal relationship with Jehovah,” confessed a 22-year-old female raised from infancy in a Christian home. “God was not a real person to me. I guess that’s why it didn’t really bother me when I committed immorality.” Her situation was similar to the immoral persons described by Paul. These “knew God”; they ‘knew full well his righteous decree,’ but lacked “accurate knowledge.”d (Rom. 1:21, 28, 32) This “deeper and more intimate knowledge and acquaintance,”e a personal knowledge, that should have been developed, was lacking. Do you, as a young person, have this personal “accurate knowledge”? You need to study God’s Word personally and regularly in order to appreciate the qualities of God. Recall how such “accurate knowledge” strengthened the early Christians. (See page 5.) But more than book learning is necessary.
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Youth, Is Bible Morality the Best Way?The Watchtower—1981 | November 1
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d In Ro 1 verse 21 Paul uses the Greek word gnoʹsis, whereas in Ro 1 verse 28 he uses e·piʹgno·sis, which is a stronger form of the word. It denotes a deeper and a more thorough knowledge.
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