Jehovah’s Requirements Since the dawn of history (the beginnings of mankind)
Jehovah, the God who created us, had requirements for us.What kind of requirements? At first, there were only two people living in the world. Adam
and his wife, Eve, lived alone in the Garden of Eden. For them,
there was only ONE commandment: 16 "And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every
tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 but of the tree
of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat
of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
(Genesis 2:16-17) (American Standard Version) -BibleGateway Did they follow the one simple commandment? We know that they did not and the consequence was death. Did they die immediately? No. They lived for many hundreds of years. They were supposed to
live forever, but instead, eventually, they did die - just as Jehovah
warned them: "5 Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died."
(Genesis 5:5) (New International Version) -BibleGateway Jehovah required other things later such as circumcision, but even
more important were the Ten Commandments that Jehovah dictated
to Moses while the Israelites were seeking the promised land. Were the Ten Commandments hard to follow? No. They were simple and designed to promote good relations
between Jehovah and His chosen people. Jesus even simplified
the Ten Commandments later down to just two. How much simpler can it be? 36 "Teacher, which is the most important commandment
in the law of Moses?" 37 Jesus replied, " `You must love
the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and
all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
39 A second is equally important: `Love your neighbor as your-
self.' 40 All the other commandments and all the demands of
the prophets are based on these two commandments."
(Matthew 22:34-40) (New Living Translation) -BibleGateway Does Jehovah have any other requirements for us? Yes. Very important requirements: He wants all of us
to live forever in harmony on a paradise earth. 
Will all of us live forever on a paradise earth? No. Most of the people of this world will be destroyed. Why? Most of the people of the world are willfully disobedient, even
disrespectful to Jehovah. Many people are even evil. How can there be a paradise on the earth
with evil and disobedient people in it? There cannot be a true paradise with these people around.
The evil people are what is wrong with the world now. What will Jehovah do about them? 10 In just a little while, the wicked will be no
more; though you look carefully at his place,
he will not be there. 11 But the meek shall inherit
the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.
(Psalms 37:10-11) (ESV) -BibleGateway This is fair warning! The time is now for these disobedient, disrespectful
and evil people to change their ways! But will they change? "My minister says that we will be raptured to Heaven when
'The End' comes. I'm saved! I'm going to Heaven baby!" Realistically, people do not change easily. Most of the people
in the world are going to continue to be disobedient, disrespectful
and evil right up to the end when they are all destroyed. They will
gladly listen to their ministers and follow them to their doom. Why doesn’t Jehovah make people be obedient and respectful? People are allowed to choose how they want to act. Jehovah can
make them want to change by force or threat. That would be easy
enough to make people obey Jehovah’s requirements when they are
scared. This use of force is not what Jehovah wants. He is our loving
Father who wishes for people to voluntarily behave. The people who
willingly follow the teachings of Jesus and his apostles will live; the
ones who disregard these simple requirements will die. Nobody is
being forced to behave. People get plenty of chances to learn proper
behavior from Jehovah’s servants, but Jesus never told his followers
to force anybody to listen to them: "14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words,
shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or
town. 15 I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for
Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for
that town."
(Matthew 10:14-15) (NIV) -BibleGateway Can evil people pretend to be good and survive? No. Pretending will not work. Jesus and Jehovah are not
fooled by outward appearances: "15 You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no
one. 16 But if I do judge, my decisions are right, because I
am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me."
(John 8:15-16) (NIV) -BibleGateway "…for Jehovah seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on
the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart."
(1Samuel 16:7) (ASV) -BibleGateway Who is trying to teach the people of the
world Jehovah’s requirements? Are the Catholic or protestant ministers and priests teaching
the things Jehovah requires? No! The ministers of Christendom merely serve to tell people
what they want to hear instead of what they need to know. The apostle Paul prophesied this in his letter to Timothy: "1 Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times
some will turn away from what we believe; they will follow
lying spirits and teachings that come from demons. 2 These
teachers are hypocrites and liars. They pretend to be religious,
but their consciences are dead. 3 They will say it is wrong to
be married and wrong to eat certain foods."
(1Timothy 4:1-3) (NLT) -BibleGateway What People are actively teaching the truth
to those who will listen all over the world? Jehovah’s Witnesses carry out a world-wide preaching
work unmatched by any other religion. Many evangelists
such as Dr. Billy Graham have preached their version of
Christianity to millions of people, but according to the
Watchtower yearbook for the year 2007, more than 6.9
million members of Jehovah’s Witnesses spent 1.4 billion
hours in service work (door-to-door preaching) and conducted
over 6.5 million home Bible studies in 236 countries in the
year 2007 alone. From: http://www.jw-media.org/people/statistics.htm Why do they do that? 14 When the good news about the kingdom has
been preached all over the world and told to all
nations, the end will come.
(Matthew 24:14) (CEV) -BibleGateway | 
