Thursday, April 25



If anyone thinks he has acquired knowledge of something, he does not yet know it just as he ought

to know it.—1 Cor. 8:2.


Do we really know all the details that led up to a dispute?Can we fully understand the backgrounds of the individuals
involved? When called upon to judge, how vital it is that elders not let themselves be deceived by falsehood, clever tactics,
or rumors!

God’s appointed Judge, Jesus Christ, judges righteously.He does not “judge by any mere appearance to his eyes,
nor reprove simply according to the thing heard by his ears.†(Isa.11:3, 4) Rather, Jesus is guided by Jehovah’s spirit. Christian elders likewise have the benefit of being guided by God’s holy spirit.Before they make judgments respecting fellow believers, elders need to pray for the help of Jehovah’s spirit and depend on its guidance by consulting God’s Word and the publications of the faithful and discreet slave class.


—Matt. 24:45.

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