The Watchtower. Study Edition. February 2025.

Study Article 6.

This article will be studied during the week of April 14th through 20th.

Jehovah's forgiveness. Why we appreciated.

Theme text.

God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten son, John 316.

Song 18, Grateful for the Ransom.

Focus.

To build appreciation for Jehovah's forgiveness of our sins by understanding the basis for that forgiveness.

Paragraphs 1 and 2. Question. In what way is mankind situation like that of the young man mentioned in paragraph 1?

Imagine a young man who has been brought up in a wealthy family.

One day, tragedy strikes.

His parents are killed in an accident.

The news is devastating to him.

However, another shock awaits this young man.

He learns that his parents squandered the family fortune and that they acquired huge debts. Now imagine that instead of inheriting their wealth,

he inherits their debts, and creditors are demanding payment. The debt is far beyond his

ability ever to repay. In some ways, our situation is like

that of this young man. Our original parents, Adam and Eve, were perfect and lived in a beautiful

paradise. They had the prospect of enjoying a rich, endless life. But then everything changed.

They lost their paradise home, as well as their prospect of everlasting life. What inheritance

could they pass on to their future children? The Bible tells us, through one man, Adam, sin entered into the world, and death through sin,

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