04/10/2026
WATCHTOWER SUMMARY
SEPTEMBER 28–OCTOBER 4, 2026
SONG 79 Teach Them to Stand Firm
Help Others Come to Know Jehovah
“This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God.”—JOHN 17:3.
FOCUS How to help your Bible students get to know Jehovah, including his qualities and what pleases him and what displeases him.
1. How do you feel when you see a Bible student making progress?
When we see our Bible student making progress as he attends his first congregation meeting, begins to comment, shares his faith with others, and in time decides to dedicate himself to Jehovah God, we feel thrilled and Joyful . Knowing fully well that Jehovah deserves credit for the progress of our Bible student according to 1 Corinthians 3:5-9, apostle Paul said he planted and Apollos watered it, but Jehovah makes it grow, so despite our loving efforts toward our Bible student ,Jehovah is the ones who gave our student the zeal and desire, so we praise Jehovah when we see how he helps someone to grow spiritually.—
2. What is Jehovah’s will for Bible students? (1 Timothy 2:3, 4)
According to 1 Timothy 2:3,4.
Jehovah's will is for “all sorts of people” to “be saved and come to an accurate knowledge of truth. " And that includes our Bible students.
Jehovah wants people to come to know him and his purposes as fully as possible.
Coning to know Jehovah means talking in accurate knowledge of him.
And as translated from the original- language “accurate knowledge” means not merely a collection of facts that someone learns but knowledge that “has its full effect on the person,” as one Bible scholar said. When a Bible student comes to know Jehovah, that knowledge affects the way he lives. And it opens to him the prospect of “everlasting life.”—
Just as stated at John 17:3 This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
So Jehovah's will for our Bible students is to come to know him and have everlasting life.
3. What will we discuss in this article?
According to John 17:3
Jehovah has given us the privilege of helping others come to know him. In this article, we will discuss the following questions: Why do Bible students need to get to know Jehovah well? How can we teach them what Jehovah is like? And how can we help them put their knowledge of Jehovah to work in their lives?
HELP THE STUDENT TO COME TO KNOW JEHOVAH WELL
4. In harmony with Mark 12:30, what is our primary objective when conducting a Bible study?
In harmony with Jesus words at Mark 12:30
The greatest commandment is to love Jehovah with our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength
Our primary objective when conducting a Bible study is to help our students to come to know Jehovah in order to love him.
We help our student to dedicate himself —not to us, not to a set of teachings, not to an organization—but to Jehovah. Therefore, our primary objective when conducting a Bible study is to help our student come to know and love Jehovah.
5. What will love for Jehovah motivate your Bible student to do?
We obey Jehovah because we love him, so when we help our student to come to know and love Jehovah, he will be moved to obey him. This was the same with Jesus at John 14:31 Jesus said: “For the world to know that I love the Father, I am doing just as the Father has commanded me to do. "
In the same way, love for Jehovah—more than anything else—will motivate a Bible student to obey him and to stick to him.—
In harmony with 1 John 5:3.
Which says that, the love of God means that we observe his commandments;
6.How will knowledge of Jehovah help your Bible student when making decisions? Illustrate.
Knowledge of Jehovah will help Bible students to make wise decisions.
To illustrate: A commercial airline pilot does not learn to fly by merely studying flight regulations or taking an exam. He must also log many hours in the cockpit. Over time, he learns how the plane reacts in different conditions and how his decisions affect the plane’s performance. Similarly, a Bible student will come to know Jehovah not only through his study but also by seeing how things turn out for him when he makes decisions in harmony with Scriptural principles. As he grows in knowledge of Jehovah and sees how his heavenly Father helps him, he will be equipped to make good decisions in any circumstance.
7. How did knowledge of Jehovah help Joseph to make a good decision?
Knowledge of Jehovah helped Joseph when Potiphar’s wife tried to seduce him.
Joseph well know the accounts of Adam and Eve , how they disobeyed Jehovah and the consequences as a result of their disobedience
and about how Abraham and Sarah obeyed Jehovah and the blessing that result from their obedience.
Joseph could discern from those accounts how Jehovah views marriage and the gift of sexual relations. Joseph came to know Jehovah so well that he rejected the advances of Potiphar’s wife and told her: “How could I commit this great badness and actually sin against God?
The knowledge of Jehovah helped Joseph to know what is good and what is bad, as a result Joseph made the right decision by not coming sin against God, when Potiphar's wife grabbed hold of him by his garment and said: “Lie down with me!” Joseph eft his garment in her hand and fled outside. Because he knew that would hurt Jehovah.
So,If we help our Bible students to get to know Jehovah well and to learn what he is like, they too will make choices that please him.
TEACH HIM WHAT JEHOVAH IS LIKE
8. How can you use the Enjoy Life Forever! book to help a Bible student come to know Jehovah?
Just as Jehovah helped Job to learn about him by asking questions, we too can ask questions to help our Bible student come to know Jehovah, The questions found in the Enjoy Life Forever! book are designed to help a student progressively learn about Jehovah’s personality. (See the box “Questions That Help Us Teach.”) So use these questions to help your student come to know Him.
9-10. (a) What will help Bible students to get the most out of their Bible reading? (James 5:11) (b) Illustrate how a Bible account can reveal what pleases or what displeases Jehovah.
a). We might suggest that each time they read a Bible passage, they consider why Jehovah included it in his Word and what qualities it reveals about him. Notice how the disciple James did just that when he referred to the story of Job. James drew attention not only to a quality of Job—his endurance—but also to qualities of Jehovah—His tenderness and mercy.—
b).to illustrate
If our student consults the chart “Get Started Reading the Bible” in the Enjoy Life Forever! book and tells us that he has chosen to read the story of Daniel in the lions’ den. We might encourage him to meditate on such questions as: ‘Why did Jehovah save Daniel? What does this tell me about what makes Jehovah happy?’ (Dan. 6:10, 22) He might also ask himself: ‘What happened to the men who had accused Daniel? What does this tell me about what displeases Jehovah?’ (Dan. 6:4, 5, 24) Finally, he can think about other qualities of Jehovah that are evident in the account.—
11. How can we help our student to see his Bible study as a gift from Jehovah?
we should help him to see that the Source of these benefits is Jehovah, the Grand Instructor. (Isa. 30:20, 21) Our student may thank us for what he is learning and perhaps even praise us for the way we teach. While these sincere expressions of gratitude are not wrong, we should try to redirect such praise and gratitude to Jehovah.
HELP HIM PUT HIS KNOWLEDGE TO WORK
12-13. How can getting to know Jehovah help a student when he finds a Bible account difficult to understand? (See also picture.)
Getting to know Jehovah help a Bible student when he finds a Bible account difficult to understand, it's helpful to recall what he knows about Jehovah. Fo example of he is reading about divine judgements, he may wonder why Jehovah executed some people but spared others. At this time I can encourage this this student to reflect what he has learned about Jehovah. He should think about how precious is life to Jehovah. How far has he gone to save us—even though we are sinners? (Eph. 2:4, 5) Does Jehovah punish people who do not deserve it? On the other hand, does he allow anyone who deserves punishment to escape it? (Ex. 34:6,7)
Though some Bible account does not provide the details that would make Jehovah’s decision more understandable to us. However, we do not need those details.Sonif a student come to know Jehovah,he will be convinced that our God always does what is right.
14. How can you help a student if he finds it hard to get along with someone in the congregation?
If our student finds it hard to get along with someone in the congregation, even if he has been offended by that publisher, I should do well to encourage the student to consider how Jehovah views our brothers and sisters by considering these questions What sacrifice has Jehovah made to show his love for them? (John 3:16) How important is our Christian unity to him? (Ps. 133:1) How does he feel when we strive to protect that unity?
In this way I will help the student to see how pleased Jehovah will. Be when we focus on the positive qualities of others rather than their faults .
15-16. (a) When facing a major decision, how can a Bible student imitate Jesus? (John 8:29) (b) How did Marianne help her student to make a good decision? (See also picture.)
a). A Bible student can imitate Jesus when faced a major decision. He may feel overwhelmed by the number of Bible principles that bear on the topic especially when he has prayed and done research but still struggles to make a decision .
I might first direct his attention to lesson 35 of the Enjoy Life Forever! book, entitled “How to Make Good Decisions.”
You can suggest that he reflect on Jesus’ example. How did Jesus make decisions? At John 8:29, He said: “I always do the things pleasing to [my Father].” (Read John 8:29.)
I will then Encourage the student to ask himself, ‘Based on what I have researched and on what I have learned about Jehovah, what choice would please him?’ this will help him to make a good decision that pleases Jehovah.
b). She was being pressured by her family to accept a well-paying job that would interfere with her meeting attendance. Her Bible teacher, Marianne, relates: “I urged her to reflect on how her decision would make Jehovah feel. Would he be happy or sad? I also encouraged her to pray to Jehovah specifically about the situation and to observe how he would answer. She refused the job offer and soon found employment that allowed her to attend meetings.”
I learnt that rather that tell the student what to do, Marianne helped her to meditate on what she already knew about Jehovah. As a result, this experience strengthened the student’s relationship not only with Marianne but also with Jehovah. Marianne says about her student: “She learned that Jehovah cares for us if we put his worship first.
So when helping my Bible student to make a wise decision, I should not be the one to decide for him or tell him what to do , instead I should help my student to meditate on what he already knew about Jehovah, this will help strengthen his relationship with Jehovah
BLESSINGS FOR THOSE WHO COME TO KNOW JEHOVAH WELL
17. Besides learning the facts, what else do we want Bible students to do?
In our interactive Bible course , students learn the basic Bible doctrine,—including the condition of the dead, the ransom, and the Kingdom.
We also help our Bible students to learn about organizational aspects—such as the meetings, the elder arrangement, and the role of the Governing Body. However, we want our students to do more than just learn facts.
We want ur Bible students to know Jehovah well.
18. What blessings are in store for those who come to know Jehovah?
It is a privilege for us to teach others to come to know Jehovah.
Those who come to know and worship Jehovah are blessed with the happiest life possible today. and in the future, will gain the knowledge of the one who is true,” Jehovah, will enjoy eternal life.
