No question about it, Revelation does reveal to us God’s will and purpose for his people and for all humankind. What good news it contains of the eventual triumph of righteousness! What stress it places on our enduring, so that we can come off victorious, and on our praising Jehovah God and his Lamb, Jesus Christ! How fitting that it has been placed at the end of the library of “little books” that comprise the inspired Scriptures! Truly ‘happy are those who read, hear and observe the things written in it’​—to the extent that they understand them!

What Defense Against Defamers of True Christians?

THE entire body of Christian teachings, which became part of God’s written Word, is the “truth of the good news” or simply the “truth.” (Gal. 2:5; Rom. 2:8) Throughout the centuries relatively few persons have accepted that fact. Blinded by the “god of this system of things,” Satan the Devil, many have fought against the “truth of the good news” by misrepresenting true Christians, their teachings and their motives.​—2 Cor. 4:3, 4.

To Christians such misrepresentation is one evidence that they are indeed walking in harmony with God’s truth. It can thus be a reason for their rejoicing, knowing that their adherence to the truth will lead to lasting blessings. As Jesus Christ said in the Sermon on the Mount: “Happy are you when people reproach you and persecute you and lyingly say every sort of wicked thing against you for my sake. Rejoice and leap for joy, since your reward is great in the heavens; for in that way they persecuted the prophets prior to you.”​—Matt. 5:11, 12.

Of course, it is not pleasant to be the object of reproach. One may become very much concerned about possible adverse effects upon those who might be led to accept the misrepresentation as truth. Especially when the defamation comes from those who at one time seemingly walked in harmony with the truth of God’s Word, one may want to fight against it. But is this the wise course?

We should never forget that many persons simply do not want to know the truth. Believing that conformity to the high standards of God’s Word is too much, some are just looking for an excuse not to listen to the Bible’s message as presented by Jehovah’s Christian witnesses. When Jehovah’s Witnesses are misrepresented, these persons want to believe falsehoods in order to justify their course of action.