God's gift

God's gift to all intelligent life, both angels and mankind, is free will. God's greatest gift was when "he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16, NIV). Do we use our free will to accept Christ's ransom, so that we may receive God's love?

Free will
God's gift of free will makes us very different from the animals. Animals mainly act because of their instincts, but humankind can choose how we want to live our lives and decide whether we want to please God (Proverbs 30:24). We are are not like machines, programmed to do only what they are made to do. We have the about whom we want to be, whom we want as our friends, and what we want to do with our life. Jehovah, the "Happy God" wants us to enjoy life.

Love God

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God wants us to love him (Matthew 22:37, 38). He is like a father who is happy to hear his child say “I love you”, when the child says it from his heart, and not because he’s forced to. God Jehovah gave us the freedom to choose whether to serve him or not. The Adversary, Adam, and Eve chose to reject Jehovah. Likewise, we can use our free will to reject the Adversary (Proverbs 27:11).