1. Blessed for Their Firm Stand

2. God’s servants took a firm stand against astrology.

3. Although I admired Franc for his firm stand, I was frightened.

4. Honesthearted teachers admire them for their firm stand taken for their belief.

5. Nobody will take a firm stand before you all the days of your life.

6. (Numbers 13:2, 25–33; 14:2) Caleb’s firm stand was shared by his fellow spy Joshua.

7. (1 Peter 5:8, 9) By taking a firm stand against Satan, we can maintain our blessed unity as Jehovah’s people. —Psalm 133:1-3.

8. In scores of lands, Jehovah’s Witnesses have been banned, mobbed, imprisoned, or thrown into concentration camps because of their firm stand for God’s Kingdom and his righteous ways.

9. Likewise, those who desire to please the living God today must take a firm stand against offering incense at funerals, and food or drink at family or public shrines, as well as against other kinds of idolatry.