Will Jesus Recognize you? an illustration used at an assembly:sheep/wolves

by lostlantern 23 Replies latest jw friends

  • lostlantern
    lostlantern

    Here is an illustration that was sent to me from a witness. I think it is disturbing, decide for yourselves. How sad and sickening, imagine hearing this at the assembly.

    This illustration was used at a circuit assembly

    There was a farmer who raised sheep and had trouble with wolves stealing
    his sheep. He loved his sheep and didn't want to lose even one of them.
    One day the wolves came and the farmer quickly raised his rifle and POW! -
    killed every wolf he shot at. As he turned his rifle toward a shadow he
    saw a puppy wolf huddling besides a fence post shivering. The farmer felt
    sorry for him, picked him up, tucked him inside his coat and took him
    home. As time passed, the farmer grew to love the puppy wolf and
    took him everyday to help him tend his sheep. The sheep loved the puppy
    wolf too and thought of him as one of one of them. The puppy wolf learned
    to call the sheep by their names, just like the farmer did.

    It wasn't long before he grew to full size and the farmer trusted him to
    care for his sheep while he rode to town to buy
    supplies. Then one day the puppy wolf was running in the farmer's field
    and heard howling in the woods. He ran to the edge of the fence and
    watched as a pack of wolves approached. They seemed happy to see him
    although he didn't recognize them. One by one, they told him of all the
    fun they were having, running anywhere they wanted, doing whatever they
    pleased...no one telling them what to do! They invited him to come on the
    other side of the fence with them.

    The Puppy wolf thought about the fence, and how he'd never been on the
    other side of it. The more he listened he began to wonder if he was
    missing out on something. It only took another minute and he dug under the
    fence and left with the pack. For three seasons he lived with the wolves.
    They had plenty to eat and did whatever they wanted. It was such fun and
    he was glad for the choice he made.

    But winter came and everyone became hungry and restless. It was cold, so
    cold, where they had to sleep. The puppy wolf began to think about the
    farmer and how he'd never slept cold and never felt hunger. Soon he heard
    the leader of the pack announce it was time to steal some of the farmer's
    sheep, so they could survive the winter. The puppy wolf loudly exclaimed,
    "NO, they are my friends, don't hurt them". But the leader said, "You're
    one of us now, do as you're told!" They all began to run fast toward the
    farmer's property.

    The puppy wolf reluctantly followed. Soon they arrived and began to dig
    under the farmer's fence. The farmer heard his
    sheep cry out so he grabbed his rifle and ran to shoot at the wolves.
    BANG! He killed one after another and soon was face to face with a wolf
    backed up against the fence post who cried out, "Wait, don't shoot me. I'm
    he puppy you raised. I'm your friend. Don't you remember me?"

    But the farmer looked at the wolf and saw how matted his coat was and how
    he smelled like the rest of the pack. He said to the wolf, "I don't know
    you." He raised his rifle and shot...BANG!!! The! wolf was dead!

    Brother McIntosh said that there was silence in the auditorium, and then
    the brother giving the talk said, "Brothers, when Armageddon comes and
    Jesus is doing his destruction work, will he recognize you?"
  • Honesty
    Honesty

    Proudly dispensed to your Theocratic ears by the demented minds controlling the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.

  • luna2
    luna2

    Ugh. Who thinks this stuff up? I can picture the dubs sitting there listening to this gross little homily explaining how Jesus will commit mass murder and most would nod their bobble heads in agreement...even though some might find it shocking.

    Hitler came up with some great propaganda too.

  • delilah
    delilah

    I cannot imagine the young children listening to this, how frightened they must have been.....what garbage!!! Scare tactics seem to be the same, as per usual.

  • Satanus
    Satanus

    Pretty stupid, since jesus said that whoever fed a hungry person, helped the sick, etc had done it to him. Why not use jesus' own illustrations? Oh yah, too simple.

    S

  • AuldSoul
    AuldSoul

    What they forget to mention is that Jesus' sheep know the owner's voice and they do not listen to the voice of strangers who tell sheep they need an interpreter for what the owner teaches.

    Jesus never said there weren't also sheep that didn't belong to him, he just said his sheep know his voice.

    Jehovah's Witnesses know the Governing Body's voice and their elder body's voice, their CO's voice and the DO's voice, the voice of the Watchtower and the Awake!, but they don't know the voice of Jesus.

    Respectfully,
    AuldSoul

  • TopHat
    TopHat

    I would have walked OUT if I had been there...

  • Honesty
    Honesty
    Jehovah's Witnesses know the Governing Body's voice and their elder body's voice, their CO's voice and the DO's voice, the voice of the Watchtower and the Awake!, but they don't know the voice of Jesus.

    Respectfully,

    AuldSoul

    So true and yet so sad.

  • purplesofa
    purplesofa
    The puppy wolf reluctantly followed. Soon they arrived and began to dig

    under the farmer's fence. The farmer heard his

    sheep cry out so he grabbed his rifle and ran to shoot at the wolves.

    BANG! He killed one after another and soon was face to face with a wolf

    backed up against the fence post who cried out, "Wait, don't shoot me. I'm

    he puppy you raised. I'm your friend. Don't you remember me?"

    How to tug the heartstrings............using a cute little puppy wolf in the illustration.

    the whole thing is far fetched, but I could have easily been taken in by it at certain points in my life.

    But the farmer looked at the wolf and saw how matted his coat was and how

    he smelled like the rest of the pack. He said to the wolf, "I don't know

    you." He raised his rifle and shot...BANG!!! The! wolf was dead!

    I certainly hope that judgement does not go by looks..........to me that is what this statement makes.

    I thought judgement was based on whats in someones heart.

    The puppy wolf reluctantly followed.

    I hope someday I am purged of all this nonsense.

    purps

  • Star Moore
    Star Moore

    So what the illustration is saying is, you must stay in the fold of the JW's or Jesus will KILL you at the Great Tribulation. What mind control...makes me sick...

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