by TheListener 48 Replies latest jw friends
Blondie nailed it. Up until the 1940s the "anointed" were referred to as "The Christ".
It all stems from Russell's doctrine that the Bride of Christ (144,000) would become "one" with Christ, becoming co-redeemers of the world with Christ himself...becoming "The Christ" (144,001).
It seems like this doctrine has been de-emphasized for quite some time, but perhaps it will be resurrected to some extent?
I was actually thinking that maybe there would be a move back to giving proper honor to Jesus.
When did they ever give him proper honor before?
I think this is a perfect example of how this organization is hiding what it reallyis by putting titles out there that make people think 'hey those people believe in Jesus too'. They hide so many teachings that in the past where out there in plain sight. This is another mind twist in an attempt to confuse JWs and the public.
The WBT$ has the same use for Jesus,as they do any JW window washer or janitor in thier organization..Jesus like Jehovah,does what ever the WBT$ tells him to do..In the 1950`s and 60`s they made him shave his beard for Awake and Watchtower pictures,so he didn`t stumble any Jehovah`s Witness`s..LOL!!...OUTLAW
Just for grins I did a search on the WT-CD 2005 for the phrase:
"Follow the Christ"
and come up with nothing. What scripture is this based on; maybe more importantly, which bible translation is this from?
Blondie
?????
(Matthew 16:24) 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples: "If anyone wants to come after me, let him disown himself and pick up his torture stake and continually follow me.
I heard the pubic talk is "Some day we will be happen when God kills all the bad people" and if one of those bad people is someone we love, God in mercy will destory their memory of them in our brains!
What a f***ing crock of crap!!!
If they were really, truly and earnestly going to Follow the Christ! they would have to
And that's just for starters.
I agree with blondie as well . It's about following the publishing corporation that claims it's the FDS appointed over the earthly subjects . It's pretty sneaky how they left out the name jesus and just said christ . They don't want you to actually follow the teachings of jesus but the WTBTS interpretations of his teachings .
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The use of the article "the" with the title (the Christ) is another way attention is sometimes drawn to the office as held by Jesus.
It would remind one of the singular official position Jesus holds as the Anointed One of Jehovah, an honored position not shared by others of his followers who are also anointed.
The title Chris means Anointed One not just anointed. I am interested to see how the theme will be developed.
bczar
All I can say is that they have been lurking around here. Maybe read blondie's posts on their insistence on using Old Testament examples all the time.
This is all I found. There doesn't seem to be any scripture that says: "Follow the Christ", but I think this article below will be the guideline for next summer's assembly. Warning: barf bag required while reading the following:
w 2002 3/15 p. 17 Christ Leads His Congregation ******
Elders Submit to Christ’s LeadershipHow
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Every Christian—particularly the elders—must follow Christ’s leadership. The overseers, or elders, have a measure of authority in the congregation. But they do not seek to be ‘the masters over the faith of their fellow believers’ by trying to control their lives.(ya, riiight) (2 Corinthians 1:24) The elders take to heart Jesus’ words: "You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them and the great men wield authority over them. This is not the way among you." (Matthew 20:25-27) As elders fulfill their responsibility, they sincerely try to serve others.
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Christians are urged: "Remember those who are taking the lead among you, . . . and as you contemplate how their conduct turns out imitate their faith." (Hebrews 13:7) This is not required because elders are leaders. Jesus said: "Your Leader is one, the Christ." (Matthew 23:10) It is the faith of the elders that is to be imitated because they are imitators of our real Leader, Christ. (1 Corinthians 11:1) Consider some ways in which elders strive to be Christlike in their relationship with others in the congregation.It's double speak. On one hand, they're telling us that the elders are really there to serve us and that we should only follow Christ. On the other hand, they tell us that the elders indeed have authority over our lives and that we are supposed to submit to them. If we're supposed to do that with mere elders, it's quite clear that we're supposed to worship follow the Governing Body even more so.
***w 1997 9/15 p. 17 Who Will Survive "the Day of Jehovah"?***
Those who do good things for Jesus’ "brothers" because these anointed ones are his followers have the hope of surviving "the day of Jehovah................Humility is needed in order to accept Bible-based direction from Christ’s "brothers" with the hope of surviving Jehovah’s day......... Do your words and deeds identify you as a faithful and zealous servant of God? If so, you can entertain the hope of surviving "the day of Jehovah" into God’s promised new world. Yes, survival may be your experience if you do good to Christ’s spiritual brothers because they are his followers
