by Bonnie_Clyde 6 Replies latest watchtower bible
Here's my favorite:
"These millions have been learning the righteous and just ways of Jehovah, and as a result, worldwide they enjoy a unity that is cemented by Christian love. Their unity is the most pronounced and enduring in the history of the world, a unity exceeding anything experienced by Satan's subjects." 8-15 WT, p. 26
Anyone else with quotes?
April 1st 2007 Watchtower :
12 A fundamental reason for showing proper respect for the faithful slave class is that by so doing, we are in fact showing respect for the Master, Jesus Christ. Paul wrote of the anointed ones: "He that was called when a freeman is a slave of Christ. You were bought with a price." (1 Corinthians 7:22, 23; Ephesians 6:6) Therefore, when we loyally submit to the direction of the faithful slave and its Governing Body, we are submitting to Christ, the slave's Master. Our showing due respect for the instrument Christ is using to manage his earthly belongings is one way in which we "openly acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father." —Philippians 2:11.
The April 1st 2007 issue is the one that I called bullshit on. Woke me up enough to get on the evil internet and find out about the U.N.
Later on the article states that if it were not for the FDS the other sheep would know little or nothing about precious Bible truths.
Presumptuous much?
Let's not forget pulling the rug from under the feet of the anointed in the May 1st 2007 Watchtower :
How should a person be viewed who has determined in his heart that he is now anointed and begins to partake of the emblems at the Memorial?
He should not be judged. The matter is between him and Jehovah. (Romans 14:12)
However, genuine anointed Christians do not demand special attention.
They do not believe that their being of the anointed gives them special "insights," beyond what even some experienced members of the great crowd may have. They do not believe that they necessarily have more holy spirit than their companions of the other sheep have; nor do they expect special treatment or claim that their partaking of the emblems places them above the appointed elders in the congregation. They humbly remember that some anointed men in the first century did not qualify to serve as elders or ministerial servants. (1 Timothy 3:1-10, 12, 13; Titus 1:5-9; James 3:1)
Some anointed Christians were even spiritually weak. (1 Thessalonians 5:14) And sisters, although anointed, did not teach in the congregation.—1 Timothy 2:11, 12.
Hence, anointed Christians along with their other sheep companions strive to stay spiritually strong, cultivating the fruitage of the spirit and working for the peace of the congregation.
All Christians, whether anointed or of the other sheep, work hard at preaching the good news and making disciples under the direction of the Governing Body. Anointed Christians are content to do this for as long as it is God's will that they remain on earth as Jehovah's servants.
"Could it, then, be reasoned that since Jesus was enthroned in the fall of 1914, the resurrection of his faithful anointed followers began three and a half years later, in the spring of 1918? That is an interesting possibility. Although this cannot be directly confirmed in the Bible, it is not out of harmony with other scriptures that indicate that the first resurrection got under way soon after Christ's presence began." - Watchtower, Jan 1, 2007, p.28
bttt
Thanks for your input - I'm sure we will have some more good ones in 2008 as well.
