I am new here, need a bit of help (page 4)

Chalam

Hi Paula,
Warm welcome here too!

Yes stick around. You will find a wide range of beliefs and views on this forum which should be refreshing.

Don't worry about Armageddon, the word is mentioned only once in the Bible so it really isn't very important.

What I do feel is important is that you seek God and who He is. I believe He has been talking to you already, that bad feeling you had about going back to life as a JW was certainly not a coincidence.

David says it perfectly what to do

Psalm 105:4 (New International Version)
Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always

Or Jesus here

Matthew 7:7
[ Ask, Seek, Knock ] "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."

Whatever you do, if you read the Bible then put the NWT on the side to gather dust (or just trash it). It is full of twisted truths and downright lies.

You can read an number of good versions here

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&chapter=3&version=31

All the best,
Stephen

worldtraveller

Welcome to the forum. As Stephen says, it's about living, not about making a deal with God for eternal life. You already have that.

mind my own

Welcome to the forum honey!

This sight has personally helped me so much. I think the fear of Armageddon is what gets a lot of us. Even though I have been out of this cult for 12 years, that was one thing I always struggled with. You will find this site extremely helpful. There is the chance to meet new friends and answer some questions you may have. The support is endless.

Welcome and enjoy your stay!

MMO

Chalam

"As Stephen says, it's about living, not about making a deal with God for eternal life. You already have that."

Not sure. Are you born again? If the answer is no then you need to be and faith in Jesus is the only way. There are no deals to be done, only a free gift to be taken, see here.

John 3 (New International Version)

Jesus Teaches Nicodemus

1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him."
3In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.[a]"

4"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!"

5Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[b] gives birth to spirit. 7You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You[c] must be born again.' 8The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."

9"How can this be?" Nicodemus asked.

10"You are Israel's teacher," said Jesus, "and do you not understand these things? 11I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. 12I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.[d] 14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.[e]

16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.[g] 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."[h]

As I said before, feel free to ask if you want any help.

All the best,
Stephen

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Welcome Velvetann !!

A few of us are still 'in' and I'm still an elder. I'd like to never set foot in a KH again and certainly never go door-to-door again (which I almost never do anymore). Unfortunately, almost all my family is in and my friends are in. However, I'm opening some eyes around here. Just this week after the WT study about "Vindicating Jehovah's Universal Sovereignty", I mentioned to my dad a mistake the conductor made and that "vindicate" doesn't appear in the NWT. "Universal" and "sovereignty" only appear in footnotes. Any reference to "sanctifying" Jehovah's "name" is where he says he will do it himself. Dad was like, "Yeah, some things are speculative, poorly written, and beyond what's in the Bible."

So, sometimes I may express myself like a JW, but I don't believe it anymore. I really don't know what to believe. But I do believe that JWD is a great place to talk about these things.

babygirl75

Welcome to the board Paula!!!!

babygirl....

WT=watchtrouble

Hey Hey Welcome,

Hope you enjoy your stay and feel welcome here.

Very glad you are here.

I am new here, need a bit of help

Chalam

worldtraveller

mind my own

Chalam

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

babygirl75

WT=watchtrouble

BIG D

LouBelle

DJK

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