"To work injury"-by request!

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  • Atlantis
    Atlantis

    "To work injury"--by request! Request from researcher: Please read one of my latest posts in CoCo's thread. Can you find those words "to work injury" in the WT publications? Many Thanks! :) ***************************************************** My comments: Thank you for your request! Searching for those words in that "exact" order I have found these references listed below. Watchtower-1954-April-15-p.234 (See bottom of scan) http://www.imagger.com/view/330167_scan-10001.jpg.html God’s Word also counsels us not to cherish resentment, not to carry “internalized hatreds” around with us. It tells us that to ‘hate our brother is to be a murderer and that no murderer will gain eternal life.’ “You must not hate your brother in your heart.” “Let not the sun set with you in a provoked state.” (1 John 3:15; Lev. 19:17; Eph. 4:26, NW) Hostility or personal hatred is actually a form of rebellion. It represents a desire to punish another, to work injury. It is unwilling to wait upon Jehovah to make an accounting but wants to take the law into its own hands. Note how this is brought to our attention in Moses’ law, which, by the way, also shows us what the remedy is: “You must not take vengeance nor have a grudge against the sons of your people; and you must love your fellow as yourself.” Rather than returning kind for kind we are instructed, “Continue to love your enemies, to do good to those hating you, to bless those cursing you.”—Lev. 19:18; Luke 6:27, 28, NW. Proclaimers book-chap.14-p.197 http://www.imagger.com/view/347174_scan-30001.jpg.html “The refusal to salute the flag, and to stand mute, as this boy did, could injure no one. If one sincerely believes that God’s commandment is against the saluting of flags, then to compel that person to salute a flag contrary to the Word of God, and contrary to his conscience, works a great injury to that person. The State has no right by law or otherwise to work injury to the people.” Insight-Vol-1-p.726 http://www.imagger.com/view/165432_scan-20001.jpg.html Enemies of Christ. The enemies of God are also the enemies of Christ. (Joh 8:42-47; Mt 10:40) When on earth Jesus Christ suffered much at the hands of the enemies of God. Nevertheless, he did not repay them in kind; he did not seek to work injury to them. (1Pe 2:21-23) He even healed one man in the crowd that came out with clubs and swords to seize him.—Lu 22:49-51; Joh 18:10, 11. Hope this helps! N.

  • asilentone
    asilentone

    Thank you, Atlantis!

  • compound complex
    compound complex

    That's a comprehensive look at the subject.

    Thanks, Atlantis, for your research and Asilentone, for bringing it to my attention.

    CoCo

  • Atlantis
    Atlantis

    Asilentone:

    Compound Complex:

    Your welcome!

    N.

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