Weekly Watchtower Study, March 28 - April 3, "Empowered to Overcome Any Trial"

possible-san

Well, in my Japanese forum, I often introduce weekly STUDY ARTICLEs to everybody, and everybody comments freely.
Also in this forum, I'd like to do the same thing every week.
(If you wish, I would also post the schedule of other meetings every week.)

In my case, I do unsparing criticism mostly.

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March 28 - April 3
The Watchtower, January 15, 2011, STUDY ARTICLE 5

"Empowered to Overcome Any Trial" (pages 26-30)
http://www.jw.org/index.html?option=QrYQCsVrGZNT

MP3 is here.
http://download.jw.org/files/media_magazines/w_E_20110115_08.mp3

possible

possible-san

Well, I have posted (and I would post) this, in order that people do "severe comments" (discussion) to the articles of the Watchtower.

Don't you have any comments with regard to this Watchtower's article?Don't you get angry to their "mind control" and the "craps"?

OK, since it seems that nobody has an opinion, I would write "my own opinion" with regard to this article afterward.

possible

darth frosty

IDK if you've seen Blondies comments you will not hear at WT threads. Normally thats where folks typically comment on the weekly WT lesson...If they can stomach it.

LostGeneration

Ah this is a good one. Paragraph 11 features the example of why Alex should rat out Steve for his porn viewing habits

Then paragraph 16 tells the tale of Roxana, who went to the convention even though her boss said he was going to fire her. Then when she gets back she gets fired. She walks down the street and gets another job which pays double though she has no experience. But then she tops it off by bringing five people into the cult at the new job.

And I thought the 89 year old pioneer was a whopper!

wannabefree

Paragraph 5 ... the Malawi can of worms is opened up ....

Consider the example of two of our sisters
in Malawi. In an effort to get them to
buy political party cards, a violent mob beat,
stripped, and threatened to rape them. The
mob lyingly told them that even the members
of the Bethel family had obtained party
cards. The sisters' response? "We serve
only Jehovah God. So if the brothers at the
branch office have bought cards, that does
not make any difference to us. We will not
compromise, even if you kill us!"

Were these sisters persecuted for being faithful to Jehovah (they no doubt felt this way) or by following the dictate of men who call themselves "God's Organization"?

What about the situation in Mexico?

wannabefree

Paragraph 7

The apostle Peter assures us: "If you are
being reproached for the name of Christ,
you are happy, because the spirit of glory,
even the spirit of God, is resting upon you."
(1 Pet. 4:14)

The name of Christ?

Do Jehovah's Witnesses preach the name of Christ?

Perhaps to a small degree they do, but the Christian Scriptures clearly show that persecution was for preaching the name Jesus ... admit or not, JW's use the name of Jesus very little.

wannabefree

Paragraph 9

Most people
prefer to go along with the crowd, so to
speak, to avoid confrontation or conflict.
True Christians, though, often have to take
a stand for what they know to be right.

Most people = everyone except Jehovah's Witnesses

True Christians = active Jehovah's Witnesses

Okay, maybe a FEW people who are not Jehovah's Witnesses take a stand for what is right, but that does not mean they are True Christians.

wannabefree

Paragraph 10

Some young ones might face a dilemma
if they learn that a friend has
engaged in unscriptural conduct.
..... But how should true Christians
react to such pressure?

A true Christian will follow the Bible as explained by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, Inc. representatives in their Bible based publications.

wannabefree

Paragraph 12

Just a technicality I suppose ...

We should never allow place
for the Devil in the Christian congregation.
If we were to do so,we truly would grieve Jehovah's
holy spirit. We act in harmony
with it, however, by working to
keep the Christian congregation pure.
-Eph. 4:27, 30.

Christian congregation = worldwide association of Jehovah's Witnesses, ... technically only Christ's anointed brothers are the Christian congregation, sorry Great Crowd.

wannabefree

Paragraph 14

Job suffered one adversity after another.
He lost his livelihood, children, friends,
and health, and his wife lost confidence in
Jehovah. (Job 1:13-19; 2:7-9)

I never understood why Jehovah insisted Satan could not strike Job fatally, but it was okay for him to kill his children ... seems strange.

Weekly Watchtower Study, March 28 - April 3, "Empowered to Overcome Any Trial"

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