1 Cor. 4;9 we have become a spectacle to the world. How?

by jam 4 Replies latest jw friends

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  jam

  I remerber the closing pray of A CO, We are A theatrical

  spectacle on the stage of mankind. I took this to mean

  as representatives of the WT., our conduct will be watch

  from heaven and earth,( can make one A little paranoid).

  But after reading that verse, Paul is comparing the apostles

  to A parade of men appointed to death, A spectacle in the

  world,s theater on their way to execution. In this brief life the

  prophets are persecuted. In this moment of mortality the

  apostles " are made A spectacle unto the world, 1 Cor.4;13

  we are made as filth of the world. deemed to be the offscouring

  off all things. What is the WT veiw, are they the filth of the world?
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  AGuest

  What is the WT veiw, are they the filth of the world?

  That depends, dear Jam (peace to you!)... on what they're "selling" at the time: that everyone hates them and they are the only one's being "persecuted' in the world... and that's "for the sake of the Kingdom"... which "proves" they're "Jehovah's people"... OR... that everyone actually "loves" them and "wants" them to work for them, be their neighbor, marry their children... wash their windows... etc... because they're also the darned "most cleanest" (physically and spiritually) and "most honest" people on the planet.

  Yes, they're the most hated among mankind... and most loved.

  Funny... most folks I know (other than themselves) can't stand them (although no one I know HATES them... except, perhaps former JWs, whose lives they've blown apart). Few that I know love them... as workers, neighbors, inlaws... or window washers.

  Just sayin'...

  It's all in the "eye" of the beholder, isn't it?

  Again, peace to you!

  YOUR servant and a slave of Christ,

  SA
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  Farkel

  : I remerber the closing pray of A CO, We are A theatrical

  spectacle on the stage of mankind. I took this to mean

  as representatives of the WT

  Translation: "we are theatritical buffoons and fools performing on a stage of our own idiocy and failed predictions. But we STILL speak "truth." Trust us! We might STILL get it right! Someday, somehow. Trust US!"

  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!

  Farkel
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  wobble

  I have it on good authority (the ghost of Freddie Franz) that they have mistranslated it "theatrical spectacle", Freddie tells me it should read "Laughingstock"
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  Heaven

  Spectacle to the world? Most of the world has no idea who they are. Sheesh. Little frogs meet enormous pond.