Dear Hooberus,
Those WT quotes are helpful. Thanks.
While working at the hospital, the other day, I came across
the 'brother J.W. who used to conduct the ministerial
meeting (the first meeting of J.W.s) and had a nice chat
with him, then if occurred to me he may not have heard I
had disassociated myself from the Jehovah's Witness religion.
So I mentioned it and sure enough, he was not aware that I
had done this. He moved his family to another location,
but he visits a dear friend of mine quite frequently and so
I assumed he had known about it. Never-the-less,
I explained why I'd left.
I told him while I was studying the scriptures, I noticed
in the transfiguration of Christ, that Jehovah said,"This
is my Son, the beloved, LISTEN TO HIM." This is a command from
God! SO then I had to obey, therefore, I
I went back into the scriptures and studied every
word Jesus Christ spoke, and I could see he commanded
all his disciples to partake of the bread and the wine
which symbolized his flesh and his blood. Yes, this was
a command, for in the book of John Christ said, "I am the
bread of Life, unless you do this, you will not have life in you."
And so I told him I had to obey Christ and partake.
I know he wasn't just instructing his 12 disciples because
one of the last things he commanded was for them to go,
make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing in
the name of God, the name of the Son and the name of the
holy spirit, teaching them to observe ALL the things I
COMMANDED YOU! Then he said he'd be with them until the
conclusion of the system of things."
I said,"At last I found the truth, and it is in Christ.
For Christ said in John 14:6 "I am the way, the TRUTH and Life,"
I then told him I could no longer teach people all of what
the organization teaches so I had to leave.
I also quoted what he said in Matt. 12:50,'"Anyone who does the
will of my Father is the same as my brother, my sister, and my
mother."
Are not all of us doing God's will? We are told by the Society we
are, so why aren't we Christ's brothers, in light of this scripture?
I could have brought up all the false prophecies of dates,
pyramid measuring, etc. but I felt if I did that, he might
close his mind. I thought, if only I could get something
across.
Then do you want to know what he said after I finished speaking?
"The Truth isn't for everyone."
~~~~~~~~~~~sigh