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“Faith … gives us assurance about things we cannot see.”
(Hebrews 11:1, NLT)
”In the Bible, ‘faith’ refers to firm belief in something unseen.” (The Watchtower, January 1, 2012, page 5). When a person sees something, there’s no need to believe in it. And “God sees everything; his powers of vision are far superior to those of a postal inspector.” – The Watchtower, June 15, 1977, page 355.
Accordingly, God cannot have faith. There is nothing that he “cannot see” so that he could believe in it; he is an unbeliever. On the contrary, the Bible reveals “that the demons believe in God.” (The Watchtower, January 1, 19714, page 21). Who should we take as an example, God or the demons? The Bible clearly says: “Become imitators of God.” – Ephesians 5:1.
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Alternative Daily Text for Sunday, November 10, 2013
“They will not go hungry … … nor will they thirst, nor will scorching heat or the sun beat down on them.” – Isaiah 49:10
“Heat waves have increased globally since 1950, and individual heat waves have become more frequent, longer and hotter.” (livescience) And “summer heat can be dangerous, even deadly … The elderly and ill aren’t the only people that heat kills. It also kills healthy young people.” (Agingcare.com) Experts advise: “Avoid outdoors … Stay inside … Drink, drink, and drink.” (MediTrenz.com) However, “well over eight million people worldwide attend the annual district conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses every year,” and “most of the large district conventions” are “held in open-air stadiums.” (Awake!, June 8, 1999, page 32; 1998 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses, page 134) Attendees are exposed to hot sun and must stay outdoors all day.
Though there is “no food service at conventions … some in the audience have been observed eating and drinking during the program” – this is absolutely vital for health reasons but considered “disrespectful” and “inappropriate” by the organizers (Our Kingdom Ministry, May 1997, page 20). The Bible aptly describes those who turned their back on this inhuman cult: “They will hunger no more nor thirst anymore, neither will the sun beat down on them nor any scorching heat.” – Revelation 7:16.
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mamochan13
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Alternative Daily Text for Monday, November 11, 2013
“I am Jehovah; I do not change.” (Malachi 3:6)
“The truth has not changed.” ( The Watchtower, June 15, 2008, page 24 ) But “there [have] been changes over the years in the teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses.” ( Resaoning From the Scriptures, page 205 ) The evidence supports only one conclusion: Jehovah’s Witnesses do “not teach the truth.” ( The Watchtower, May 1, 2012, page 16 ). And “French Catholic author and philosopher Jean Guitton, member of the French Academy, once wrote: ‘We should be totally willing to abandon our religion if it turns out to be anything but the truth.’” – Awake!, September 8, 1973, page 7.
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Alternative Daily Text for Tuesday, November 12, 2013
“He that is relying upon Jehovah will be made fat.” (Proverbs 28:25, NWT 1984)
Sincere explorers of the Bible know “that Jerusalem is the center of Jehovah’s worship and the city of Jehovah’s anointed king.” (Isaiah’s Prophecy – Light for All Mankind, volume I, page 295) Hence the center of the true religion should be expected in Israel; instead, “the world headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses [is] in Brooklyn” in our time. (Awake!, June 2011, page 14) Critics even claim that Jehovah’s Witnesses would not be the true religion at all but rather “an American sect.” (jw.org) But actually the Bible clearly indicates that the center of true worship must be located in the United States in our day. After all, wise King Solomon wrote: “He that is relying upon Jehovah will be made fat.” (Proverbs 28:25, NWT 1984) Hence fear of God goes hand in hand with obesity; and doubtlessly “Americans … [are] the Fattest People in the World.” (Fat Land) Therefore it is a Biblical necessity that “the world headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses … [is] located in the United States.” – Awake!, December 2010, page 16.
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pronomono
Good work. I like Nov 10th.
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Alternative Daily Text for Friday, November 15, 2013
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“Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday.” (Genesis 40:20)
On his birthday Pharaoh “made a feast for all his servants … He hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.” (Genesis 40:20, 22) Indeed Joseph had indicated to the chief baker: “The birds will eat your flesh from you.” (Genesis 40:19) “Were all these detailed events recorded solely to give us Bible history? … No, they were also recorded because they constituted a prophetic drama.” (The Watchtower, January 1, 1970, page 28) The events at the Egyptian court have a parallel in our day, though “today it is not Pharaoh who is ruler … [but] Jehovah God, the Greater Pharaoh,” and “the Greater Joseph [is] Jesus.” (Survival Into a New Earth, page 79, 80) But who is the “chief baker” today?
The chief baker oversaw the feeding of Pharaoh and his servants. And today “the faithful and discreet slave class .. those making up the Governing Body [of Jehovah’s Witnesses] oversee the spiritual feeding.” (The Watchtower, August 15, 2009, page 23) Soon – in a spiritual sense on “the third day” – “Jehovah God, the Greater Pharaoh,” will dispose of “those making up the Governing Body.” As foretold “under the direction of the Greater Joseph, Jesus Christ,” soon “all the birds” will “eat the flesh of kings,” that is, “those making up the Governing Body” who would like “to ‘rule as kings over the earth.’” – Revelation 19:17, 18; The Watchtower, May 1, 1987, page 20; April 15, 1992, page 17.
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Alternative Daily Text for Saturday, November 16, 2013
“You are my friends if you do what I am commanding you.” (John 15:14)
Jesus’ friendship is subject to conditions. No obedience, no friendship. But true “friends accept others without conditions.” (Yahoo Answers) “A true friend shows love at all times,” not only when you obey him. – Proverbs 17:17.
Since Jesus is not a true friend, is it worth trying to “become a friend of Jehovah?” (Awake!, November 2012, page 10) “True friends are … never imposing on each other or being overly possessive.” (The Watchtower, September 15, 1987, page 6) But “Jehovah is a God who requires exclusive devotion.” – Nahum 1:2.
The Bible’s message is clear: Neither Jesus nor Jehovah can be true friends for us. “Doug, who was reared by godly parents,” realized this and “admitted: ‘I began to see that all my so-called friends were just using me.’” (Awake!, July 22, 1995, page 14) We too can confidently do without false friends like Jehovah and Jesus.
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Alternative Daily Text for Sunday, October 17, 2013
“Do not drink water any longer.” (1 Timothy 5:23)
Was it really Paul’s intention to advise against literal water? Definitely not, for “literal water is a vital element for life” and “none can survive without water.” (Revelation – Its Grand Climax at Hand!, page 311; Awake!, January 22, 1972, page 19) After all, Paul was also not “talking about such weapons as literal swords, spears, bows and arrows” when he described a Christian’s suit of armor. – The Watchtower, October 1, 1976, page 585.
The “water” to be avoided is, rather, “life’s water.” (Revelation 22:17) In our day this “water” can be found at “Jehovah’s Witnesses … Their Kingdom Halls are open to all who wish to … ‘take life’s water’” (The Watchtower, February 15, 1998, page 19) “The trees alongside the ‘river of water of life’ yield their fruits each month;” these fruits represent “the Watchtower and Awake! magazines [which] are produced every month.” – The Watchtower, January 1, 1977, page 10; May 1, 2002, page 23.
Accordingly, how can we heed Paul’s counsel ‘not to drink water any longer?’ Let us avoid the gatherings of Jehovah’s Witnesses and their magazines. Everyone already having Watchtower publications is “not to keep ‘life’s water.’” (The Watchtower, December 15, 1990) Like sewage he should dispose of it.