The organization has always pointed to God's Spirit as the force that brings increase. This Spirit has always been directed/channeled to bring praise and honor to Jehovah. In light of this information I find it difficult to understand how God's Spirit can be operating on an organization that has kept silent about pedophilia and were low key about making it public and to safeguard 'all' children in 'all' congregations and in the pedophiles neighborhood?
Consider the following scriptures. Ephesians 4:30 reminds us not to be '...grieving God's Spirit....' by way of improper conduct.
1 Peter 3:7 reminds husbands to treat their wives with honor, why, "...in order that your prayers may not be hindered." As simple as these scriptures put it, we can be grieving and hindering Jehovahs Spirit. When a husband mistreats his wife and requests God a blessing will not his prayers be hindered? Yes, according to the scripture I quoted. Now, when there is 'gross' misconduct such as pedophilia being practiced 'within' the congregation do you think Jehovah will allow a 'free' flow of his spirit? How can one explain an increase in any congregation when there are pedophiles roaming about without the knowledge of the R&F? Could this be the reason why there is hardly any increase in the U.S.A? What about the times when there were increases and yet practicing pedophiles were also existing within the congregations? My question is, how can you explain God's Spirit free flowing in light of the above scriptures? How can the governing body say they have God's Spirit when they expell morally upright followers? Is this the way Jehovah's Spirit operates? Does Jehovah's Spirit operate in cross purposes? Malachi 3:6 tells us that Jehovah does not change.
Any thinking/sane person would ask the question, is this Jehovah's Organization. Is this the way his Spirit operates or has it been perverted? Galatians 5:22,23 outlines the fruitages of God's Spirit and "...Against such things there is no law" when practicing them.
Who's reputation is the governing body protecting, themselves or Jehovah so that they have to expell these exposers under the label of trouble makers?
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