March 2020 Watchtower Study...Love for Jehovah lead Ethiopian eunuch to get baptized. Really? Not Jesus?

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  RULES & REGULATIONS

  The Watchtower—Study Edition | March 2020

  Love and Appreciation for Jehovah Lead to Baptism

  
  

  ( THIS PICTURE IS NOT FROM THE ARTICLE! I FOUND IT ONLINE TO ADD A LITTLE COLOR TO THE PARAGRAPH)

  2 The Ethiopian acted immediately on what he had learned from the Scriptures. (Read Acts 8:27-31, 35-38.) What motivated him? He obviously appreciated God’s Word; he was reading a passage from the book of Isaiah as he rode in a chariot. And when Philip spoke with him, the man developed an appreciation for what Jesus had done for him. But why had the official traveled to Jerusalem? Because he had already developed a love for Jehovah. How do we know? He had just been worshipping Jehovah in Jerusalem. This man had apparently left the religion of his birth and had joined the only nation that was dedicated to the true God. It was this same love for Jehovah that motivated him to take yet another vital step, that of getting baptized and becoming a disciple of Christ.​—Matt. 28:19.
  

  
  

  Paragraph 2 is so dishonest! Where is Jesus? Nowhere to be seen, as usual in Watchtower land!

  The Ethiopian eunuch just read about the good news about Jesus. He gets baptized after Philip explains the scripture that he is reading. The scripture is about Jesus. That understanding led to Ethiopian to get baptized, not the ''LOVE FOR JEHOVAH''!

  
  

  32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:
  

  “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
  and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
  so he did not open his mouth.
  33 In his humiliation, he was deprived of justice.
  Who can speak of his descendants?
  For his life was taken from the earth.”[a]

  34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

  
  
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  Earnest

  [The Ethiopian eunuch] had apparently left the religion of his birth and had joined the only nation that was dedicated to the true God.

  Just as an aside Ethiopian sources such as the Kebra Nagast describe Aksum (ancient Ethiopia 80 BCE - 825 CE) as a Jewish Kingdom. It is probably more correct to say that Aksum culture was significantly influenced by Judaism. At any rate, the Jews in Ethiopia (Beta Israel) have a long history. It is not a surprise, then, that the Ethiopia eunuch was reading the scriptures. Or that Ethiopia was the second country (after Armenia) to accept christianity (in 324).
  
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  slimboyfat

  Acts 15:14 says that purpose of preaching to the gentiles was for Jehovah to gather “a people for his name”.

  Reading the book of Acts makes me realise that the whole point of faith in Jesus was that Jesus is the one by whom Jehovah saves both Jews and Gentiles.

  Regard for Jesus is complementary and supportive of the main objective of worshipping Jehovah God in early Christianity, because the name Jesus itself means “Jehovah saves”, as the early Christian knew very well.

  Which is why it says in Acts 4:10 for example:

  10 let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. 11 This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

  That name being Jesus, or “Jehovah saves”.
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  ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara

  The Ethiopian eunuch] had apparently left the religion of his birth

  Meaning of apparently in English

  apparently

  adverb=

  used to say you have read or been told something although you are not certain it is true:

  Apparently it's going to rain today.

  Apparently he's had enough of England and is going back to Australia."

  These jdumbs will say anything that suits their twisted teaching/manipulations just by using info they may not be true.

  1 Apparently=it may not be true that they are gods channel on earth.

  2.Apparently =it may not be true that they have the truth.

  3.Apparently=-it may not be true that they do not shun

  4.Apparently=it may not be true that there are no CSA cases around the world against them.

  You get the gist!(Not a native english speaker so apologies if I got this wrong)

  Zing
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  eyeuse2badub

  How the hell did that Ethiopian eunuch have time to go over the 100 questions required by jehober before he got baptized? That must have been one very long chariot ride!

  just saying!