These Grads. are a special people indeed. How on earth they put up with all this indoctrination is beyond me, months of intense brainwashing. The final talks are simply more about obeying without question, being humble and giving all that a person has and doing it from their heart. They talk about invisible clouds, testing God, abundant blessings and the possible future ability of the Governing Body being able to read minds.
Here's a little summary on the 1st video released.
Morris says that this Gilead group was held during some
historic changes. Some have already
moved to Warwick and will continue to move for months. Morris says that he has been telling people for
some months that years back (yes he really said that) they made statements that
put moving as being right up there with the stress level of a loved one who has
died.
I can’t even begin to think of what was
so stressful for them, particularly Morris and if he is to worry about anything
he should worry that his spouts so much nonsense in his speeches and asking himself when he can demonstrate his modesty and step down to make way for
better qualified persons as per a recent talk.
He says they could have cancelled the Gillead School during
this period and it would have been reasonable for them to do so. He then attempts to explain why they didn’t He
says that it just goes to show that “ Jehovah is in control of this
organization, period, he’s governing it and he loves you, and this is
addressed, these comments primarily to you and he wants you educated and that’s
just his warm embrace for you, that you’re invited and you did enjoy it”
He later says that we can’t know Jehovahs mind until he reveals it, none of us
can. He goes on to say “That’s why you hear Brothers and Sisters sincerely speculating...and
go hmm hmm ‘okay, somebody thinks they
know Jehovahs mind (rolls eyes) ah, beyond what he gave us here (points to
Bible) Okay but we don’t follow creatures, we follow Jehovah God because he’s
our grand instructor and you’re a lot closer to him, assuring yourself of being
taught by him when you get into your assignment as well as on to eternity.” This only shows that he is well past his retirement age but if one can get to the bottom of what he is really saying then he is basically admitting that JWs are following men because the GB speculates all the time.
The next Brother talks about how the Israelites moved at the
‘order of Jehovah’, using a cloud to signal
when they were required to move or stay.
Jehovah was therefore in total control.
They also moved promptly. This
camp held 3 million people. They didn’t
know where they were moving to. He then
states “Now you folks are examples of those that see the cloud. You know that Jehovah, not the imperfect men
that he is using is in total control and we humans find it generally difficult
for change...we’ve had to be humble, flexible and obedient, we must maintain spiritual
vision, we must see the cloud....All of us today need to see the cloud as we
move closer to the GT . The time is now
when we have to obey not ask, why did they make that decision. As one travelling overseer said ‘dont put a
question mark where Jehovah puts a period’...Don’t see the men that Jehovah is
using, see the cloud and may all of us do the same.”
This talk was clearly all about obeying without question and seeing it all as
God’s direction without any physical proof even though the Israelites were
directed with a visual aid (a cloud).
Brother Herd was up next and cracked a joke in his introduction calling Morris
imperfect. (Not to worry, Morris gets him back later). He tells us that he uses
Old Spice Cologne. He makes a few
interesting comments, after making a point he asks the audience what they think and then says ‘think
what you want, there is no way for us to know, not now, maybe later’. Think eerie music and you should have seen
the look he gave the audience, it was scary stuff and it's not even Halloween yet.
He later makes this comment “All of the Brothers pray to that degree before
they step out on the stage before an audience, of your caliber especially, we
want to make sure what is said will be good for you’ So much for no class distinction amongst JWs.
At the end of his talk he says ‘they gave me 9 mins, I used 8.42’
Morris then returns and says “I just had to delete about four things I was
considering saying but (bursts out laughing) Anyway, the translators will have
fun with the Old Spice, it brought back memories for me too (bursts out
laughing again). I used to love Old Spice by the way, used it a long time and
then (laughs again). It sounds like this
guy has no idea that it is still available.
The next talk is about ego being your worst enemy. They cant have those Gilead Grads thinking
any better of themselves
The final talk is about testing Jehovah out and being tested given by
Malefant. The contradiction here was
obvious. He tells us that Jesus said
that we must not put God to the test when Satan tried to tempt him, but guess
what, they’ve come up with a scripture to say it’s okay to put him to the
test. It’s okay if we are doing it for
the right reason. One of those reasons
includes a situation where we contribute as much of our money as we can to the
organization. He uses Malachi 3:10 to
support the idea of being able to test God however that scripture was a
specific invitation from God to test him.
The scripture was also in regards to tithing and he goes on further to
discuss this arrangement.
Malefant explains that tithing was, after all, just an expression of their
heart condition and their appreciation, in not being tight fisted or greedy. Obedience would result in blessings. He further explains that even though
tithing isn’t applicable to Christians there is a principle involved that does
apply and that putting God to the test will result in blessings. He quotes from a WTBTS publication to support
this idea, which appears to be a common practice these days when there is not
enough in the Bible to support their claims.
This is the quote from the Jehovah’s day book “you can humbly test him in a
proper sense. How? He promised a blessing. When you obey him, you make a test
of God, as if asking ‘Will he bless me?’ In response, he puts himself under
obligation to do so, keeping his promise. Thus, God’s allowing you to ‘test him
out’ underscores your conviction that he will bless you abundantly”
Malefant then tells the Grads. that they have been blessed abundantly. Materially they have what they need and
spiritually, a super abundance of blessings.
He then states “When we make our dedication to Jehovah...Consider this comment
from the Watchtower ‘Everything we have belongs to Jehovah” This includes all that you are and all that
you have. He then talks about having a
symbolic tithe, coming from our heart.
We are depriving ourselves of his blessings if we don’t give our best.
Bottom line is that giving all that you can will see an abundant of blessing result and by putting your trust in God will ensure that you won't lose out.