..................then Proverbs 3:5 could read thus: "Trust in the Governing Body with all your heart, And do not rely on your own understanding."
Many J.W.'s have already reached this point!
If the RNWT is revised again...................
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scratchme1010
Many J.W.'s have already reached this point!
Not many; that is required to become a JW. Every baptized person has at least agreed upon trusting the GB as the direct voice of their Jehovah.
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eyeuse2badub
Then there is Revelation 7:4
4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed, literally 144,000, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of spiritual Israel:
just saying!
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Island Man
I have already heard a JW speaker giving a public lecture where he applies that text by telling the audience to trust in the instructions and teachings of the organization and not in their own personal understanding.
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schnell
When I explained to my friends how science contradicts the idea of a global flood in 2370 BCE, my best friend said, "And why are you leaning on your own understanding?"
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stuckinarut2
So much for the scripture in Romans 12:1 that says we should "use our power of reason"
I guess the society wants witnesses to ignore that counsel....
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George One Time
They already introduced the idea of a "governing body" in the outline of the Book of Acts (how clever!)