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OldSoul

After a meeting that directly used or referred to Matthew 24:45-47 at least five time (can anyone say gratuitous use), we find out what the Sunday talk will be.

"Facing the Future ... I see nobody is writing so, I won't continue ... oh, you are interested? Facing the Future With Faith and Courage"

"Imitating the Great Teacher" is the talk for tonight. 3 John 11, appears to be unrelated (for a reason) ... be an imitator of what is good. NEWS FLASH! Imitator is a verb! I could have sworn it was a noun, but the CO wouldn't lie. We don't come close to perfection so it is HARD to imitate Jesus (why did Dubya leap to mind, mostly kidding). Tonight, we are gonna find out how on a psychological level!

(Wow! This is exciting!)

If we imitate Christ, we are gonna elevate the quality of what we do. The CO wanted to be like other men, but he couldn't. He couldn't duplicate them. He was frustrated (Freud?).

Thinking about the motive behind why Jesus did what he did will help. Mark 1:34 - THIS IS A GUARANTEE that all our physical ailments will be done away with. (GROSS MISAPPLICATION????)

John 17:3 (Pablum?) the word knowledge is the operative word here ... this is the most important activity that Jesus engaged in on earth ... teaching people. (He didn't say teaching was the most important, he said learning was the most important). CO says: this teaching is the most important thing you could be doing, the most important invocation (sic) a person could have.

How effective was Jesus? John 7:46 - WOW! So profound! So effective that it stopped people who came to do him harm. That is what we want to incorporate throughout the week. What made his teaching so effective and interesting? An old KM says Jesus spoke with authority, kindness, and love. CO says that is difficult to achieve. KM continues, his thoughts were outstanding because of simplicity, conviction, and understanding. (Well, he has the simplicity down pat) When Jesus was on earth did he understand genetics? Sure, but he never mentioned those complex things (but of course the people he spoke to never went to Universities) in his teaching. He explained simple things, simply.

Isn't it true that if a person really understands their subject then they can explain it very simply? (No, not necessarily) KM continues Jesus appealed to all segments of his audience using illustrations that they understood helping them arrive at their own conclusions (how very different from the WTS). 1 Peter 2:21 (more Pablum, ). Focus on model and steps closely. Model (hupogrammos) means copy for imitation. What we have to do, we have to carefully study Jesus (see how well the CO helps people arrive at their own conclusions?).

John 5:19 - Jesus carefully observed and followed Jehovah. We don't know what the word "eons" means. We just know it means a long time. Jesus didn't put people down, there are things we want to do to help us teach today. People will only get life if they apply the things we are teaching them from "God's Word" (WTS) but we might not be spending enough time perfecting our teaching skills (if they die it will be our fault, we're bastards!).

Mark 10:21 - Jesus understood Jehovah's purpose and that God never intended for us to live this way. Jesus coming to earth, he could see what the Romans were doing to their people. Nowadays it is the same. Jesus was motivated to help people out of love. If you feel love you gonna go beyond just the obvious. Not to say standing there and nagging them to death but we mean taking genuine interest in the person.

Anecdote, I didn't write down a house number, I just wrote down the tree with the "X" and when the tree got cut down I lost them. (Stump??)

These people gonna die! We have the divine privilege of helping people. Do we really appreciate that? (Bastards if we don't!)

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listening on the phone. heh.

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He explained simple things, simply.

Translation: The WTS is going to continue to dumb down their books. No more "meat" in due season... "milk" is much more safe and stands up better to the scrutiny of people with the recourses of the internet at their disposal.

We don't know what the word "eons" means.

Merriam Webster (www.m-w.com): A unit of geologic time equal to one billion years.

OldSoul

Somebody sent a Lear Jet to a woman's house, movie stars, everything she could think of. (friendly lies in anecdotes sure appeal to me) It came out the woman didn't believe the Bible (ouch!) some people are afraid of losing a study by finding out where they stand. If there are things going on you ain't got 'em anyway.

If Jehovah is not drawing them you can be clever and articulate but that ain't gonna help (wow, Jesus was both clever and articulate... oh well he is the CO). You have to teach people how to think (like us, but he didn't say that). The Truth? makes you think (groan).

Matthew 7:19 - (If you ain't producing you gonna die! Where is your study Brother Slacker?) Well, we wanna do that, too. We want to use illustrations, too. Sometimes you can force the brain to think, and you gonna need to learn to think. ('cause the Truth? makes you think... )

Mark 12:41-44 - what enabled Jesus to use this circumstance as a a teaching tool? HE OBSERVED!!!! (What a Revelation <groan some more>!) Jesus used his "human" ability, although perfect, he used his human ability to think on how to teach. The key is we have to be observant.

Hebrews 4:12 - That tells me that I don't want to teach using my own opinions. We want to direct people to the Word of God. Very interesting, in The Watchtower we had an article that spoke of the need to direct people's attention to God's Word (yeah, you needed the Watchtower to tell you that though...)

John 7:16 - Jesus EXCLUSIVELY relied on Jehovah's Word. He didn't take liberties. When we are in the ministry and someone asks a question we can't answer, we should look it up. We should rely on the Word of God and God's visible organization. (WHATTTT!!!???? No, he didn't know he just explained how the Oranization? diverges sharply from Jesus pattern)

We have to get excited about the truth. You can't be too excited though. You have to be convicted and enthusiastic. The result of working and applying and thinking this way is in 1 Thessalonians 2:19 - when you think about all the meetings you prepare for and go to all the activities required ... it's a lot of work. You want to say, is this really worth it? (yeah, I did want to say that...) Paul's answer is, " why, is it not in fact YOU?" When we see others (burden themselves) make changes and they start walking with us, do we not feel wonderful (no, I do not feel wonderful)? The only way we can do that is by imitating the Great Teacher. That is going to give us the greatest joy in our life.

Bro. Franz had to think when asked what his greatest joy was. He said, "Being a Kingdom Publisher." Yes, there is no greater work that we could be involved in. We want to make sure we are all working hard to Imitate the Great Teacher (<Cartman>Weak!</Cartman>)

CLAPPPPPPPPP! Sing. Pray. (Make sure you all remember to follow Jesus example by EXCLUSIVELY relying on God's Word and on the earthly organization, just like Jesus did with the Pharisees and Sadducees! M'kay?)

ROFL!!!

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