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km 8/02 p. 3 Display Christian Loyalty When a Relative Is Disfellowshipped
Hence, we also avoid social fellowship with an expelled person. This would rule out joining him in a picnic, party, ball game, or trip to the mall or theater or sitting down to a meal with him either in the home or at a restaurant.
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What about speaking with a disfellowshipped person? While the Bible does not cover every possible situation, 2 John 10 helps us to get Jehovah?s view of matters: "If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, never receive him into your homes or say a greeting to him." Commenting on this,
The Watchtower of September 15, 1981, page 25, says: "
A simple ?Hello? to someone can be the first step that develops into a conversation and maybe even a friendship. Would we want to take that first step with a disfellowshiped person?"
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After hearing a talk at a circuit assembly, a brother and his fleshly sister realized that they needed to make adjustments in the way they treated their mother, who lived elsewhere and who had been disfellowshipped for six years. Immediately after the assembly, the man called his mother, and after assuring her of their love, he explained that they
could no longer talk to her unless there were important family matters requiring contact.
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Loyally upholding the disfellowshipping arrangement
outlined in the Scriptures demonstrates our love for Jehovah
As with many things, this goes way beyond the scriptures
