Scriptures about apostates/Christendom that ACTUALLY apply to the WT?

by ithinkisee 13 Replies latest jw friends

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  ithinkisee

  I personally like:

  (Matthew 23:13-15 NWT) 13 “Woe to YOU, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because YOU shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for YOU yourselves do not go in, neither do YOU permit those on their way in to go in. 14 —— 15 “Woe to YOU, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because YOU traverse sea and dry land to make one proselyte, and when he becomes one YOU make him a subject for Ge·hen´na twice as much so as yourselves. (Judaizing attitude, all the laws and requirements and loyalty to an organization)

  (James 4:16 NWT) 16 But now YOU take pride in YOUR self-assuming brags. All such taking of pride is wicked.(re: salvation only through them, only truly happy, only clean organization, etc)

  (Ephesians 4:14 NWT) 14

  in order that we should no longer be babes, tossed about as by waves and carried hither and thither by every wind of teaching by means of the trickery of men, by means of cunning in contriving error. (Changes, flip-flops, new light)

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  What are your favorites?

  -ithinkisee
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  ithinkisee

  Oh I forgot this one too:

  (Luke 21:8) 8 He said: “Look out that YOU are not misled; for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The due time has approached.’ Do not go after them.

  -ithinkisee
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  ithinkisee

  bttt
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  Legolas

  What about Matthew 7:22.."Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name and preform many powerful works in your name?" and what does God say to them, "I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness."
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  rocketman

  Three good examples. I had often wondered how they could apply such scriptures to Christendom, which usually does not bind heavy loads on its members. Most religions in Christendom make things rather easy for their followers - the exact opposite of what the Pharisees (and the Society) have done.
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  bennyk

  Second Thessalonians 2:3,4 (re: "man of lawlessness").
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  marsal

  
  
  
  
  (John 5: 39-40 NWT): You are searching the Scriptures, because you think by means of them you will have everlasting life; and these are the very ones that bear witness about me, and yet you do not want to come to me that you may have life.
  
  The WT does not apply this scripture to Christendom, but I thought it applied to the WTS perfectly.
  
  Marianne
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  bebu

  The verses right after the FDS verse:

  Matt 24:48

  But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, `My master is staying away a long time,' 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  bebu
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  Mary

  Matthew 24:23: "Then if anyone says to YOU, ‘Look! Here is the Christ,’ or, ‘There!’ do not believe it. 24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will give great signs and wonders so as to mislead, if possible, even the chosen ones. (Ecclesiastes 12:12) . . .To the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion [to them] is wearisome to the flesh. . .
  
  (Proverbs 13:12) 12 Expectation postponed is making the heart sick. . .
  
  (Deuteronomy 18:20-22) . . ., the prophet who presumes to speak in my name a word that I have not commanded him to speak or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die. And in case you should say in your heart: "How shall we know the word that Jehovah has not spoken?" when the prophet speaks in the name of Jehovah and the word does not occur or come true, that is the word that Jehovah did not speak. With presumptuousness the prophet spoke it. You must not get frightened at him.’ (Matthew 23:23-24) . . .Woe to YOU, scribes and Pharisees, the Governing Body hypocrites! because YOU give the tenth of the mint and the dill and the cumin, 10 hours of field service each month and go to 5 meetings a week but YOU have disregarded the weightier matters of the Law, namely, justice and mercy and faithfulness. These things it was binding to do, yet not to disregard the other things. 24 Blind guides, who strain out the gnat but gulp down the camel!. . .
  (Matthew 23:2-7) . . ."The scribes and the Pharisees Governing Body have seated themselves in the seat of Moses Jehovah. They bind up heavy loads and put them upon the shoulders of men, but they themselves are not willing to budge them with their finger. 5 All the works they do they do to be viewed by men. 6 They like the most prominent place at evening meals and the front seats in the synagogues of the Kingdom Halls, 7 and the greetings in the marketplaces and to be called Rabbi Jehovah's Appointed Servant by men.. . .
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  DannyHaszard

  The 'apostate' passage in Psalms that the Watchtower hurls ad nauseum-"I will set before my eyes no good for nothing thing,the doing of those who have fallen away i have hated." They fell away from true Christianity with their man-made Adventist Millerite mutated gospel of gobbledygook. --------------- Hosea 8:7 "They have sown the wind and now they will reap the whirlwind" -------------------- Matthew 5:25 "be about settling matters quickly with the one who is complaining against you at law" The Watchtower obstructs justice in court in the many cases that are mounting. --------------------------------------------- They are the "evil slave" because the protagonist in this parable set a date for him to be able to say "my master is delaying" yes indeed it was Zions watchtower that set the date 1914 --------------------------- Matthew 5:16 "by their fruits you will know them (false prophets)" the Revelation Climax book as just one example that i will pull off the shelf is 95% lies because of faulty 1914 zero hour for their ground zero. --------------------------------- 2 Corn.11:13-15 "Angels of light/Ministers of righteousness false apostles" ------------------ Galatians 1:8 "different gospel let him be damned".The Watchtower ADMITS it has a 'gospel' different than any other religion" i.e. Jesus second coming in 1914 Biggie I can go on and on...they blundered big time giving me the boot as i had memorized over 2,000 scripts verbatim. Hello! Danny Haszard is still standing yes i am not a homeless drunk living under a bridge overpass.