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  Any one checked todays Text?

  by Alternative in

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  1 tim.

  4:1 - in later periods of time some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of demons.. well done all of you demons got you didn't they?

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  AGuest

  We were 'afraid' of Count Chockula cereal!!??? ROTFLMHO....
  OMIGOSH... wait 'til I tell my kids (well, they're adults now, but...)
  I just can't believe it! I mean, I can 'see' why now, but... well, who knew? No one told US... and it was one of my daughter's favorites. And the little JW kids who came over ate it, too!

  I can't WAIT to tell them they were eating 'demon' cereal!

  Man-oh-man, what hypocrites! The WTBTS is one of THE most 'superstitious' group of folks on the EARTH!

  Peace, Skim... and thanks for the 'hoot'!

  SJ
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  Nourishment for the Spirit

  by Maximus in

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  my observation is that persons who 1) heal/adjust the most rapidly from their jw experience and 2) seem to have the most joy in life are those who read, read, read, in pursuit of what i call nourishment for the spirit.

  i've really enjoy the pithy aphorisms you use here, which suggests you've distilled some wisdom from somewhere.

  i'm going to ask your help in this thread.

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  AGuest

  Dearest Maximus... may you have peace!

  I am not sure I comprehend you correctly when you said, "Please expand about it." I guess is that you wish to know why I use the phrase and wish peace to those I speak to (if you are even asking at all)...

  First off, it is my way of letting the recipient know that I am 'entering' into their 'house'... invited or uninvited... and bring with me 'good intentions' (as the Chinese say). I bear no ill-will and have not come to 'scope out' what I could 'carry off', but instead, to impart some 'good'.

  Second, I offer such peace as a 'blessing'. In the time of my forefathers, the GREATEST gift one could give another was his or her blessing... not necessarily for prosperity, but more for goodwill. It was a means of showing one 'favor', that they were held in great esteem in your eyes.

  Third, it is a subjection of myself to such one, as such one's servant, for although when entering another's house, such one has the responsibility to 'show hospitality' and 'wash MY feet'... I understand my position in the universe... that in truth, I am such one's 'servant'... and have made myself at his/her service.

  Fourth, it is my wish for an absence of strife upon the individual... AND his/her entire household.

  And finally, it is what my Lord has taught me to do toward... and wish for... all... excluding those who would not 'receive' it... in which case I receive it back to myself. Thus, it is a 'sharing'... of myself... my spirit.

  And in that 'light'... I bid YOU peace... and I am...

  YOUR servant, and a slave of Christ, to time indefinite...

  SJ
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  Nourishment for the Spirit

  by Maximus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my observation is that persons who 1) heal/adjust the most rapidly from their jw experience and 2) seem to have the most joy in life are those who read, read, read, in pursuit of what i call nourishment for the spirit.

  i've really enjoy the pithy aphorisms you use here, which suggests you've distilled some wisdom from somewhere.

  i'm going to ask your help in this thread.

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  AGuest

  Dearest Maximus... may you have peace!

  I 'examined' 64 books... I think you know the ones... excluding 1 and 2 Chronicles. (Well, they're pretty much just 'chronologies', and besides, I haven't yet been 'directed' to examine them, at least not as extensively as some of the others...).

  Now, it's pretty much the same 10 or 12... when I need a 'second witness'...

  Again, peace to you!

  A slave of Christ,

  SJ
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  When Reinstated...NO APPLAUSE!

  by Disengaged in

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  the other evening a young person was reinstated and the jerk-water elder making the announcement went out of his way to remind "the friends" that applauding would not be proper.

  what mind control, bunk, dribble, bull................ they are so loving aren't they?

  i shoulda applauded anyway.

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  Dearest Sam... may you have peace!

  You are ABSOLUTELY right... I made an assumption... and a very poor one at that. There was absolutely NO reason why I should have assumed it was the man who committed the wrong. I digress in sackcloth and ashes, and THANK you for your loving correction.

  I bid you peace.... and I am...

  Your servant and a slave of Christ,

  SJ
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  Christ's Manifestation and Kingdom - 1st Century?

  by dreamer in

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  whilst reading 2nd timothy i noticed that chapter 4:1-8 seem to suggest that the early christian church believed that christ was manifest and in his kingdom:.

  i solemnly charge you before god and christ jesus, who is destined to judge the living and the dead, and by his manifestation and his kingdom.. .

  this implies that he is still to judge, but that he is manifest and that his kiongdom is established.

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  Dearest dreamer... may you have peace!

  In truth, dear one, my Lord received his kingdom at the time he entered into before my Father and was granted to sit at His right hand. It is from that position that he goes 'subduing... in the midst of his enemies'. For he 'must rule as king until all enemies have been placed under his feet'. The 'last enemy'... Death... has yet to be done away with.

  His the commencement of his rulership as king in the 'kingdom of the Son of His love', was evidenced... MANIFESTED... by the outpouring of holy spirit at Pentecost 30 CE. THAT was how such ones KNEW my Lord had entered in 'before the person of God FOR us'... and presented his 'acceptable' sacrifice. Note, he did not begin ruling as a 'priest', but as a king AND a 'priest'... in the manner of Melchizedek.

  My Lord is still ruling... subduing... in the midst of his enemies... the enemies of us his brothers (those who are members of his Body by means of receipt of the promised holy spirit), our 'Adversary, the Devil', and his 'children'.

  It is his 'arrival', however, that we await. For my Lord's 'presence'... which is INVISIBLE, for he is a spirit... has been with us from his resurrection ("Look! I am WITH you... ALL the days..."). But when he 'arrives', such arrival will NOT be invisible, for 'EVERY eye... will see him'.

  I, myself, SJ, have spoken to you the truth, just as I have heard it from my Lord, JAHESHUA MISCHAJAH, the Son of the Holy One of Israel, JAH OF ARMIES.

  I bid you peace.
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  When Reinstated...NO APPLAUSE!

  by Disengaged in

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  2. friends

  the other evening a young person was reinstated and the jerk-water elder making the announcement went out of his way to remind "the friends" that applauding would not be proper.

  what mind control, bunk, dribble, bull................ they are so loving aren't they?

  i shoulda applauded anyway.

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  AGuest

  Sorry, Sam, but you are in error... (may you have peace!)

  That WTBTS was 'dead' wrong... from day one. Why?

  First, they had no 'authority' to disfellowship to begin with. What SHOULD have happened is stated at Matthew 18:15-18. It should have started with the wife, and if SHE felt him repentant, then SHE was to forgive him... and that would have been the end of it. If not, then it lied with whatever others she took 'with' her, and if THEY felt he was repentnat, if they 'gained' him... then THEY should have simply forgiven him. And, if he STILL didn't listen, it should finally have layed within the hands of the ENTIRE congregation. If he repented, they should have ALL 'rejoiced'. And if not, he was to become 'like the world and tax collectors', which meant they STILL owed him love... but not 'accolades'. (Matthew 5:43-48).

  That is what should have happened FIRST, then, there would have been no NEED for 'reinstatement'.

  But, as with earthling man who attempt to sit in judgment of one another, such judgment is fallible. Ones who ARE truly repentant are judged unworthy and receive no joyful reception, and ones who have NOT repented in their hearts, are deemed favorable based on popularity... and receive accolades.

  And so what? For with regard to such injustices, Israel is 'loving it'... aren't they?

  Again, too bad... too bad.

  A slave of Christ,

  SJ
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  When Reinstated...NO APPLAUSE!

  by Disengaged in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the other evening a young person was reinstated and the jerk-water elder making the announcement went out of his way to remind "the friends" that applauding would not be proper.

  what mind control, bunk, dribble, bull................ they are so loving aren't they?

  i shoulda applauded anyway.

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  AGuest

  Dear 'Disengaged'... may you have peace!

  Once again, the so-called 'truth'... shows it is NOT the Truth... and proved that it does not have 'truth' at all... for the Truth... is not IN them! For if they were... then would know that even the ANGELS shout in joy... and thus, APPLAUD... when one sinner repents.

  Luke 15:17
  Job 38:7
  Proverbs 30:12
  Luke 5:32
  John 14:6
  John 8:32, 36

  Too bad... too bad...

  A slave of Christ,

  SJ
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  Danny! Seafood!

  by Bendrr in

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  hey dude!

  another cooking post for you.. remember i'm still learning the art.. i bought a swordfish steak today and broiled it.

  yum!.

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  AGuest

  DBear...

  Si, sus diabetes... vaya con cuidado, mi hermano... por favor. It sucks to... well, you know what I mean.

  Take care of yourself, BearMan. And if you ever get up to San Fran... try the sushi at Tokyo's. THE freshest, bar none.

  La paz!

  SJ
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  question

  by noidea in

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  is there anyone here that feels they are of the annointed class?

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  AGuest

  NEVER... say 'never', dear logical... for it is not up to us to check God's hand. Indeed, He shows mercy to whomever HE wishes to show it, and no one can come to my Lord unless the Father draws such one... and He draws... whomever HE pleases.

  It is not up to the one who is running... and as my Lord said, "You did not choose me; I... chose you."

  Peace to you, dear one!

  Your servant and a slave of Christ,

  SJ
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  by noidea in

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  is there anyone here that feels they are of the annointed class?

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  AGuest

  Dear 'noidea'... may you have peace!

  Dear one, there is no anointed 'class'... none whatsover. In the Household of God, ALL are anointed with holy spirit, the sons of Israel (144,000) and the 'great crowd' inclusive. There is only ONE body, ONE hope... ONE Lord... ONE baptism... and that is baptism with holy spirit. Those who were baptized with water (John's baptism), but have not yet received the baptism of my Lord, that with holy spirit, are all WELCOME to receive the latter as well, if they so 'wish' it.

  Ephesians 4:4
  Acts 19:1-5
  Matthew 3:11
  Revelation 22:17

  And any of the Household of God who are such by means of a receipt of the promised holy spirit, whether a direct descendant of Abraham from 'among 12 tribes of the sons of Israel' (144,000) OR 'out of every nation, tribe, tongue and people'... should be of assistance to you. For it is WE that are YOUR servants... and not you ours.

  How, then, can we/I be of service to you? My email address is to the left.

  Your servant and a slave of Christ,

  SJ