is there gods true worshipers on earth today as jesus said there would be?
if they are not jws then who are they?.
who else comes close to being gods true followers today?.
It is because you do not understand Jesus' teaching that you ask this question.
You are in danger of going back.
It is because people refuse to learn from Jesus' lessons that they lose out.
What does it mean, the illustration of the house that was "swept clean" and later re-inhabited by multiple demons?
As graphic as it was, what does it mean, the Proverb at 26:11?
after a century of learning and teaching, the dubs are no closer to understanding what jesus taught.. god's kingdom rules ch.
1 par.
9 how will god’s kingdom come?
Cofty, what you said Jesus said, was not said by Jesus.
You fool yourself.
You are making reference to the Olivet Discourse. You do not understand it.
Those few of us that understand Jesus words at Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21 see your words and their intent for what they are.
You are bitter.
after a century of learning and teaching, the dubs are no closer to understanding what jesus taught.. god's kingdom rules ch.
1 par.
9 how will god’s kingdom come?
The "Kingdom of God" does not literally destroy world governments in the future any more than it did in Jesus' day.
The "Kingdom of God" is an ideology. The man does not enter the Kingdom until first the Kingdom enters the man.
Jesus taught us to pray "Let your Kingdom come". Express willingness to allow that Kingdom to enter your soul. "Let it come to me".
If the subjects of any kingdom do not first believe IN the kingdom, then that kingdom cannot exist. Any rulership must be willingly accepted. This is primary. The ideology must be part of you.
If people fail to accept the ideological principles of any government, then that government fails. It is "crushed". Non-confidence.
Goverments do not destroy anything. People who believe in Goverments destroy.
Armageddon is not caused by the Kingdom of God. These governments are destroyed in the hearts of man beforehand.
It is the Finger of God that destroys at Armageddon.
The "Kingdom of God" did not destroy Jerusalem in 70ce. It was the Kingdom of Rome that did that. The Kingdom of God destroyed the rulership of the false religious leaders of the Jews prior to the Roman's work.
Jesus said, as he hung on the timber, "Take courage, I have conquered the world".
But Jerusalem still stood.
after a century of learning and teaching, the dubs are no closer to understanding what jesus taught.. god's kingdom rules ch.
1 par.
9 how will god’s kingdom come?
After a century of learning and teaching, the dubs are no closer to understanding what Jesus taught.
God's Kingdom Rules Ch. 1 par. 9
9 How will God’s Kingdom come? When we pray, “Let your Kingdom come,” we are asking that the Kingdom take decisive action. When the Kingdom comes, it will exert its full power toward the earth. It will remove the present wicked system of things, including all man-made governments, and bring in a righteous new world.
Luke 17:208 NWT
20 On being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God was coming,+ he answered them: “The Kingdom of God is not coming with striking observableness; 21 nor will people say, ‘See here!’ or, ‘There!’ For look! the Kingdom of God is in your midst.”
ok so this week's wt study article is entitled "why must we keep on the watch?"..
it is filled with statements on the importance of "being watchful" for the beginning of the "great tribulation".
paragraph 2: “keep looking, keep awake, for you do not know when the appointed time is.”after that, jesus admonished them repeatedly: “keep on the watch.”.
They told my father not to have kids. The end was that close...
Anyway... As my Dad tells it to his grandson. LOL
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/religion/alberta-appeal-court-rules-judges-can-overturn-unfair-church-edicts.
the other day, this court decision was posted on jwn along with a link to the court document, but few expected the media to pick up the story.
so to all involved, i understand it was a surprise to see the story in print.
A bridge club can choose to eject (disfellowship) a player because they don't like him.
THEY CANNOT SEEK TO EXTEND THEIR INFLUENCE OUTSIDE THE CLUB IN AN EFFORT TO DESTROY THAT PERSONS FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY.
If their action taken with respect to the bridge club extended to areas outside the scope of their domain, then they should be disallowed from taking any action whatsoever.
in this discussion, we will be examining three precepts on the part of the gbojw which they use to claim that we should be obedient to them and their boe.
these precepts are.... - the bible instructs to be so.
- boe are appointed by holy spirit.
Some good points here, but a little too much. It doesn't take that much to prove that Christians are not beholding to the GB of JWcult
And that discuss trooth site you mention is not worth the time to look at. It's a few people talking to a few other people about not too much over and over.
Its a closed little club of wannabes.
this video speaks volumes about watchtower failed prophecies and hyped up dead end promises.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhn6zf1hl2a.
I had a fellow JW and his family for dinner not long ago. He's serving as an elder. His kids are doing marvy things for the great Wizards Of Org. They brought up about opposers and we said little to nothing. They got on how "opposers" harp on 1975 and how 'it's all made up ....the Society never said anything about 75'
It was just then when I had had enough.
I asked my elder 'friend'... "have you ever done a search on the WT CDrom for 1975 to read what was said?"
I got a blank stare from the whole family.
I added, "... just open the CDrom and enter 1-9-7-5 and hit "search"...?"
Still the blank stare.
They had nothing to say. It's remarkable, cognitive dissonance. You can lead a horse to water...
watchtower literature, according to watchtower dogma, is not mere 'literature'... like any other literature from some "worldly" source, ...but rather it is "spiritual food" given by christ's appointed "slave" at "the proper time" and in fulfillment of bible prophecy.
(matthew 24:45-47).
this is the claim.
We are soon to have the complete documentation of what "food at the proper time" was submitted to UN DPI
the so called bunker video isn't just getting attention here but among jws as well.
i've heard a fair share of cracks, some half joking half serious about the prospect of the video playing out in real life .
but something else i've heard is that the video was meant to be figurative, an illustration representing the 'interior rooms' prophecy..
When discussing the video with local dubs, I refer to the men/soldiers who come in to the room/bunker as FBI.
For instance I say "... and when the FBI came crashing into the compound where the brothers are holed up, I thought for sure the 'Angel of Death' that slew the 185,000 would appear to protect the brothers and I was disappointed that the brothers would not get saved"
I use as many 'Waco Texas' references as I can fit in to the conversation.
Good to note that the dubs around here DO NOT want to talk about how that video ended. They want to forget it and create a new fantasy in their mind to replace it.
I am of the belief that most dubs wanted to draw a parallel between the ancient and the modern day, as has been the case in the past.
Perhaps, as time progresses, I will have the opportunity to hear from local dubbers, and to see how they felt about the application of the ancient story of the 185k slaughter and the modern application.
I personally expected that when they showed the hallway at the end, with the local authorities getting ready to make their move, that the Watchtower would have been creative and 'Jehovahs mighty hand would swoop in to miraculously save the day'....
I personally sensed dissatisfaction and disappointment on the part of the audience. And this disappointment is carried forward in the way of not wanting to talk about the video.
