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  WHAT do YOU know about JESUS... and His teachings?

  by hibiscusfire in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am interested to know what you know about jesus and what you really think of his teachings.. the bible says there is only one way to heaven.. jesus said: "i am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the father but by me.

  " (john 14:6) .

  the lord jesus was crucified and shed his precious blood to wipe away our sins (revelation 1:5).

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  journey-on: But, remember, also, Mary was the one that activated him to perform his first miracle. He told her he wasn't ready, but she, more or less, told him to do it anyway. AND HE DID just as she told him to

  This is not quite accurate journey-on. At that wedding in Cana more or less reveals the relationship between Mary and Jesus.

  In John, chapter 2, you may have read about that wedding. It was Jesus' first miracle. The story, however portrays Mary in a somewhat negative light as being a pushy mother.

  Jewish wedding parties could go on for days, and running out of wine would have been normal. And so the wine ran out. This would have created much embarrassment for any host. Caterers usually make up for these kinds of shortfalls quickly. In other words, Mary’s request was not an emergency situation, and not one that Jesus needed to solve. He could have told her, “If they failed to plan properly then it not an emergency that we must deal with."
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  WHAT do YOU know about JESUS... and His teachings?

  by hibiscusfire in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am interested to know what you know about jesus and what you really think of his teachings.. the bible says there is only one way to heaven.. jesus said: "i am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the father but by me.

  " (john 14:6) .

  the lord jesus was crucified and shed his precious blood to wipe away our sins (revelation 1:5).

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  Terry: Mary worship is just plain creepy!

  Terry, Mary has been given and referred to as with so many names. Numerous statues have even been made where people and priests bow down to them. God speaks against idol worship in the Bible. These particular leaders deny that the religion exercises in idolatry. In this sense, from the historical evidence, we see a process of imitation which robs Christ of His most important characteristics and fixes them in Mary.

  It removes Jesus from His central place in the bible and replaces him with a Mary entirely different from the biblical figure.

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  WHAT do YOU know about JESUS... and His teachings?

  by hibiscusfire in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am interested to know what you know about jesus and what you really think of his teachings.. the bible says there is only one way to heaven.. jesus said: "i am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the father but by me.

  " (john 14:6) .

  the lord jesus was crucified and shed his precious blood to wipe away our sins (revelation 1:5).

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  serotonin:

  Mary and Joseph were very surprised to find Jesus in the temple. Mary asked Him why he had stayed there when they were going home. She told Him how worried they were and how they had looked everywhere for Him.

  You know what Jesus said? He said," Why did you look for me? Didn't you know that I would be at my Father's house?"

  Mary did not even understand what Jesus meant!

  That's very strange. Did Mary forget God's spirit made her pregnant when she was a virgin, and that Jesus was God's son? It was only 12/13 years earlier.

  No, of course not! Mary did not forget about that. It is what Jesus told her that took her by surprise. Just like the teachers in the temple, no one would expect a little 12 year old to be that way. Mary just didn't think about how soon Jesus would start doing His Father's work. She didn't fully understand where Jesus was coming from in His answer. hibiscusfire
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  What is your opinion of prayer?

  by journey-on in

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  do you still pray?

  how are your prayers different now that you're not a jw?

  what do your prayers involve?

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  n...: Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer. ~Author Unknown

  Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day; give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish. ~Author Unknown

  I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. ~Frederick Douglass, escaped slave

  Two hands clasped in prayer can do more than a zillion idle hands.

  Give a man a rod and you'll be able to feed him for a life time, give a man the opportunity to meet Jesus and he'll live forever while he repents and gives his life to Him.

  I asked God for wisdom and he gave me problems to solve.

  hibie
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  The Prodigal Child

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was just reading something posted a couple of years ago and it got me thinking.

  family love.. in the post vivamus discussed how after she made the decision to leave the witnesses she went to a birthday party for her uncle.

  when she walked into the room everyone just dropped thjaws in surprise.

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  Scully: The difference between the two is similar to the difference between being fired from a job (DFd) or resigning (DAd).

  Thanks for your dictionary Scully.

  Oh I don't like that at all. So they disown you then? May I ask if the person who has been DFd was in some trouble would the JW church help them?

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  WHAT do YOU know about JESUS... and His teachings?

  by hibiscusfire in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am interested to know what you know about jesus and what you really think of his teachings.. the bible says there is only one way to heaven.. jesus said: "i am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the father but by me.

  " (john 14:6) .

  the lord jesus was crucified and shed his precious blood to wipe away our sins (revelation 1:5).

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  hibiscusfire

  Thank you for a spiritually encouraging thread.

  Let your light shine!

  Deborah

  Hi Deborah. Let your light shine! God bless and keep you!

  Thanks a million!

  love hibie
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  WHAT do YOU know about JESUS... and His teachings?

  by hibiscusfire in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am interested to know what you know about jesus and what you really think of his teachings.. the bible says there is only one way to heaven.. jesus said: "i am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the father but by me.

  " (john 14:6) .

  the lord jesus was crucified and shed his precious blood to wipe away our sins (revelation 1:5).

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  bigdreaux: i will say, i think you should read back, and actually respond to the questions asked by other posters.

  Thank you very much for your honesty and for liking me. You are nice too.

  And with respect to the above. I am trying but my machine is soooooooooo slooooooooooooow....and there is so much to read...and I get hungry now and then.....and I have to go do work and all that. You know...a woman's job is never done.

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  WHAT do YOU know about JESUS... and His teachings?

  by hibiscusfire in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am interested to know what you know about jesus and what you really think of his teachings.. the bible says there is only one way to heaven.. jesus said: "i am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the father but by me.

  " (john 14:6) .

  the lord jesus was crucified and shed his precious blood to wipe away our sins (revelation 1:5).

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  hibiscusfire

  journey-on: In 325 A.D. when Roman emperor Constantine formed a council of historians and scholars and directed it to put together what is now our Holy Bible, many many texts and documents were modified, removed, or left out.

  Hi actually I was in the middle of replying and something went nuts. I didn't even know anything was posted. Anyways, I just wanted to know which version of the bible were you referring to. hibiscus
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  The Prodigal Child

  by Lady Lee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was just reading something posted a couple of years ago and it got me thinking.

  family love.. in the post vivamus discussed how after she made the decision to leave the witnesses she went to a birthday party for her uncle.

  when she walked into the room everyone just dropped thjaws in surprise.

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  hibiscusfire

  But when I was a dub I had an uncle who was DFed. At the time we were told not to talk to him so we didn't. Then there was a WT that said we could talk to them. I didn't see him again but my mother did and I remember she was happy to be able to have that freedom again - well until they changed the rules again

  Your teachings in the JW church are crazy and insane. Geeez. No wonder some of you just can't seem to catch yourself. It's not like that. Truely it is not. By the way why was your uncle DFed? What is DFed? Divorced? hibie
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  WHAT do YOU know about JESUS... and His teachings?

  by hibiscusfire in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am interested to know what you know about jesus and what you really think of his teachings.. the bible says there is only one way to heaven.. jesus said: "i am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the father but by me.

  " (john 14:6) .

  the lord jesus was crucified and shed his precious blood to wipe away our sins (revelation 1:5).

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  hibiscusfire

  journey-on: In 325 A.D. when Roman emperor Constantine formed a council of historians and scholars and directed it to put together what is now our Holy Bible, many many texts and documents were modified, removed, or left out.