CoCo,
(the wt "arrangement" deviated long ago from God's purpose , so it is not God's anymore )
but the "sheep" are God's ... and He will take care of them ... see Ezekiel 34 ... it offers comfort ... it offered to me for more than 18 years
greetings, friends:.
wishing you all a pleasant weekend.
committed to attend tomorrow's meeting at the kingdom hall, i've decided that i am going because i love my friends and family.
CoCo,
(the wt "arrangement" deviated long ago from God's purpose , so it is not God's anymore )
but the "sheep" are God's ... and He will take care of them ... see Ezekiel 34 ... it offers comfort ... it offered to me for more than 18 years
i need to ask a serious bible based question regarding the bread and the wine that jesus passed around on the night of the passover.. i understand perfectly what these mean, and i understand their relevance, however im struggling to understand, after 15 years of indoctrination, if i am deserving to partake of them.
today at the baptist church, we were all offered the bread and the wine.
i wanted to partake but i still feel that i do not have the right to, as i am not of the chosen nation.
You should ask the Father / Matthew 7:7-11.
greetings, friends:.
wishing you all a pleasant weekend.
committed to attend tomorrow's meeting at the kingdom hall, i've decided that i am going because i love my friends and family.
I thought you are "out"
in fact I presumed all (in this forum) are ..."ex".
many of you already know my real name.i'm the one whose experience was published in the sep 8 1994 awake mag.
i would like to stress that although i have good reason to be angry and bitter, nothing i say here is said in anger but only in sadness.
i write this to say that if i could take back many of my words i said in that experience , i would.
Rami is alive and well . . . and lives not far from me here in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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I hope the earthquake did not damaged you and him .
Please tell him I wish he continues to be Christian . This way he may enter in the Kingdom of God , which he has preached before .
Christian greetings from north
many of you already know my real name.i'm the one whose experience was published in the sep 8 1994 awake mag.
i would like to stress that although i have good reason to be angry and bitter, nothing i say here is said in anger but only in sadness.
i write this to say that if i could take back many of my words i said in that experience , i would.
I read it
Ar you around here, Ovi ?
Ps - I have great sympathy for Jw (and those who loves Jesus and Father ) in Israel because I know their situation .
i received the following email from a former jw that i thought to share.
note: i retyped the boe letter that was sent from the christian congregation of jehovahs witnesses to all congregations in the us.
the letter is authentic.
somewere I have read this:
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said Jehovah unto me, The end is come upon my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
4 Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
5 saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
6 that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
7 Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
..........................................this is called "greed"...................................................
this weekend i read the gospel according to matthew and john.. it felt lovely as i was simply learning about jesus and his teachings, which are incredibly easy to understand and which amount to what i feel is a fabulous guide to life.. but what about the old testament... is it just history?
is it important?
should a christian spend too much time reading it?
the truth is simple
but the Bible was written "complicated"
WHY ?
answer : Proverbs 25:
2. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
the shorter (mine) answer - it may be expanded ...
im 23 and im still a jw.
the jehovahs witnesses claim that god is using their earthly organisation in the last days!
im realy not too sure.
yes
who REALLY IS the faithfull and descreet slave ?
while the question call it at singular , the context shows there are several individuals
find them ! (I found one)
does anybody remember the old apostate guy they called mr. coffee?
back in the late 80s when i was at brooklyn he would dress in a suit, have a book bag, and come and stand in front of the 124 bldg or sometimes over by the towers hotel.
he'd easily put in auxillary pioneer hours.
what little is this world
I have heard about him / in the ninties I was in Israel for work and there a nice "american" (Jw)family studied with me
I subtly asked about persons who left the org. and they told to me about "Mr. Coffee"
i attended the school late last year, and it was an emotional and mental rollercoaster for me.
i was already divided in my heart to say the least.
one of the instructors stayed in my home for the week, and my family genuinely enjoyed his company.
Their method of "organize" the activity at three levels - congregations, branches and headquarters make it possible to find the "mark" of it - of the beast, I mean.
wantingtruth