i have some ideas, but want more to choose from..
Island Man,
You could also ask them for a definition of the word "anyone".
John 6:50-51
This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread he will live forever; and, for a fact, the bread that I shall give is my flesh in behalf of the life of the world."
abe
i have some ideas, but want more to choose from..
If they persist you can just say; "No, I am going to obey Jesus Christ!"
This would also work if you ever found yourself in a JC meeting.
You could walk out of there with your dignity completely intact!
and then jump for joy!
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i have some ideas, but want more to choose from..
You could simply tell them that you are a Christian and that Christians obey Jesus Christ.
Politely ask them for their NWT and read this to them:
Place emphasis on the bolded words.
Luke 21:8
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.
Immediately ask them if they think; "Do not go after them" is a recommendation or ........... a commandment from Jesus Christ.
Then ask if going after them to their Kingdom Hall would be the right thing for a person to do who is really sincere about his Christianity.
If they persist you can just say; "No, I am going to obey Jesus Christ!"
BTW. this would work not just for the memorial invitation but for every time a JW knocks on your door!
abe
i have some ideas, but want more to choose from..
Tell them that you celebrate the evening meal [memorial] with Jesus Christ alone in your own house so that you will not get caught eating and drinking with the drunkards when he returns.
Poilitely ask for their NWT and read this to them:
Revelation 3:19-20
"‘All those for whom I have affection I reprove and discipline. Therefore be zealous and repent. 20 Look! I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into his [house] and take the evening meal with him and he with me.
Point out to them that I, his, him, he and me are ALL singular!
when i first began studying in order to "make the truth my own", there were a set of scriptures that perplexed me and motivated me to dig deeper.. the scriptures are regarding the resurrection of the inhabitants of sodom & gomorrah.. see jesus words here - matthew 10:15 - "truly i say to you, it will be more endurable for the land of sodom and gomorrah on judgment day than for that city.
" (ezekiel 16:48 / matthew 11:23 / matthew 11:24 / luke 10:12 ).
any time that i brought these scriptures up to jw friends and family they would reply like this "jesus was speaking in hyperbole.. that is why he said it would be more endurable".. i would clarify and show them that it says "will be".
If an Individual does not gain everlasting Life in this lifetime, he will have one Full & Perfect oppurtunity to Gain Life.
Objective truth,
I believe that Jesus Christ has already given us one full and perfect opportunity to benefit from his sacrifice.
Something that was not available during the lifetime of people living in Sodom or Gommorah.
If people during this lifetime have the opportunity and then reject it, then yes, I think it will be more endurable for the people of Sodom and Gommorah than those people.
The people of Sodom and Gommorah have an excuse.
.................. We don't!
abe
Are apostates people who have abandoned loyalty to Jesus Christ and instead venerate a bunch of reprehensible men in Brooklyn, New York?
Have apostates re-invented Jesus Christs baptismal commandment to include an act of worship to these same men.
Do apostates continue to proclaim that the due time has approached even though Jesus Christ said that we were not to go after those kind of people.
Do apostates put on their sheeps clothing on Saturday mornings and go door to door telling people that they can live forever and that millions now living will never die, they positively will not die and that they can be like God knowing "the truth"?
i have the opportunity to take an independent study class through my university this summer.
my advisor, a history professor, suggested i choose jehovah's witnesses as a topic.. we are now trying to formulate a syllabus.
she suggests i write two papers: one on the history of jws, and another on their doctinal approach.. so now my question is...what books/articles/videos do i list on my syllabus as sources i intend to read and use for the papers?.
I am going to explore the origins of the organization
If you watched the video I linked in an earlier post then you could conclude that the "origin" of this organization and its mandate have been carefully initiated and manipulated by Satan and his demons.
If you want to go back a little further to examine the precursor religion(s) then this video on Daniel Chapter 8 might help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZY9Ckvmfqs
abe
i have the opportunity to take an independent study class through my university this summer.
my advisor, a history professor, suggested i choose jehovah's witnesses as a topic.. we are now trying to formulate a syllabus.
she suggests i write two papers: one on the history of jws, and another on their doctinal approach.. so now my question is...what books/articles/videos do i list on my syllabus as sources i intend to read and use for the papers?.
I am going to explore the origins of the organization
Good place to start is in January of 1885:
w01 1/15 p. 28 How the Governing Body Differs From a Legal Corporation
How the Governing Body Differs From a Legal Corporation
ANNUAL meetings of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania have been held since January of 1885. When the ingathering of anointed Christians was underwayin the late 19th century, the directors and officers of this corporation had the heavenly hope. In fact, this has almost always been the case.
Properly understand the initial mandate stated above and its implications in regard to the profound fulfillment of prophecy.
Recommend that you use the CD library to get comfortable with the idea that the "anointed Christians" are "Kings of the Earth".
When you make the connection to end time prophecy you should realize that something truly insidious and reprehensible has been happening in the world for over a 100 years now.
Something that Jesus Christ said would happen!
Watching the video I linked above will help put the pieces together.
abe
as jws we were often told what the theme of the bible is, we were taught that it was the promised seed.. i was recently asked the question.... what is the main "idea" of the bible?.
for me the whole purpose of the bible is about control.
it features a god that punishes and rewards.
We were created with freewill.
One of the most amazing things that ONLY freewill makes possible is, love.
Love has to be voluntary!
The main idea of the bible, is how that in the end, a remnant of volunteers will be gathered from the earth to live in a place with others who understand this.
Revelation 21:22-27
And I did not see a temple in it, for Jehovah God the Almighty is its temple, also the Lamb [is]. 23 And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God lighted it up, and its lamp was the Lamb. 24 And the nations will walk by means of its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. 25 And its gates will not be closed at all by day, for night will not exist there. 26 And they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 27 But anything not sacred and anyone that carries on a disgusting thing and a lie will in no way enter into it; only those written in the Lamb’s scroll of life [will].
abe
i have the opportunity to take an independent study class through my university this summer.
my advisor, a history professor, suggested i choose jehovah's witnesses as a topic.. we are now trying to formulate a syllabus.
she suggests i write two papers: one on the history of jws, and another on their doctinal approach.. so now my question is...what books/articles/videos do i list on my syllabus as sources i intend to read and use for the papers?.
The Proclaimers Book!
Don't miss the page where they describe how "God's Spirit Directed Organization" is organized!
