No, you're mistaken. One doesn't necessarily grieve the holy spirit when he or she commits a sin. Recall that at 1 John 2:1, 2, the apostle John wrote:
I think you missed you missed the word "practice" in my post. Had you noticed that, you would see that I'm right, and that you actually posted points that agree with my post. It would have saved you from doing all that typing anyways.
Do you know why you have such disdain for the "brotha"?You sound to me like a "sistah" rolling over the "brotha" because of envy. I say because I cannot remember whites speaking this way, so, to use the vernacular, why are you hatin' on the brotha like this? Why do you zero in like this on the "brotha" and not on one of the whites? What exactly did the brotha do to you? Maybe I'm asking the wrong question here: Do you hate these "old men" that comprise the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses with a special hatred for this "fake" brotha because you think he's perpetuatin' and not a real brotha, because a real brotha would never be a member of the Governing Body?
Now this interesting. A real gem. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I had a feeling you have a tan. My instincts were going off. What really has my interest peaked though is that you seem to have caught offense over me dissing Brotha Herd. You know him personally or something? Because for someone concerned about me "sounding like a sistah rolling over the brotha because of envy", you sure come off like one of those fellas that grab their wife or girlfriend real close when guys like me step in the room. Since your one of my own, you're probably familiar with the phrase, "handcuffing em." I'm sure glad you're concerned enough about Brotha Herd to protect his reputation from brothas like me on the internet. What would he do without guys like you? The same thing he was doing before you decided to handcuff him, Captain Save-Em.
Now Captain Save-Em, if you can't see the irony of that picture, well there's not much you and I can discuss....brotha. To be fair, maybe I'm being overly harsh on Brotha Herd. Maybe he's more of Jackie Robinson, as opposed to a JC Watts.
Who am I? I'm an old man that happens to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses, but I believe you already know this, so, who am I? I'm an envoy of the kingdom of God that has spent hours over the years proclaiming and teaching others about "the good news of salvation." (Psalm 96:2)
Who are you? You are a spiritual sister of mine that has lost her way, someone that I'm trying to encourage that you might get back on the Way. (John 14:6) My words here could be the ones that you will recall my saying to you by the time that the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ begins, and my hope is that you will have gotten past your anger against Jehovah and that you will also have gotten past what seems to me to be self-hatred and will have come back to Jehovah when that revelation begins. (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9)
Captain, I didn't know you were also a Spiritual Psychiatrist. Thank you for diagnosing my problem. However, I think I'll seek a second opinion. Since you felt so obligated to psychoanalyze me, allow me to scratch your back! You state you are an old man that happens to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and that you've been proclaiming and teaching others about the Kingdom. I tip my hat to ya fella. However I'm not so sure of what you claim sir. The reason is, if you truly are a no-blood card carrying Jehovah's Witness, who truly believes this is God's organization, and also truly believes the GB are God's chosen representatives on this mudball of a planet, then let me ask you a question. Why are you here? You've painstakingly taken the time to show myself and others on this forum the error of our ways. By you doing that, you brazenly go against the directives of God's chosen representatives. (Heb 13:17) Or do you get a pass from this directive for some reason unbeknownst to us? Your not Brotha Herd are you? If you're not, read this, taken from the journal you and I get our directives from. This is from the 10/1/93 WT, page 19, paragraph 15.
Regarding them, the psalmist said: "Do I not hate those who are intensely hating you, O Jehovah, and do I not feel a loathing for those revolting against you? With a complete hatred I do hate them. They have become tome real enemies." (Psalm 139:21, 22) It was because they intensely hated Jehovah that David looked on them with abhorrence. Apostates are included among those who show their hatred of Jehovah by revolting against him. Apostasy is, in reality, a rebellion against Jehovah. Some apostates profess to know and serve God, but they reject teachings or requirements set out in his Word. Others claim to believe the Bible, but they reject Jehovah's organization and actively try to hinder its work. When they deliberately choose such badness after knowing what is right, when the bad becomes so ingrained that it is an inseparable part of their makeup, then a Christian must hate (in the Biblical sense of the word) those who have inseparably attached themselves to the badness. True Christians share Jehovah's feelings toward such apostates; they are not curious about apostate ideas. On the contrary, they "feel a loathing" toward those who have made themselves God's enemies, but they leave it to Jehovah to execute vengeance.--Job 13:16; Romans
12:19; 2 John 9, 10.
This is from the 3/15/1986 WT, page 20, shout out to Free Minds. The second paragraph is from the 12/15/84 WT, page 19
Therefore, resolve in your heart that you will never even touch the poison that apostates want you to sip. Heed the wise but firm commands of Jehovah to avoid completely those who would deceive you, mislead you, turn you aside into the ways of death. If we love Jehovah with our whole heart, soul, and mind, while loving our neighbor as we love ourselves, we will leave no room for penetration by apostate thinking. (Matthew 22:37-39) We will not "allow place for the Devil" and will have no desire to look elsewhere. We will not `be quickly shaken from our reason' by some counterfeit teaching. 2 Thessalonians 2: 1,2. WT 3/15/86 p. 20
We have been forewarned that there will be apostates and people who just like to have their ears tickled. Counsel such as at 2 John 9-11, 1 Corinthians 5:11-13 and 2 Timothy 3:5 allows no room for associating with those who turn away from the truth. Nor do we purchase or read their writings. WT 12/15/84 p. 19
We have been forewarned that there will be apostates and people who just like to have their ears tickled. Counsel such as at 2 John 9-11, 1 Corinthians 5:11-13 and 2 Timothy 3:5 allows no room for associating with those who turn away from the truth. Nor do we purchase or read their writings. WT 12/15/84 p. 19
So again I have to ask you Mr.Envoy of the Kingdom of God, why are you brazenly going against the directives of God's annointed representatives that you hold in such high esteem? You by being here, demonstrate a lack of faith by being here and posting. Your unsteady in your ways. (James 1:8) You can only be here for a few reasons. One of which is you have a beef with this organization. Another possibility is you doubt the validity of this organization's claims, and you're here testing what you've believed all these years by debating with us. There's other possibilities. Make no mistake though, by you being here and posting, you don't do a service for the WT. If anything, you actually further the apostate cause. Me personally I'm glad you're here allowing two sides of the coin to be exposed, but don't kid yourself by believing you're nobel in the WT eyes.
Who am I? I'm an old man that happens to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses, but I believe you already know this, so, who am I? I'm an envoy of the kingdom of God that has spent hours over the years proclaiming and teaching others about "the good news of salvation." (Psalm 96:2)
This might get you a clap at the convention or assembly where the audience is looking for anything to liven that borefest up. Here on this forum, I smell your nonsense. Don't think because you're on Medicare and have went out in field service for a few years that I'm to believe your a cute little old man. No, your a man lacking faith in the organization you outwardly hold in high esteem. Secretly you post here, trying desperately to prove to yourself its "the truth." Or your one of the "unwanteds" at the Kingdom Hall, and this is how you tell yourself they still value you. Or maybe being one of the unwanteds, this is the closest you get to associating with JWs, damned if they're undercover apostate, or in bad standing. Stop fooling yourself Eggnogg. By the way, stop posting a bunch of paragraphs. It takes away from the good points you've made.
I apologize for playing a part in hijacking this thread.
