Posts by Mythbuster

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How You Can Understand the Bible - FDS not mentioned in this WT article

by Mythbuster in

*** w09 7/1 pp.

4-5 1. ask the author for help ***.

how you can understand the bible.

Mythbuster

True, but since this is what I am given to read, I can use it when the JW I am talking to starts harping about the FDS.

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How You Can Understand the Bible - FDS not mentioned in this WT article

by Mythbuster in

*** w09 7/1 pp.

4-5 1. ask the author for help ***.

how you can understand the bible.

Mythbuster

*** w09 7/1 pp. 4-5 1. Ask the Author for Help ***
How You Can Understand the Bible

1. Ask the Author for Help

"There was a time when I would read the Bible before going to bed," relates Ninfa, who lives in Italy. "I did so because I realized that it is God's Word, and even though I didn't enjoy reading, I wanted to know what God had written in the Bible. I had intended to read it all. In the beginning I found it easy, but then I got to parts that I found difficult, and I stopped reading it."

CAN you relate to Ninfa? Many people can. Yet, as we saw in the preceding article, the Bible's Author, Jehovah God, wants you to understand his Word. How, though, can you gain such understanding? A first step is to ask the Author for help.

Jesus' apostles were considered "unlettered and ordinary" because they had not attended rabbinic schools for religious training. (Acts 4:13) Nevertheless, Jesus assured them that understanding God's Word was within their reach. How so? Jesus explained: "The helper, the holy spirit, which the Father will send in my name, that one will teach you all things." (John 14:26) God used this holy spirit, or active force, to create the earth and all life upon it. (Genesis 1:2) He also used it to inspire about 40 writers to record his thoughts in the Bible. (2 Peter 1:20, 21) That same spirit is available to help those who seek to understand the Bible.

How can you receive God's holy spirit? You have to ask for it in faith. In fact, you may need to ask persistently. "Keep on asking, and it will be given you," said Jesus. "If you . . . know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more so will the Father in heaven give holy spirit to those asking him!" (Luke 11:9, 13) Jehovah will generously give holy spirit to those who sincerely ask for it. That active force can help you to grasp the meaning of the inspired words written down in the Bible thousands of years ago. God's spirit can also give you the wisdom needed to apply the Bible's powerful message in your life.-Hebrews 4:12; James 1:5, 6.

Each time you sit down to read the Bible, then, pray to God, asking him for holy spirit to help you understand his Word.

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The Vegetarians

by RR in

found this in the the watch tower of october 15, 1895 [reprint 1883].

the attack upon and killing of christian missionaries in the interior of china, by the sect known as "vegetarians," continues to attract attention.

six of the rioting chinese are reported sentenced and decapitated; but the general opinion is that chinese antipathy to missionaries continues and is fostered by the magistrates.

Mythbuster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebfLWAB8bY4

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No fortune in my fortune cookie: Should I be worried?

by dissed in

jw
friends

after a great chinese dinner last night, we received our traditional fortune cookie for desert.. for those of you that have never had chinese food, its a cute little cookie, with a small typed message inside promoting good fortune.

how they get the message 'in' the cookie is a wonder in itself.

on the back side of the message are your lucky numbers.

Mythbuster

To me it means "Man who fall asleep on job, lose income!"

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How can JWs justify counting time while on a coffee break?

by Mythbuster in

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How I know what I know...

by AGuest in

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friends

to the household of god, israel, those who go with... and those who are considering perhaps going with... may you all have peace!.

from time to time i have confessed here that the things i share are not mine, that i don't know any of these things on my own, but that they are given to me by my lord, the holy one of israel, jaheshua mischajah, who is the son and christ of the most holy one of israel, jah of armies.

i want to share with you an experience that might help you grasp just what i mean.. a little over a year ago i was contacted by someone who professes to be of the body of christ, but who was still in the wtbts organization.