Posts by JUSTAMOM

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Where Do I Go Now? Is There An Answer??

by individual in

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friends

with all the problems in the 'truth' and all the things that we know are wrong with it there seems to be aspects of their theology (i.e the sequences of the world powers, statue in daniel, the promise of world restoration again found in daniel) that to me still make sense.

although i cannot follow a religion that believes in the destruction of all humanity barring those that respond to their own preaching work i still believe in a creator and cannot accept the teachings of other religions that have no purpose for the earth and believe that mankinds only destiny is in heaven.

my mind keeps telling me that if god was behind a religion it would be so much better than that of the jws.

JUSTAMOM

Greetings to you Individual

And hello to "Logical" "Kes152" and all of you:

I, too, have been where you are. I must say though, my spirit bears witness with logicals and Kes's.

Yes, we were ingrained that beyond the WTBS THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, so..."Where does one go?"

That "where" was brought out by some here that it is not a PLACE or a WHERE but a WHO...The Christ JOHN 14:5
ALso he says to "COME TO HIM" all those that are toiling and loaded down (and boy have we been) MATTHEW 11:28-30!

Pray for Holy Spirit to come to you. It is yes, a free gift that our father wants us to have despite the org telling us we can't have it unless your ANOINTED (really) It then will REPLACE the "men in charge" that have burdened us with their interpretation of the law.

GALATIANS 4:1-
1JOHN 2:26-29
It will truly guide and teach you.
Remember if "gods spirit TRULY dwells in us", we become the temple he dwells in now. It is not manmade ACTS 17:24-26..1CORINTHIANS 3:16!

That is how we truly begin to "walk by faith and not by sight" "to worship with spirit and truth" and to "keep our eyes on what is unseen"....the city having real foundation that Abraham was looking forward to.

Where do we go????

There is only ONE! "ONE lord ONE faith ONE baptism"
Listen to him JOHN 10: 1-18. Notice Jesus says, "MY SHEEP know MY VOICE and listen to ME!"

May the blessing of our lord and his father be with you.

JUST A MOM (Kim)

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Reform....why?

by Deacon in

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friends

the organization cannot be reformed from outside; that can only come from individuals who have the guts and will to do so inside, and the determination to get rid of hardline thinking that is so strangling.

my personal desire is to see immediate change regarding the child abuse policy, and that will come.

to see a clear, quick change in the horribly inconsistent blood policy rather than drag it out over years; kids are dying in the process.enforced shunning is also an evil that they will have to deal with eventually; it's ripping them apart.. .

JUSTAMOM

Hello to all and to.....

You Know

I have only ONE comment to this.

You say, "You are the hypocrite, not me! I shudder in horror at the thought that men like you are lurking as elders in the congregations."

WOW!

We shudder in horror at the thought that so-called anointed are lurking as elders in the congregations and posting on this board!

NOW WHOS THE HYPOCRITE!???

Just a thought

JUST A MOM (Kim)

10

Question on anger

by claudia in

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friends

hello everyone, i was wondering how those of you who are so angry .

deal with your anger?

i at times am consumed with anger at the wts, and to those who will tell me to just move on, well i did move on but its not so easy to totally dismiss everything when you still have family there.

JUSTAMOM

Greetings to you

I completely and totally understand your feelings. My husband and I and three sons came out 3 1/2 years ago. Literally over night. (actually in a week) met with our elders. Of course, you know the outcome. We appealed it. Met with six elders and you now the outcome. We prayed to be used to give a witness, plant a seed or two and HOPE that someone see through it!

So far, NO GO!

But we lost EVERYONE inside on both sides (just about). My sons lost their grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, friends etc.
That completely broke my heart to watch them hurt and cry so bad.

My anger surfaces from time to time now, but I keep it in check. I pray continually for the fruitages of the spirit in GALATIANS of 'patience', self-control and mildness. LOVE, of course.

I am blessed to have my mate. We lost our family business through this. My husband worked with his father and brother. They bought us out as they did not want to work with us. The blesing through it was, we were able to stay home and help our boys heal for three years.

That is where we are now. We have literally been home available for ANY of our family as we live in a small town. We've gone to them, wrote them, and offered our scriptural obligations to our parents, but they don't want it.

So, now we are to move on. How so?
Well, we have been blessed spiritually. Our boys are doing so much better. Thay actually have a life and play sports and have sleepovers. They are glad to have had us home with them also.

But we must move on as life goes on. Enlarge our territory sort-of-speak. We have replaced the loss spiritually, but not time wise.

So my husband went back to school as we were the generation of 1975 (no education, no graduation)

So far, so good.
Continually pray for your anger not to get the best of you. We don't want to become "Cains in our heart."
It is their loss. They will know that one day. We must continue to do what they raised us to do. Follow truth and live it! Be the example they told us to be. Not the hypocrites they are!

Hope this brings some encouragement to you
We are here for you
JUST A MOM (Kim)

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Psalm 50: JEHOVAH'S JUDICIAL RULINGS

by You Know in

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friends

the 50th psalm is one of jehovah's as-of-yet-unrevealed judicial decisions that will become operative upon his people during the tribulation.

the following is a brief overview of the chapter.. "the divine one, god, jehovah, has himself spoken,.

and he proceeds to call the earth.

JUSTAMOM

My dearest You Know:

Its not working, is it?
People are waking up and smelling the truth.
And it aint in the WTBS.
Appreciated just how MANY times you casted out that slanderous word "APOSTATE", my brother, Anyone get a count? No wonder its members that still exsist inside (and its dwindling) are in such fear of it. Its truly too bad they don't understand its real defintion and who to point the finger at. But shephards like you, are the ones that Jah describes that will carry a heavier judgement for scattering his poor sheep.

As far as where the 144,00 are 'calling from' and where the great crowd are I believe ozzie touched on it.
Why do fail to see the truth at REVELATION 5:10 (look in YOUR greek)
The priests rule "UPON" the earth not "OVER" it. Now that would have them ALL in the same place, huh? uummmm?
Thats why the great crowd are standing before the throne in REVELATION 7. Heeeelllooooo!

And don't even think that Harriet and the others are gonna gulp down the fact that you mention the society has a level of tolerance for those that have differing views.
Please Please, YOU don't even believe that one.......

Til then
Have a great day

JUST A MOM (Kim)

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We don't baptize children, do we?

by Kent in

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friends

jehovah's witnesses convene in biloxi .

by christine harvey .

the sun herald .

JUSTAMOM

Sad thing though

Not the baptism part, but........

What would it take for a pre-puberty 11 year old girl to "unrepentantly" committ a sin and be disfellowshippped.??

You know it will happen. But how unmerciful could they possibly be.
A baby being disfellowshipped and mom and dad, brother and sister, friends in the hall not talking to her. Or extremely limited.
.....Only sick puppies would do that!

But is it scriptural to baptize children? See for yourself at 1CORINTHIANS 10:1&2. WOW They even ALL "ate and drank".

Notice at the bottom of the reference NTW the ONE VERSE they took out when Phillip was getting ready to baptize the ethiopian eunich.

ACTS 8:34-36...37 is blank (read bottom) then 38-40!
How many questions did the eunich have to answer? 80? 120?
NO...ONE.....A child can answer that.

The HYPOCRISY and control of the WTBS. Folks are wakin up and smellin the lies these days though. Their days are numbered.

Just a thought
JUST A MOM (Kim)

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Organized religion- Good or bad?

by Vitameatavegamin in

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friends

hello again friends,.

i have recently been pondering some over some thoughts on organized religion.

the jws always refer to other religions as part of babylon the great, in which we should flee from.

JUSTAMOM

Hello Vitea....

Thank you for your kind response.
All praise and glory go to our father and his son.
It is not MY knowlege nor my wisdom. I am truly "justamom" that gave her whole life, 30 years to the WTBS til 3 1/2 yrs ago.

Glad this info was a help to you. My husband and three sons worship out of our home. Follow the spirit and let it guide us and try to daily let our lights shine. We are also obedient to the command our lord gave us JOHN 6:48-58 and take "communion" eating and drinking at home as a family.
Remember, ALL ISRAEL are invited into that covenant, just as ALL ISRAEL ate the manna and drank from the rockmass in the wilderness.
Not ALL were priests, but ALL entered that covenant and ate and drank.
JOHN 6 explains it well. ALso EPHESIANS 2:19-22.

Let me know where your thinking is on this. Hope you are not stumbled. Let me know.

JUST A MOM (Kim)

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HOW THE WTBS CONTINUES TO MISS THE POINT!

by JUSTAMOM in

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hello to all today:.

just reading in the book of isaiah 55-....and came across chapter 58. .

wow!

JUSTAMOM

Hello and....

WOW to you. What a thread. What a post.
May Jahs spirit continue upon you my sister.
Oh, how I wish that more would truly understand the invitation that our lord wishes for all to partake of! FREE!!!

ISAIAH 55:1-3

"Hey there all you thirsty ones! Come to the water. And the ones that have no money! Come, buy and eat. ........(2)Why do you people keep paying (donating) out money for what is not bread, and why is your toil (works under old law) for what results in no satisfaction? Listen intently to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul find its exquisite delight in fatness itself. (3) Incline your ear and come to me. (not the org) Listen, and your soul will keep alive, and I shall readily conclude with you people an indefinetely lasting covenant respecting the loving-kindnesses to David that are faithful.

May you hear the spirit in this

JUST A MOM (Kim)

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Which Bible to get?

by Kat_ in

i was just wondering: never in my life have i owned (or even read) a bible other than the nwt.

i really wish to study the bible but really do not wish to use this version.

after seeing the plethora of bibles out there i was wondering if there is any person here who can give me an un-biased opinion on which bible to get.

JUSTAMOM

Thank you for your response once again hairdog

To agree to disagree! Minor things that is so true my brother (sister).
That is the beauty of what we could NOT do in the org. Praise Jah we have been set free from that.
Thank you for your responses so promptly. Hope to chat with you again.
Keep up the faith and may our lords blessings and peace be upon you!

Til then
JUST A MOM(Kim)

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HOW THE WTBS CONTINUES TO MISS THE POINT!

by JUSTAMOM in

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friends

hello to all today:.

just reading in the book of isaiah 55-....and came across chapter 58. .

wow!

JUSTAMOM

Hello nytelecom

I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and ask you
If one is going to disfellowship and shun an individual for "APOSTACY"...what do you consider an apostate to be?

I ask because this slandering term is running rampant throughout the org and the fear they are putting on its members to watch out for.

Now you don't know me from the man in the moon, and grant it, I do believe there are true apostates in this world. For me to judge them, I cannot as it is not my place to. It is our master who will eventually. Sometimes they condemn themselves even!

But just who is an apostate (1) scripturally?
And who is an apostate (2) according to the org?

Be careful how you answer.
By your presence on this board you cannot cast any stones.
By your association with those who are disfellowshipped on this board demonstrates apostate actions on your part.

Asking sincerely

JUST A MOM (Kim) who knows she is NOT an apostate for simply disagreeing with an uninspired WT magazine, and even proving it to her elders scripturally. (which of course they refused to open their bible that night. Either for fear of seeing the truth or fear that a woman might be teaching them something they should have already known.)

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Organized religion- Good or bad?

by Vitameatavegamin in

jw
friends

hello again friends,.

i have recently been pondering some over some thoughts on organized religion.

the jws always refer to other religions as part of babylon the great, in which we should flee from.

JUSTAMOM

Hello...

and was mentioned. Early in the WT even Rutherford said, "Religion is a racket and a snare."

Yes, it is!
Sheep like to be led. Either we can be led by MAN through organized religion, or we can be led by "the fine shephard" our ONE leader and mediator. Please note JOHN 10 & Matthew 23:10
Note in John, Jesus said "MY SHEEP know MY VOICE" and COME OUT"

Yes, the adversary is deceitful enough that the scriptures tell us he is even capable of 'misleading the chosen ones.'
How so? By transforming himself into an angel of light.

Now who is "THE TRUE LIGHT?" John 8:12
Now Saten in order to mislead has to LOOK as much like the true light as possible in order to mislead sheep that are searching for light.

So, he sets up organized religion. A form of godly devotion that looks and feels like the real thing, but its not.
Therefore, instead of allowing ourself to be "yoked to the Christ", we are yoked under mans laws and domination.
Please note PSALMS 146:3,4 & GALATIANS 4:1-7 & 5:1.

"THEY", man, sets the limits as to how to worship. What is acceptable and what isn't. They interpret the scriptures to say this, others agree.......and they have a following.

The law now is NOT on stone tablets, as our lord fulfilled what was written. It is a law that exsists on a persons heart. It is the fine shephard we follow as our one leader and it is through holy spirit that we are taught and guided. 1 JOHN 2:26-29

That is why we are to keep in mind what is at ACTS 17:24&25. That "Jah does not dwell in handmade temples."
It is in "US" if that spirit truly dwells in us. We, then, become the temple and place he inhabits. That is why the pillar of fire on top of the disciples heads at Pentecost went INSIDE THEM. They became "the temple". Many members with 'ONE head'. 1CORINTHIANS 3:16

One must "not forsake the gathering together" as HEBREWS 10:24,25 says. Fellowship, association with the body as well as ANY believers is important. But "worship" is inside our temple. That is how one "walks by faith not by sight" and "worships in spirit and truth."

Hope this helps
JUST A MOM (KiM)