Posts by kes152

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Bible FAQ's

by Quester in

i thought this was a very good website for.

bible information/research.

quester.

kes152

the purpose of the scriptures is to serve as a 'tutor' leading you to Christ.

Once he arrives and you put FAITH in his name, you are no longer under a 'tutor.'

Peace!
Aaron

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Anointed Christians throughout 2,000 years

by ozziepost in

this is the view as found in the latest magazine:.

"for almost 2,000 years, that peace has been enjoyed by faithful anointed members of the body of christ.

" (the watchtower september 1, 2001, page 14, paragraph 3).

kes152

Greetings all!

I have some to 'share' if it is ok with you.

Shane:

you said:

OK "AS IF FIRE" Again the point is there is no manifestation that God Jehovah, or Jesus is with the 144000 to either make it plainly evident to them self's or to others, that they are who they claim to be. One would think such an important assignment as this would have some sort of backing to indicate some assurance that they are real, to them self's and more importantly to THOSE WHO PUT TRUST IN THEM.

I understand what you are saying, and this is the scripture I was 'given' to share with you. He says:

"let God be found true, though EVERY MAN a LIAR,"

Romans 3:4

the 'anointed' are "men" also, are they not? Doesn't that mean that 'anointed' MEN will/CAN be found LIARS, but GOD be found true? Why would the 'anointed' lie? Perhaps many have enjoyed the 'glory' of being called 'anointed' to the point they would DENY Christ to please their "listeners." They "loved the glory of men MORE than the glory of God."

Did God warn us of this?

CURSED!!!! is the man putting his trust in man (anointed or NOT) .... Jeremiah 17:5

Psalms 146:3

So if we can't trust the 'anointed' who do we trust?

"Look! Here I am laying in Zion a stone .... NO ONE putting his trust in him will be ashamed."

"This is my Son, the one whom I love, LISTEN TO HIM"

Jesus cried out: "He that puts faith in me, puts faith not in me, but in him that sent me."

The apostles never told ones to follow them, they all directed ones to Jesus. The holy spirit bore witness to Jesus, the Father told us to go to Jesus, Jesus said "Come to ME," and even the Bible directs us to Jesus, the "Promised One." We were not directed to the 'anointed ones' ... only to one "Anointed One," even Christ.

you also said:

"I guess that is why I have become so disillusioned with religion is that they make big boasts and put on such airs as to there righteousness and that they have Gods backing. "

Religion does that to you. My purpose and hope is NOT to get you to believe whether I have God's backing or not. My hope is that you will receive God's backing and 'truth' straight from God.

Gopher:

you said:

"Well... that old Watchtower training does linger on, doesn't it? I can't cite a specific scripture, so your conclusion is quite reasonable... that God looks at all humankind to see who are faithful...."

If I may, what exactly do you mean by "faithful" ones? Are you refering to ones who have done some service to God and have shown they were faithful? Or are we speaking of ones who put "actual FAITH" in the Son of God and have "believed IN him?" Ones who have "accepted" and "received the Son of God" and thus were given 'authority' to be 'sons of God' (which is available to anyone wishing) BECAUSE of his name?

Peace everyone!
Aaron

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If Jesus Was An Elder

by Mulan in

jw
friends

i didn't write this poem, but think it is awesome.

a friend sent it to me yesterday.. if jesus was an elder.

if jesus was an elder, what would be his main concern?.

kes152

If Jesus was an elder,

he would have been disfellowshipped for 'apostasy.'

John 16:2
Matthew 26:65-68

Peace,
Aaron

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What is Gods name anyway?

by Shane in

jw
friends

i was raised a jehovah's witness all my life, though i don''t go any more, not till i fall on my head and not afraid to ask questions does this particular question come up.. what is gods name?.

people act as though everyone in the world speaks english, what about the third of the worlds population in china could it be that is his real name at this late date?

why do we assume that it has to be "jehovah" when it could just as easily be how they call it in china, or india, or arabia, or south america anywhere that there is a large population?.

kes152

Hello Shane,

you said:

God takes pride in his name, to the point of saying that all those calling on that NAME of God will be saved,

If I may, that is not correct. God gave us a "name" and it was NOT his personal name. The only name given under heaven by which we can be saved is the name of his Son. All authority in heaven has been given TO HIM so that ANYONE who calls on HIS name WILL BE SAVED.

Most understand that name to be "Jesus." The 'correct' hebrew name can be found in the manuscripts. The name was written "Joshua" due to phonetics. It was pronounced "Ja-shua." The Hebrew letter for "J" was pronounced "Y" in Hebrew. Hence you have "Yoshua." Since the "o" was the sound of "a" both in Joshua AND Yoshua... it is PHONETICALLY written "Ja-shua," spelled (Joshua). "Ja" is God's name, and "shua" is "salavation" or "saves." Hence "Ja-shua" is "Ja saves," or "Jah saves" ("h" is silent).

The same is true for Elijah. "Eli-jah" is "Eli" which is "my God" and "Jah" which is God's name. If God's name were "Jehovah" then it would NOT be "Elijah" but "Elijehovah." Also "Hallelujah" which means "praise Jah" would be written "hallelujehovah" (praise jehovah). But, the name of the Father is what the Son reveals if the Son wants to. Knowing the name of the Father does not save us. It is calling upon the name of the Son, for there has been NO OTHER name given UNDER HEAVEN by which we can be saved.

Acts 4:12

you also said:

People act as though everyone in the world speaks English,

This is VERY typical of "us" Americans. Not an insult, but "truth."

If you choose to address him as "Jesus Christ" he will not frown upon you. He is NOT like that. All he wishes is for you to come to "know" him personally, and for you to love him as he loves you. If you ask for him, he will come. If you DON'T want him, he will leave you alone.

The Father listens to NO ONE unless the Son makes mention of him. He is the High Priest and God listens to no one but the High Priest. For only the High Priest has that authority.

Aaron

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Why Are You Here?

by larc in

jw
friends

the question, "why are you here?

" is simple enough, and your answer may be straightforward.

however, when i asked that of myself, i find that my answer is pretty complicated.

kes152

Winston,

So is your message directly from Jesus?

The message I hear, comes directly from him. You are more than welcome to approach him directly and ask him yourself. All I am is a servant. I am nothing 'holy,' just a servant.

Are you giving it to us word for word or just paraphasing?

It is word for word... unless the question is asked to me directly. If asked directly to me, then I answer 'word for word.' My only HOPE is that you would ask him, and hear his answer to you, word for word, so you DON'T need me.

And do you claim as Shelby does that Jesus died not just for mankind to get save but also for plants and animals too, to get saved if they like man exersise faith and do what God tells them?

He has not given me that information, and so I am unable to answer that. All I can say is my message is directed to you, not the animals.

JAVA..

I don't exactly get your point.

May you continue in peace!
Aaron

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Why Are You Here?

by larc in

jw
friends

the question, "why are you here?

" is simple enough, and your answer may be straightforward.

however, when i asked that of myself, i find that my answer is pretty complicated.

kes152

Hi Larc, et. al.

I am here because I was 'sent' here to bear witness of the Lord Jesus and let all of you, the "House of Israel" know that he IS the Truth, has always BEEN the Truth, and always will BE the Truth.

He has not left any of you, you all left Him. He was never in that organization, he was the One who "called" you OUT of the organization, from the 'house of slaves' to come to Him in his holy mountain.

While you all were in the organization, he sent a famine into the 'land' of Israel. A hunger not for food, and a thirst not for water, but for hearing the Word of Jah. Jesus is that Word of Jah. Jesus was the Word who was in the beginning with Jah. And Jah sent a famine into the land for hearing Jesus.

Many of you, however, DENIED that hunger and searched out for something else. Thus you are "where" you are. Others have not given up that hunger, and have NOT left the love for Christ that they had at first. They keep seeking, and they keep knocking, and it all has been opened up to them. Som received him with joy while others didn't like the fact that they weren't who they "said they were." They saw they needed discipline and thus refused to "hear" him and found something that would "tickle their ears."

I was sent, as a 'token' to let you, and anyone else 'hearing' KNOW, that the Lord Jesus is STILL calling, and he still has holy spirit from His Father that he is willing to pour out upon you and 'anoint' you WITH that spirit. So that you can worship him IN spirit and IN Truth, and be taught all things DIRECTLY from his mouth.

He has never stopped "speaking," WE stopped listening, and we let fase christs of the WTBTS TELL us Christ doesn't talk.

Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He literally talked from heaven before, he literally TALKS from heaven TODAY, and he will literally speak again from heaven in the future, ALL the days even after Judgement Day.

Hebrews 12:25

Let he who has ears to hear, LISTEN to what the holy spirit says to the congregation.
Peace!
Aaron

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Please help if you can.

by broken in

this is my first time so i hope i don't sound too pathetic.. my situation is this: i am not a jw, but i am in love with a girl who was raised a jw.

we've been together for 4+ years and i would like nothing more than to marry her.

she has been what i guess you'd call "inactive" for almost two years, but i don't think her convictions have weakened any.

kes152

broken,

Greetings, and may you have peace!

What I am about to say, you may not like it, but by the spirit of Christ I HAVE to say it. Please understand.

He said to tell you, you are not really concerned about her soul. You are concerned about satisfying your "craving" for companionship and for love and you know that she can satisfy that.

That was the first thing.

the NEXT thing, he said that if you want to help her soul, you can help her come out the organization, but you are attempting to mislead her to another "false christ." I PROMISE you, normally when JWs see that the JW organization is not the "truth" it claims to be, they can see straight through all other religions, INCLUDING yours.

If you really want to help her, the BEST thing is for you to lead her to Christ. For NO JW "knows" Christ, nor do they know he can be glorified (which means worshipped).

Revelation 5:9, 10, 12

If you want to lead her to Christ, first you must approach him and "come to know" him. Once you have beheld him "as he is," he will then SHOW you how to share him with others. The answer is NOT in books. You have to go STRAIGHT to Christ and ask him.

Some of the stuff he tells you, you don't pay attention to because you yourself don't believe it. And that is the reason you RESORTED to buying "books" written by MEN.

Ask him for 'faith' so that you can start believing what he tells you so that you can show her the Christ WITHOUT the need of "men." for MEN lie and decieve, but the Christ is NOT that way. He is mild, and LOWLY in heart. His load is LIGHT, not heavy like the WTBTS.

This is all I was permitted to "give" you, until then...

May you have peace!
Aaron

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faith in a community

by gotcha in

is it possible to exercise your faith without joining a religion?...i asked the same question to my professor in theology and her response was...as human beings we have this nature of being social so it's always in a community that you could exercise your faith..there's not such a thing as "individualistic" faith because it is within a community that your faith can grow...what do u think?

thanks.

kes152

You will find that people that meet together and are part of a community are stronger (in faith) then those that do not.

If I may,

those you find in a 'community' all have the same lack of faith as many who are not in a community. There is only a mere 'remnant' that actually "believe" in the Lord Jesus. Ones who have given up ALOT of things for him, including their "good name" among people. They have been called wicked, evil, slanderers, apostates, blasphemers, etc. all because they listened and spoke the words they heard holy spirit speak.

Hence, the words of the Lord:

"When the Son of Man returns, will he REALLY find THIS faith in the earth????"

Luke 18:8

Aaron

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Bibleboy.. question for you

by kes152 in

where does it say it is a 'sin' if you don't believe that jesus is his own father, but believe jesus is separate from his father?.

aaron.

a servant in christ to the house of israel

kes152

hello Bibleboy,

I was 'moved' to ask you that question because when I was reading your earlier topic, I kept hearing the Master say "What's the point?" And thus i was asked by him to ask you that question.

The 'issue' basically is:

If it is NOT a sin to believe either one, why have a long drawn out discussion over it. Isn't it more important to talk about things like

How do you know you have REAL faith, like that of Abraham, Eli-jah, etc.

What is really needed to have everlasting life

etc. etc.

It's better to talk about things that will save us, as opposed to having a "fight about words."

This, of course is just a thought, not a rebuke.

May you have peace!
Aaron

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Bibleboy.. question for you

by kes152 in

where does it say it is a 'sin' if you don't believe that jesus is his own father, but believe jesus is separate from his father?.

aaron.

a servant in christ to the house of israel

kes152

Where does it say it is a 'sin' if you don't believe that Jesus is his own Father, but believe Jesus is separate from his Father?

Thanks,
Aaron

A servant in Christ to the house of Israel