study watchtower, p. 10 par.
6 - "a ransom is a price that is paid to buy something back.
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Study Watchtower, p. 10 par. 6 - "A ransom is a price that is paid to buy something back.
In its simpliest biblical context, it means simply the price of freedom.
RAN'SOM, noun
1. The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner or slave, or for goods captured by an enemy; that which procures the release of a prisoner or captive, or of captured property, and restores the one to liberty and the other to the original owner.
are the governing body really in charge or are they just a figurehead with the real power being behind the curtain .
I think there is a lot of confusion over who is running the WT.
On page 125, of the Revelation Climax book, the Society suggests that some Witnesses who died in earlier years “may be involved in the communicating of divine truths today.” This is reminiscent of their teaching in 1917 that the then-dead Pastor Russell was still running the organization from “beyond the veil” (The Finished Mystery,144,256).
Maybe the spirits are now telling the GB to let the legal dept. run it, under God's guidance of course.
are the governing body really in charge or are they just a figurehead with the real power being behind the curtain .
Q. Didn't you state that on October 15, 1931, the Watch Tower discontinued the naming of an editorial committee and then Jehovah God became the editor?
A. I didn't say Jehovah God became the editor. It was appreciated that Jehovah God really is the One who is editing the paper, and therefore the naming of an editorial committee was out of place.
Q. At any rate, Jehovah God is now the editor of the paper, is that right?
A. He is today the editor of the paper.
Q. How long has He been editor of the paper?
A. Since its inception he has been guiding it.
As usual, the WT wants ALL of the authority of God without any responsibility that goes along with such a claim.
study watchtower, p. 10 par.
6 - "a ransom is a price that is paid to buy something back.
(true!
Why do these details matter? We are born, we live and wedie(become separated from our bodies)
Instead, I say that we are confident and willing to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. - 2 Cor. 5:8 MEV
This is why it matters. Because you are made in the eternal image of God, you will be conscious forever. Are you willing to be present with the Lord when you die Rattigan?
study watchtower, p. 10 par.
6 - "a ransom is a price that is paid to buy something back.
(true!
God decided to create things in such a way that Adam's sins would be passed on to his children. That's not fair.
When Adam fell, he fell all the way body, spirit & soul.... everything was disconnected from the Source of Life and decay (entrophy) set in. Since the earth was under the jurisdiction of Adam, it fell too; and entrophy set in there as well. Everything changed.
Although the losses were great, none of the losses in my opinion compares to the loss of the greatest gift of all - the ability to choose. Hostility toward God became embedded in human nature, outside of our choice.
Because of the deity, death, and resurrection of Jesus - choice was restored. Now we don't have to wonder whether or not we would have taken the fruit like Eve. Each of us now gets a choice, as if there wasn't any death penalty hanging over our head.
study watchtower, p. 10 par.
6 - "a ransom is a price that is paid to buy something back.
(true!
Booger Man,
I'm not sure if you are saying that you believe the Wt's story about Jesus purchasing something that Adam lost.
If you are, I have to disagree.
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. - 2 Cor. 5: 21
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 1 Peter 3: 18 KJV
Jesus trades places with each believer and pays the death penalty price (ransom) for them - for their sin, not Adam's. While the ransom payment of death (the wages of sin is death) is avaialable to all, God respects the choice not to receive it as well. The word "might" in both the verses above refers to whether or not an individual person receives the payment or not.
found this on fb from the recent losch talk.
time for a new business model?.
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They'll just sugar coat it and make it sound different.
Exactly. Once you get their linguistic gift grift, it's east to predict what they will do. They play games with commonly understood definitions to deceive.
EX. - Lying isn't a sin if you are conducting spiritual warefare.
are the governing body really in charge or are they just a figurehead with the real power being behind the curtain .
Haven't you heard? Fred Franz claimed under oath that Jehovah was the editor of the Watchtower magazine. They claimed to be a prophet and to be a "spirit directed organization".
his 1914 predictions failed...but did he succumb to depression as a result?.
he wore the toga to indicate he had remained faithful to death.
Except for that time he sold fake miracle wheat on the pages of the Watchtower, and
Locked himself in the bedroom of his house maid with his wife banging in the door for 10-15 minutes, and
Lied under oath about being able to read Greek and then couldn't even say the Greek alphabet, and
Revived the Arian heresy after it had been resolved for 1500 years, and
Appointed himself the savior of the world instead of Jesus.
I don't think he was a broken man, but definitely a preying man.
his 1914 predictions failed...but did he succumb to depression as a result?.
I don’t think so.
He died dressed in a Roman toga fully content with having been appointed “The” Faithful and Wise Servant responsible for the salvation of all people of the earth.
He lost his mind years before and wasn’t even looking for it.
