.........jehovah.. the bible's foundation name - (1 corinthians 3:11) "for no one can lay any other foundation than what is laid, which is jesus christ.".
the org's chosen name for christians - "jehovah's witnesses.".
jehovah's chosen name for christians - acts 11:26 - "...the disciples were by divine providence called christians.".
Acts 15.13: After they finished speaking, James replied: “Men, brothers, hear me. Symeon has related thoroughly how God for the first time turned his attention to the nations to take out of them a people for his (Jesus or Jehovah?) name.
That "people" was named Christians, not JW's.
.........jehovah.. the bible's foundation name - (1 corinthians 3:11) "for no one can lay any other foundation than what is laid, which is jesus christ.".
the org's chosen name for christians - "jehovah's witnesses.".
jehovah's chosen name for christians - acts 11:26 - "...the disciples were by divine providence called christians.".
.........Jehovah.
The Bible's foundation name - (1 Corinthians 3:11) "For no one can lay any other foundation than what is laid, which is Jesus Christ."
The ORG's chosen name for Christians - "Jehovah's Witnesses."
Jehovah's chosen name for Christians - Acts 11:26 - "...the disciples were by divine providence called Christians."
(Mark
7:7, 8) "...they teach commands of men as doctrines.’ (no beards/yes beards) You
let go of the commandment of God and cling to the tradition of men.”
(revelation 17:5) “babylon the great, the mother of the prostitutes (plural!
) and of the disgusting things of the earth.”.
btg is spotlighted as being the principal "disgusting thing" which affects christians & christianity, with other lesser "prostitutes" in the background... (revelation 18:4) “get out of her, my people, (christians) if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues.".
LOL - just discovered the latest Washtowel:
Study Watchtower, April 2024 par. 4, p. 21 - "A second fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy began in 1919 C.E. when Jehovah’s modern-day worshippers were set free from captivity to Babylon the Great."
Don't you just marvel at these self-fulfilling prophecies???????????
(revelation 17:5) “babylon the great, the mother of the prostitutes (plural!
) and of the disgusting things of the earth.”.
btg is spotlighted as being the principal "disgusting thing" which affects christians & christianity, with other lesser "prostitutes" in the background... (revelation 18:4) “get out of her, my people, (christians) if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues.".
(Revelation 17:5) “Babylon the Great, the mother of the prostitutes (plural!) and of the disgusting things of the earth.”
BTG is spotlighted as being the principal "disgusting thing" which affects Christians & Christianity, with other lesser "prostitutes" in the background..
(Revelation 18:4) “Get out of her, my people, (Christians) if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues."
The verse isn't saying, "Become a true Christian by joining a different denomination," it's a command for existing & practicing Christians to leave their accepted, controlling, and powerful organizational system of worship.
russia's fsb raids jehovah’s witness office in occupied mariupol.. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/01/15/russias-fsb-raids-jehovahs-witness-office-in-occupied-mariupol-a83726.
@ blondie: not just governments, every Christian and their respective denomination/church are Satan's sons:
w94 1/15 pp. 14-15 pars. 21-22 - "During the time of the end of this system of things, there was to be a separating of true Christians from false Christians. This happened in 1919. In 1919 the Christian congregation (aka WTBTS/JW's) once again existed as a separate “nation.” A theocratic “land” was indeed born as in one day! As the time of the end progressed, the organization of this new nation was adjusted to bring it as close as possible to what existed in the first century. 22 Are you associated with this theocracy?"
w91 12/1 p. 14 par. 19 Breaking Free From False Religion - "The August 15, 1951, issue of The Watchtower stated: “None should feel upset by the use of the term ‘religion’. Because we use it does not put us in the class of the tradition-bound false religions, no more than does the calling of ourselves Christians put us in with the false Christians of Christendom."
w81 3/1 p. 26 - "However, an “enemy” (the Devil) was represented as sowing “weeds” (“the sons of the wicked one,” or false Christians)
w66 9/15 p. 555 par. 7 - "The clergy of Christendom have dominated the world stage of false religion and as the “man of lawlessness” have cultivated symbolic “weeds” or false Christians."
https://www.jwupdates.com/post/new-patterson-visitor-center-and-first-century-museum.
january 1, 2024, marked the official opening of the patterson visitor center, located at the watchtower educational center in patterson, new york, u.s.a. the feature museum of the visitors’ center is entitled “first-century bible village.” brother isaiah miller, who works in the museum department at bethel, said: “the bible village was designed to provide everyone with a realistic and educational experience.
studies show that interactive learning has a powerful effect on people of all ages.” after her tour, one visitor exclaimed: “this museum made me feel like i had been transported back to the land of ancient israel.
@ Raymond Frantz - According to info I saw recently, the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York recorded donations in excess of $700m in 2022-3.
We can only guess at how much the orgs global empire is raking in, via all of its tentacles & revenue streams.
Elmer Gantry lives on!
w93 11/1 p. 32 - "today, there has to exist a people, not just scattered individuals, who fit jesus’ description of true christians and who make god’s name manifest.".
and here was i thinking that true christians had to proclaim jesus' name!!!
matthew 10:18; mark 13:9; luke 24:48; john 1:15; john 5:37; john 8:18; john 15:26, 27; acts 1:8; acts 9:15; acts 10:39; acts 10:43; acts 13:31; acts 22:15; acts 22:20; acts 23:11; acts 26:16; 1 corinthians 1:6; 1 timothy 2:6, 7; 2 timothy 1:8; 1 john 5:9; revelation 1:9; revelation 12:17; revelation 17:6; revelation 19:10; revelation 20:4. how could the faithful evil slave get something so important, so wrong?.
w93 11/1 p. 32 - "Today, there has to exist a people, not just scattered individuals, who fit Jesus’ description of true Christians and who make God’s name manifest."
And here was I thinking that true Christians had to proclaim Jesus' name!!!
Matthew 10:18; Mark 13:9; Luke 24:48; John 1:15; John 5:37; John 8:18; John 15:26, 27; Acts 1:8; Acts 9:15; Acts 10:39; Acts 10:43; Acts 13:31; Acts 22:15; Acts 22:20; Acts 23:11; Acts 26:16; 1 Corinthians 1:6; 1 Timothy 2:6, 7; 2 Timothy 1:8; 1 John 5:9; Revelation 1:9; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 17:6; Revelation 19:10; Revelation 20:4
How could the faithful evil slave get something so important, so wrong?
i know that a lot of historical names have claimed to be a god.
but, jesus arguably claimed to be god.
scripture says he's the creator.
In view of the fact that the Holy Spirit is M.I.A. in virtually all Bible verse where "Father & son" are mentioned, perhaps binitarianism would be more acceptable for some people.
* Matthew 28:19 - internal & external evidence strongly show that this verse is spurious.
1 John 5:7 - Spurious: found in no Greek manuscript before the fifteenth or sixteenth century.
i recently had a conversation with an old acquaintance from the congregation i used to attend.
we talked about the recent changes in the 2023 annual meeting.
i especially pointed out the one about getting rid of hourly reporting on monthly time slips.
THE APOSTLE PAUL'S ORDERS & EXAMPLE
(2 Thessalonians 3:6-15) Now we are giving you instructions, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw from every brother who is walking disorderly and not according to the tradition that you received from us.
7 For you yourselves know how you should imitate us, because we did not behave in a disorderly way among you,
8 nor did we eat anyone’s food free. On the contrary, by labor and toil we were working night and day so as not to impose an expensive burden on any one of you.
9 Not that we do not have authority, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
10 In fact, when we were with you, we used to give you this order: “If anyone does not want to work, neither let him eat.”
11 For we hear that some are walking disorderly among you, not working at all, but meddling with what does not concern them.
12 To such people we give the order and exhortation in the Lord Jesus Christ that they should work quietly and eat food they themselves earn.
13 For your part, brothers, do not give up in doing good.
14 But if anyone is not obedient to our word through this letter, keep this one marked and stop associating with him, so that he may become ashamed.
15 And yet do not consider him an enemy, but continue admonishing him as a brother.
(Acts 18:3) and because he had the same trade, he stayed at their home and worked with them, for they were tentmakers by trade.
(Acts 20:34) You yourselves know that these hands have provided for my own needs and the needs of those with me.
(1 Corinthians 4:11, 12) Down to this very hour we continue to hunger and thirst and to be poorly clothed and to be beaten and to be homeless and to toil, working with our own hands.
(1 Thessalonians 2:9) Surely you remember, brothers, our labor and toil. We were working night and day, so that we would not put an expensive burden on any one of you, when we preached the good news of God to you.
have all the congregations in england abandoned their individual charity status and joined the kh trust charity?
.
i can't find any information about certain congregations on the uk charity commission's web site ..
England or Scotland?
