@ punkofnice - I wonder why someone on an ex-JW site would down-vote scriptures which undeniably highlight the org's parasitic hypocrisy???????
Their down-tick is very persuasive in discrediting these verses. š¤£
.....and bethelites, c.o.
etc., because they are all acting disorderly by being parasites on the backs of their fellow christians!
(according to the inspired scriptures).
@ punkofnice - I wonder why someone on an ex-JW site would down-vote scriptures which undeniably highlight the org's parasitic hypocrisy???????
Their down-tick is very persuasive in discrediting these verses. š¤£
.....and bethelites, c.o.
etc., because they are all acting disorderly by being parasites on the backs of their fellow christians!
(according to the inspired scriptures).
.....and Bethelites, C.O.'s etc. etc., because they are all acting disorderly by being parasites on the backs of their fellow Christians! (according to the inspired Scriptures)
(2 Thessalonians
3:6-12) 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 anyoneās 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:
āIf anyone does not want to work, neither let him eat.ā
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.
w14 7/15 p. 11 āJehovah Knows Those Who Belong to Himā - "Is my conduct always in harmony with the Bible principles I zealously teach others?" (Rom. 2:21-23)
(Romans 2:21)āÆ"...do you, however, the one teaching someone else, not teach yourself?"
december 2023 p. 6 par.
15 - "an especially fine work that gives evidence of our faith is our zealously sharing the good news with others.
why was nothing said to the 3000 about "preaching?
December 2023 p. 6 par. 15 - "An especially fine work that gives evidence of our faith is our zealously sharing the good news with others."
Why was nothing said to the 3000 about "preaching?" (Acts 2:41)
Why was nothing said to the 5000 about "preaching?" (Acts 4:4)
Why was nothing said to the Ethiopian eunuch about "preaching?" (Acts 8:30-39)
Why was nothing said to Cornelius or his household about "preaching?" (Acts ch. 10)
JW's are afraid/can't defend their beliefs when questioned at trollies, as instructed at 1 Timothy 3:15.
Parroted response: "Please visit the JW Borg website for answers. We are not here to argue." š¤£
hello , i could probably be wrong but i would appreciate an explanation.
i have a link https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100013878.
i understand that in addition to being inside a container with the un, osce and who and 75,000 other ngos.
It's just another tentacle [subsidiary company] of the tax-free WTBTS Inc. business empire. (IMO)
12 people are selected for jury service in a life & death case.
when the prosecutor finishes his opening statement, he turns to the jury and says -.
"all the members of the jury will now be provided with ear-plugs and blindfolds.
12 people are selected for jury service in a life & death case. When the prosecutor finishes his opening statement, he turns to the jury and says -
"All the members of the jury will now be provided with ear-plugs and blindfolds. The opposing legal team will attempt to discredit the prosecution's case by presenting very different arguments to you, and in our considered opinion, the information they offer will be based on lies. The prosecution believes that none of you will be able to recognise such lies, thereby causing you to reach a wrong verdict. We hereby instruct you to cover your eyes and ears in order to reach a united and honest-hearted verdict."
zoe has nephew in the new bethel and we have been there to visit him.
even had a meal in the new dinning room and had a tour.. it was a bit underwhelming and the display of old bibles open to pages showing jehovahās name is supposed to prove everything they say is spot on!.
everyone is talking about the upcoming dedication where members of the gb are flying over.
Do the Guardians Of Doctrine (G.O.D.) insist on JW buildings being un-dedicated when they're sold off? š¤
it-1 p. 127 - "they may also claim to serve god but reject (don't serve) his representatives, his visible organization.
such ones willfully abandoning the christian congregation (the org) thereby become part of the āantichrist.ā" .
@ Phizzy - "I am Spartacus apostate!"
it-1 p. 127 - "they may also claim to serve god but reject (don't serve) his representatives, his visible organization.
such ones willfully abandoning the christian congregation (the org) thereby become part of the āantichrist.ā" .
it-1 p. 127 - "They may also claim to serve God but reject (don't serve) his representatives, his visible organization. Such ones willfully abandoning the Christian congregation (the org) thereby become part of the āantichrist.ā"
"jesus related 30 - 50 parables/similes.
can you name just one which was to be understood as a prophecy?
utterly amaze them by showing that there is one - allegedly!.
"Jesus related 30 - 50 parables/similes. Can you name just one which was to be understood as a prophecy? Just one!"
Utterly amaze them by showing that there is one - allegedly!
ka chap. 17 pp. 342-343 pars. 24-26 - "In this PARABLE the āslaveā was not given silver ātalentsā with which to do business....No sooner did the spiritual āfoodā become available āat the proper timeā on the festival day of Pentecost of 33 C.E., than the appointed āslaveā class proved itself āfaithful and discreetā by passing out the āfoodā under the inspiration of Godās outpoured spirit.... At this āproper timeā it was that the āfaithful and discreet slaveā class fed them...26 Less than three and a half years later the feeding efforts of the āfaithful and discreet slaveā class were extended to other prospective ādomestics.ā"
I'm certain they will be delighted to learn of this wonderful piece of Bible trivia.
dr. ken johnson has identified several statements in the dead sea scrolls that predict that god would visit the earth as a man... as the messiah.
.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljrfvytjhve&ab_channel=kenjohnson%28biblefacts%29 .
@ Seabreeze - We can't acknowledge that "scripture says that one day a man named God would be born," because it isn't saying that.
Isaiah 9:6 -calls Jesus a "mighty god," not Almighty God."
god, god-like one, mighty one
mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes
angels
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h410/kjv/wlc/0-1/
(John 10:34, 35) āI said: āYou are godsāā? If he called āgodsā those against whom the word of God cameāand yet the scripture cannot be nullified..."
(1 Corinthians 8:5, 6) For even though there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many āgodsā and many ālords,ā there is actually to us one God,
Also,
if Jesus was GOD ALMIGHTY, why is he only described in Isaiah
9:6 as being the "prince of peace?"
Shouldn't he be called the "king of peace?"