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  WT Study article 05/18/2014

  by piztjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i just started reviewing this "lesson".

  i found this in paragraph 5, and am pondering making/attempting to make a comment on it that may cause someone to think.. par.

  5 states this, ""the faith" is the body of christian beliefs revealed in the bible.

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  Bobcat

  Piztjw:

  If you have the WT Library do a search for "the faith" (include the quotation marks).

  Check just returns on the Reference Bible (not the new Bible, but the older one. Its literalness will come to advantage here). There will be a few returns involving "the faith of Abraham" and the like but the main verses dealing with "the faith" as a description of the Christian religion occur at:

  Ac 6:7; 13:8; 14:22; 16:5; Ro 3:22; 1Co 16:13; 2Co 13:5; Ga 1:23; 3:23; 3:25; 6:10; Ep 1:15; 4:13; Php 1:27; Col 1:23; 2:7; 1Ti 1:2; 3:9; 3:13; 4:1; 4:6; 5:8; 6:10; 6:12; 2Ti 3:8; 3:15; 4:7; Tit 1:1; 1:13; 3:15; Ja 2:1; 1Pe 5:9; Ju 3; Re 14:12

  You could also paste these into the search bar of the WT Library (as is) and it will return all of these verses. Scrolling thru them, looking at the immediate context, is interesting because collectively they reveal a broad picture of what "the faith" is referring to.

  Some of the things that stand out to me were:

  It involves a lifestyle and a system of beliefs; always 'in' or 'about' or 'concerning' Christ Jesus. Never "the faith" in God (although belief in Christ entails faith in God who sent him). It is not just a personal thing (although there is a personal aspect to it), but it involves a group of people related to each other by "the faith."

  Take Care
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  "Keep Seeking First God's Kingdom!” Regional Convention 2014 - releases and info

  by OwnAccord in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  info from someone at the regional convention:.

  (sorry about the format).

  matthew 6:33 keep on seeking first the kingdom.

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  Bobcat

  OwnAccord:

  Thanks for the synopsis.
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  Why does the new NWT not say outright that Jesus began to rule in 1914?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why???????.

  http://www.jwstudies.com/2013_nwt__pages_1766__1767.jpg.

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  Bobcat

  I posted on this here. It concerns Satan's being cast out, not when Jesus started his rule.

  This post has references to when the Bible does indicates Satan was cast out (for any interested).

  (Now that works better)
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  Why does the new NWT not say outright that Jesus began to rule in 1914?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why???????.

  http://www.jwstudies.com/2013_nwt__pages_1766__1767.jpg.

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  Bobcat

  I posted on this here. It concerns Satan's being cast out, not when Jesus started his rule.

  This post has references to when the Bible does indicates Satan was cast out (for any interested).

  (On the links you'll have to scroll down to my post. Something has changed that causes the link not to auto-scroll down to the post intended.)
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  This Generation.

  by objectivetruth in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  matthew 1:1 is called "the book of the generation" - everything in matthew refers to this same generation.. similar terminology can be seen in genesis 5:1 " this is the book of the generations of adam.

  when god created man, he made him in the likeness of god.

  " all of the descendants mentioned in genesis 5 cover a time period of 1656 years.. another example of this type of generation, reference can be seen in genesis 37 "v.2 these are the generations of jacob.".

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  Bobcat

  Here are some of my comments on it.
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  A serving elder's take on the new "tithing" arrangement

  by TTATTelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the gb can kiss my ass.. i'm writing "0" on the little slip of paper they pass out.. hey here's a thought:.

  you know that "widow's might" stuff they're always talking about?

  well i'm pretty dang sure that the lady was giving from the heart not because she filled out some dumba$$ piece of paper pledging two small coins several months previous!.

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  Bobcat

  In our hall a small (1 x 2 inch) slip with the printed words "My monthly donation _________" was passed to each publisher (not each family head). The elders said they would review the totals and then decide on an amount for the KH building fund based ton the total pledged versus known bills.

  No time for questions was alotted and no resolution was passed. The brothers passed the slips out during the local needs part (10 minutes) and collected them towards the end of the same part. When someone was ready to turn in their slip they simply raised their slip and the brother collecting them held out a box to drop them in.
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  New light?

  by Ignoranceisbliss in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my father who is an elder with decent organizational connections mentioned that very soon there would be "new light" regarding the resurrected being able to be married.

  this would make sense because our current understanding has never made any sense to me.

  has any one else heard anything about that?.

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  Bobcat

  I posted comments about this here on a thread about the same subject (marraige in the millennium).
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  If someone refers to the "greek scriptures" is that a sign of JW indoctrination?

  by scotoma in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i recently had a casual conversation at a bar on the subject of atheism.

  they used the expression "greek scriptures".

  i didn't pursue it but it made me wonder..

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  Bobcat

  I find it funny that "Christian Greek Scriptures" is more accurate. This is why we don't say "New Testament." Yet "Jehovah" is used, despite its lack of technical precision, because that is the form of the Tetragram that people are familiar with.

  I've converted back to "New Testament." If asked, it is for the same reason I use "Jehovah." It is what people are familiar with.
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  Why are you looking forward to 1872? Er, 1873? Um...1874? Oh, I mean 1975?

  by AndDontCallMeShirley in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  "why are you looking forward to 1872?".

  .. "in this chapter we present the bible evidence which indicates that six thousand years from the creation of adam were complete with a.d. 1872; and hence that, since a.d. 1872 are chronologically entered upon the seventh thousand or the millennium.

  " (studies in the scriptures, vol.

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  Bobcat

  AndDontCallMeShirley

  Thanks for all the many references.

  Take Care
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-20-2014 WT Study (MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB)

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  (john 1:36; 3:28, 29; rev.

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  Bobcat

  With regard to Zechariah 8:23 (referred to in paragraph 14) I posted research about that here and here.

  The Society applies its fulfillment to the great crowd of Revelation 7. Paul applied it to "ordinary people or unbelievers" in 1 Corinthians 14:23-25.

  Numerous sub-links to research on the great crowd here (Connections with Abrahamic & New Covenant & being anointed themselves).