how many times have elders read their bible in its entirety?
these are the leaders that give counsel to married couples, to teenagers, to single girls and single boys on everything from marriage, education, sex, association, dress, and recreation..
how well do they know their bible?
You can't go to 3 meetings per week, pre study, personal study, family study, prepare talks, read the Bible, read the mags and do field service for a decade or more, without learning something about the Bible.
You learn verses and doctrine if nothing else.
The latest study book is called "What does the Faithful Slave Really Teach (for now)"
google has a feature called "advanced search" you can find more info here http://www.google.com/advanced_search.
if you want to find all occurrences of one word or multiple words, use this google advanced search.. go to www.google.com.
in the google search bar place your search word or words between quotes like this "anti type".
If you type in the above google search, once it returns the results you can save it to your bookmarks for future.
I replaced "anti type" with "query" to remind me where to type my search string, so now have saved it for future searching.
Thanks LAWHFol!
back in the 1960's early 70's i remember my congregation going on a witch hunt and making a list of products, ice creams, confectionary or anything that might contain blood!.
i remember one zealous brother asking an ice cream vendor if the ice cream contained blood.
the vendor just looked gone out!.
LECITHIN
May be derived from blood so ask the manufacturer -w63 2/15 p. 123 Carry Your Own Load of Responsibility
For example, while lecithin is found in blood, it is also derived from soybeans, which happen to be the common commercial source of most lecithin. If there is doubt about a product, it is up to the individual to investigate by inquiring of the manufacturer. The substance may have been derived from blood or it may not.
Is not derived from blood - no need to ask the manufacturer -w79 3/15 p. 31 Questions From Readers
some Christians have refused to eat any product having lecithin listed as an ingredient. Others have felt compelled to write to manufacturers to check on the source of the lecithin used in certain foods... there is no reason for any manufacturer to seek to have lecithin extracted from blood.
Once again (and with a hint of ridicule) it is 'some Christians', and 'others' who have 'felt compelled to write to manufacturers', no mention that they were TOLD to do so by the Governing Body.
obviously this weeks' wt has been part 3 of big changes in the doctrine.
at the end i answered up saying along the lines of: "as we can see from the illustration box, when it comes to the reward being given to the slaves, divine appointment was not given in 1919. this will happen in future when the anointed get taken before armageddon".
i couldn't bring myself to say "raptured at armageddon" as i think people might have taken a closer look at me...but it felt good to call out publicly the bull sh#t date of 1919 .
The article starts by saying that this parable of the talents applies to the anointed. Next thing you know, we're discussing how it affects the non-anointed too.
The memorial is also, supposedly, just for the anointed. Using their stretched application, the non-anointed should also partake.
quote from today's watchtower study article that's being studied at the halls (march 15, 2015, page 24):.
"understanding the illustration of the talents".
"when the master rewards the slaves.".
recently there have been several claims made regarding prophecies that came true.
i've not personally seen a prophecy that i would consider as having come true.
i would consider the following as the requirements to say something is a prophecy and evaluate whether or not it came true:.
recently there have been several claims made regarding prophecies that came true.
i've not personally seen a prophecy that i would consider as having come true.
i would consider the following as the requirements to say something is a prophecy and evaluate whether or not it came true:.
Not much of a prophecy then, if there is no way to tell what's going to happen, is it?
You are in agreement with the WT on that.
*** w11 12/1 p. 13 Who Can Interpret Prophecy? ***
Other prophecies are fully understood by servants of God only after their fulfillment. Many events in Jesus’ life had been prophesied centuries before his birth, but this was not fully understood by his disciples until after his resurrection. (John 19:36)
recently there have been several claims made regarding prophecies that came true.
i've not personally seen a prophecy that i would consider as having come true.
i would consider the following as the requirements to say something is a prophecy and evaluate whether or not it came true:.
The writer of John discerned a retrospective correspondence when he wrote
(John 19:36, 37) In fact, these things took place for the scripture to be fulfilled: “Not a bone of his will be broken.” And again, a different scripture says: “They will look to the one whom they pierced."
And it's this which gives lead to the belief that those things written in the OT were there to indicate the genuine messiah of the NT.
In fact there's quite a few things which fit this pattern.
I guess the argument would come down to "what constitutes a prophecy?"
If someone needs dates and names, there's not much, if anything, that will fit.
The looser the criteria for a prophecy, the more will be found.
recently there have been several claims made regarding prophecies that came true.
i've not personally seen a prophecy that i would consider as having come true.
i would consider the following as the requirements to say something is a prophecy and evaluate whether or not it came true:.
I always wondered about the prophecies that suggest the anointed one will not have his bones broken.
Is it possible to have hands and feet nailed to a lump of wood, and no bones get broken?
go instead to those who sell it, and buy some for yourselves.
matt 25. so .....when someone anointeded claims they need more of an item of value that we have when they already had and used it unwisely is this the correct response?
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Searcher You were a small fish in a big ocean of sharks.
Stephen Lett - Clown fish
Samuel Herd - Goldfish
Anthony Morris 3rd - Shark
Gerrit Losche - Eel
Stephen Sanderson - Bloater
Geoffrey Jackson - Shrimp on the Barbie
David Splane - Bullet tuna
