i was reading swordofjah's post about a young lady who went back after 8 months and got reinstatedthis past tuesday, a young sister (21 years old) was reinstated after 8 months.
she was always very nice and upbeat, but made a few wrong turns in her life.
i talked to her a bit after the meeting and she was telling me that before being disfellowshipped she had been consumed by her actions, just didn't feel any joy in serving jehovah.
Ladylee:
You are a very good writer. You psycho analysis does make sense. As a Witness, I look at the results. The results is that she's back in Jehovah's Organization and feels good about herself because she was able to overcome her obstacle. For it, she's a better Christian and fully trusts Jehovah God. Her relationship with Jehovah is now stronger than ever. That's what I got from my conversation with her.
one of the signs of the "last days" is that there would be "no natural affection" shown.
people would be "self-assuming, haughty, disloyal, without love of goodness, headstrong, puffed up with pride, having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power,(and from these turn away).
"......does this not describe jehovah's witnesses today???
Disfellowshipping without shunning, yeah that's real discipline. Get real man. By your comments, you show that you don't know Jehovah. Sad.
one of the signs of the "last days" is that there would be "no natural affection" shown.
people would be "self-assuming, haughty, disloyal, without love of goodness, headstrong, puffed up with pride, having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power,(and from these turn away).
"......does this not describe jehovah's witnesses today???
Your reasoning do not match with those of Jehovah God:
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It is for discipline YOU are enduring. God is dealing with YOU as with sons. For what son is he that a father does not discipline? 8 But if YOU are without the discipline of which all have become partakers, YOU are really illegitimate children, and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we used to have fathers who were of our flesh to discipline us, and we used to give them respect. Shall we not much more subject ourselves to the Father of our spiritual life and live? 10 For they for a few days used to discipline us according to what seemed good to them, but he does so for our profit that we may partake of his holiness. 11 True, no discipline seems for the present to be joyous, but grievous; yet afterward to those who have been trained by it it yields peaceable fruit, namely, righteousness."
i was thinking the other night (my head is still hurtingcould you imagine having the power to stop it and choosing not to?
i kept thinking, if i could die so that no other innocent person should have to suffer, then i would.
most people would, i think.
I've always enjoyed the following illustration in "Live Forever" book:
"Have not parents who truly love their children permitted them to undergo a painful operation to correct some problem? Yes, the permission of temporary suffering has often made it possible for children to enjoy better health later on in life. "
So as parents we do allow our children to suffer so that a problem can be repaired or permanently fixed.
i was thinking the other night (my head is still hurtingcould you imagine having the power to stop it and choosing not to?
i kept thinking, if i could die so that no other innocent person should have to suffer, then i would.
most people would, i think.
I did think the same thing when I heard about the crime, but then I tried to see it from Jehovah's viewpoint. Since he has the power to resurrect those children in a better setting, it wasn't necessary to intervene at this time. It's obvious that the mother is crazy or suffering from sort of mental problem, so it must have been a nightmare for those children to live in that situation. Jehovah has the power to change that in the New System and those children will be better off at the end.
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that's a question i've been contemplating lately.
When I read threads like this one and see the lack of hope it makes me very sad. Why is it I can see it, and you all can't?
i cannot say how i got this info.
but this anointed sister was talking with my friend and me over the phone.
my friend informed me that she was an anointed sister and she was thrilled that she was calling us.
What amazes me is how some of you can turn something so inocent and turn it into an excuse to criticize the Organization!
a rather interesting passage from a most historic magazine is reproduced here for your perusal.
its not a watchtower magazine, rather, the magazine is called :
the true midnight cry.
You people are the only ones I know that are obsessed with Rusells writings. We've moved on...
schizophrenia's onset or manifestation usually occurs anywhere between late teens until early thirties/sometimes forties.
the bible tells us very little about jesus' childhood but it gives us the impression that he did not know that he was "god" or "god's" son.
when he was in his early thirties, he was baptised and it was then that he saw the truth.
Obviously, Joseph and Mary did explain to a young Jesus what the angel Gabriel had communicated before his birth. Jesus, at around 12 years of age, knew that the temple was the house of his father.
It is my thinking that you should be careful of ridiculing the Christ. One thing is to criticize an Organzation, another completely different thing is to ridicule the Son of God.
i'm just posting this here for lurking jws to think about, and perhaps come foreward and explain their thoughts to us here on jwd.com
2/1/98 wt page 17. .
16 israel not only was a kingdom but also had an anointed priesthood.
By extension, I benefit from the new covenant. I pray in the name of Christ showing my respect for the arrangement. Since I am a beneficiary, then as God's High Priest he is my mediator.
