Matthew 7:13-14
“Go in through the narrow gate; because broad and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are the ones going in through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it."
YoYoMama
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What is the narrow gate?
by YoYoMama inmatthew 7:13-14 .
go in through the narrow gate; because broad and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are the ones going in through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it.
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Let's meditate on these scriptures
by YoYoMama in2 peter 2:1-22.
2 however, there also came to be false prophets among the people, as there will also be false teachers among you.
these very ones will quietly bring in destructive sects and will disown even the owner that bought them, bringing speedy destruction upon themselves.
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2 Peter 2:1-22
2 However, there also came to be false prophets among the people, as there will also be false teachers among YOU. These very ones will quietly bring in destructive sects and will disown even the owner that bought them, bringing speedy destruction upon themselves. 2 Furthermore, many will follow their acts of loose conduct, and on account of these the way of the truth will be spoken of abusively. 3 Also, with covetousness they will exploit YOU with counterfeit words. But as for them, the judgment from of old is not moving slowly, and the destruction of them is not slumbering.
4 Certainly if God did not hold back from punishing the angels that sinned, but, by throwing them into Tar'ta·rus, delivered them to pits of dense darkness to be reserved for judgment; 5 and he did not hold back from punishing an ancient world, but kept Noah, a preacher of righteousness, safe with seven others when he brought a deluge upon a world of ungodly people; 6 and by reducing the cities Sod'om and Go·mor'rah to ashes he condemned them, setting a pattern for ungodly persons of things to come; 7 and he delivered righteous Lot, who was greatly distressed by the indulgence of the law-defying people in loose conduct— 8 for that righteous man by what he saw and heard while dwelling among them from day to day was tormenting his righteous soul by reason of their lawless deeds—
9 Jehovah knows how to deliver people of godly devotion out of trial, but to reserve unrighteous people for the day of judgment to be cut off, 10 especially, however, those who go on after flesh with the desire to defile [it] and who look down on lordship.
Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble at glorious ones but speak abusively, 11 whereas angels, although they are greater in strength and power, do not bring against them an accusation in abusive terms, [not doing so] out of respect for Jehovah. 12 But these [men], like unreasoning animals born naturally to be caught and destroyed, will, in the things of which they are ignorant and speak abusively, even suffer destruction in their own [course of] destruction, 13 wronging themselves as a reward for wrongdoing.
They consider luxurious living in the daytime a pleasure. They are spots and blemishes, indulging with unrestrained delight in their deceptive teachings while feasting together with YOU. 14 They have eyes full of adultery and unable to desist from sin, and they entice unsteady souls. They have a heart trained in covetousness. They are accursed children. 15 Abandoning the straight path, they have been misled. They have followed the path of Ba'laam, [the son] of Be'or, who loved the reward of wrongdoing, 16 but got a reproof for his own violation of what was right. A voiceless beast of burden, making utterance with the voice of a man, hindered the prophet’s mad course.
17 These are fountains without water, and mists driven by a violent storm, and for them the blackness of darkness has been reserved. 18 For they utter swelling expressions of no profit, and by the desires of the flesh and by loose habits they entice those who are just escaping from people who conduct themselves in error. 19 While they are promising them freedom, they themselves are existing as slaves of corruption. For whoever is overcome by another is enslaved by this one. 20 Certainly if, after having escaped from the defilements of the world by an accurate knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they get involved again with these very things and are overcome, the final conditions have become worse for them than the first.21 For it would have been better for them not to have accurately known the path of righteousness than after knowing it accurately to turn away from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 The saying of the true proverb has happened to them: “The dog has returned to its own vomit, and the sow that was bathed to rolling in the mire.”
Instead of feeling attacked by the above scriptures. Try to reason and understand the message that Jehovah gave through Peter. It is a very strong message.
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Daily text - Matt 26:41
by YoYoMama inmatt 26:41 keep on the watch and pray continually, that you may not enter into temptation.. commentary: .
what would help us to keep on the watch?
while in the garden of gethsemane shortly before his arrest, jesus told three of his apostles the above.
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YoYoMama
You can see the world as you like YoYo (or as the JW's tell you to see it), what you think you might see does not make it so.
So when I watch the news and read newspapers and see the words of Jesus come true, it is only what I want to see?
Don't be blind to the proof around you. You just don't want to admit it because that will prove the Witnesses are right and you just can't live with that.
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Daily text - Matt 26:41
by YoYoMama inmatt 26:41 keep on the watch and pray continually, that you may not enter into temptation.. commentary: .
what would help us to keep on the watch?
while in the garden of gethsemane shortly before his arrest, jesus told three of his apostles the above.
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YoYoMama
In another thread as you were pinned down about your posting here and you said that your accountable to Jesus, giving the thought that you are not accountable to the JW rules for their people.
I never said that. I am accountable to Jesus and also appreciate all the direction and suggestions that the slave class gives me.
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Daily text - Matt 26:41
by YoYoMama inmatt 26:41 keep on the watch and pray continually, that you may not enter into temptation.. commentary: .
what would help us to keep on the watch?
while in the garden of gethsemane shortly before his arrest, jesus told three of his apostles the above.
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YoYoMama
Prove it
Do you not see the proof in the world around us? Don't kid yourself, every day we have new proof, for the words of Jesus and the apostle Paul are being fulfilled.
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Daily text - Matt 26:41
by YoYoMama inmatt 26:41 keep on the watch and pray continually, that you may not enter into temptation.. commentary: .
what would help us to keep on the watch?
while in the garden of gethsemane shortly before his arrest, jesus told three of his apostles the above.
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YoYoMama
I understand what you are trying to say by near.
At the time Peter wrote the end was then near. Peter wrote sometime between 62 to 64 C.E., and it was shortly after that, in the year 70, that the end finally came to the Jewish system of things.
We do not want just to look back at that time, however. For Jesus’ prophecy regarding “the conclusion of the system of things” has application today; in fact, its major application is now. And so, too, does Peter’s similar warning that “the end of all things has drawn close.” God’s purpose is to wipe out this entire wicked system and usher in his ‘new heavens and new earth’ in the immediate future, (Matt. 24:3-22; 2 Pet. 3:13)
So we are living at a time when the horrible destruction of Jerusalem and its environs will pale into insignificance in comparison with the “great tribulation” now so near.
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Daily text - Matt 26:41
by YoYoMama inmatt 26:41 keep on the watch and pray continually, that you may not enter into temptation.. commentary: .
what would help us to keep on the watch?
while in the garden of gethsemane shortly before his arrest, jesus told three of his apostles the above.
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YoYoMama
near = near.
Have a dictionary handy?
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A walk Through The Garden Part 2
by radar ini had brought my family up in the way of christ, as i believed and we were rarely missing from meetings or field service.
yet as time went on, this regimented form of worship began to have its toll on us.. one meeting night, i found myself sitting at the back of the kingdom hall alone, my wife had begun to miss a number of meetings and my son who was then in his late teens had also stopped going.i felt that i'd failed my family and myself.
yet no matter how i applied myself to study and prayer the watchtower's answer to every problem a witness may have i found no joy in this way of worship and neither would i continue to pretend that i did.
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YoYoMama
The expectations put on many, in my mind is too high.
You said it right, "in your mind". It helps to see things from Jehovahs perspective and not our imperfect human perspective.
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Daily text - Matt 26:41
by YoYoMama inmatt 26:41 keep on the watch and pray continually, that you may not enter into temptation.. commentary: .
what would help us to keep on the watch?
while in the garden of gethsemane shortly before his arrest, jesus told three of his apostles the above.
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Matt 26:41 “Keep on the watch and pray continually, that you may not enter into temptation.”
Commentary:
What would help us to keep on the watch? While in the garden of Gethsemane shortly before his arrest, Jesus told three of his apostles the above. Years later, Peter gave similar counsel to fellow Christians. He wrote “The end of all things has drawn close. Be sound in mind, therefore, and be vigilant with a view to prayers.” (1 Pet. 4:7) Clearly, fervent prayer should be a part of our Christian routine. (Rom. 12:12; 1 Thess. 5:17) Note that Peter also said “The end of all things has drawn close.” How close? There is no way for humans to pinpoint the exact day and hour. (Matt. 24:36) But there is a difference between indulging in speculation, which the Bible does not encourage, and keeping in expectation of the end, which it does encourage. (2 Tim. 4:3, 4; Titus 3:9) What is one way that we can keep in expectation of the end? It is by paying close attention to the evidence that the end is near. W 1/15/00 11, 12
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Daily text - 1 Thess 5:19
by YoYoMama in1 thess.
5:19 "do not put out the fire of the spirit.".
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YoYoMama
. I can't scan the Crysis of Conscience book for the correspondence that the Governing Body had with the Mexican JWs or the Malawi JWs
Why not? Rip each page, then put on your scanner and scan away. I'm looking forward to it.
Let's face the facts, without your Watchtower Publications, you would not have a ministry.
You are a fool if you believe that. We would find a way. Many have tried to stop the Witnesses: Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, La Junta. Where are they now and where are the Witnesses?