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  My Mom's Challenge to Me

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my jw mom messages me on facebook last night and says she wants me, for a month, to read the bible, but first pray using the name jehovah and in jesus name and then read it with an open mind.

  she is so ridiculous!

  first of all, i do pray but i usually just say father and i always pray in jesus name and i find it ironic that she is saying i should have an open mind when hers is closed.

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  lriddle80

  The truth is...I am ridiculous.
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  My Mom's Challenge to Me

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my jw mom messages me on facebook last night and says she wants me, for a month, to read the bible, but first pray using the name jehovah and in jesus name and then read it with an open mind.

  she is so ridiculous!

  first of all, i do pray but i usually just say father and i always pray in jesus name and i find it ironic that she is saying i should have an open mind when hers is closed.

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  She won't know, but I am doing it anyway.

  I guess I was just venting on here since my friends don't really understand how it is.

  It's ok if you don't believe or care about anything I say. I don't have any answers probably. I am not an authority on anything.

  Thanks for chiming in, hope it entertained you for a moment :)

  Have a good night!!
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  What are YOU depending on for Salvation? New Video

  by JW Answers in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many groups (jehovah's witnesses, mormons, sda'..) false teachers and deceivers today rely and depend on good works, their own righteousness, keeping the law, having a certain lifestyle or behaviour, being faithful in service and/or being baptised to save them from their sins.

  however, all of the above according to god's word, will never save a soul.

  in this video, i cover most items which people today try and depend on to save them from their sins.

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  I came to the terrifying realization that I had nothing to bring to the table for salvation; I saw my total depravity. I asked Jesus to save me and he did. Since then I feel like rain that transformed to snow, like Pinocchio when he became real. There's a peace in my previously tortured soul and a chaos in my life that feels like everything is getting restored. Pretty awesome if you ask me!!
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  My Mom's Challenge to Me

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my jw mom messages me on facebook last night and says she wants me, for a month, to read the bible, but first pray using the name jehovah and in jesus name and then read it with an open mind.

  she is so ridiculous!

  first of all, i do pray but i usually just say father and i always pray in jesus name and i find it ironic that she is saying i should have an open mind when hers is closed.

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  I will definitely let you know how it goes in a month! I am expecting we'll have a great talk, discussing things of the Bible and she will still believe what she believes and I will still believe what I believe. But maybe there will be a bonus surprise that I don't expect!
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  My Mom's Challenge to Me

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my jw mom messages me on facebook last night and says she wants me, for a month, to read the bible, but first pray using the name jehovah and in jesus name and then read it with an open mind.

  she is so ridiculous!

  first of all, i do pray but i usually just say father and i always pray in jesus name and i find it ironic that she is saying i should have an open mind when hers is closed.

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  Also, I don't believe God is choosing my side or hers. I believe God is working in her heart and mine. He is all about restoration and reconciliation and unity. I think God works in amazing ways, sometimes using really terrible things to turn lives around. I don't think we can put God in a box. He is for me, he is for her and he is for you. His will is for all to come to salvation, but he also knows that some people won't. Historically, this has been the case. Not all Israelites went in to the promised Land. And I think there is a lot we can't understand or know, but to know that God works all things for good for those he has chosen to be his people, so I rest in that. If someone else can't believe that, well that's on them, I guess.
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  My Mom's Challenge to Me

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my jw mom messages me on facebook last night and says she wants me, for a month, to read the bible, but first pray using the name jehovah and in jesus name and then read it with an open mind.

  she is so ridiculous!

  first of all, i do pray but i usually just say father and i always pray in jesus name and i find it ironic that she is saying i should have an open mind when hers is closed.

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  I think he does help starving people. I know tons of missionaries and secular people fighting this problem around the world. I think he works in global and individual lives. Magical is a curious word. I would say someone who doesn't have the spirit cannot discern spiritual things. So, this may be a little weird to you and that's ok!
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  My Mom's Challenge to Me

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my jw mom messages me on facebook last night and says she wants me, for a month, to read the bible, but first pray using the name jehovah and in jesus name and then read it with an open mind.

  she is so ridiculous!

  first of all, i do pray but i usually just say father and i always pray in jesus name and i find it ironic that she is saying i should have an open mind when hers is closed.

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  Thanks all! I had an opportunity to share many many different scriptures from her Bible that make a case for the Trinity. I usually back down from any such talk, but about 6 months ago I had to admit to God and myself that I believe it, so I shared it with her. I asked her about salvation and she believes she is saved through Jesus. Well, I have to believe she is, too. My goal is, as a type of hybrid, to build a bridge between JW and Christianity in the spirit of unity. I think God honors that and so I am open to her challenge because this is loving her where she is and not compromising who I am. Lots of people call the Father, Jehovah, and Yahweh and other things. I believe he cares more about what our heart motivations/conditions are than the actual ritual of it, i.e. he did not want the sacrifices per session, but the thought behind it. So I am comfortable doing it. I believe in God and believe he is going to work in this situation! I figure I have one month for God to prepare our hearts for this meeting. I asked him to prepare me before and he came through in ways I didn't even expect! So, I am trusting!
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  My Mom's Challenge to Me

  by lriddle80 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so my jw mom messages me on facebook last night and says she wants me, for a month, to read the bible, but first pray using the name jehovah and in jesus name and then read it with an open mind.

  she is so ridiculous!

  first of all, i do pray but i usually just say father and i always pray in jesus name and i find it ironic that she is saying i should have an open mind when hers is closed.

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  lriddle80

  So my JW mom messages me on Facebook last night and says she wants me, for a month, to read the Bible, but first pray using the name Jehovah and in Jesus name and then read it with an open mind. She is so ridiculous! First of all, I do pray but I usually just say Father and I always pray in Jesus name and I find it ironic that she is saying I should have an open mind when hers is closed. I have a thriving relationship with God. But to honor my mother and to use it as a way to share my faith with her, I just said I would do it, which took a lot to drop my pride. I had been praying that God needed to set something up with her if he wanted me to see her because I had no desire to and then he did! I am going to journal what I learn over the month and then have lunch with her showing her what I hear the spirit saying to me. It may open her mind a little to the actual truth. Nothing is impossible with God!
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  Jehovah had a wife the ancient Israelites also worshiped Asherah

  by Finkelstein in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  recent archeological discoveries have found that the ancient israelites were not exactly monotheistic to yahweh, apparently the israelites also worshiped a god which was seen as yahweh's wife asherah.

  small carved sculptures have been found in places of worship and homesteads to support these findings.asherah's connection to yahweh, according to francesca stavrakopoulou, is spelled out in the bible and an 8th-century b.c.

  inscription on pottery found in the sinai desert at a site called kuntillet ajrud.

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  Michael Heiser is a leading Bible scholar who studies ancient languages and writings, etc. He has written about this.

  http://drmsh.com/yahweh-and-asherah-more-archaeo-porn-for-the-masses/
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  Its all about Jews and Gentiles

  by Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we you still in the borg when you realized the new testament is about god and the jews and god and the church and basically this whole transfer process from jewish law to this becoming the new person in christ.

  its rather weird i once believed in heavenly hopers and earthly hopers and faithful slave classes etc etc.

  its seems like something from star trek.

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  Yes!! And now Jews and gentiles are one in Christ. One hope. I tried to tell my mom this, but she didn't listen. It's pretty obvious, actually.