Posts by yucca

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Born Again - what do they believe ?

by twinkletoes in

we have neighbours who have been very sincere "born again" christians, for about ten years.

i know that quite a number of you on this forum are also born again, but my question is, just what do you believe?, i understand that you don't have any particular denomination and appear to join any church service as you wish.

when i used to go out on "field service", i seemed to get different understandings of the scriptures, from born again christians, some seemed to be of the opinion that they would be taken up into heaven and armageddon would wipe the earth clean and then they would be put back on the earth, others seemed to think that they would go to heaven and stay there ?

yucca

there have been wonderful answers here for you. i thought i would tell that there will be the thousand year reign of christ on earth from israel. i think the earth will be populated during that time. at the end of thousand years satan will be released one more time and people will go against the Lord. when they are conquered then i think a new earth and new heaven will come. it boggles my mind to think people will turn against jesus again. rev chapter 20,21,22 talks of this. god is alpha and omega and jesus is alpha and omega

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Question

by Mantis in

hi, i've been reading this site for quite a while now.

i've read the gentile times reconsidered book and found it very interesting.

i've tried to verify everything in that book and found it to be accurate.

yucca

acts 1:8 jesus said you are to be witnesses of me. the bible is a jesus book. old testament prophecies of jesus.the old testament is the new testament comcealed. the new testament is old testament revealed. it is not about jehovahs name. god bless

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Reinventing the WBTS

by link in

i realise that i could well get shot down in flames here but it is my personal belief that the wbts will make a concerted effort to reinvent itself in the not too distant future.. i also believe that at this very moment they are working on ways to change the major doctrines that have become a millstone for them, without causing major problems and a mass exodus of the r&f.

as i see it they have to leave the vast majority of their teachings intact whilst removing or changing the problem ones.. by receiving some sort of new light on 607 b.c.e.

they would be able to change, or completely do away with, the significance of 1914. although this would need to be the ultimate aim i think it would be difficult to achieve without altering many of their current interpretations of scriptural prophesy.

yucca

i dont think they have a way out out. they need to admit they are wrong and they are not gods organization on earth. if they do people will leave. they have no way out. god bless yucca

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IsThe Creator (God) jehovah Religiouse Yes or N

by nightwarrior in

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what do you base your thoughts on & whyedited by - nightwarrior on 23 december 2002 5:12:3.

yucca

no god is not religious. when jesus was here he told the pharasees they were hypocrites and would die in their sins. the law was made for man not man for the law. jesus was very anti-religious. the law can not save you. all those dos and donts is legalism and destroys and does not save. its a close personal relationship with jesus christ. i have free will and the holy spirit will convict me if i sin. when u love jesus believe me u try so hard to please him. not because a group of men give u dos and donts. it wont save u. god bless yucca

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Why do Some Ex-JWs go Wacko?

by rebel in

i don't intend to offend anybody with this post, so please excuse me if i do.

i have often wondered why some people that leave the wt organisation go really weird.

there is a couple near me who left a couple of years ago.

yucca

i think some of them have it in their heads from WT that they are going to die at armaggaden. so they think they are going to die anyway so why not do everything they want. thats what my daughter said. i had to get her to understand thats a WT lie. she then changed her life for the best . i am stating this in a simple manner. it was not easy at all but using scripture from bible help tremendously. god bless yucca

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God Bless!

by Adam in

jw
friends

i work at a job where my primary mode of comunication is the telephone.

all day i'm receving messages, leaving messages, or speaking to people on the phone.

i've probably heard messages for about 70 answering machines in the almost three months i've been here.

yucca

you need to get a different job if it bothers you that much. i was a telephone opr. for years and boy i heard language i had never heard before. i was called every bad name u can think of. i wish i had got messages like you get . my life and job would have been so wonderful. god bless yucca

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Reverse Thinking

by Yizuman in

jw
friends

for years i've been reading and talking to people who are out of the organization either by being df'ed or da'ed themselves from the so called "truth".. my main concern is that once the former jdubs are out, they start to reverse their thinking from everything the jdubs had learned that is considered a "no no", ranging from sex, satanism, getting into pornagraphy, drugs, alcohol, rock music, smoking, reading ouji boards and anything else they can get their hands into that was considered forbidden by the wt.

even some decided to reverse their thinking from believing "there is a god" to "there is no god".. while i can understand the anger and bitterness that has resulted from realizing how they have been deceived by the wt for many years.

i am concerned about the destructive behavior that ex-jdubs are getting themselves into.. sure it gives ex-jdubs a sense of total freedom and go wild on everything that was forbidden to them.

yucca

i asked a jw why they were doing these things drugs and sex. they answered what difference does it make they were going to die anyway. they would not know any thing any way they would just be dead. happy to say this person found out that they had to account to jesus every word that comes out of their mouth and there is a hell. turned their life around when they knew jesus forgives them and loves them really made a difference in their life.jesus said go and sin no more.that is so wonderful.

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A small victory

by acsot in

jw
friends

okay, my mom is elderly (80 yrs.

old) and not able to get to all the meetings like she used to (which is definitely a plus for me!

btw shes living with me now, since last spring, cause shes not able to keep up with things anymore).

yucca

a friend i used to have who is still a jw husband was sick a long time before dying. her husband was 20 yrs. older than her. the only help she got was if she paid jws to look after her husband to give her a break. they never came to just visit him. one time he said tell those jws i am not dead yet. i was single sister who had to work. my daughter 12 yrs. old at that time asked me to ask sisters in summertime when school was out to take her out in service. so i did and the answer i got back was they were not baby sitters. that really hurt my feelings. i think very cold one of the things started me thinking. i am so glad your mother is starting to see them for who they really are. that poor lady that gave her money to them thats so horrible. what a scam. i really believe those men at the top are to going to pay dearly when they meet their maker. they are deceivers of worst kind. i will pray for these women. bless you for taking care of your mother. god bless

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Kingdom Hall decorating ideas

by freedom96 in

jw
friends

as the holidays approach, i find myself in a festive spirit, though a bit fiesty as well.. i couldn't help but think that some of the local halls could use a little decorating for the holidays.

many halls have signs out by the street.

wouldn't they look better with a few stockings hanging from them?.

yucca

what great ideas. wouldnt it be great and have it published in newspaper. i would love to see COs face when he finds it. that will take a lot of courage to do something like that. anyway its fun thinking about it. god bless

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When does a christian receive the Holy Spirit?

by barry in

from the new world translation.2 corinthians 1 verse 22 he has put this seal upon us and has given us the token of what is to come that is the spirit in our hearts.

from this its saying its some future event when a christian receives the holy spirit.. my new english bible says.

who has placed his mark of ownership upon us, and who has given us the holy spirit in our hearts as the guarantee of all that he has in store for us.

yucca

when I WAS A JW AND WENT TO MEMORIAL I NEVER FELT LIKE I WAS ANOINTED. I NEVER TOOK WINE. YEARS LATER I WENT TO CALVARY CHAPEL IN RIVERSIDE CA. THE SECOND TIME I WENT WHEN THEY GAVE ALTAR CALL TO RECEIVE CHRIST AS MY SAVIOR AND REPENT OF MY SINS. THEN I KNEW THE HOLY SPIRIT HAD ENTERED ME. BOY DID I KNOW. I CANNOT PUT IN WORDS THE FEELING THAT CAME OVER ME. NO I DID NOT START SPEAKING IN TONGUES OR NOTHING LIKE THAT. I DID NOT LOOK ANY DIFFERENT BUT I WAS DIFFERENT. MANY PEOPLE DONT FEEL THE WAY I DID. THEY ARE STILL SAVED. I BELIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTED ME TO BE SURE SO I WOULDNT EVER GET FOOLED AGAIN. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS FOR EVERY ONE THAT CONFESSES THEY ARE A SINNER AND ACCEPTS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR. IT IS NOT FOR A CERTAIN CLASS OF PEOPLE. THE 144,000 ARE JEWISH PROPHETS WHO WILL BE PREACHING THE TRUTH DURING THE TRIBULATION PERIOD.