My dear sister/brother Normie,
I totally understand why you believe that the JWs is the "truth," For I too had the same understanding. I am however permitted to share somethings with you that are straight from the Bible and I wish to hopefully get your feedback on it, ok?
First, the "preaching work" .....
When the Master gave instructions on how they should go out to preach the kingdom of God, he told them to heal the sick, raise the dead, etc. But also notice He said
"And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go NOT from house to house." (Luke 10:7)
Jesus himself did not go "house to house," rather he went "city to city" and "village to village" and only spoke to people in the public places, the market, and their synagogues (a.k.a. "false churches"). The only time the Master approached a home was when he was invited, either by a Pharisee, Zacchaeus, his beloved Lazarus, etc. He was always "invited" to a home, he didn't already "show up on their door step preaching." People who 'got the sense of it' wanted to hear the Master in their own homes and invite all their friends over to hear the 'truth.'
When Paul said he spoke "from house to house" the actual word was "according to house." And the same occured with Paul, he was invited into many homes. Thus, he taught in many homes because ones would beg him to stay with them after they heard him teach in the temples and in the public squares.
The second and MOST important that I was directed to share with you is the 'means' by which we can recieve "life." For such "life" is important if you plan to "live forever," yes?
Please, get a NWT reference Bible or any NWT that has cross references in the middle of the pages and read John 6:48-58. At first glance you will see nothing wrong, but notice John 6:53 which our Master is reported to have said:
"Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have NO life in yourselves."
May I ask you, what is the flesh and blood of the Son of Man? Before you answer, look at the N.W.T. cross references for "flesh" and "blood" and they WILL take you to Matt. 26:26-28, and 1 Cor. 11:24,25.
Now, read those verses in the NWT. The Master says there "Take eat, THIS IS my body (his flesh)." Now I know you KNOW what is taking place in those verses.
So now I ask you, since Jesus is the Word of God, is not he the one who could best explain what he meant? With that in mind, What DID Jesus say was HIS FLESH and BLOOD? Was it not the bread and the wine?
Now look again at John 6:53. "Unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves."
So what REALLY happens when you DON'T "eat the bread and drink the wine?"
He said:
"He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day." (John 6:54)
Tell me, do you want to have "everlasting life?"
"I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if ANYONE eats of this bread, he WILL LIVE FOREVER: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world." (John 6:51)
Do you want to "live forever?" Do you want to help those to whom you 'minister,' live forever?
Did you notice the word "anyone" in Jesus' words?
We can talk about "eating and drinking judgement" later since that is an EASY topic.
In essence, Jesus set down what He himself called "spiritual food" and it was nothing more than the "bread and wine," not meetings in a 'kingdom hall' or 'convention.' just the 'bread and wine' is the spiritual food that "Jehovah" gave to us to eat so that we don't die. It is the "true food and true drink." (John 6:55)
the problem lies with the fact that even tho the NWT bible says otherwise, the WTBTS hinders people from partaking of this food from God. Thus they literally prevent people from recieving "life" IN THEMSELVES. Is this not what the scribes and Pharisees did?
thus my Lord said:
"You SHUT UP the kingdom of God before men, YOU yourselves do NOT go in, and ANYONE on their way in YOU HINDERED." (Matt. 23:13)
just so you know, I belong to no religion, I too was a JW. They got angry with me when I partook in the org. and professed to be of the 'anointed.' Now, I solely belong to Christ and obey his voice. Everything I was permitted to share with you I recieved from holy spirit and the same free gift is available to you. You can be able to "hear" the Son of God speak to you too through the "free gift" of holy spirit that is available to "anyone asking, anyone thirsting, anyone seeking." This way you can hear it directly from him and not need me. :)
Hope to hear from you soon
May you have peace,
Aaron
