Brain-Numbing Food

by ISP 3 Replies latest jw friends

  • ISP
    ISP

    Check this out.........

    *** w52 2/1 80 Jehovah's Theocratic Organization Today ***
    12 Now some may ask, Should we accept as from the Lord and true the food provided through the discreet slave, or should we withhold acceptance until we have proved it for ourselves? If we have gained our present understanding of the Bible by feeding at the table set by the slave, if we have been thereby freed from false doctrines and built up in the clean and undefiled worship of God and given a new world hope, we should have some confidence in the slave’s provisions. After being nourished to our present spiritual strength and maturity, do we suddenly become smarter than our former provider and forsake the enlightening guidance of the organization that mothered us? “Forsake not the law of thy mother.” (Prov. 6:20-23) And if the heavenly Father would not give a stone or serpent or scorpion to a child who asked for bread or fish or an egg from him, are we to take the spiritual food he provides through the slave into our hands as if we were going to be bruised by a stone or bitten by a serpent or stung by a scorpion? (Matt. 7:7-11; Luke 11:9-13, NW) Are we to be doubtful and suspicious about each new provision? “He who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and blown about. In fact, let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from Jehovah.” (Jas. 1:6, 7, NW) Even the Beroeans first received Paul’s preaching “with the greatest readiness of mind”, and then went to “carefully examining the Scriptures daily as to whether these things were so”. (Acts 17:11, NW) This was the first real contact the Beroeans had with Paul’s preaching, yet they received it readily and then studied the Scriptural support for themselves. How much more readily we can receive the slave’s provisions with confidence, since, unlike the Beroeans, we have much past experience with the precious provisions from the slave.

    ISP

  • thinker
    thinker
    “He who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and blown about. In fact, let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from Jehovah.” (Jas. 1:6, 7, NW)


    To me, this always sounded like a good scripture to quote when the WT talked about "tacking".
    Thinker

  • Martini
    Martini

    ISP,

    If this WT quote you present here doesn't sound like CULT talk, then I have no idea what does!

    I embarrassed to think I fell for it...and close to 25yrs at that!!!
    Talk about a Numb brain.

    AlmostFreeAtLastClass, hehehe
    Martini

  • ISP
    ISP

    Thanks for all your comments.......

    Do you like the way the WTS suddenly becomes our 'mother'. Sort of emotional blackmail?

    'do we suddenly become smarter than our former provider and forsake the enlightening guidance of the organization that mothered us? “Forsake not the law of thy mother.” (Prov. 6:20-23)'

    This bit was quite funny because thats exactly what some of the 'food' has done/is doing!

    'are we to take the spiritual food he provides through the slave into our hands as if we were going to be bruised by a stone or bitten by a serpent or stung by a scorpion? (Matt. 7:7-11; Luke 11:9-13, NW) '

    This must be timeless!

    'we have much past experience with the precious provisions from the slave.'

    We certainly have!

    ISP

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