The assembly overall was basically all about doing more, not wasting your youth (a waste being anything but pioneering) and bashing apostates. Well without further ado..
Talk- The Voice of Jehovah Is Powerful
-How can we hear Jehovahs voice? He communicates through the Bible
-The world is all about the deceptive power of riches, this can choke Jehovahs voice. Can you imaging choking Jehovahs voice?! (guilt)
-We need to continue transforming ourselves. 100% of Jehovahs promises have come true.
Talk- Experience the power of Gods Word!
Gods word nourishes us, like tasting a banana! (he holds it up) we have to experience it for ourselves!
-Christendom does not get the point of Gods word. Reading the Bible is not enough, we must study WT pubs to understand it.
5 steps
1. Read, meditate on it
2. Resarch- so important, this way we get accurate understanding of the scriptures
3. Beg-beg for holy spirit
4. Believe- we need to fully trust
5. Obey- obedience is better than a sacrifice, apply what we read.
Gives experience of brother who was a drug dealer and hustler, he turned his life around and is now in the audience, a pioneer and elder.
DEMO- A brother thanks an elder for an article that was given to him so that he and his wife could stop arguing, brother says HOW DID YOU DO IT?! Elder says, I did it by using the WT publications index under the heading marriage problems. I found an article there for you to read. Finding it is easy, applying it is hard. We need self control. using the WT index can help us with any topic like higher education or what kind of Job to get.
Talk- REJECT THE DECEPTIVE POWER OF SATANS WORLD- Luccione guest Bethel speaker
Tells story of the Trojan horse, what looks good can be bad.
-Satan through deception tries to open our "gates" we are all his targets. Satan is a liar and deciever, will we be decieved like Eve?
4 of SATAN'S DECEPTIONS
1. Power of Riches- Chokes the word. We always think it is someone else but riches can be traslated simply more money. It has caused some to leave for a better country, caused some to miss meetings, Field service, Family Worship. Some have looked back with regret that they did not DO MORE in service because of trying to earn money. Be content with food and clothing. Do not strive for a comfortable lifestyle or more money
2. Sin- We can rationalize our weaknesses saying that we are all sinful and Jesus sacrifice covers me. We could draw away from the organization. Unbelievers promote lifestyles contrary to the bible. Many say they are tired of being told what to do. (tells the story of a man who was raised JW that he visited. He was married 4 times, living in sin, into drugs and alcohol, and was in and out of rehab. yet he insisted he was happy! audience chuckles. If he had just kept going to the KH none of this would have happened. it is like dogs returning to their vomit)
3. Self Deception- James 1:22 Doers and not hearers only. Are we honest with ourselves? Negative attitude used by satan. Do I distort the truth? Desire immoral things? Do we rationalize bad habits?
4. Apostasy- Can we be tricked by former JW? They claim to worship Jehovah but speak "half truths", twisted things, and criticize and complain. They use smooth talk and flattering speech. We may not read their books, but are we tempted to click on their websites? Comment on their blogs to "set them straight"? Remember Eve was decieved by only 3 sentences.. So can it be with us. DO NOT respond to "strange teachings"
Apostates jump on changes in our understanding and teachings from the FDS. They jump all over our revised NWT. The brothers are imperfect humans, does this mean this isnt the truth? Peter said where else could we go? What other organization could we go to? THERE IS NOWHERE ELSE! (the speaker is getting very loud and animated now) NO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SHOW HOW TO LEAD A BETTER LIFE AND MAKE A SUCCESS OUT OF YOURSELF ONLY JEHOVAHS WITNESSES!!
Are there changes in understandings? YES
Is there a new bible? YES
Are the brothers imperfect? YES
Does that mean we do not have the truth? NO NO NO
Talk about young ones (I dnt have the theme)- Young people- do you trust the power of God? Do more, have spiritul goals. One young brother quit his job because of questionable association. By pioneering you store up treasures in heaven with Jehovah if we serve Jehovah we will be blessed
Talk- When we are weak then we are powerful- Stay fully involved in the organization. More experiences featured about doing more, foreign language field, need greaters, pioneering, keeping up with personal study, prayer, meetings etc.
Talk- Let the power of Gods word keep transforming you.- Are we letting Gods word transform us fully? How does gods word transform? When we detect a weakness, what do we do? What do we think about and feed our eyes on. Bible like little packets of holy spirit.
A girl was told she would burn in hell by her mother, she ran away, ended up in foster care, joined a convent, ran away again, lived in the streets of Sydney, acted in Porn films, became a prostitute and she was about to be sold to Japan so she jumped out of the window. Later she studied the bible with JW and turned her life around. God transformed her life- END
Well thats all folks, what do you think?
Thats al