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The answered prayer
by Ade injohn 14:12 "most assuredly, i say to you, he who believes in me,the works that i do he will do also;and greater works than these he will do, because i go to my father.13"and whatever you ask in my name, that i will do, that the father may be glorified in the son 14:if you ask anything in my name, i will do it" .
i understand that we ask for our prayers to be answered through jesus name as jesus is the amen.many will give a different answer to this question from the trinitarian/non trinitarian viewpoint.jesus says here that he will answer your prayers if you ask in his name.
does this mean it is ok to request from jesus during the prayer.
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Are they preaching the wrong news ??
by Ade ini found this verse very interesting see what you think.
jesus is not saying to preach the good news of the kingdom, but the news that we need to repent.
mark 1:14 "after john was arrested, jesus went to galilee preaching the good news of god" .
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three wise men
by Ade ina while back i posted on a story found in the watchtowers childrens bible concerning the three wise men going to visit jesus, in the childrens bible the word is rendered "worship" him, as most are aware in the nwt the words are rendered "do obeisance".this post doesnt directly cover that, i wanted to find out whether these so called wise men were sent by god or not.
the reason for this is that someone pointed out that this was because the three wise men were (by jw's accounts) sent by satan.i decided to search through the scriptures to decide for myself whether there was an adequate reason for them to make such a statement.
if this has been covered before many apologies.
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The meaning of fruitfulness
by Ade ini was always taught ( as a witness ) that the fruit spoken of in matthew 13:8 "but other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
" was speaking of the amount of people you turn to the truth "the disciples" you make.
matthew 13:23 "but he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it, which also beareth fruit and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty" .
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Miracles if you believe
by Ade inheres a little something i was wondering about and would like your opinions, .
miracles, can they occur , for instance you have cancer and pray to god and the cancer is gone etc.
i dont believe any man can heal you ( faith healers ), for i believe only god or jesus can heal you through your faith.
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This makes me sick!!
by Ade ini just read this as part of one of jgnat's posts its obviously nothing against her take a look and comment.i mean who are they trying to fool.
out of all creation they are "groaning" the most .
our identification as jehovah's witnesses .
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accept their judgment of others. shunning
by Ade inwhen one disasociates or is disfellowshipped surely the acceptance of the majority to shun from the view of the minority is of a sinful nature.
this dawned on me today when walking home with the kids from school a member of the kingdom hall drove past us and waved ( at the kids - not making eye contact with me ) in fact i saw two members who did the same.
the question that arose in my mind as i strolled home was this, these people are basing their apparent belief i am an apostate on an announcement made from the platform at the kingdom hall, this statement was obviously made by an elder etc.therefore they have all become judges against me without a case - for only the elders know of the conversation i had with them on the day i da'd.
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did Jesus give the name of God ???
by Ade injohn 17:6 "i have manifested thy name unto men which thou gavest me out of the world.
thine they were,and thou gavest them me, and they have kept thy word.
onoma : a "name" ( literally or figuratively ),( authority / character ) -called (sur)name .
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OOPS WE MISSED ONE AGAIN - childrens bible
by Ade inno its not a britney spears song lol .
not sure if anyone has noticed this in the "my book of bible stories" .
paragraph two of the story reads so "when the men got to jerusalem, they asked; where is the child to be king of the jews?
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How many commands should we follow??
by Ade inas a jw i was always taught "you must go on the ministry" ( taught as a "command" of jesus to be applied to everyone - or you wouldnt be doing gods will and therefore he could not be pleased with you ) and many other things, "do not forsake the gathering of yourselves together etc" as an example you must get to the meetings or you are inactive in gods eyes.
however after reading jesus words basically saying accept jesus as gods son and love your neighbour, i began wondering more and more whether the ministry is a necessity for many people.
i personally never minded the ministry except when i found i was spreading mans deception and lies.