avidbiblereader
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Did being an elder jepordize your own family?
by avidbiblereader indo you think being an elder jepordized your own family or do you know of elders who burnt themselves out at the expense of the congregation and let their own families go to the way side?
do you have experiences that this laboring for the congregation has ruined families?.
i tried to be balanced but to do it all, i remember getting up at 2:30 am before work to work on parts so to have time with my daughter but i feel that i took time that was and should have been devoted to my family that had to be put into the congregation for any reason.
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Who should partake of the blood and flesh?
by avidbiblereader inthis is another point i have always considered where the jw are doing what jesus said where they dont go in to the kingdom and neither do those that they teach.. john 6:53-56 53accordingly jesus said to them: most truly i say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves.54he that feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life, and i shall resurrect him at the last day;55for my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.56he that feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood remains in union with me, and i in union with him.
could it be that all of should be partaking of jesus blood and flesh at the lord supper, i now do but wonder about all those who are taught not to.
i am listening to the bible and not a man.
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A completely different view of DFing from the scriptures and Greek
by avidbiblereader in'" (nrsv) "when they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples," (niv) clearly, being satisfied or having eaten all that one desired could not be said of eating a small fragment of an unleavened loaf.
the common view is that this means they had finished eating the meal and the pieces of the one loaf.
1 corinthians 5: 3 3 even though i am not with you in person, i am with you in the spirit.
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What to tell my daughter? Help me please!
by avidbiblereader inhey everyone just need some extra sayings, thoughts, information and insight please.
my daughter is 22 and has a beautifull 16 month old daughter, my daughter is df'd and is moving on with her life, she has been for df'd for 6 years.
however she does let her mother watch my granddaughter and help her in babysitting.
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Why is Jehovah's Witness considered the measuring stick?
by avidbiblereader inwhen we discuss scriptural teachings, christian conduct, morals, ect... why is jehovah's witnesses considered the measuring stick or the bar to beat or meet?.
why not the bible, why not another religion?
why is jehovah and christ looked at through the witnesses eyes or perceived representation?.
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Older Man??
by avidbiblereader inthe scriptures uses the term "older man" as a position of authority in the congregation to help and shepherd the flock.
in the jw they will typically use a man of the age of 30 and use as a reference jesus getting baptized and the beginning of his work on earth.. how many here feel the "older man" should in deed be an older man because of the seriousness of the responsibility, because of experience and did any of you feel as an elder or because of an younger elder you were not treated properly because of youth and a lack of experience or they lacked the example of an older man?.
abr.
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Descison time?
by avidbiblereader inas witnesses and lurkers struggle with who and what to do i believe?
we are all faced with the same options.. 1) jesus and the bible.
2) "faithful and discreet slave/governing body?.
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Could you REALLY be an apostate unless
by avidbiblereader inyou are of the anointed class?.
hebrews 6:4-6 4for it is impossible as regards those who have once for all been enlightened, and who have tasted the heavenly free gift, and who have become partakers of holy spirit,5and who have tasted the fine word of god and powers of the coming system of things,6but who have fallen away, to revive them again to repentance, because they impale the son of god afresh for themselves and expose him to public shame.. nothing mentioned according to the scriptures of the gc or other sheep doing this,.
abr.
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Signs what are they?
by avidbiblereader ini have been posting here for a little over a month.
i understand several abbrev and so forth but perhaps for the ones like me who are a little slow behind the wheel, we could have a follow up on what the abbrev and different signs that are used in the posts.
it would really help me understand some of the lingo on the threads, thanks for all the help you can give me.. just trying to understand more from my fellow friends and posters.
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What do you think?
by avidbiblereader inin my personal bible reading this morning i came across this scriptural passage.
do you think when reading this passage is there any room for the "new light" policy if we look at it in light of how the witness change, don't apologize for wrong advise, wrong understanding?
1 john 1:5-10 5 this is the message we heard from jesus and now declare to you: god is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.