Steve Lett gave the talk Will Your Family Survive Armageddon? This
talk was all about the family study night. He said to family heads
that it's their main responsibility to make sure their families are
spiritually strong and that we will survive only if we are spiritually
alive and strong when the great trib begins. He said the GB has
prayerfully deliberated this matter for several years before making
the decision they did. There are 2 objectives for the family study night:
1. To Draw Closer to Jehovah-He read Ezekiel 9:5- Pass through the
city after him and strike. Let not your eye feel sorry, and do not
feel any compassion. Old man, young man and virgin and little child
and women you should kill off to a ruination. - He emphasized the
fact that children must be taught to draw close to Jehovah if they are
to survive Armageddon. They must receive their own mark if they are
of the age of accountability. Parents must use this time to help
their children draw close to Jah.
2. To Draw Close as a Family- Married couples who spend
time20together with Jehovah draw closer to each other. This goes for
parents and children too.
So basically they want the parents to brainwash their own kids now to save the GB a job?
Any clues on what this mysterious "age of accountibilty" might be? I suppose its that magical time in one's life when you're old enough to enter in to a lifelong non-escapable contract called baptism but too young to get married....
He said there are 3 elements for success. They are:
1. Be Consistent- Do not adopt a hit or miss arrangement. Such
arrangements are usually miss. Their suggestion is that we use the
same evening that we currently use for Book Study. Also, we have prep
time for book study such as getting ready, travel time to and from so
our evening is longer than the one hour for the study. He said this
to emphasize that we do not have to limit our study time to one hour.
He said if we use this time for TV viewing instead of study, Satan
will have gained a victory. He read Job 1:6 and 2:1 to show that
Jehovah has set aside designated times to instruct his heavenly
family. Shouldn't we?
Satan is easily pleased if he ranks a victory when a family watches some tv together! And the study has to be as long as it takes to get ready, travel to and from and attend the book study? That's at least a couple of hours! And, according to their application of those scriptures, even if you do all that you might still raise a child to turn out like Satan!!!
2. Make it Practical-periodically we could have Field Ministry
practice sessions, have practice sessions on how to help your kids
cope with peer pressure at school, use this time to implant spiritual
goals in your children such as pioneering, bethel, int'l construction,
gilead etc. Use material that addresses specific family needs.
This just screams cult indoctrination at me now. Why don't people see this?!
Give your kids goals such as pioneering (aka fulltime recruiting), bethel (live in a cult compound), int'l construction (free labour) and so on.
"It's good to be alive and serving the living God. We are
serving a God that is Good. " Psalms 25:8, Psalms 100:1-5
Except for the verse mentioned in Ezk where he kills lots of children, right?!
Nothing greater can happen to a human being than to become one of
Jehovah's Witnesses.
Yeah, my sentiments exactly - not! Note that they didn't say coming to know God, Jesus or the Bible. No, no, being a JW is far better than all that stuff!
Please eradicate all thinking from your mind that since we are at the
end there is no need to preach more. That is Satan's thinking and we
need to be at the preaching with urgency!
Translation - Get a move on slackers! we're leaking people fast and need replacements!!
I used to really enjoy hearing all the experiences. Now it just makes me sad to think of all the people falling for this crock of crap.
