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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by achorladey: 9:14am On Jul 21, 2021
Janosky:


JWs are NOT infallible.
JWs are NOT accountable to you.
Please exercise your right to WAIL till kingdom come
grin grin

Luke 24:21,25 = Luke 19:11.
The popular teaching and belief of Jews even till tomorrow.

Prophet Nathan & Samuel made false predictions, was Jehovah still with them?
Go remove them from your Bible nau.
Mumu WAILER grin

The same people whom Jesus called "Senseless", made false predictions & are without perfect knowledge ,they wrote all the books of the new testament you're hiding in your bookshelf.

All the WAILERS are just seeking for outlet to vent sifia pains, ENVY & frustrations..

grin grin grin grin grin

JWs are NOT infallible.
JWs are NOT accountable to you.
Please exercise your right to WAIL till kingdom come
......Janos

All the WAILERS are just seeking for outlet to vent sifia pains, ENVY & frustrations......Janos

Let's rephrase

Other Christian denominations are not infallible
Other Christian denominations are not accountable to your religious organization.
Please (Janosky and your likes) exercise your right to wail till the kingdom comes.

All the WAILERS (Janosky and his likes on threads of other Christian denominations) are just seeking for outlet to vent sifia pains, ENVY and frustrations.


Add it as note and set alarm for am as reminder. What is good for the goose is applicable to the gander.

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by DappaD: 12:22pm On Jul 21, 2021
MaxInDHouse:

My brother we're doing fine!
Please the highlighted is very important. Don't think all these Apostates are disfellowshiped!
Many of them are still associating with us but in their hearts they are waiting for the opportunity to support God's enemies when the great tribulations begin so as to help God's enemies in fishing us out! Matthew 24:10
So they've been stumbled due to their selfish cravings but since they know that there is no other place where pure worship is practiced they're laying low waiting for an opportunity to devastate the relative peace we are enjoying in God's Organization!
You would have had dealings with them in the congragation but because of your our heart you may not notice it. Can you imagine one circuit overseer asking "do you really think God's Kingdom is coming truly as they say?"
So who are "they" that's saying God's Kingdom is coming if not God's word? Or is God's Kingdom also a fabrication of the GB?
This was a circuit overseer o! embarassed
Jehovah's spirit have fished him out and now he's just attending meetings but do you think if not due to the courageous act of our sister with whom brother was discussing not knowing that sisters phone was on recording at that moment how will sister back the report against a circuit overseer for goodness sake?
During the interrogation sister said she didn't have the intention to record brother's speech but she wanted to record the usual speaking in tongues that one so called pastor in the area often use during their evening worship as an evidence that they're just spewing gibberish unknowingly to sister that Jehovah's spirit was ready to reveal another thing to her! undecided
So please don't assume they're all disfellowshiped, many of them are still very much with us but only Jehovah knows that they're not of our sort! 1John 2:19 undecided

Wow. Hence the need to be selective of one’s close associates even in the congregation because we don’t read the minds of our brothers so it might not be easy to distinguish who is faithful from who isn’t.

That’s how one brother serving in Bethel was relating to me over the weekend of an experience he had when he came into the truth many years ago. One couple who were Witnesses in his neighbourhood always showed up for meetings & field service but at home these same people had this uncanny behaviour and were always saying disgusting things about Jehovah and his organization so even while they appeared to be serving Jehovah faithfully, deep down they had turned apostate.
Of course, only Jehovah is able to read the minds and hearts of our brothers to know whether their worship is hypocritical(Isaiah 29:13) or whether their worship is from the heart. 1Chronicles 28:9

My brother we know that expectation postponed makes the heart sick(Proverbs 13:12) so one who has been faithful for decades may begin to drift away from the truth when what he desired to happen in his lifetime starts to delay, that’s why we’re always encouraged to meditate on Abraham’s example of faith.

We know that the faithless ones will not cross over to God’s new world(Numbers 14:22,23) so for now we have to bear with them and continue admonishing them as our brothers(2Thessalonians 3:14,15) or if they want to disrupt the peace of the congregation, the necessary measures are dished out. Galatians 6:1, 1Corinthians 5:11-13
Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by MaxInDHouse(m): 12:59pm On Jul 21, 2021
That's why i stick to faceless social media!

Because it helps me know that there are so many associating with us but whose hearts are far away from us! smiley


DappaD:


Wow. Hence the need to be selective of one’s close associates even in the congregation because we don’t read the minds of our brothers so it might not be easy to distinguish who is faithful from who isn’t.

That’s how one brother serving in Bethel was relating to me over the weekend of an experience he had when he came into the truth many years ago. One couple who were Witnesses in his neighbourhood always showed up for meetings & field service but at home these same people had this uncanny behaviour and were always saying disgusting things about Jehovah and his organization so even while they appeared to be serving Jehovah faithfully, deep down they had turned apostate.
Of course, only Jehovah is able to read the minds and hearts of our brothers to know whether their worship is hypocritical(Isaiah 29:13) or whether their worship is from the heart. 1Chronicles 28:9

My brother we know that expectation postponed makes the heart sick(Proverbs 13:12) so one who has been faithful for decades may begin to drift away from the truth when what he desired to happen in his lifetime starts to delay, that’s why we’re always encouraged to meditate on Abraham’s example of faith.

We know that the faithless ones will not cross over to God’s new world(Numbers 14:22,23) so for now we have to bear with them and continue admonishing them as our brothers(2Thessalonians 3:14,15) or if they want to disrupt the peace of the congregation, the necessary measures are dished out. Galatians 6:1, 1Corinthians 5:11-13

Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by thorpido(m): 1:20pm On Jul 21, 2021
Janosky:


John 13:34-35 & 1 Corinthians 13:4-8,13, are these Polytheists still doing miraculous works ?
grin grin
Love love love.Budhists also talk about love ...duh undecided

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by MaxInDHouse(m): 1:41pm On Jul 21, 2021
Guru Maharaj talks about LOVE
Muslims talk about LOVE
Orunmila talk about LOVE

But which Organization do people truly know as those having LOVE among them?

Jesus didn't say you people will acknowledge that we are worshipers of the true God.
Naaaaaaaaaaaaa because if you do what will you call yourselves when you're criticizing us?

So Jesus said "by the LOVE among you people all over the world will know that you are truly my followers" John 13:34-35

Which means the same group of people you will
©Call cultist Matthew 10:25
©Look down upon as insanes! John 10:20
©Hate unanimously! John 15:19; 17:14
©Come against with all sorts of criticism! Mark 9:14-16

You will all notice that they're not moved by blood relations {Matthew 10:34-39} rather they are strongly attached to members of their faith! Matthew 12:46-49

Hence you will say they LOVE themselves! John 13:34-35

So we know that you're spiritually deaf {Matthew 13:13-15} but we'll open your ears if you're willing to be healed! smiley

thorpido:
Love love love.Budhists also talk about love ...duh undecided
Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by paulGrundy(m): 3:29pm On Jul 21, 2021
haddeylium:
Remember I don't live here and I'm busy outside this platform too. Besides, I'm not interested in debating your personal opinion. Even though you're not my target audience, I'm answering you because you're giving the right attitude atleast



Why won't I Believe you? Of course I'll. But,
1. You must not present it as prophesy (i.e a divine revelation gotten from dream, visions, the visit of am angel...) cos' the Bible made it clear that such miraculous gift ends in the era of the apostle.(1cor 13:cool So, I believe God's word.

2. You must be able to present your understanding of the prophesy in the Bible, the Bible chronology and the evidence of the assertion you making.
With that, any sincere person that have deep respect for God's word will believe you after comparing what you said with the scriptures.

You can check this link about how the sincere Bible students give their surmises about "the end of the gentile times" in their study if the already stated prophesy in the Bible.
https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/bible-teach/1914-significant-year-bible-prophecy/


The definition most people are familiar with
a False prophet is a person who claims to receives specific messages from God by supernatural means (such as visions, dreams, the visit of an angel) and they do not come to pass.
Jehovah's witnesses never claimed to posses such Gift. They're not prophet in that sense or even even inspired. so, they cannot be a False prophet

Also, Jesus Himself was viewed as a “false prophet” by the majority in His day as He fit the description of a false prophet in the view of the religious leaders of His day.



I don't think I understand your loaded question here.Since, this about Jw, my answers will be in related to them

So, many people have been lied to. We've never predicted anything.

Guess what It's a lie..lemme give you a proof. Your "FDS" prided themselves in predicting the end of WW2.

"In 1942 the "faithful and discreet slave" guided by Jehovah's unerring spirit made known that the democracies would win World War II and that there would be a United Nations organization set up." Watchtower 1960 Jul 15 p.444

If it had been the other way round, they would have screamed false expectations, can you now see the double standards/hypocrisy??

What we've had was wrong expectations of Bible prophecy.
Truly, there were some believers, splinters, who thought other times were the end. But it was NEVER the official notifications of the organization. Not ever. We always go by God's word in (Matt 24:36)

Just like Jesus apostles, when their expectations of some prophesy failed. we realise that we are imperfect and make mistakes by being over eager, and that the time for understanding the prophecy had not yet arrived.

We will all keep on the watch as Christ encouraged

Thank you for your time!

When the watchtower claims that all contained in it's literature is from Jehovah God and then in that same literature claims that the chronology that led to it's failed, now discarded prediction is from Jehovah, what sense do you make of that?

"The Watchtower is not the instrument of any man or set of men, nor is it published according to the whims of men. No man's opinion is expressed in The Watchtower. God feeds his own people, and surely God uses those who love and serve him according to his own will. Those who oppose The Watchtower are not capable of discerning the truth that God is giving to the children of his organization, and this is the very strongest proof that such opposers are not of God's organization." Watchtower 1931 Nov 1 p.327


"… this chronology is not of man, but of God. … the addition of more proofs removes it entirely from the realm of chance into that of proven certainty. … the chronology of present truth [is]… not of human origin." Watch Tower 1922 Jul 1 p.217

For further studies visit www.jwfacts.com

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by paulGrundy(m): 3:41pm On Jul 21, 2021
achorladey:


JWs are NOT infallible.
JWs are NOT accountable to you.
Please exercise your right to WAIL till kingdom come
......Janos

All the WAILERS are just seeking for outlet to vent sifia pains, ENVY & frustrations......Janos

Let's rephrase

Other Christian denominations are not infallible
Other Christian denominations are not accountable to your religious organization.
Please (Janosky and your likes) exercise your right to wail till the kingdom comes.

All the WAILERS (Janosky and his likes on threads of other Christian denominations) are just seeking for outlet to vent sifia pains, ENVY and frustrations.


Add it as note and set alarm for am as reminder. What is good for the goose is applicable to the gander.



grin grin ROFL

The envy part got me...
Maybe we are envying the watchtowers small population size or how insignificant they are in relation to other mainstream groups. grin grin

Envy indeed.

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by thorpido(m): 4:43pm On Jul 21, 2021
MaxInDHouse:
Guru Maharaj talks about LOVE
Muslims talk about LOVE
Orunmila talk about LOVE

But which Organization do people truly know as those having LOVE among them?

Jesus didn't say you people will acknowledge that we are worshipers of the true God.
Naaaaaaaaaaaaa because if you do what will you call yourselves when you're criticizing us?

So Jesus said "by the LOVE among you people all over the world will know that you are truly my followers" John 13:34-35

Which means the same group of people you will
©Call cultist Matthew 10:25
©Look down upon as insanes! John 10:20
©Hate unanimously! John 15:19; 17:14
©Come against with all sorts of criticism! Mark 9:14-16

You will all notice that they're not moved by blood relations {Matthew 10:34-39} rather they are strongly attached to members of their faith! Matthew 12:46-49

Hence you will say they LOVE themselves! John 13:34-35

So we know that you're spiritually deaf {Matthew 13:13-15} but we'll open your ears if you're willing to be healed! smiley

Not making any sense.There are cults that show love to each other too.Stop grasping on straws.

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by Emusan(m): 4:56pm On Jul 21, 2021
Janosky:

Galatians 1:1 was Paul inspired?

Paul claimed inspiration that is why you and your 8 men can agreed that Paul's writings are INSPIRED & infallible.

1 Corinthians 13:9, was Paul's acknowledge perfect?

Paul didn't acknowledge TO BE PERFECT

But did Paul CLAIMED THAT HIS TEACHINGS AND WRITINGS not PERFECT after claimed to be INPSIRED?

Was Paul himself perfect?
Was Peter infallible?

Capital NO!

MY question: Did Paul later claim that His teachings and writings not perfect and fallible after claimed to be INSPIRED?

Deluded WAILERS everywhere. grin
Wherever them hear that unique name - Jehovah's Witnesses, their temperature & BP go rise.
grin grin grin

Laughable Janosense!
No wonder you're so restless and deluded like your 8 men in Brooklyn cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by achorladey: 7:07pm On Jul 21, 2021
paulGrundy:


grin grin ROFL

The envy part got me...
Maybe we are envying the watchtowers small population size or how insignificant they are in relation to other mainstream groups. grin grin

Envy indeed.

When there mindset had been wired to always see themselves as the only one doing God's will they will want other Christian denominations to envy them.

Mr Janos always spilling all sorts of tags and labels to those who don't dance to his tune. Easy pointers to identify his post includes.....

Mumu
Sifia pains
Deceive
Delusion
Liars
Lienus
Enemies of the gospel of Jesus
Envy
WAILERS
Dogheads
Deception
No sense
No get sense
Pastorpreneurs
e.t c

Too many to itemize. Na him trademark be that for here on nairaland and that is what emanate from the abundance of his heart from one thread to the other.
Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by achorladey: 7:12pm On Jul 21, 2021
Emusan:


Paul claimed inspiration that is why you and your 8 men can agreed that Paul's writings are INSPIRED & infallible.



Paul didn't acknowledge TO BE PERFECT

But did Paul CLAIMED THAT HIS TEACHINGS AND WRITINGS not PERFECT after claimed to be INPSIRED?



Capital NO!

MY question: Did Paul later claim that His teachings and writings not perfect and fallible after claimed to be INSPIRED?



Laughable Janosense!
No wonder you're so restless and deluded like your 8 men in Brooklyn cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy

They sha must save face and look good in the face of other Christian denominations even if it requires going to the extent of saying "Jesus support idolatry" or the apostles are LIARS and DECEIVERS too grin
Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by achorladey: 7:17pm On Jul 21, 2021
paulGrundy:


Guess what It's a lie..lemme give you a proof. Your "FDS" prided themselves in predicting the end of WW2.

"In 1942 the "faithful and discreet slave" guided by Jehovah's unerring spirit made known that the democracies would win World War II and that there would be a United Nations organization set up." Watchtower 1960 Jul 15 p.444

If it had been the other way round, they would have screamed false expectations, can you now see the double standards/hypocrisy??



When the watchtower claims that all contained in it's literature is from Jehovah God and then in that same literature claims that the chronology that led to it's failed, now discarded prediction is from Jehovah, what sense do you make of that?

"The Watchtower is not the instrument of any man or set of men, nor is it published according to the whims of men. No man's opinion is expressed in The Watchtower. God feeds his own people, and surely God uses those who love and serve him according to his own will. Those who oppose The Watchtower are not capable of discerning the truth that God is giving to the children of his organization, and this is the very strongest proof that such opposers are not of God's organization." Watchtower 1931 Nov 1 p.327


"… this chronology is not of man, but of God. … the addition of more proofs removes it entirely from the realm of chance into that of proven certainty. … the chronology of present truth [is]… not of human origin." Watch Tower 1922 Jul 1 p.217


A classic case of rejecting the evidence of their eyes and ears.

Contradictions everywhere and one of them will point at other religious denominations of having too many contradictions amongst them. Whereas they are not left out.
Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by achorladey: 7:21pm On Jul 21, 2021
MaxInDHouse:
That's why i stick to faceless social media!

Because it helps me know that there are so many associating with us but whose hearts are far away from us! smiley



Did you have another option before?

I thought you want to JAPA after attaining the position of Ministerial servants. Wetin hold you down for here? Enjoying meetings with faceless people and studying Bible with faceless people.

Imagine you on ZOOM during your meetings with that SUSPICIOUS mind that some amongst you are HYPOCRITE grin grin. What a feeling of loving, peaceful and joyful group to associate with it.
Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by achorladey: 7:31pm On Jul 21, 2021
DappaD:


Wow. Hence the need to be selective of one’s close associates even in the congregation because we don’t read the minds of our brothers so it might not be easy to distinguish who is faithful from who isn’t.

That’s how one brother serving in Bethel was relating to me over the weekend of an experience he had when he came into the truth many years ago. One couple who were Witnesses in his neighbourhood always showed up for meetings & field service but at home these same people had this uncanny behaviour and were always saying disgusting things about Jehovah and his organization so even while they appeared to be serving Jehovah faithfully, deep down they had turned apostate.
Of course, only Jehovah is able to read the minds and hearts of our brothers to know whether their worship is hypocritical(Isaiah 29:13) or whether their worship is from the heart. 1Chronicles 28:9

My brother we know that expectation postponed makes the heart sick(Proverbs 13:12) so one who has been faithful for decades may begin to drift away from the truth when what he desired to happen in his lifetime starts to delay, that’s why we’re always encouraged to meditate on Abraham’s example of faith.

We know that the faithless ones will not cross over to God’s new world(Numbers 14:22,23) so for now we have to bear with them and continue admonishing them as our brothers(2Thessalonians 3:14,15) or if they want to disrupt the peace of the congregation, the necessary measures are dished out. Galatians 6:1, 1Corinthians 5:11-13


Wow. Hence the need to be selective of one’s close associates even in the congregation because we don’t read the minds of our brothers so it might not be easy to distinguish who is faithful from who isn’t........Dappa

Same line of thought in the land of Jehovah's witnesses goes into the trash can. MaxInDHouse do all Jehovah's witnesses have same line of thought? grin grin Explain using the word SELECTIVE grin grin

Of course, only Jehovah is able to read the minds and hearts of our brothers to know whether their worship is hypocritical(Isaiah 29:13) or whether their worship is from the heart. 1Chronicles 28:9......Dappa

So hypocrisy abounds within the most loving, peaceful and joyful group on earth. Na the same denominator una dey share with other Christian denominations in reality.

My brother we know that expectation postponed makes the heart sick(Proverbs 13:12) so one who has been faithful for decades may begin to drift away from the truth when what he desired to happen in his lifetime starts to delay, that’s why we’re always encouraged to meditate on Abraham’s example of faith.....Dappa

Simple question: Who dey postpone all this expectations? Who in particular? Don't tell me it is JEHOVAH oo grin that will lead to more scrutiny for you.

We know that the faithless ones will not cross over to God’s new world(Numbers 14:22,23) so for now we have to bear with them and continue admonishing them as our brothers(2Thessalonians 3:14,15) or if they want to disrupt the peace of the congregation, the necessary measures are dished out. Galatians 6:1, 1Corinthians 5:11-13....Dappa

MaxInDHouse are you a brother to faithless ones like the apostates and members of other Christian denominations?
Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by Janosky: 8:24pm On Jul 21, 2021
Emusan:


Paul claimed inspiration that is why you and your 8 men can agreed that Paul's writings are INSPIRED & infallible.



Paul didn't acknowledge TO BE PERFECT

But did Paul CLAIMED THAT HIS TEACHINGS AND WRITINGS not PERFECT after claimed to be INPSIRED?



Capital NO!

MY question: Did Paul later claim that His teachings and writings not perfect and fallible after claimed to be INSPIRED?



[s]Laughable Janosense!
No wonder you're so restless and deluded like your 8 men in Brooklyn cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy[/s]



1 Corinthians 13:9, NLT: "Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete,even the gift of prophecy reveals only part

Emusan LIENUS doing what he knows best.
grin grin
Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by Janosky: 8:28pm On Jul 21, 2021
MaxInDHouse:
That's why i stick to faceless social media!

Because it helps me know that there are so many associating with us but whose hearts are far away from us! smiley


Them plenty in Paul's days , in the days of Jesus Christ and in the present time.
Like the WAILERS and MURMURERS on this forum.
grin grin

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by Janosky: 8:35pm On Jul 21, 2021
paulGrundy:


Guess what It's a lie..lemme give you a proof. Your "FDS" prided themselves in predicting the end of WW2.

"In 1942 the "faithful and discreet slave" guided by Jehovah's unerring spirit made known that the democracies would win World War II and that there would be a United Nations organization set up." Watchtower 1960 Jul 15 p.444

If it had been the other way round, they would have screamed false expectations, can you now see the double standards/hypocrisy??



When the watchtower claims that all contained in it's literature is from Jehovah God and then in that same literature claims that the chronology that led to it's failed, now discarded prediction is from Jehovah, what sense do you make of that?

"The Watchtower is not the instrument of any man or set of men, nor is it published according to the whims of men. No man's opinion is expressed in The Watchtower. God feeds his own people, and surely God uses those who love and serve him according to his own will. Those who oppose The Watchtower are not capable of discerning the truth that God is giving to the children of his organization, and this is the very strongest proof that such opposers are not of God's organization." Watchtower 1931 Nov 1 p.327


"… this chronology is not of man, but of God. … the addition of more proofs removes it entirely from the realm of chance into that of proven certainty. … the chronology of present truth [is]… not of human origin." Watch Tower 1922 Jul 1 p.217


1 Samuel 16:6, Was Eliab anointed by Jehovah?
What sense do you make of prophet Samuel's FALSE Prophecy?

2 Samuel 7:2-4, what sense do you make of prophet Nathan's failed message ?
Did Jehovah command King David: "do whatever your heart pleases"?
grin

Luke 24:21,25, what sense do you make of the disciples failed prediction?

grin

Unlike Jehovah's servants, both past and present, the real hypocrite is paulgrundy.
Only him is perfect & spotless
cheesy grin
Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by Janosky: 8:46pm On Jul 21, 2021
achorladey:


Did you have another option before?

I thought you want to JAPA after attaining the position of Ministerial servants. Wetin hold you down for here? Enjoying meetings with faceless people and studying Bible with faceless people.

Imagine you on ZOOM during your meetings with that SUSPICIOUS mind that some amongst you are HYPOCRITE grin grin. What a feeling of loving, peaceful and joyful group to associate with it.


Paul,Peter, John and Jesus Christ called out many FALSE brothers in their respective time..
Deal with it.
grin grin
Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by MaxInDHouse(m): 8:49pm On Jul 21, 2021
YES! YES!! i understand, i understand!!

thorpido:
Not making any sense.There are cults that show love to each other too.Stop grasping on straws.

Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by achorladey: 8:55pm On Jul 21, 2021
Janosky:


1 Samuel 16:6, Was Eliab anointed by Jehovah?
What sense do you make of prophet Samuel's FALSE Prophecy?

2 Samuel 7:2-4, what sense do you make of prophet Nathan's failed message ?
Did Jehovah command King David: "do whatever your heart pleases"?
grin

Luke 24:21,25, what sense do you make of the disciples failed prediction?

grin

Unlike Jehovah's servants, both past and present, the real hypocrite is paulgrundy.
Only him is perfect & spotless
cheesy grin




New International Version
When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought grin grin, “Surely the LORD’s anointed stands here before the LORD.”

New Living Translation
When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, “Surely this is the LORD’s anointed!”

English Standard Version
When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.”

Berean Study Bible
When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”

King James Bible
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.

New King James Version
So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before Him!”

And it came about that, as they came in and he caught sight of E·liʹab,+ he at once said: “Surely his anointed one* is before Jehovah.” ........NWT

21 But we were hoping that this man was the one who was going to deliver Israel.+ Yes, and besides all these things, this is the third day since these things occurred.......NWT

25 So he said to them: “O senseless ones and slow of heart to believe all the things the prophets have spoken!

That is why you only cite without quoting. Thinking we will swallow it like that. None of what you cited supported your questions. grin grin You still dey look for excuse to drag these prophets of old into the class of those you don't know whether they are prophets or not. grin grin as a result of the contradictions you are struggling to defend.

2 Samuel 7: 2 the king said to Nathan+ the prophet: “Here I am living in a house of cedars+ while the Ark of the true God sits in the midst of tent cloths.”+ 3 Nathan replied to the king: “Go and do whatever is in your heart, for Jehovah is with you.”+
4 On that very night, the word of Jehovah came to Nathan, saying: 5 “Go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what Jehovah says: “Should you build me a house to dwell in?

Chai! none is of relevance to your questions grin grin

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by achorladey: 8:57pm On Jul 21, 2021
Janosky:


Paul,Peter, John and Jesus Christ called out many FALSE brothers in their respective time..
Deal with it.
grin grin

Thanks for the confirmation that many HYPOCRITE and those not having same line of thought ABOUNDS in the midst of the only loving, peaceful and joyful group all over the world.

Pe le ti e cheesy cheesy
Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by paulGrundy(m): 9:07pm On Jul 21, 2021
Janosky:


1 Samuel 16:6, Was Eliab anointed by Jehovah?
What sense do you make of prophet Samuel's FALSE Prophecy?

2 Samuel 7:2-4, what sense do you make of prophet Nathan's failed message ?
Did Jehovah command King David: "do whatever your heart pleases"?
grin

Luke 24:21,25, what sense do you make of the disciples failed prediction?

grin

Unlike Jehovah's servants, both past and present, the real hypocrite is paulgrundy.
Only him is perfect & spotless
cheesy grin

I can't even understand all you wrote? What's the relationship between my comments and the Bible quotations you made?

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by Emusan(m): 10:40am On Jul 24, 2021
Janosky:
1 Corinthians 13:9, NLT: "Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete,even the gift of prophecy reveals only part

Emusan LIENUS doing what he knows best.
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You're still unable to address my point. Anyways, I don't expect much from you.

Here it is again.

Paul claimed inspiration that is why you and your 8 men can agreed that Paul's writings are INSPIRED & infallible.



Paul didn't acknowledge TO BE PERFECT

But did Paul CLAIMED THAT HIS TEACHINGS AND WRITINGS not PERFECT after claimed to be INPSIRED?



Capital NO!

MY question: Did Paul later claim that His teachings and writings not perfect and fallible after claimed to be INSPIRED?



Laughable Janosense!
No wonder you're so restless and deluded like your 8 men in Brooklyn

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by RussellRutherfo: 9:21pm On Jul 25, 2021
haddeylium:


I assume you're an adult. Please act like one. Jehovah's witnesses religion is just one of thousands of religion with contradictory teachings. So, it's not unexpectable that their teaching is different from yours.

Though what you wrote there is not related to OP but JWs are not alone in that understanding. Seventh Day Adventist are Trinitarians that believe Jesus is an Archangel. What do you have to say to them?
What is the name of your church?

Let's help you Seventh Day Adventists is where Russell, the founder of the present JW organization stole their teachings from hence some similarities in belief.

The Millerite movement, Nelson H. Barbour, etcetera

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by RussellRutherfo: 9:24pm On Jul 25, 2021
paulGrundy:


I can't even understand all you wrote? What's the relationship between my comments and the Bible quotations you made?

That Jano is a deluded liar.
I don't know if that is what the clown was trained to do at "Bethel". He is always quoting several bibles verses that he has never read at all and all of them usually have no connection whatsoever to the lies he is trying to tell as an active Publisher employee of the real estate tract selling corporation.

I guess he doesn't really read these verses or is he is an illiterate and only throws them out to try and distract the person.

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by achorladey: 6:33pm On Dec 28, 2021
haddeylium:
Many people claimed that JWs do not believe in the gift of prophesy as seen today and they also say that JWs are false prophets because they suppossedly have prophesied things that didn’t happen. Yea, this inconsistencies do not flow together.
Out of fairness to the honesthearted people that might be interested in answer, let's examine the facts more closely.

Are Jehovah's Witnesses prophets?

The simple answer is NO!
Never have we claimed to giving out a prophesy ‘in the name of Jehovah'. Infact many of our official journal have said the following;

"We have not the gift of prophecy.” (January 1883, page 425)

“Nor would we have our writings reverenced or regarded as infallible.” (December 15, 1896, page 306)


And Our Watchtower article, however having Jehovah's holyspirit -;

does not mean those now serving as Jehovah’s witnesses are inspired. It does not mean that the writings in this magazine The Watchtower are inspired and infallible and without mistakes.” (May 15, 1947, page 157)

“The Watchtower does not claim to be inspired in its utterances, nor is it dogmatic.” (August 15, 1950, page 263)

“The brothers preparing these publications are not infallible. Their writings are not inspired as are those of Paul and the other Bible writers.-2 Timothy 3:16 And so, at times, it has been necessary, as understanding became clearer, to correct views. Proverbs 4:18 ”​—February 15, 1981, page 19.


Closer examination shows that never once has the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization claimed to be prophets.

But? Why do people call them a Failed prophets? Do they want to make them one so they can use that adjective? Have they prophesied wrongly in the past?




Closer examination shows that never once has the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization claimed to be prophets.

But? Why do people call them a Failed prophets? Do they want to make them one so they can use that adjective? Have they prophesied wrongly in the past?

The image that follows says it all. grin grin Keywords

1. Jehovah “has raised up a genuine ‘prophet’ grin grin grin

2. Their is an authentic prophetic class of Christians among us. grin grin grin


Are Jehovah's Witnesses prophets?

The simple answer once again Oga Haddeylium is................ cool cool

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by Janosky: 9:25pm On Dec 28, 2021
achorladey:


Thanks for the confirmation that many HYPOCRITE and those not having same line of thought ABOUNDS in the midst of the only loving, peaceful and joyful group all over the world.

Pe le ti e cheesy cheesy
Achorladey himself the chief example.
With the same mouth he speaks ill of JWs,he quoted JWs publications to respond to a Nairalander's question.
Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by achorladey: 9:32pm On Dec 28, 2021
Janosky:

Achorladey himself the chief example.
With the same mouth he speaks I'll of JWs,he quoted JWs publications to respond to a Nairalander's question.


Scrutinizing the beliefs of your religious organization and laying it bare for you to see is speaking ill of your religious organisation. grin grin grin

Mr NO GET SENSE PEDDLING I don hear you. Those publications I used to respond to people are LIES, DECEPTION, MISINFORMATION to you now. grin grin grin


The post above must have given you a nowhere to run or hide.

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by haddeylium(m): 9:44pm On Dec 28, 2021
haddeylium:
People in general connect the word “prophet” with predictions of the future. Though prophets in the Bible usually proclaimed predictions about the future, the Scriptural definition of a prophet is wider:
In Bible times, prophet is a person who receives specific messages . they do not do that under their own initiative.

Today the organisation of Jehovah’s Witnesses act like a prophet in that we proclaim an old message, one that was written down in the pages of the Bible. We spread nothing new.

We have never made any false predictions.What we have been guilty of is misunderstanding some of the prophecies that relate to the “end times”.
Afterall, we never claimed that our researches are infallible. Contrary to many religions, we are prepared to change if we find out we were incorrect.

You can visit Jw.org for more information.
Use the keyword; Bible prophesy

My Post is for those who have deep interest in Bible and what it really teaches and It is not meant to challenge or dispute any personal belief and nor will I debate such. if your comments/questions are civil, I'll reply them'.


Have a great day

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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by Janosky: 9:50pm On Dec 28, 2021
paulGrundy:


I can't even understand all you wrote? What's the relationship between my comments and the Bible quotations you made?
paulGrundy:
Guess what It's a lie..lemme give you a proof. Your "FDS" prided themselves in predicting the end of WW2.

"In 1942 the "faithful and discreet slave" guided by Jehovah's unerring spirit made known that the democracies would win World War II and that there would be a United Nations organization set up." Watchtower 1960 Jul 15 p.444


If it had been the other way round, they would have screamed false expectations, can you now see the double standards/hypocrisy??

When the watchtower claims that all contained in it's literature is from Jehovah God and then in that same literature claims that the chronology that led to it's failed, now discarded prediction is from Jehovah, what sense do you make of that?

1 Samuel 16:6
"As they came in he (Samuel) saw Eliab,he (Samuel) said:
Here before JEHOVAH stands his anointed one" (Eliab).

Mr Grundy, according to prophet Samuel in relation to your claim (bolded), did JEHOVAH God anoint Eliab?
Did prophet Samuel's prediction come true?
Does the failure of prophet Samuel's prediction mean he is a false prophet?

1 Chronicles 17:2-4, did JEHOVAH tell king David: "Do whatever is in your heart"?
Is Prophet Nathan's message to David in verse 2 actually JEHOVAH'S instruction to David?

The relationship between your comments and your claim is embedded in 1 Chronicles 17:2 &
1 Samuel 16:6. Matthew 26:31-35.

Both prophets made FALSE predictions.
Deal with it.

Matthew 26:31-35, Jesus disciples made false predictions.
Deal with it
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Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by Janosky: 10:08pm On Dec 28, 2021
Emusan:


You're still unable to address my point. Anyways, I don't expect much from you.

Here it is again.

Paul claimed inspiration that is why you and your 8 men can agreed that Paul's writings are INSPIRED & infallible.

Paul didn't acknowledge TO BE PERFECT

But did Paul CLAIMED THAT HIS TEACHINGS AND WRITINGS not PERFECT after claimed to be INPSIRED?

Capital NO!

MY question: Did Paul later claim that His teachings and writings not perfect and fallible after claimed to be INSPIRED?

Did JWs claim TO BE PERFECT ?
Capital NO!
Romans 3:23 includes all JWs/ Paul.
1 Corinthians 13:9,12, Paul has "partial knowledge," does Paul know everything?
Capital NO!
JWs have " partial knowledge" like Paul.
1 Corinthians 13:9,12, Paul himself has said it all.

Emusan continue DECEIVING yourself,
Re: Are Jehovah's Witnesses Prophets? by Janosky: 10:17pm On Dec 28, 2021
RussellRutherfo:


That Jano is a deluded.
I don't know if that is what clown was trained to do at "Bethel". He is always quoting several bibles verses that he has never read and that have no connection whatsoever with the lies he is trying to tell as an active Publisher employee of the real estate tract selling corporation.

I guess he doesn't really read these verses and only throws them out to try and distract the person.

Deluded LYING Rutherfo bigot grin grin

1 Chronicles 17:2, did Jehovah tell king David to do whatever pleases David's heart?

Prophet Nathan gave a FALSE message to David.

1 Chronicles 17:3-4, did JEHOVAH correct prophet Nathan?

1 Samuel 16:6, did JEHOVAH anoint Eliab?
Prophet Samuel gave a FALSE prediction.

Matthew 26:31-35, did Jesus disciples give FALSE predictions?
Yes !

Deluded LYING, Rutherfo bigot grin

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