MightySparrow:
You too don't read about the Holy Spirit with the Google of JW doctrine. Take different versions of the Bible and read that alone without any book. If you do these honestly for three months, you Will have known the first hand truth by yourself. But, I am almost sure you won't because most of you I have met exhibit mental laziness. I want be suprise if you will write back nonsense rather than being honest. Be faithful to God and honest with yourself than being faithful to one organisation spending millions of dollars publishing nonsense, misleading the body of Christ.

So all the scriptures I've been using on this thread did you see any Jw version of the Bible in it?


Don't mention me again if you don't want to be unfortunate in life with your fruitless hare-brained dumb-ass unresearched attacks.

Tasty gorgeous suit

JuanDeDios:

1. Acts 20:20 “You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house.”

These are the words of Paul the apostle. Was he speaking to or referring to unbelievers? No. He was speaking to the elders of the Ephesian church (See verse 17). So this was Paul talking about visiting and teaching his fellow Christians in their houses. And that, people, is the sum total of scriptural authority relied upon for going house to house with unbelievers by Human Hair and her JW brethren.

Oh, there are other scriptures? Ok, let’s see.

Acts 5:42. Here, Luke the physician reports that the disciples went house to house. This could easily have amounted to visiting their brethren at their homes like St Paul did. I mean, we can easily explain this verse by Acts 20. This verse is not sufficient for us to conclude that the disciples did preach house to house because other instances demonstrate that they were in the habit of speaking to gatherings.

Say again. I’m twisting scripture? Ok. Let’s say Acts 5:42 does support your position and some disciples actually preached house to house. What about “Jesus himself”?

Matthew 10:11-14. First read the whole chapter and not merely lift those that suit your agenda.

Done? Good.

The contents of Matthew 10 are also found in Luke 10. In this chapter, Jesus sends out the 70 disciples to… drive out evil spirits and heal the sick. Yes, that’s verse one of Matt 10 – nothing about proselytising. In verse 7 he asks them to declare the good news but adds that they heal the sick and chase out demons. This was the commission.

House visit is mentioned in verse 11 but this is not house to house. He says when you find a welcoming person, stay here. The way this happened in the old days was you camp at someone’s house and other villagers came to listen to you there. This was Jesus’ model of preaching - he would visit a house or a place camp there: Mary and Martha’s house; Zaccheus’ house; Olive, etc. All the records we have of him in the Bible are of crowds listening to him; there is no single record of him going house to house. But maybe you have one – afterall you know Bible. The Jesus model is what the churches try to re-enact today when they hold a crusade and crowds come to listen – just like the sermon on the mount. And this has proved far more effective for “soul-winning” than the unbiblical house to house to method. (I can prove that.)

But Jesus was not silent about house to house preaching – so nobody can really claim ignorance. He spoke about house to house. Clearly. Matthew omits it from his record of 70-disciple mission but Luke does not. So in Luke 10:5-7, we read: 5 “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6 If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. 7 Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house. (NIV)
New World Translation (7): “So stay in that house, eating and drinking the things they provide, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not keep transferring from house to house.”

Here is “Jesus himself” expressly forbidding house to house preaching to unbelievers in the same mission you referenced by quoting Matt 10.

You see how easy it is to con you when you let someone else read and emphasise the verses he likes to you while you don’t question his interpretation?

2. You did not answer what you’d do if there’s a conflict. I know what you’d do – you won’t pray for understanding. You’d do “research” – not from encyclopedia or other religious books (which you’re forbidden from reading), but from your church’s books. (Yes, you have the “truth” but you’re not allowed to interrogate it by reading outside your religion. Sounds like being “the most open-minded”, doesn’t it?) That is, when in doubt of your church’s teachings or facing a conflict, you would go read more of the same materials that poisoned your mind in the first place, not to find any objective truth but to reaffirm that you’ve been thought (“the truth”) is the truth. Brilliant, isn’t it?

3. You have no idea. Actually, you people have claimed to be prophets. Yes, you “do claim so”.

The Watchtower. April 1, 1972. pp. 197–200. - states that God had raised Jehovah's Witnesses as a prophet "to warn (people) of dangers and declare things to come".

The Watchtower. May 1, 1997. p. 8.- identifies the Witnesses as God’s "true messengers ... by making the messages he delivers through them come true", in contrast to "false messengers", whose predictions fail.

Commissioned to Speak in the Divine Name. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. 1971. pp. 70, 292.which describes Witnesses as the modern Ezekiel class, "a genuine prophet within our generation".

So are you prophets or not? You look confused.

As it stands now I'm very tired and have no interest in brandishing words with you.

But so it won't look like you have some sense let me leave you with some acumen.


Acts 20:21 that you ignored

21 I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.

Was he preaching repentance to his fellow Christians..... mumu

Note too he was speaking from the past preaching activity.


Matt 10 Their commission was to heal, so that they'll repent from healing. Abi?

Your sense is peeling


He sent his disciples in twos to do crusade inside people's house.

Ode



Luke 10
Do not move around houses.

Your interpretation: enter house that accept you and stay till you leave.

And then don't move around houses.


Werey


Prophets proclaiming Jehovah's message found where? Shey in the Bible.


I know you're mad but you don't know it.



Don't mention me or any Jw again in this forum with this your low childish puffed up apostate sense

Maximus69:

All his families are Witnesses and he also attend all our meetings!
But he's eagerly anticipating that time when people will start attacking JWs so he'll be the first to start disclosing where brothers could be found! Matthew 24:10
So let's just keep praying that JEHOVAH rescue us from such false brothers, because they're not ready to leave the organization but laying ambush to join in devastating the congregation of God!

Lol, he's just a small inconsequential thing that has little or no value in the Jehovah's arrangement of things.


We're waiting for him let him bring it on. He won't know what hit him

Maximus69:

Bros, the guy is one of those deadly rocks hiding under the seabed!
He is attending no other religious center but the kingdom halls of Jehovah's Witnesses, his parents and friends in the truth are still assuming he's worshipping Jehovah faithfully NOT knowing that he'll be the first to pelt them with huge stones the very day people start attacking JWs!
He just doesn't want the TRUTH to stand high above all other mountains as prophesied in the Bible. Isaiah 2:2-4
His mindset is that there should be no defaulters anywhere and anyone could just worship anyhow they feel.
So his problem is not to ascertain where the TRUTH is but to quench the light {Matthew 5:14-16} anywhere he could find it, in other for everyone to dwell in darkness! John 3:19

JEHOVAH will deliver us from their hands because he's still attending all our meetings regularly as if he's one of us, but his heart is FAR FAR FAR removed from amongst God's people! Matthew 15:7-9
Ask him where he worships, he will tell you it does not matter because he can't associate with all those religions without paying all their dues, yet he's against the TRUTH!

Seriously!



Sorry brother, I didn't know I was wasting water on a basket.


I just confirmed it. Thank-You brother!

achorladey:


Uchenaija: Personally I don't understand this answer you gave.

Achorladey: It is so sad and I believe you will want to get a response from concerning the answer I gave to the post you responded to. Oga Uchenaija just scroll up and read again. When reading initially you are too agitated. Please go back and read carefully this time.

Uchenaija: What is GB?

Achorladey: Oga Uchenaija, when did you join this platform? You still have a lot to go through here ooooooo. Welcome onboard!

Uchenaija: You might never tell statement what does that mean?

Achorladey: By the time you know the meaning of GB, you connect the dots to form a meaningful line

Uchenaija: Is that the answer to the two questions?

Achorladey: How about copying this part of your post posted previously. Here it is below.....

According to "Uchenaija"..........You're insulting others for following some dogma but you don't even know why you do what you do.

Kindly link this to the answer I gave you earlier, you will surely connect the dots to form the required LINES

Uchenaija: Please explain and use the Bible to support your answer so we're sure you know what you're doing.

Achorladey: With all of this your AGITATION and the I will know "YOUR SENSE IS NOT CORRECT" PALAVER you typed earlier eh eh, let me copy one of your lines AGAIN posted earlier........."YOU ARE ON A LONG THING"


Uchenaija: The Bible is the basis of your being a Christian.

Achorladey: God's word is indeed is contained in the Bible that I agree with no Fuss!

Uchenaija: So please use it.

Achorladey: This I have just done to one of the post of your friend, but your response towards that tells me that you giving me the advice concerning USAGE of the BIBLE don't seem to follow THROUGH on the advise GIVEN.

Uchenaija: It'll make you more Christian and it is authoritative (if you know what that means)

Achorladey: I only hope you equally apply the advice given and cherish what 1 Timothy 3:16,17 in line with Titus 2: 11-15/ John 16: 12-16

How does all this help this discussion?

I didn't know I was speaking to an idiotic imbecilic fool who thinks himself wise but is a slow witted cretin who can read but doesn't want to read.

I swear at first you didn't look like someone who'd be stupid, I promise not to make the same mistake again of parading words with a witless half-baked cuckoo!

achorladey:



Uchenaija: Your sense is paining you but you don't know it.

Achorladey: Later comeback and tell me I am busy insulting others. Oga this your agitation no be here ooooooooo.

Just like I stated here above, will repeat it again, always keep note of your QUALIFIERS, they will surely come handy, and you never know when you might need them and comeback to haunt you.


Uchenaija: House to house is not public enough, going from village to village and city to city that Jesus and his disciples did was not public or seen by enough people.

Achorladey: Now you are trying to expansiate on the meaning of preaching PUBLICLY. Why all the hullabaloo before this time. Don't feel agitated Oga Uchenaija.

I thought HOUSE to HOUSE is the BEST. Hahahahahahaha!

Please your problem is English. If you're igbo or Yoruba, or some other language is your better dialect read the Bible in that language.

I cannot come and be rattling words with some simple dimwit.