Moise Racette

Only to an uneducated person. Learn word definitions and learn to apply the intent in its proper context.

Yeah! Jesus was after people that wanted to repent from their sins. Apostates continue to sin. A D'fd person that is unrepentant by continuing with their evil deeds, are not just enemies, but abhorred to God. Matthew 18:17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. ABHOR - ab-hor': "To cast away," "reject," "despise," "defy," "contemn," "loathe," etc. (1) Translated in the Old Testament from the following Hebrew words amongst others: (ba'ash), "to be or to become stinking" (1 Sam 27:12; 2 Sam 16:21); (ga`al), "to cast away as unclean," "to loathe"; compare Ezek 16:5 the King James Version; (quts), "to loathe," "to fear" (Ex 1:12 m; 1 Ki 11:25; Isa 7:16); (shaqats), "to detest" (Ps 22:24); (ta'abh), (ta`abh), "to contemn" (Dt 23:7); (dera'on), "an object of...

So, what was the purpose of the ministry of the 12 apostles? Matt. 10:7 And proclaim as you go, saying, d‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Yes, he'll make it clear who are the apostate goats.

Yeah, Jesus spoke to sinners to repent. He didn't tell them, keep sinning it's okay. 1John 3:8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 1John 3:9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s2 seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 1John 3:10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. What do apostates continue to show here, repentance? lol! 😄 1Tim. 5:20 As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear. 1Tim. 5:21 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels, gI charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality. Apostates misinterpret the bible by applying scripture to excuse themselves and justify their evil unrepentant deeds. Hmm! Was science that advanced in Jesus day? Get off your high horse you're beating it to death, just like any other apostate. Did Jesus concern himself with everything that belonged to Ceasar? At the very least, learn to read the Watchtower and Awake! magazines, hypocrite! Oh! Yes! Apostate wordplay Acts 6:3 Therefore, brothers,2 pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. Acts 6:4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” Yet! Jesus appointed 12 imperfect men to be his apostles, and 1 of them betrayed Jesus.

Should that stop a true Christian from servicing God correctly? Salvation belongs to the individual. The unity is in worship. Gatherings are meant to encourage people to stand firm in their Christian lives and for those that are weak and others that are new. A strong Christian understands brotherly love. It is better to give than to receive. However, there's no reason to complain here about love since there is none. Apostates lack that quality. They show division, strife with their deeds. Therefore, apostates are the only ones bringing reproach to God's name, and they are the ones with blood guilt. Apostates that have gone beyond insulting God with their heinous deeds are those that have sinned the great sin against God's Holy Spirit. Those can say whatever they want. Behave anyway they want, since they have no redemption. They have given themselves to the second death. To them, it's a joke because ignorant people don't understand how a person can sin against God's Holy Spirit.

You just ain't whistling Dixie. Why don't you include, there are also FAKE Witnesses, wolves in sheep's clothing? There are more of those, especially here than there are, strict Elders, that apply scripture to its fullest extent of God's Laws. I would say, those are extremely, good shepherds and not lazy ones, like those that allow witnesses to be apostates whenever they feel like it. This is true. Apostates are very unclean. God will vomit apostates out, and those who sit on the sidelines waiting to see what the future brings. To a true Christian, it's not what will be, but how a Christian will conduct themselves in the present that will deem that person worthy. It's like apostates that worship themselves. I will have to agree. Not only do they misrepresent the flock, as a wolf, but they stain the unity of God's people with their heinous deeds.

I think the operative word is predisposed. Do you honestly think they ever will? I don't recall when God gave man permission to alter his creation. I don't believe he is well pleased with the cloning going on with animals or hybrids. I'm not saying there aren't mad or evil scientists that experiment. There is. Mengele comes to mind. There's a special place for them. Dante called it the 9 circles of hell. I think that's where mystics believe Judas resides in the center. In the upper quadrant, apostates. lol!

Do some children grow up to be murders? In what society do you personally think that doesn't happen? If science could take that gene out of a human, then maybe that wouldn't be a worry at birth. Personally, babies are susceptible to the environment they are brought up in. Not every child, but some. Others are subjected to an environment they think they can handle. When they can't, then they become mass murderers. Even rich kids can be evil from the start. There are no written rules when it becomes a product of the environment or upbringing. But then again, if scientists could take all the evil genes, they would be Gods.

Realisticlly, this is Satan's environment for divisions throughout humanity. That's predicated on scripture. No different from, in the last days, apostasy would rise. So, former members are playing right into the devil's hands, intentionally. It's just like politics now, every incident has become political.

True, however, I was once asked by an atheist why God needed Michael to create. As I stated before, Jesus is part of creation, thus making him a "continuation" of that creation. There was no need for God to create the archangel, then stop, recreate the angels, stop, then recreate the heavens and earth. It was done all at once. Once Jesus was created, he was put to work because he was the first. Now, you can ask if that's the case, then why didn't God use the other angels? Simple, just like when God created man from dust, he didn't need to recreate woman. He just used part of man to create woman. Since creation was a continuation, then God didn't need to substitute his master builder. Heb. 1:3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, Heb. 1:4, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. I've had this debate with bible scholars and a few Catholic Bishops that just couldn't get the jest of the argument. Anything else, it becomes more complex with hundreds of other points. The atheist accepted the explanation, while he couldn't explain, if the big bang was the source of power for creation of the universe, and earth is the only inhabitant place where life exists, then, why doesn't science confirm the earth and its solar system is the center (Beginning) of that big bang. This is a question I asked Degrasse. He refused to answer, lol!

As I mentioned in my other post. The simplest answer to your question can be found with the definitions of "image" as in "mirror image" since God was making his creation out of his image. Once again, Jesus was not a middleman but part of God's creation. God continued his image of creation through Christ. God already had a plan for creation. So it really doesn't matter how he started his creation. (Genesis 1:26, 27) 26 Then God said: “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and the domestic animals and all the earth and every creeping animal that is moving on the earth.” 27 And God went on to create the man in his image, in God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. Just as God made man according to his image and likeness, that same thing can be said about the angelic creation. It doesn't really matter who's on first, what's on second, I don't know is on third. An image (from Latin: imago) is an artifact that depicts visual perception, such as a photograph or other two-dimensional picture, that resembles a subject—usually a physical object —and thus provides a depiction of it. In the context of signal processing, an image is a distributed amplitude of color A Mirror Image is an inversed reflection of any object and is perpendicular to the mirror’s surface in such a manner that the reflection seems near identical. We can understand this concept by the easiest example; when you look at yourself in the mirror your right hand appears to be your left and vice versa. (Isaiah 40:22) 22 There is One who dwells above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. He is stretching out the heavens like a fine gauze, And he spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

Does this mean you don't believe it? Perhaps a topic of conversation for the JW Closed Club, just my opinion. *** it-2 p. 393 Michael *** Scriptural evidence indicates that the name Michael applied to God’s Son before he left heaven to become Jesus Christ and also after his return. Michael is the only one said to be “the archangel,” meaning “chief angel,” or “principal angel.” The term occurs in the Bible only in the singular. This seems to imply that there is but one whom God has designated chief, or head, of the angelic host. At 1 Thessalonians 4:16 the voice of the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ is described as being that of an archangel, suggesting that he is, in fact, himself the archangel.

Sorry! @Equivocation I didn't mean to preach to the choir! I just noticed.

Indeed! It's called one track mind, no pun intended. In everyday life, societies need to make choices they fail to heed to. When people get warned ahead of time about a hurricane, some people decide to stay put. Others can't leave. That's where a cop's assessment is crucial. Who is lying, just like the first responders have to. Someone might say, I had no means to leave that's why I was forced to stay, yet it could be a criminal mind at work in order to loot. Before the UN CSA campaign began, the Watchtower was already ahead of the issue. I knew many elders that had NO problem turning over a person that committed a crime. That was the right thing to do under Caesars law. They would also disfellowship a person once an incident was confirmed. That's God's law. Another problem back then as it is today is confidentiality. That's why Elders normally tell the victim to contact the police. If they don't want to, back then it was harder if the matter was a misdemeanor case, a felony case was easier. In today's world environment, laws have changed where civil action can't be used against an institution for DISCLOSEURE. But in many states in the US as well as in many countries, the clergy clause is applied. NOT for the sack of ONE institution but for all in general. That means, the Watchtower can't sidestep those laws that are in place just because uneducated and ignorant of man's laws by disgruntled people want to. The simple problem with former members is, they not just want to regulate God's laws, but they want to do it under the perception of human emotion. The problem with that is, they are forgetting a simple truth. A person is innocent until proven guilty in man's law. The other is blame. If we blame an institution, then we need to blame humanity. That's why the Catholic Cardinal George Pell conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court. Australia's highest court has overturned the conviction of Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric ever to be convicted of child sex abuse. He was sentenced to six years in prison in March 2019, but Monday's ruling will free him.

I got tired of explaining it to many that just wouldn't let it go. 😄

I am a simpleton as well. The key word for us simpletons in the thinking community is "mirror" as in "mirror image" that Describes God's intent. Since Christ was the first creation, he is NOT a middleman, but rather PART OF creation. Therefore, God didn’t need Michael, but through Michael God continued his image of creation. Does that show the qualities of God? Yes! the good ones. Satan introduced the bad qualities of creation that man has continued to display even in our day. How does a thinking Christian prove the question placed before them by a simpleton? The simplest way is by scripture, and it can be found in the Pauline gospel. (Colossians 1:13-15) 13 He rescued us from the authority of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 by means of whom we have our release by ransom, the forgiveness of our sins. 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; Is that all the proof? No! Anything further, it would not be simple but complex. (Romans 8:29, 30) 29 because those whom he gave his first recognition he also foreordained to be patterned after the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 Moreover, those whom he foreordained are the ones he also called; and those whom he called are the ones he also declared to be righteous. Finally, those whom he declared righteous are the ones he also glorified. (Philippians 3:21) 21 who will transform our humble body to be like his glorious body by his great power that enables him to subject all things to himself. Now I can use Bible Scholar's understanding. §2 2. Wherefore, albeit what hath already been set forth is plentiful even to overflowing for maintaining the Faith-seeing that the greatness of a river is mostly judged of from the manner in which its springs rise and flow forth-still, to the end that our belief may be the plainer to sight, the waters of our spring ought, methinks, to be parted off into three channels. There are, then, firstly, plain tokens declaring essential inherence in the Godhead; secondly, the expressions of the likeness of the Father and the Son; and lastly, those of the undoubtable unity of the Divine Majesty. Now of the first sort are the names "begetting," "God," "Son," "The Word;" of the second, "brightness," "expression," "mirror," "image;" and of the third, "wisdom," "power," "truth," "life." §3 3. These tokens so declare the nature of the Son, that by them you may know both that the Father is eternal, and that the Son is not diverse from Him; for the source of generation is He Who is, and as begotten of the Eternal, He is God; coming forth from the Father, He is the Son; from God, He is the Word; He is the radiance of the Father's glory, the expression of His substance, the counterpart of God, the image of His majesty; the Bounty of Him Who is bountiful, the Wisdom of Him Who is wise, the Power of the Mighty One, the Truth of Him Who is true, the Life of the Living One. In agreement, therefore, stand the attributes of Father and Son, that none may suppose any diversity, or doubt but that they are of one Majesty. For each and all of these names would we furnish examples of their use were we not constrained by a desire to maintain our discourse within bounds.

@TrueTomHarley It shouldn't be so far-fetched to think MS can be confused for a GB. I remember back in the day, when Don Adams (Maxwell Smart) was confused for the president of the Watchtower, Don A Adams.

You mean just like science @PudgyManmade guesswork and projection.

How could you not know the POPE of the Watchtower?😂

Wouldn't the same controversy work with evolution? How could something out of nothing be created to form so many different kinds of erred forms? Where do you find the answer in different scientific research, by so-called science? A controversy stated by science billions of years in the making. So, where is the "absolute" support by man that wasn't around to actually attest to that creation, just theories. So, how many middle creations were necessary to get humanity here? 😏

While the statements are agreeable as I stated, we have to keep in mind they don't have 100% surety. Having personal experience helps aid in the assessment, when it comes to intend. The reason some people will plead insanity in a commission of a crime. Law enforcement is not only cynical but cautious. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/machiavellians-gulling-the-rubes/202102/criminal-malingering-defendants-who-fake-mental-illness https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/faking-mental-illness/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/factitious-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20356028

You just did according to your words. There is something seriously wrong with you. Seek medical intervention before it's too late. You don't need to know. You sealed your judgment when you came here with your heresy! You got this backwards, the unwise are put to shame here, that includes you.

Once again, according to whom? You, an apostate. I wouldn't trust you if you told me the sky was blue. However, thank you for making your second and third threat against the Bethel house members and the GB.

Nice word play Audrey. When has any human being ever been privileged to sit in God's Thorn? Not even the Son of Man had that ability. What did Stephen see? Now in Luke what does it imply, when it states "the son of man SHALL be seated at the right hand." Not only are you confusing Christ's kingship and when, you are confusing God's earthly representatives with whatever is going on in that distorted little head of yours. Humanity has always been wicked. God has chosen people that have turned wicked. Does that mean God is imperfect in your confused mind? So, your argument above makes no sense. 1Kings 1:17 She said to him, “My lord, you swore to your servant by the LORD your God, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’ 1Kings 1:30 As I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,’ even so will I do this day.” 1Kings 1:47 Moreover, the king’s servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours, and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king bowed himself on the bed. 1Kings 1:48 And the king also said, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has granted someone4 to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.’” 1Kings 5:5 And so I intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD said to David my father, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.’ 1Kings 8:20 Now the LORD has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. 1Kings 8:25 Now therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, q‘You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’ 1Kings 10:9 Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! gBecause the LORD loved Israel forever, he has made you king, that you may execute justice and righteousness.” 2Chr. 6:10 Now the LORD has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

Indeed, not only do apostates not demonstrate it, but many witnesses here don't demonstrate it, since they have the same inclination as apostates. Sad really, how people can't see the value history has provided as proof. Not only is scripture obscured by many here, but history as well.