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    • Witness
      SAME VS. DIFFERENT
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      “Same vs. different” is a typical worksheet handed out to preschool and kindergarten children.  In the pictures below, would you consider them the “same”, or “different”? 
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      LOOKING TO AN ORGANIZATION FOR SALVATION IS... Idolatry

      Our Relative Subjection to the Superior Authorities
      As Christians, we face up to similar challenges today. We cannot take part in any modern version of idolatry—be it worshipful gestures toward an image or symbol or the imputing of salvation to a person or an organization. 


      Kingdom Ministry 11/1990 p. 1
      ONE MUST COME TO THE WATCHTOWER ORGANIZATION FOR SALVATION

      Directing Bible Students to Jehovah’s Organization 
      Bible students need to get acquainted with the organization of the “one flock” Jesus spoke about at John 10:16. They must appreciate that identifying themselves with Jehovah’s organization is essential to their salvation. (Rev. 7:9, 10, 15) Therefore, we should start directing our Bible students to the organization as soon as a Bible study is established.  
      Although these two quotes appear to be “different”, they are in fact, the same… hypocrisy. 
      Matt 12:37; John 9:41; Luke 12:1
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    • Witness
      ARE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IDOLATERS?
      By Witness
      Ps 119:30 – “The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.”
      Dear JWs,
      Can an idol hear the words of God?  Idolatry is sourced in the spirit of the world, where Satan wields his authority. 1 John 5:19  An idol cannot speak the words of God, aiding others to reach the light of understanding and truth.   John 17:17 
      An idol has no compassion toward those in need, extending its hand to comfort the afflicted and those suffering in sorrow; fully able to sense their needs.   It cannot comprehend the examples of love and compassion we have in Christ.  Matt 11:28-30   
      If an idol is unable to hear and speak the Word of God in Christ, then surely we know it can never walk in the path of Christ, or shine the light of truth when under the power of the wicked one.    1 Sam 12:21; Ps 119:1-5
      Can an earthly fabrication, run by men, EVER bring salvation to ANYONE who joins it?  And what if it does purport to be the way to salvation; can those who represent it, hear, speak, and walk in the Word of God and the path of Christ?  No.  It would be an act of rebellion to assign salvation to anything other than the name that scripture declares as our salvation. Its leaders would be false teachers, appearing as “ministers of light”, “holding to a form of godliness, although having denied its power”.   Ps 18:2; Acts 4:12; 2 Cor 11:13-15; 2 Tim 3:5   
       Yes, idolatry IS an act of rebellion against God.  Ezek 20:8;Ps 78:58  
      How do you feel about the following proclamation by your leaders, JWs?
      Watchtower 1981/11/15:  “come to Jehovah’s ORGANIZATION for SALVATION”   pg 16-21 par 18
      “There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.” Job 24:13
      If we take another fork in the Watchtower’s twisted road to “salvation”, what do your leaders say?
      Watchtower 90/11/1 p. 26 – “We cannot take part in any modern version of idolatry – be it worshipful gestures toward an IMAGE OR SYMBOL or the imputing of SALVATION to a PERSON or an ORGANIZATION. 
      Please, think about this the next time you view an exJW as an “apostate”.  Do you know that the most threatening “apostates” to the organization are those who have turned fully to God and Christ?  Why?  They do not hide their “lamp” under a basket, but speak the Word of God boldly for all of you to hear.  The Word of God is truth, which exposes the Watchtower’s idolatrous identity.  Luke 11:33; Rev 11:1-3; 13:1,5,11,14-17  
      There is no need to return to “Jehovah’s organization”, since it is, according to the above Watchtower quote, an IDOL.  Those who desire to walk in the light of Christ, seek out the pure words of God, untainted by men, their decrees and twisted reasoning.  They have come to know that the Father does not stand on equal ground with an organization, but He alone is our Rock and our fortress.  Isa 46:5; 42:8; 2:7-10  
      They have found the true God. They have returned to pure worship. Isa 57:13; Ps 24:3,4
      Watchtower 1953/3/1 p. 143:  “Ask yourself now, Did Christ Jesus, who set our example and told us to follow his example to gain life, join any church ORGANIZATION in his day?  No.  GOD DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO DO THAT; but he requires us to worship him…  We have the Bible to show us the right way.  CERTAINLY IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR A PERSON TO BECOME A MEMBER OF A CHURCH TO GAIN EVERLASTING LIFE.”
      Who then, is the apostate?  One who stays clear of worldly organizations and worships in “spirit and truth”, or is it you, and your leaders who have rebelled against God by glorifying “Jehovah’s organization”?    Please, reject the Watchtower Idol, JWs.  As with all idols, this one is destined to topple soon.  John 4:23,24  
       
      Psalm 115:
      Not to us, YHVH, not to us,
      but to Your name give glory
      because of Your faithful love, because of Your truth.
      2 Why should the nations say,
      “Where is their God?” 
      3 Our God is in heaven
      and does whatever He pleases.
      4 Their idols are silver and gold,
      made by human hands.
      5 They have mouths but cannot speak,
      eyes, but cannot see.
      6 They have ears but cannot hear,
      noses, but cannot smell.
      7 They have hands but cannot feel,
      feet, but cannot walk.
      They cannot make a sound with their throats.

      8 Those who make them are just like them,
      as are all who trust in them.
      9 House of Israel, trust in YHVH!
      He is their help and shield.

      10 House of Aaron, trust in YHVH!
      He is their help and shield.

      11 You who fear the Lord, trust in YHVH!
      He is their help and shield.

      12 The Lord remembers us and will bless us.
      He will bless the house of Israel;
      he will bless the house of Aaron;
      13 he will bless those who fear the Lord—
      small and great alike.
      14 May the Lord add to your numbers,
      both yours and your children’s.
      15 May you be blessed by the Lord,
      the Maker of heaven and earth.
      16 The heavens are the Lord’s heavens
      but the earth he has given to the children of men.

      17 It is not the dead who praise the Lord,
      nor any of those descending into the silence of death.
      18 But we will bless the Lord,
      both now and forever.
      Praise the Lord!
       
      Pearl Doxsey 
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    • Brother Rando
      JEHOVAH, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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      Praised be {Jehovah} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, (1 Peter 1:3) Jesus spoke these things, and raising his eyes to heaven, he said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your son so that your son may glorify you, (John 17:1)  This means everlasting life, their coming to know YOU, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ. (John 17:3)  I have made your name manifest to the men whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have observed your word. (John 17:6)  I have given them the glory that you have given me, in order that they may be one just as we are one. (John 17:22)  Righteous Father, the world has, indeed, not come to know you, but I know you, and these have come to know that you sent me. ?I have made your name known to them and will make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in union with them.” (John 17:25-26)
      You must pray, then, this way: “Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. ?Let your Kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth.” (Matthew 6:9-10)  Go in through the narrow gate, because broad is the gate and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are going in through it; ?whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are finding it. (Matthew 17:13-14)  Concerning that day or the hour nobody knows, neither the angels in heaven nor the Son, but the Father. (Mark 13:32)  For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus, (1 Timothy 2:5)  Jesus said to him: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)  No man can come to me unless the Father, who sent me, draws him,and I will resurrect him on the last day. (John 6:44)
      “That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.” 
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