Witnesses encouraged to ‘imitate God’

[Guest Nicole]

One of the talks dealt with Bible principle obedience, where the importance of forgiving one another was stressed.

Witnesses (from left) Eric Willmot, Ronel Grobler, Dolf de la Rey, Cedric Jose Siuipt, Cuan Olivier, Bay Cox and Amber de Oliviera.

 

AN amazing 635 Jehovah’s Witnesses and members of the public attended the ‘Imitate Jehovah’ circuit assembly held at the Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre in Izotsha last Sunday.

The programme included experiences, interviews, talks and demonstrations of how Christians can imitate God’s qualities. The first set of discourses focused on how family members can use resources wisely and develop qualities such as loyalty and justice. One talk explored how abuse of power within the family can be avoided and another dealt with Bible principle obedience, where the importance of forgiving one another was stressed.

The public discourse ‘How does God feel about religion?’ described some of the fruits of religion approved by God, such as love for neighbours, respect for God’s word and desisting from sexual immorality. The use of religion for personal gain is not approved by God and the talk was based around James 1:27 ‘The form of worship that is clean and undefiled from the standpoint of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their tribulations and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.’

Travelling overseer Gavin Boddington delivered the final talk entitled ‘Go on walking in love, which emphasised the importance of Bible study and meditation, as well as avoiding non-scriptural practices.

Geoffrey Howard (second from right) interviewed Witnesses (from left) Carolyn Daiho, Bethuel Daiho and Kayla Cox about how they intend to imitate Jehovah.

 

Source: http://southcoastherald.co.za/137588/witnesses-encouraged-to-imitate-god/