Neutrality

[John 12.24to28]

When Daniel 8:23 takes place, we must remain neutral. The beastly UN does not have love. It is beastly.

 

"It puts under compulsion all people—the small and the great, the rich and the poor, the free and the slaves—that these should be marked on their right hand or on their forehead,  and that nobody can buy or sell except a person having the mark, the name of the wild beast or the number of its name.  This is where it calls for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the wild beast, for it is a man’s number, and its number is 666."

 

We must continue to show love. It is a perfect bond of union.

 

"Accordingly, as God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, clothe yourselves with the tender affections of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, and patience.  Continue putting up with one another and forgiving one another freely even if anyone has a cause for complaint against another. Just as Jehovah freely forgave you, you must also do the same.  But besides all these things, clothe yourselves with love, for it is a perfect bond of union."

 

Brothers, if you cannot show love now to those in your Kingdom Halls who are "disfellowshipped", how are you going to be able to show love then under more difficult circumstances? Please, repent, and turn around, that you may have seasons of refreshing from Jehovah. No one can get through what is coming on their own. We all need Jehovah's holy spirit to get through the great tribulation. None of us has enough strength on our own to show this kind of love, the kind of love that will be required to get through the great tribulation. Jehovah will give you what you need in that hour, but you have to let go of the restraints, namely, the prejudices and labels and self-exaltation and class distinctions. Jesus' ransom is enough for us to show love to all people. The governing body is imitating the beastliness of the worldly governments with their restrictions on natural affection, but Jesus will correct them.

 

"For love is as strong as death is, 

And exclusive devotion is as unyielding as the Grave.  

Its flames are a blazing fire, the flame of Jah. 

Surging waters cannot extinguish love, 

Nor can rivers wash it away."

 

Praise Jehovah for His excelling love manifested through Christ Jesus our Lord!

[John 12.24to28]

Jesus is stronger than the wicked one.

 

"You originate with God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in union with you is greater than the one who is in union with the world."

 

As Jesus said, the wicked one "has no hold on me."

 

9 minutes ago, EsADmf said:

dragon, apostate, crooked serpent, rebel against God, outcast from Christ, alien from the Holy Spirit, exile from the ranks of the angels, reviler of the laws of God, enemy of all that is lawful

 

"So the dragon became enraged at the woman and went off to wage war with the remaining ones of her offspring, who observe the commandments of God and have the work of bearing witness concerning Jesus."

 

Love will help us to keep bearing witness to Jehovah in the days ahead.

 

"Love never fails."

[John 12.24to28]

15 minutes ago, EsADmf said:

how shall one "judge" the apostate "angels,"

 

"Do you not know that we will judge angels?"

 

(But that is not until a future time.)

 

"Really, it is already a defeat for you when you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather let yourselves be wronged? Why do you not rather let yourselves be defrauded?  Instead, you wrong and defraud, and your brothers at that!"

 

It is a defeat to defraud those labeled "disfellowshipped" brothers or "worldly people" from your love. It is spiritual prostitution to look to a group of men for "spirit" rather than to look to God. Jehovah lets the rain benefit the wicked and the good, and the sun shine on the wicked and the good. It is evidence of His Love for them. (He hates wickedness, but He does not stop showing love just because someone else is wicked. He gave Adam and Eve nice garments even after they sinned, and still fed them every day.) How much more so we should show love by speaking to the disfellowshipped brothers who show up at the Kingdom Hall for Memorial, and for all people during the tribulation and every day!

 

"Do you not know that your body is the temple of the holy spirit within you, which you have from God? Also, you do not belong to yourselves, for you were bought with a price. By all means, glorify God in your body."

 

The congregation is a body that can glorify God, if we let it.

 

"Let your love be without hypocrisy."

[John 12.24to28]

40 minutes ago, EsADmf said:

from Ante-Nicene Fathers

 

Paul said: "I know that after my going away oppressive wolves will enter in among you and will not treat the flock with tenderness,  and from among you yourselves men will rise and speak twisted things to draw away the disciples after themselves."

 

Aren't the Ante-Nicene "fathers" from that time period, the "oppressive-wolf-twisted-things" time period? (We are still in that time period, unfortunately, until Jesus comes...)

 

You can follow who you want. “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves.  But as for us, we cannot stop speaking about the things we have seen and heard.” 

[John 12.24to28]

"Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy that was shown us, we do not give up.  But we have renounced the shameful, underhanded things, not walking with cunning or adulterating the word of God; but by making the truth manifest, we recommend ourselves to every human conscience in the sight of God.  If, in fact, the good news we declare is veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing, among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through.  For we are preaching, not about ourselves, but about Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.  For God is the one who said: “Let the light shine out of darkness,” and he has shone on our hearts to illuminate them with the glorious knowledge of God by the face of Christ. However, we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the power beyond what is normal may be God’s and not from us.  We are hard-pressed in every way, but not cramped beyond movement; we are perplexed, but not absolutely with no way out;  we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed."

 

I have nothing more to say to you on this topic at present, Allen. Hope you have a good rest of your evening.

[Matthew9969]

What the heck are you two talking about, is this a conversation with a split personality?

[John 12.24to28]

I'm pretty sure Allen has more than just two "personalities" (Dmitar, Wally McNasty, Moise Racette, etc, etc...)