John 12.24to28
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"The heart knows its own bitterness,
And no outsider can share in its joy."
(Proverbs 14:10)
"The foundations of the city wall were adorned with every sort of precious stone: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chal·ceʹdo·ny, the fourth emerald, the fifth sar·donʹyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysʹo·lite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysʹo·prase, the eleventh hyacinth, the twelfth amethyst."
(Revelation 21:19,20)
Jehovah has a way of making what some people consider "trash" into something beautiful.💖 We're all made of dust anyway...but with Jehovah's light even the lowliest piece of dust can sparkle...
"There is One who does not show partiality to princes
And who does not favor the rich over the poor,
For they are all the work of his hands."
(Job 34:19)
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5 minutes ago, boyle said:
This is the kind of stupidity James started out with. So, who let the dog out, ignorant people like you.
Sweet @boyle, I hope you have a good rest of your afternoon! I am going to enjoy the sunshine for awhile.
"Light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. For if a man should live many years, let him enjoy them all."
I hope you can enjoy your day too, my brother🥰
(Ecclesiastes 11:8,9)
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Speaking of doggy in the window...
A few dog jokes...
Q: What did the dog say when he sat on sandpaper?
A: Ruff!
Q: Why did the poor dog chase his own tail?
A: He was trying to make both ends meet!
Q: What dog keeps the best time?
A: A watch dog!
Q: Why don't dogs make good dancers?
A: Because they have two left feet!
Q: What happens when it rains cats and dogs?
A: You can step in a poodle!
Q: Why are dogs like phones?
A: Because they have collar IDs.
Q: What dog loves to take bubble baths?
A: A shampoodle!
Q: What do you call a dog that is left handed?
A: A south paw!
Q: What did one flea say to the other?
A: Should we walk or take a dog?
Q: What type of markets do dogs avoid?
A: Flea markets!
Q: What did the cowboy say when his dog ran away?
A: Well, doggone!
(from ducksters.com)
"Run away!!!" 😆
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42 minutes ago, Pudgy said:
I challenge you to prove or disprove that lie by quoting what I actually said.
42 minutes ago, Pudgy said:I insulted his family.
42 minutes ago, Pudgy said:boyle says I insulted his family.
Another paranoid lie from someone who deliberately misunderstands most things.
17 minutes ago, boyle said:continue barking doggy. Your nothing to me.
"Who let the dogs out?" Lol😂
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Some links to financial information regarding the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, as well financial info on some other Watch Tower agencies such as Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada, found on this website... (some of the links are broken but some still work)
https://www.watchtowerlies.com/the_watchtower_revenue.html
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13 hours ago, boyle said:
This depends how well you know your trusted friend...
In order for that to work. You also need to ask the right professor. Who are you going to trust? Some professionals believe Edward Einstein made mistakes. If someone can prove that, whose going to disprove it?
13 hours ago, Pudgy said:yeah … I remember Eddie.
Always pretending he was not Eddie Haskell, from “Leave it to Beaver”. When he grew up he became. LAPD cop, so he could still bully people around.
13 hours ago, Pudgy said:Yeah, some people have no sense of humor at all. Not their fault …
...Just goes to show you can't trust a computer to tell the truth...
Here is a poem by Eduard Einstein:
"Forebodings, how I’m dying lonely
Silently disappear
And in no bark
My existence is notched.
What I’ve sown
The winds have blown away.
What I’ve contained
Has already disappeared
The stem has washed away.
Forebodings, how I’m dying lonely
And how the shame,
My grip on myself,
Took everything from me."
(from website https://oddfeed.net/eduard-einstein/)
Modern technology and medical science failed him. Having Albert Einstein as a father didn't fix his problems. Jehovah will bring poor Eduard back and then he can write poetry without living under affliction. It sounds like the words of the psalmist would have resounded with him...
"O Jehovah, the God of my salvation,
By day I cry out,
And by night I come before you.
Let my prayer come to you,
Incline your ear to my cry for help.
For my soul has been filled with calamity,
And my life is on the brink of the Grave.
I am already counted among those going down to the pit;
I have become a helpless man,
Left among the dead
Like the slain lying in a grave,
Whom you remember no longer
And who have been separated from your care.
You have put me in the lowest pit,
In dark places, in a large abyss.
Your rage weighs heavily on me,
And you overwhelm me with your crashing waves. (Selah)
You have driven my acquaintances far away from me;
You have made me something detestable to them.
I am trapped and cannot escape.
My eye is worn out because of my affliction.
I call on you, O Jehovah, all day long;
To you I spread out my hands.
Will you perform wonders for the dead?
Can those powerless in death rise up to praise you? (Selah)
Will your loyal love be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
Will your wonders be known in the darkness
Or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
But I still cry to you for help, O Jehovah,
Each morning my prayer comes before you.
Why, O Jehovah, do you reject me?
Why do you hide your face from me?
From my youth on, I have been afflicted and ready to perish;
I am numb from the terrible things you allow me to suffer.
Your burning anger overwhelms me;
Your terrors destroy me.
They surround me like waters all day long;
They close in on me from all sides.
You have driven my friends and companions far away from me;
Darkness has become my companion."
The psalmist didn't know that Jehovah hadn't left him. Obviously Jehovah heard the words of the psalmist and had them recorded in the Bible for our benefit. Jehovah was with the psalmist that whole time he was in the dark. When we are in the dark, we don't understand why things are happening. Things are dark sometimes, even for an extended time. Eventually the light comes. It always comes. It will come for Eduard when he wakes up, and then it will be only light forever. It will come for all of those in the dark who yearn for the light. It will be worth the wait.
"...go ahead of Jehovah to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people by forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender compassion of our God. With this compassion a daybreak will visit us from on high, to give light to those sitting in darkness and death’s shadow and to guide our feet in the way of peace.”
(Psalm 88:1-18; Luke 1:76-79)
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I have to get some rest now, @boyle - I hope you have a good evening. Thank you that we could chat, it was a pleasure! Thank you for making me laugh, too! 😊 It was fun.
"I will call aloud to Jehovah,
And he will answer me from his holy mountain.
I will lie down and sleep;
And I will wake up in safety,
For Jehovah continues to support me.
I am not afraid of the tens of thousands
Lined up against me on every side."
Talk to you later, Jehovah willing!🙂 Good night, my brother!🌷
(Psalm 3:4-6)
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34 minutes ago, boyle said:42 minutes ago, AudreyAnnaNana said:
Who will separate us from the love of the Christ? Will tribulation or distress or persecution or hunger or nakedness or danger or sword?
Look around. The devil is doing a descent job of it. 😅
Naw, the wicked one is a loser! I am closer to Jehovah than I've ever been in my life. He is here all the time. Jesus is here all the time. I am more aware of them then ever before. I am thankful that God allowed the trials I've been through, because it's given me the opportunity to see Jehovah do things for me that I never would have experienced otherwise. I wouldn't trade it for anything. I'm never alone. Of this I am confident.
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33 minutes ago, boyle said:
You're alive by your own merits.
I've given up too many times to know better than what you're saying.
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9 minutes ago, boyle said:
Oh! I could tell you a chilling story, but I don't want James to insult my family again. So, I won't.
I'm already pretty chill right now, so that's fine if you hold off on your story.
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11 minutes ago, boyle said:
We all have different opinions. Some say harassment, some say Jehovah's justice. The point is, who is supposed to be believed if a panel did everything according to the facts, and based themselves on bible principles. I'd rather believe that truth, not a truth from a one-sided view.
I'm not talking about a panel or a judicial committee or anything like that. I'm talking about situations "where the pedal meets the metal". Everyday life. Having to endure situations in everyday life where there is no relief in sight this side of Armageddon.
In those types of situations, only Jehovah can help you endure, and it doesn't matter anymore about labels and hearings.
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30 minutes ago, boyle said:
Do you believe former members of Christ's body also love the truth? If they do, why do they continue to lie, and exploit?
The organization is not the body of the Christ.
The organization is an organization, a group of congregations, and it has Jehovah's name on it, so He will clean it.
The body of Christ is a different type of group, not mutually exclusive per se, but it is those anointed to be Christ's "bride". It doesn't matter if they are in or out of the physical organization of Jehovah's Witnesses (meaning it doesn't change the anointing if they get kicked out by bad men), because the anointing is independent of any counsel of men. The anointing is from Jehovah Himself through Jesus.
Here is what John said about some who "went out" of the body (meaning went out from under the headship of Christ, or who stopped listening to Christ...such ones may still be in the literal organization of Jehovah's Witnesses but that doesn't matter, if they "went out" from obeying Jesus as Head then they are in trouble even if they are GB members...)
"Young children, it is the last hour, and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared, from which fact we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of our sort; for if they had been of our sort, they would have remained with us. But they went out so that it might be shown that not all are of our sort."
"And you have an anointing from the holy one, and all of you have knowledge. I write you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie originates with the truth."
"Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. But whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also."
"As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, you will also remain in union with the Son and in union with the Father. Furthermore, this is what he himself promised us—the life everlasting.
"I write you these things about those who are trying to mislead you. And as for you, the anointing that you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to be teaching you; but the anointing from him is teaching you about all things and is true and is no lie. Just as it has taught you, remain in union with him."
"So now, little children, remain in union with him, so that when he is made manifest we may have freeness of speech and not shrink away from him in shame at his presence. If you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born from him."
The anointed don't need the GB to teach them, because the holy spirit teaches them. The GB are liars about that "channel" business. A real anointed person who is awake knows that.
The GB denies the Christ when they deny teachings of the Christ. The kingly law of love is the ultimate law. The disfellowshipping doctrine denies the kingly law of love. The GB is in big trouble.
(1 John 2:18-29)
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17 minutes ago, boyle said:
First, you need to "prove" you're a prophet in good standing before Jehovah? Then have God proclaim it to the anointed. Oh! and seers! That's a must.
Oh, you are a riot tonight!😆
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2 minutes ago, AudreyAnnaNana said:
Sometimes He removes wicked ones, but other times during a trial He gives us the strength to endure extended harassment by wicked ones.
"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. Always we endure in our body the death-dealing treatment that Jesus suffered, that the life of Jesus may also be made manifest in our body. For we who live are ever being brought face-to-face with death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made manifest in our mortal flesh."
(2 Corinthians 4:7-11)
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25 minutes ago, boyle said:
God does this everyday in the lives of true and honest Christians by removing those afflicted by the devil's will. The point would be to have a stronger will than Satan.
Sometimes He removes wicked ones, but other times during a trial He gives us the strength to endure extended harassment by wicked ones. When we know we aren't strong, when we are worn out and outnumbered and outmatched, and we call on Jehovah begging Him to help us endure it, to endure the pain or the fear or the stress - when Jehovah does those things for us and we Knew there was No Way we did it in our own strength, well those situations also help us See Jehovah, that He was there the Whole Time.
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23 minutes ago, boyle said:
So, you disagree with Abraham? Can you explain why?
I understand what Abraham went through. Abraham knew he would get Isaac back. I have been through a similar experience in a different way. I understand what Abraham went through. Abraham learned the "Jehovah Factor" and he and Isaac were together.
Jehovah was willing to go through with the sacrifice all the way. Jehovah took the lead in making the sacrifice in order to get it back - to get all of the family back, including Jesus. Jehovah is the Head, the Leader, and He leads in everything.
Abraham's example with Isaac showed us in an illustrative way what Jehovah went through so we could understand better how much Jehovah loves us, what He is willing to sacrifice to gain us. He wants us to know, so we don't give up. He will always come for us. He couldn't die for us or He would have. He's God, He can't die. But it was as if He died, the pain of Jesus' death hurt Him so bad. It would have been less painful to die than to go through what He did. But just like childbirth pains, He was willing to go through with it to gain all the children.
Childbirth pains help us understand Jehovah too. When the pain is over, you don't really remember it anymore because of the joy of the child in your arms. Jehovah has been willing to go through the pain of watching all of this because He will gain all His children.
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15 minutes ago, boyle said:
A better understanding would be the miracle of God's hand.
do you really need to post for witness fake anointed propaganda? I understand she blocks truth tellers.
😂 oh, @boyle you are really making me laugh tonight!
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14 minutes ago, boyle said:
I would think this involves God's approval. What do you think? do you believe former members can get such approval?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
How do you think I am still alive? I know I have Jehovah's approval. He's the Only reason my kids and I have survived what we have survived. I have no doubt we have Jehovah's approval and affection. What is a "disfellowshipping" label? Nothing. It is nothing to Jehovah.
"Who will separate us from the love of the Christ? Will tribulation or distress or persecution or hunger or nakedness or danger or sword? Just as it is written: “For your sake we are being put to death all day long; we have been accounted as sheep for slaughtering.” On the contrary, in all these things we are coming off completely victorious through the one who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor governments nor things now here nor things to come nor powers nor height nor depth nor any other creation will be able to separate us from God’s love that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
(Romans 8:35-39)
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14 minutes ago, boyle said:
What good is this post for true Christians?
"Nevertheless, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshippers will worship the Father with spirit and truth, for indeed, the Father is looking for ones like these to worship him. God is a Spirit, and those worshipping him must worship with spirit and truth.”
Jehovah is the God of Truth. His witnesses love truth.
Some people in the organization say "don't tell the truth because it will reproach Jehovah's name" but that's a bunch of bunk. The whole Bible is full of telling the truth about wacky stuff that went on. Jehovah had the Benjaminites mass sex sin recorded in the Bible. The Benjaminites were one of the 12 tribes of Israel. You don't see Jehovah shoving that information under the rug saying "oh, don't publish that because we have to protect my name". Nope. Jehovah put it right out there for everyone to see, because Jehovah is a Real Manly God, He's not a 'fraidy cat that needs people's approval.
Jehovah never does anything bad, and just because some people who claim to represent him do bad things doesn't change who Jehovah is. He is secure enough in Himself. Let the truth shine.
(John 4:23,24)
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The "Jehovah Factor" is when you are completely exhausted or outnumbered by ghastly odds or there is absolutely no possible way you can survive a situation so you pray to God to help you get through - and then Jehovah intervenes in an amazing way that is beyond what you ever could have imagined and you know it was Him who did it.
You can read about the "Jehovah Factor" in the Bible in situations like the Israelites at the Red Sea, Jonathan and his armor bearing taking on all those Philistines, Gideon and his 300 men versus the Midianites, etc.
Some people think those accounts are just "myths", but once you have experienced the "Jehovah Factor" in your life, you know the truth. It's not just a matter "faith" - it is evidence that comes after putting faith in Jehovah. It is rock solid, and the more of those types of experiences you have, the more your faith in Jehovah increases. But it all starts with being in between a rock and a hard place and being willing to pray to Jehovah, not for material things, but to keep integrity in a difficult situation. Also, being willing to die in order to keep integrity is a prerequisite - knowing that "if Jehovah doesn't rescue me, I am still going to keep my integrity to the death anyway."
For example, being willing to defend your kids even if you lose everything else, because that's keeping integrity to Jehovah, protecting the little ones, that's what He would want us to do. And then begging Jehovah to help you when you can't see the way out and the wolves are closing in, but telling Him you are willing to die protecting those kids. And then, He does this amazing thing and not only are you all safe and together, but He totally blew the opposition out of the water and made them look foolish on top of it! That's an example of the "Jehovah Factor".
After years of seeing the "Jehovah Factor" in action you start to see Him every day, more clearly than you can see anyone else. He is there every day for you. Even on the really hard, down days.
It is the "Jehovah Factor" that will ensure the organization is cleaned.
Bad guys may seem to come and go and get away with stuff for awhile, but Jehovah the Good God is Eternal. Those bad guys will dry up and be blown away like chaff. The little sheep will be regathered. It's guaranteed. The Jehovah Factor.
"You will safeguard those who fully lean on you;
You will give them continuous peace,
Because it is in you that they trust.
Trust in Jehovah forever,
For Jah Jehovah is the eternal Rock."
(Isaiah 26:3,4)
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