FutureMan
05-02-2009, 02:16 AM
Hello pianoart65, and welcome to the forum.
Many on this forum are still associating with the congregations and some of us have been disfellowshiped and some have simply just left the organization of Jehovah's witnesses.
I appreciate your predicament, here is a scripture to refer to in Revelation chapter 12 which I have an idea might apply to us today.
12 Because of this, be glad, the heavens and those tabernacling in them. Woe to the ones dwelling on the earth, and in the sea, because the devil came down to you having great anger, knowing that he has a little time!
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast out onto the earth, he pursued the woman who bore the male.
14 And two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished there a time, and times, and half a time, away from the serpent's face.
Now while I don't feel that this scriptures applies to us just yet, I do think that many Christians today have fled out into the spiritual wilderness today and are being fed spiritually by sites such as this one and the holy spirit through the study of God's Word.
Now just as out in the literal wilderness we might not know which food is good for us to eat, that grows out in the wild, it's the same with the spiritual wilderness.
Out in the literal wilderness we test everything by just having a little bit of a taste in our mouth before swallowing eat, just in case it is poisonous or not fit for human consumption.
The same applies in the spiritual wilderness.
1 John 4
. 24 Moreover, he who observes his commandments remains in union with him, and he in union with such one; and by this we gain the knowledge that he is remaining in union with us, owing to the spirit which he gave us.
4 Beloved ones, do not believe every inspired expression, but test the inspired expressions to see whether they originate with God, because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.
2 YOU gain the knowledge of the inspired expression from God by this: Every inspired expression that confesses Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh originates with God, 3 but every inspired expression that does not confess Jesus does not originate with God. Furthermore, this is the antichrist's [inspired expression] which YOU have heard was coming, and now it is already in the world.
Just my thought on this, from FutureMan
Many on this forum are still associating with the congregations and some of us have been disfellowshiped and some have simply just left the organization of Jehovah's witnesses.
I appreciate your predicament, here is a scripture to refer to in Revelation chapter 12 which I have an idea might apply to us today.
12 Because of this, be glad, the heavens and those tabernacling in them. Woe to the ones dwelling on the earth, and in the sea, because the devil came down to you having great anger, knowing that he has a little time!
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast out onto the earth, he pursued the woman who bore the male.
14 And two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished there a time, and times, and half a time, away from the serpent's face.
Now while I don't feel that this scriptures applies to us just yet, I do think that many Christians today have fled out into the spiritual wilderness today and are being fed spiritually by sites such as this one and the holy spirit through the study of God's Word.
Now just as out in the literal wilderness we might not know which food is good for us to eat, that grows out in the wild, it's the same with the spiritual wilderness.
Out in the literal wilderness we test everything by just having a little bit of a taste in our mouth before swallowing eat, just in case it is poisonous or not fit for human consumption.
The same applies in the spiritual wilderness.
1 John 4
. 24 Moreover, he who observes his commandments remains in union with him, and he in union with such one; and by this we gain the knowledge that he is remaining in union with us, owing to the spirit which he gave us.
4 Beloved ones, do not believe every inspired expression, but test the inspired expressions to see whether they originate with God, because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.
2 YOU gain the knowledge of the inspired expression from God by this: Every inspired expression that confesses Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh originates with God, 3 but every inspired expression that does not confess Jesus does not originate with God. Furthermore, this is the antichrist's [inspired expression] which YOU have heard was coming, and now it is already in the world.
Just my thought on this, from FutureMan