Dear brethren, this is just a note to let you know that I’ve been caught up with some temporal things at present, but hope to give my bio soon.
Amos
Dear brethren, this is just a note to let you know that I’ve been caught up with some temporal things at present, but hope to give my bio soon.
Amos
Some snippets from various older publications are below. I want to do some more research and also makes some comments after each of his quotes. Stay tuned… —————————————– The endeavor to compel all men to think alike on all subjects, culminated in the great apostasy and the development of the papal system, and thereby the […]
Water baptism is a very important step in a Christian’s life. It is a solemn oath to dedicate yourself to do the will of God and his appointed king, Jesus. For this reason it is taken quite seriously among many people of Christian faith, including Jehovah’s Witnesses. Notice the following quotes from the New World Translation Bible on the importance of this step:
Matt. 28:19, 20: “Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you.”
Acts 2:41: “Those who embraced his word heartily were baptized.”
Acts 8:12: “When they believed Philip, who was declaring the good news of the kingdom of God and of the name of Jesus Christ, they proceeded to be baptized, both men and women.”
I was raised as a JW, 3rd generation on my mothers side. My father took the truth in 1923, & my mother about 1928, this was before they met & married.
Even although I’d had a varied existence spiritually, I had always had the utmost love & respect for our Heavenly Father, & His Holy Word. I have been through two marriages, with both wives seeking other men.
While doing meeting preparation, & seeing several discrepencies in WT teachings (about 2000/2001) I began privately questioning the WT doctrine on several subjects. About this time, I began to get the callings of the Holy Spirit, quite unexpectedly, & the more I studied & applied myself, the stronger the call became. I mentioned this to my sister & her husband, & some elders in the neighboring cong. (we had no elders) they all said that it was not possible for me to be of the anointed, as the number was completed. I decided to keep many things to myself from that time onward, and continued in my studies.
In September 2005, I was dfd, for something I was not guilty of, & while not giving up on Yahweh, I completely lost faith in the WTS. In 2007, I decided that I should make a comeback, as the callings were beginning again, so I moved quite a distance away, hopeful of reinstatement (& to retire), as the elders in the new cong. said it would be possible. Well, we never did have any committee meetings of any sort, so after six months, I gave up on them, & spent the next year or so, looking at many different religions in the hope of finding the truth. Finally, in February 2009, after much intense prayer, I found the Br. Russell Bible Students. I have had spazmodic meeting attendance with them, mainly due to ill health & the distance to meet with them.
As I never take anything spiritual, on face value, I’ve found what I believe to be several errors in their beliefs also, & have come to the conclusion that, as we are all standing before God on an individual basis, we don’t need any organisation promoted by man. What we need is each other, God’s Word, & the Holy Spirit (the helper). This is all the first century believers had.
Amos
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Welcome Amos,
Hopefully you will find friends online here. Jesus said wherever two or more are gathered there I am…
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Thank you Brother, I feel as though I’m among friends already.
Amos
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Greetings Amos,
I am glad to meet “prophets”
I am glad you are not looking to associate to others , (BS )
but , you started to understand that this is truth regarding the “anointed ones” :
Jeremiah 15:
19. Therefore, thus says the LORD,
“If you return, then I will restore you–
Before Me you will stand;
And if you extract the precious from the worthless,
You will become My spokesman.
>> They for their part may turn to you,
>> But as for you, you must not turn to them.
The Lord’s Grace be with you,
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Thank you for your comments Br. Rus.
Yes, I am really starting to understand the full implications concerning being anointed. I’m afraid I’m not the type of person that could endure hearing falsehood being spoken, without trying to correct this from the scriptures, with mildness, of course.
I will from time to time, meet with others, (like the BS’s) with the sole purpose of having fellowship, & not to be totally isolated. I will receive most of my spiritual association here, & perhaps on a BS forum occasionally also. I have some explanations to give on one BS forum, to complete a topic that I have been involved with.
May our Loving Heavenly Father continue to support you also.
Amos.
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