Do your Research

My Friends,
The fact that you are reading JW SURVEY is encouraging.I hope you continue to research what other well meaning and informed voices have to say about the organisation, as opposed to reading just material from the Watchtower Society.The “Truth” should be able to stand firm and not be afraid if well argued and provable light of a critical nature reveals serious problems with the Organisation.

The Boreans ( Act 17:11 ), are often used as an example of examining what has been said to determine its truth.Using their example of testing things you should not in any way be afraid to examine what the Organisation says ( about so many issues), but rather continue to probe for the truth about the “Truth”. You could be richly rewarded with your freedom from what can only be described as a dehumanizing organization.
John 6:68. Did you understand what it says ? It is Jesus ( not an Organization ) that has the words of eternal life. According to the Bible you simply go to him… John 6:35 Again, quite clear, Jesus says ” I am the bread of life. He that comes to ME will not get hungry at all…” No reference to being fed ” …food at the proper time..” ( by an Organisation founded in the 1870`s ?). The interpretation of one of many parables at Matthew 24 to jusify what the “..imperfect men in the lead..” say about the “faithful and discreet slave” has no Biblical/ exegetical justification at all. It is simply made up!The Organisation have no recognised Biblical scholars and have long been noted for their lack of scholarship.They do, however, know how to alter the Greek text( in the New World Translation )to fit in with their theology!
You mention ” Jehovah`s kingdom”- have you attempted to read the Bible and do a study on what the Bible says on the subject of the “Kingdom”. Use a Greek /English Interlinear to help you in your Biblical study. Wescot and Hort used to be used by JWs. I do not think it is used these days – the Greek text shows serious problems in the New World translation. This is all material you can research. Ok?

You seem to have put your trust in a group of men in New York. Do examine what they claim( like the Boreans). Continue to follow your deep instinct – the fact that you have looked at JW survey shows you feel some freedom to research.Don’t be captive to a concept.
Your mind/life was not meant to be held captive by an organisation – freedom/truth lie ahead for you. Just continue to do research; there are plenty of exellent material on the internet. Let your bible trained conscience guide you.

If the “announcements” made by this organization concerning “Jehovah’s Kingdom” have always been wrong, how can we hold that up as a reason to stay in the Org? When I was a JW the “announcement of Jehovah’s Kingdom” was that the folks who saw 1914 would live to see the kingdom on earth. That announcement has been proven dead wrong. It was a false prophecy!No amount of clarification, refinement nor adjustment can make it right.

What sort of organization makes false prophecies? A true or a false prophet? The answer is as obvious as what your next step should be (Deut 18).

Let’s call spade a spade

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In recent congregation bible study, the book discuss how the “truth” is progressive…..
18 Just as Jehovah progressively revealed truths about the Kingdom in the period leading up to 1914, he continues to do so during the time of the end. As Chapters 4 and 5 of this book will show, over the past 100 years, God’s people have had to adjust their understanding on a number of occasions. Does that fact mean that they do not have Jehovah’s backing? On the contrary! He supports them. Why? Because those who fear Jehovah have displayed two qualities that he loves—faith and humility. (Heb. 11:6; Jas. 4:6) Jehovah’s servants have faith that all the promises in God’s Word will come true. They show humility when they admit that they misunderstood exactly how those promises would be fulfilled. That humble attitude is reflected in the March 1, 1925, issue of The Watch Tower, which said: “We know that the Lord is his own interpreter, that he will interpret his Word to his people in his own good way and in his own due time.”
19 When the Kingdom was established in 1914, God’s people had only partial knowledge of how prophecies relating to the Kingdom would be carried out. (1 Cor. 13:9, 10, 12) In our zeal to see God’s promises fulfilled, we have on occasion drawn wrong conclusions. Over the years, the wisdom of another statement made in The Watch Tower quoted in the preceding paragraph has become apparent. The article stated: “It seems to be a safe rule to follow, that prophecy can not be understood by us until it is fulfilled or in the course of fulfillment.” Now that we are deep into the time of the end, many Kingdom prophecies have been and are being fulfilled. Because God’s people are humble and willing to be corrected, Jehovah has allowed our understanding of his purpose to become more complete. True knowledge has become abundant!
Refinements in Understanding Sift God’s People
20 When Jehovah refines our understanding of truth, our heart condition is tested. Will faith and humility move us to accept the changes? Christians living in the middle of the first century faced such a test. For example, imagine that you were a Jewish Christian living at that time. You deeply respect the Mosaic Law and take pride in your national heritage. Now you receive inspired letters from the apostle Paul stating that the Law is no longer binding and that Jehovah has rejected natural Israel in favor of gathering a spiritual Israel made up of both Jews and Gentiles. (Rom. 10:12; 11:17-24; Gal. 6:15, 16; Col. 2:13, 14) How would you have responded?
21 Humble Christians accepted Paul’s inspired explanation and were blessed by Jehovah. (Acts 13:48) Others resented the refinements and wanted to cling to their own understanding. (Gal. 5:7-12) If they would not change their viewpoint, those individuals would lose the opportunity to be corulers with Christ.—2 Pet. 2:1.
22 In recent decades, Jehovah has refined our understanding of the Kingdom. For example, he has helped us to see more clearly when those who will be subjects of the Kingdom are to be separated from unresponsive ones as sheep are separated from goats. He has also taught us when the full number of the 144,000 will be filled, what the Kingdom illustrations given by Jesus mean, and when the last of the anointed will be raised to heavenly life.How do you respond to such clarifications? Is your faith strengthened? Do you see them as evidence that Jehovah continues to educate his humble people? The following material in this book will reinforce your conviction that Jehovah is progressively revealing his purpose to those who fear him.

Comments:
1. So really prophesy can only interpreted by what has happened? Sort of defeats the purpose of prophesy. In fact the whole study seems utterly ridiculous and blatant.
2. Clear cut errors are called refinement adjustment and progressive clarification. Your current understanding could be wrong in future. This can’t be Truth.
3. Teaching that the parable of FDS changed from all anointed ones to mean only GB. Progressive revealing of truth is not taught in the Bible ever. Jehovah and Jesus taught it right first time, every time and stood the test of time.

4. Being faithful and humble does not relieve one from responsibility of teaching errors. Life have been lost from its abstain from blood teachings. Time stolen from avoid higher education teaching. GB need to be responsible over what they taught while claiming to be acting under God’s direction.

Cool facts about donations

Do you know that the Circuit, Regional and SDA coventions are huge money makers for Society? You’ll notice there’s always a “deficit” mentioned during the announcements. Before the assembly even begins, Watchtower knows how many publishers should be attending and assigns a per publisher rate, like an attendance fee. Once they multiply the per publisher rate times the expected publishers attending, they have the desired cash amount they expect to receive even before the programs begin! Plus hall or room rental, total sum “incurred” explains the constant “deficit” required for donations during assembly.
It’s always good to know more about your Organization.