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Its funny how many born ins can't understand what the beliefs are...
I truly had NO idea, dear WS (mornin' and peace to you!). I mean, I understood that perhaps the children and teens didn't understand (they hadn't "made the trooth their own", yet). But based on the ADULTS I know and have known, who were raised JWs... I truly thought MOST adult JWs knew and understood. At least, way more than I am learning they do!
I remember being SO confused on another site when sharing scriptures, verses, accounts... and folks who had been JWs as adults not having a clue. I was like, "What do you mean, you don't know who 'Joseph' was??" I just did not get that.
That's one of the reasons I included SO many verses, scriptures, etc. Because I started to realize that MOST of them didn't know their Bible. I thought, though, that they at LEAST knew their "WTBTS" (current) doctrines. That, too, was a (bit of a) shock.
Now, I'm just understanding that many who profess a union with Christ... don't know Christ. Forgive me, I do not mean that personally. Not directed at ANYONE in particular. Just sharing my surprise. I mean, I thought I was past being surprised when it came to JWs/exJWs... but apparently, I'm not. This misperception is a GREAT reason for why I "speak" to you dear ones as I often DO: I have assumed you KNOW... because our dear Lord speaks to ME, as if you do.
But perhaps he's trying to say one should STOP saying they "know"... even
ACTING like they know... when in TRUTH... they do NOT. As he said to the Pharisees:
"Because you SAY you see (when they DIDN'T)...
you sin REMAINS."Dear VG (peace to you!), commented that the JW agenda is primarily pushing that they are RIGHT. And that is TRUE. If we still have that tendency, that need... to be RIGHT... then we haven't shaken off that particular piece of baggage. I mention that because you are not the only one to lament (to me) about not being right. Again... IT IS NOT ABOUT US. Being right or ANYTHING.
It's about CHRIST being right. Hence, we have to look to HIM for what is right... and true... and not to OURSELVES. If OUR being right is important to us, then the Adversary will use that. As he does with JWs. As he does with atheists. To lead us AWAY from Christ.
If CHRIST being right, however, if what's MOST important... THEN we can be led... into ALL truth. Because HIS truth will be what's most important... and acceptable... even if it's not EASY.
In needing to be right, we seek our own "glory," not his. But as the writer said:
"Let GOD be found true... though EVERY MAN a LIAR."If we lie... and WE all have/do... we ARE liars. That's not an affront; that is a statement of TRUTH. The MOST HOLY One of Israel, JAH of Armies, however, does not lie. CANNOT lie. Nor does His Son, whose mouth ALWAYS speaks what is true, what is upright.
Proverbs 8:4-7 Hence, we are to learn from HIM, listen to HIM... and speak HIS truth. Seek the kingdom... and HIS righteousness. Not be concerned about ourselves... and seek our
own righteousness.
We
seek our own, though, when we're worried about what PEOPLE "think" of us (which is why we "need" to be right)... and not when we we're worried about what
JAH and Christ think of us. When we're worried about what THEY think (of us)... we seek THEIR righteousness. Because that's how we (can) "gauge" whether where we ARE (with them). By THEIR righteousness... not our own.
I hope that helps, dear one... truly.
ALWAYS YSSFS of Christ,
Shel