About to leave work and haven't read this all (but I will - peace to you, all!), and wanted to address:
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“I myself will search for my sheep, says Jehovah, and I will care for them. I will care for my sheep like a shepherd who has found his scattered sheep and is feeding them. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered.”
They entire miss the POINT... what JAH is SAYING. He is NOT saying that He will search for His sheep
through some GB-Wanna-Be-FDS and its minions. He is SAYING... that
HE will search for His sheep.
He HIMSELF. That
HE will care for them.
HE will rescue them.
He WILL... and He only uses ONE Person to do that: His Son, the HOLY One of Israel and HOLY Spirit, JAHESHUA, the Chosen One of JAH (MischaJAH). He has not sent ME to search for His sheep - He has sent CHRIST.
How, though, does CHRIST "search" for those sheep? Two (2) ways:
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"... the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice."2. "...
whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’"I can only tell folks ABOUT him; I can't make them listen, come to, or obey him. None of us can. In TELLING folks, I am only demonstrating MY faith. Obeying him on MY behalf, and that of my own household Not dictating as to THEIR faith, or THEIR place with him. Which is why I TRY to let folks that it doesn't MATTER... to ME... whether they listen to ME or not.
I can't "make disciples," per se. NONE of us can. ALL we can do is LIVE what he is teaching us and so by our EXAMPLE, others want to KNOW about him... about the One who is calling THEM, too... and then HE chooses them (
John 15:16). When we "search out those deserving," we are not going to people's doors with some smarmy message about "Jeezus loves you!" or "Jeehovah loves you!". We go... "from city to city" and as we go those who are "deserving" are
those who treat us... and treat EVERYONE... as they would a "brother." They don't treat us well because we ARE Christ's brothers; they treat us well... because they treat EVERYONE well, INCLUDING Christ's brothers, whom they don't even know is among them!
Matthew 25:37-39; Hebrews 13:2; Genesis 18:2-8, 19:2, 3Sorry... on a bit of a tear here, I know...
The next item, as to what's on Mr. Morris'
mind (well, actually, there's nothing.... because he has no (real) mind, so let's just say, what he SAYS is on his "mind"):
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I'm convinced it's because He knows when He's bringing the end. And the elders will tell you through Circuit Overseers and direction from the Faithful Slave, there's been a determined effort to reach out to the inactive in the past couple years. Well, frankly, it tells me Jehovah's urgent about this. It's serious business...
Well, we can certainly see what... or rather WHO... is NOT on Mr. Morris' mind... and whose mind he does NOT have (and so, really has no mind, at least, not as someone who claims to serve God. Who's missing? Christ. Where in the WORLD is HE in Mr. Morris' mind? Non-existent. The idjit can "see" the WTBTS elders. He can "see" the WTBTS CO's. He can "see" the WTBTS FDS. But... he obviously CAN'T see Christ. Or...
hear him. Why? Because CHRIST... isn't SPEAKING to Mr. Morris? No. Because Mr. Morris... isn't LISTENING to Christ. No, per HIM, THEY (FDS/GB, CO's, elders) tell him! Makes me wanna slap the...
No, no... no violent thoughts. But I tell you, what compassionate person would NOT want to slap the daylights out of wolf, when they see it's slobbering mouth about to devour a poor lamb? Not kill the wolf (I'm a dog lover, so...), but I would pop it one, I would. Kick it even.
And he is just one of several ravenous wolves... and blasphemous putz... this man. He AND his pack of wolfie-cronies.
Lordy, if folks don't get OUT of her - they are surely going to share in her sins... and receive part of her plagues. SURELY.
Okay, okay... done. Gotta shut it down and go home. Will come back and read in detail later.
Peace to you, all!
Your servant and a slave of Christ,
Shel