This man missed the mark again. As he usually does. His own words condemn him. His explanation of Prov.4:18,19 shows you how wrong he is. Prov.4:18 tells us that the understanding of certain passages of the bible will require gradual understanding. And in the book of Daniel it supports this. Daniel is told to keep the words secret and sealed up until the time of the end. Dan.12:4 And in 12: 8, Daniel says that even he did not understand what he was inspired to write. And the things that Daniel did not understand and was told to keep sealed had to do with the outworkings of the time of the end. Other teachings in the bible was clearly understood. And if you examine the new light that is revealed by Jehovah's Witnesses, it is always about the time of the end. Their major teachings, such as who God is, the Kingdom, death and salvation, etc, has never changed. JW was chosen by Jesus to preach the good news of the kingdom to the world and they have been very successful at this. No other faith even knows what the good news of the kingdom is. And this is what Prov.4:19 teaches, It says that "the way of the wicked is like the darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble." And false religion still believes in false doctrine such as the trinity and hellfire. They are involved in politics and fight in the wars of this satanic world. They are still waiting to float away to heaven. And they teach that Jesus is going to resurrect all of mankind and parade them in front of a white throne and kill them again for the same sins that they have already died for. And still, they have the nerve to criticize JW for the "New Light" that is given to us. Just as this man is doing. He never criticizes false religion for their false doctrines. But God guides his people and gives them food at His time. You don't feed a baby solid food. Nor do you teach a child all of the deep things about life. When the disciple of Jesus asked him if he was restoring the kingdom at this time. Jesus answered by saying that it does not belong to you to know the times or seasons...... Acts1:6,7 Or in other words, it was not time for them to know when this will happen. Imagine the effects if Jesus told them that the kingdom won't come for another 2000 years. And so from time to time, imperfect JW thinks that they know what the bible says about these last days. But in some cases, they have went ahead of God's purpose. And so they had to adjust their teachings But God's people are still on the right track. While other faiths still do not even know at what they stumble. And I expect and very much look forward to other "New Light" as we rapidly get closer and closer to the end of this system.
Thank you so much for this, @MrRklewis. Now for the rebuttal. Kenneth is also parroting the Organization’s interpretation of Proverbs 4:18 but he’s ignoring all the evidence presented in this video to contradict that teaching. Next: @MRRKLEWIS: And in the book of Daniel it supports this. EW: No, it doesn’t. Actually, using Daniel chapter 12 to support the teaching so Jehovah’s Witnesses is a good example of their failed method of Bible study, eisegesis: imposing one’s interpretation onto a Bible account or passage. Exegesis is the proper study method. Here’s how to study Daniel 12: ruclips.net/video/ZpVWCds7W0Y/видео.html Daniel’s words in chapters 11 and 12 do speak of the time of the end, but it’s the end of the Jewish system of things. (See Acts 2:17-21) Next: @MRRKLEWIS: And the things that Daniel did not understand and was told to keep sealed had to do with the outworkings of the time of the end. EW: Correct. That is what was revealed in the Last Days, the end of Israel. The sacred secret was revealed: (Mark 4:11-13; Romans 16:25-27) Next: @MRRKLEWIS: Their major teachings, such as who God is, the Kingdom, death and salvation, etc, has never changed. EW: Not true. The salvation hope changed in 1934 when Rutherford created a two-class system of Salvation by creating a false and wholly unscriptural salvation hope for the other sheep of John 10:16. In so doing, he changed the message of the good news, bringing a curse. (Galatians 1:6-9) For evidence, see ruclips.net/video/1DKRMwjz63M/видео.html Next: @MRRKLEWIS: And false religion still believes in false doctrine such as the trinity and hellfire. EW: Not all false religion believes in the trinity and hellfire. For example, Jehovah’s Witnesses do not, but they are still part of false religion because they teach other falsehoods. And they get involved in politics: ruclips.net/video/_-MQDBOAvaw/видео.html Next: @MRRKLEWIS: He never criticizes false religion for their false doctrines. EW: What?! What do you think I’ve been doing for the past five years? Oh, right. You think JWs are not false religion. News flash: All religion is false. ruclips.net/video/lhIMYHM0F0I/видео.html Next: @MRRKLEWIS: Jesus answered by saying that it does not belong to you to know the times or seasons...... Acts1:6,7 Or in other words, it was not time for them to know when this will happen. EW: Correct. And the bumbling along of the Watchtower’s new light proves that for the past 144 years, Jesus words to his disciples are still as true and applicable as they were in 33 C.E.
@@BeroeanPickets Jesus answered by saying that it does not belong to you to know the times or seasons...If they had listened to and obeyed Christ Jesus,1914 would not of been Taught..
For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the wholesome teaching, but according to their own desires, they will surround themselves with teachers to have their ears tickled. They will turn away from listening to the truth and give attention to false stories. Timothy 4:3-4 They exchanged the truth of God for the lie and worshipped and rendered sacred service to the creation rather than the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen. Romans1:25. But the lawless one’s presence is by the operation of Satan with every powerful work and lying signs and wonders and every unrighteous deception for those who are perishing, as a retribution WHY?because they did not accept the love of the truth in order that they might be saved. 2Thessalonians 9-10.
MrRklewis When Eric talks about the false doctrines of false religion, that includes the false doctrines of the religion that call themselves Jehovah's Witnesses. Have you been making all these comments about what Eric puts in his videos WITHOUT even watching his videos? You've given such a pat resumé of Watchtower's teachings that you sound ready to attend Gilead. Gilead is an echo chamber where you'll be fed a steady diet of yet MORE Watchtower teachings. Those teachings will leave you spiritually starved. The Governing Body doesn't care about you, your future, your spirituality, or your physical health. The Governing Body isn't the mediator between God and man. The Governing Body are "front men" for the Watchtower corporation; they are not spiritual men passing on decisions from God. They do keep the rank and file whipped up emotionally with "new light". Oh wow! Bunkers. Go bags. And passing on to the JWs "God's" latest decision that you don't need to keep track of your hours in field service. The Boy Scouts of America could have come up with better "new light" than the Governing Body has given you.
When I was a witness, the seed was planted into my mind that I could not understand the Bible without the organization. Therefore I never allowed myself to really understand what the Bible was really saying . We were made to feel so unworthy through watchtower propaganda & therefore became slaves to men. Thank you so much for your videos. I always look forward to them
Not on bread alone must man live , but by every word coming from Gods mouth. The manna Jehovah miraculously provided sustained the entire nation of lsrael as they wandered through the wilderness. Thinking of that word 'wandered..' It gives the impression that thr route they took was not direct as if heading purposefully in a straight line/ as the bird flies.. Maybe they visited an area once in the past and they find themselves there another year..wandering.. Spiritually wandering might be the idea worth meditating upon..with interpretations and explanations we ve considered and there's been a back and forth over it.. Why Jehovah would have this kind of phenomena in place for his people might not strike us as sensible.. If l may lllustrate : An Army commander might have his reasons for ordering the new recruits to do some menial task with the wrong tool..scrub down the barracks with a hand brush..where a bigger brush does the job more effectively.. The commander knows that in the future this training is invaluable in the lessons it teaches the recruits..it may make the difference between life and death.. His greater knowledge provides a better perspective. Jehovah is looking for people that he can use..adaptable..meek.. Not ones that are unwilling to be versatile.. In the coming paradise settings , he knows that those who are moldable adapt to new circumstances best. No wonder Jesus chose his word carefully saying ' Happy are the MEEK since they shall inherit the earth !' (He did not say happy are those who are right..this easily allows us to. attach pride..to knowledge..knowledge puffs up) Allowing Jehovah to mold us as the great Potter..we show ourselves to be the clay. (Isa 64:8) . Note : In reading the bible, a good additional aspect to assist in gaining a deeper understanding of a subject ..or in answering a question we might come across..is to consider not only WHAT IS SAID..but also WHAT IS NOT SAID about a matter or thing. Employing critical thinking in this way can be quite revealing .
Seasons make different foods at the right time available..food..at the right time for it. FOOD keeps us alive..when it's old it's no longer suitable.. Jah has made us in a way that we are reliant on food..regularly..its a pleasure to eat also..we would miss out too ,if we never smelled or tasted the food in all its variety.. Dependence on him is a lesson we need to learn. Adam and Eve failed in that regard..since we know that fact..should we not learn from that ..and not follow them in their error ?
I have been disfellowshipped for 40 years. Not by choice. I made serious efforts to be reinstated, even had other elders recommending me for reinstatement. The elders that disfellowshipped me kept me disfellowshipped in order to keep me from exposing the crimes they committed against me. I can still have them as well as my ex-wife put in jail for decades, I haven`t seen my children for years and I have no idea how many grandchildren I have. When things like this happen to you, you feel like it`s only happening to you. Now, after all these years I understand I have never been alone. Others in my congregation were being persecuted as badly as I was (even other elders) Now, I am seeing so many others leaving, disappointed and abused. It`s somewhat of a relief to finally understand that this has always been a false religion, however, I still grieve every day for this loss of my children and my former religion.
I confident that all will be put right. Despite the pain you’ve had to endure, the guilty will have to answer for all the wickedness they have practiced. And your children and grandchildren will come to see the light of truth. Just have faith in our Heavenly Father. ❤
That’s horrible I’m in your same position. But the fact of the matter is you’re better off without them, you’re smarter, you’re stronger, etc. Stay strong brother.
They really exposed their attitude when Winder said they dont need to apologise. People have lost their lives and have been severely harmed because of their error in doctrine. To say they dont have to apologise shows their arrogant, haughty attitude. Unless they repent as an organisation, they can hardly expect gods approval and blessing. Thanks for the video. Keep exposing Watchtower lies
Jeremiah 6:15 15 Do they feel ashamed of the detestable things they have done? They feel no shame at all! They do not even know how to feel humiliated!v So they will fall among the fallen. When I bring punishment on them they will stumble,” says Jehovah.
Outstanding job in utilizing the scriptures, my brother. The Organization have been notorious for hopscotching around passages, manipulating context, & then creating a Frankenstein of said passages together to create their theology. Saying there’s no need to apologize, calling themselves uninspired in one breath, while insinuating they are God’s modern day prophets in another is wild.
It took me a good 10 years to get out from under all the indoctrination that these grifters pounded into my young mind. I never understood why so many ex-JW's were so angry but I now do. Watching these guys twist scripture and inflict such damage on people who are searching for a safe place makes my blood boil. Thank you for explaining in a straightforward way without malice and anger.
Yeshua our Saviour loves you. Trust Him like a Child whom He saved from Drowning and you eternally saved. No Re lie gion or false "prophets" needed. We can also allways speak with Jesus as we would to a good Friend.
When did you officially leave the cult and what prompted you to get out? I woke up in Jan 2021 and tried to fade, but fading didn’t work for me because the elders had become so purist about meeting attendance (and many other things,) that when i missed even one meeting, they were on me like white on rice. I put up with it for another four months and finally i got to the point where i couldn’t, WOULDN’T do it for even more day and I disassociated on May 28 2021. Buh Bye!
@@Caracaraorangeberry And that's it. Most of the people who say don't play by their rules to disassociate are still living in fear and by their rules or fake authority because they feel the need to keep dodging them and coming up with an excuse for non attendance. When you know that you have truly had enough and you don't need a JW family to help support you, and you have JWs who refuse to stop darkening your doorstep, cut the cord by whatever means you feel necessary to get that peace of mind and to help you to grow in your mental and spiritual truth without toxicity.
It took me more than 3 decades to know that these men are spiritual con men. It can't be more evident why these charlatans aren't comfortable with followers that read the bible alone, ask questions and think for themselves with the help of holy spirit. Live long Eric!!! Please, keep on exposing their falsehoods. Anxiously awaiting your next video. Great thanks.
That's a great point you made that the Watchtower's flipping and flopping on doctrines is more like them stumbling around in the dark, rather than light getting brighter, & brighter.
I truly appreciate all your hard work very thankful you did not give up but did ReDiscover a true spirituality in God and was given a new spirit to share the deception of the Pharisees in our modern times
Eric, your insights and teachings are evidence that people can discern clearly what the scriptures say without the need of "new light". Keep up the good work!
Brother Eric I was LIVID with this talk given by this governing body member ,they will not apologize for their many false TEACHINGS because as they say ,it comes from God and his spirit, in effect they are saying, apology is on God, blasphemy.
When they reversed the decision about alternative service not only did they not apologize but they blamed those that went to jail for by saying it was a personal choice which was insulting
As a JW myself of 35 yrs+ but... somewhat faded, i would like just ONE question truthfully answered yet no one in any JW authority has ever done so and it is this: if you say you are not inspired by God, then how can you claim to be "Gods channel of communication"? All in the bible that were used as God's communication were ALL inspired because that's precisely what it means. To claim to be God's channel where the HS moves you or reveals to you to say, speak, teach or do anything is by very definition, being "inspired" by God. Otherwise ANYONE can say, I am God's spokesman and God is revealing secrets to me .... but then to say I dont claim to be inspired simply means that you are passing off your own interpretations as divine guidance , and yes, in that case you definitely are NOT inspired. Having the track record of failed predictions over the past 100+ yrs, it is VERY CLEAR that the JW Ministry of Truth is at least correct in this admission: They are NOT inspired at all. Based on the Bible itself, there is NO example of ANY true prophet or God's channel of communication or spokesperson that has made ANY failed predictions or statements or prophecy that were not accurate. NONE. That alone shows that they CANNOT be the "true channel" even if self proclaimed. No amount of self serving, delusional & self congratulatory and self convincing smooth public talk deliveries and then projecting that belief across to thousands of others (on pain of disfellowship if any should publicaly disagree) actually makes you God's communication tool or as the JW like to say, we are "in the truth". The proof is in the results. Jesus himself said.. "By their fruits you will RECOGNISE them"... And what are those very obvious "fruits"? Fruits of the holy spirit they will say. So is the HS now revealing selected partly or wholesale falsehoods that need to be changed later? Is the HS moving select men to make revealed proclamations and interpretations that entirely contradict statements of "revealed truth" from the past? Are past moments of "revealed light" ( by HS) that were presented then as unquestionable "truth" but which now are considered utterly false and would be a disfellowshippable offence if talked about in any serious way?? What kind of self delusional nonsense is that?? So dear GB members, please explain!!
The truth that is being revealed, is that it was never God's purpose for men to be the spiritual guides to other men. Jer.10:23 brings this out. But still, God did choose men to shepherd the congregation. Knowing full well that they can only do so much. The Governing Body can and will take us to and into the door of the New World. And thankfully, then, perfect Kings and Priests will take over from there. The GB is coming to the realization that they do not have all of the answers. Which is a very humbling experience. And they have overlooked and minimized scriptures such as Acts 2:17. Where God says that He will pour out his spirit on "EVERY" sort of flesh. And 1Cor. 12 where it says that there are many gifts given to men. They didn't realize that there are people in the Kingdom Hall that have different gifts. And when the GB comes out with their "New Light," it wasn't new light to these members with their gifts. They were just waiting on the GB to finally figure some things out. Many times I have shared the "New Light" with some of the friends and to my surprised, none of them thought that the GB had it right the first time. But as God said, "Be wise my son. And let my heart rejoice, so that I can give a reply to the one who is taunting me." Prov.27:11 And so these members respected the arrangement set up by God. And we waited patiently for the GB to catch up. We didn't go on You Tube and complain and disrespect the arrangement by God. We really respected what was told to us to wait on Jehovah. And why? It was because we knew that Jehovah has given us the sayings to everlasting life. We held on to what we knew was 100% correct. And we waited on the things to be changed that we knew were or seem incorrect. We know that no other faith teaches that there is going to be a 1000 year reign of Christ, in which billions of people will be resurrected and they will be given their real first chance at everlasting life. That is the wonderful message of the kingdom. And that has not changed. We knew that God is Jehovah and He is not a trinity god. We knew that our God is not going to torture people in a hellfire. And we knew that our king, Jesus, wanted us to teach the world the good news of the kingdom. These other things that have changed are more policy than actually scriptural changes. And because we know what the kingdom is and what it will do for mankind, Jesus still chose imperfect men to bring this message to the world. And this we did. Jesus is gathering the firstfruits of mankind, that understood the kingdom to be the foundation members of the new world. And as Isaiah 2:4, God says that in the new world, he will set matters straight respecting many peoples. And if you were a "WISE" person, as Jehovah instructed us to be, then you would have hung onto this scripture in Isaiah. If you were wise, then you would ask yourself, "What if there wasn't any Jehovah's Witnesses on earth. What will happen. " Then you would realize the impact that would be on the world. No one would know who Jehovah is and His wonderful qualities. No one would know that billions will be resurrected back to the earth and why. No one would know what it means to "Let your Will be done on earth, as it is done in heaven." No one would know that Jesus was only gathering those who would reign with him in heaven when he opened up that opportunity in the first century. No other faith would know what to do if they were the only faith that survived the great tribulation and only they were left on earth. No one would even care about the sovereignty of Jehovah's name. Nor would they have a bible that has not removed Jehovah's name from its pages. So, you see, we have a lot to be thankful for and this is what you should be concentrating on. These other things will mean nothing in the new world. There will be no disfellowshipping, no turning in time, no issue with facial hair. No flip flopping of understanding scriptures. None of the silly stuff that will be long forgotten. The knowledge of Jehovah will cover the earth. We do not have this now. But I and millions of other JW look forward to that time. "For we have partial knowledge and we prophesy partially. But when what is complete comes, what is partial will be done away with." 1Cor.13:9,10
Once again thank you Eric. Your words ring true with my life experience when I was part of this organisation. I always thought how the message we received in the bible was simple and clear with no need for further interpretation. Jesus words and love for mankind can be understood by anyone in any language. As a child I witnessed first hand the horrific scars inflicted on a poor brother from Malawi who refused to buy a political party card due to the stance that this organisation had drummed into him, his wife and children were murdered and he fled to Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Many years later I heard how exemption from compulsory conscription into the army in Mexico was bought by brothers facing the same neutrality issue with no consequence to their standing with the organisation, it was clear to me from this point on that the organisation does not have love at its core. If God gave us free will why would he have to use psychological blackmail to stop us using it?
Jesus was not white the way he s been portrayed . See rev 4:2&3. That fact opens up a new outlook..as the original Jews too were not white either. Abraham was from Ur..but art of those times depicts the people of the land as broad nosed thick lipped woolly haired and dark skinned... Those to experience the maledictions as recorded at deut 28( latter half) . Perhaps..though unjust *from our perspective to mistreat darker toned souls, The hurt Jehovah experienced witnessing how they mistreated his Son at their hands.. really prompted his prophetic utterance against their descendants.. a prophecy reaching right down to our time !! Even transatlantic slavery of people of africa has a scriptural cause..its fulfillment of prophecy that we are witnessing !!* . The Governing body have to be fully tested ..(Christs future co rulers). Will the obvious resulting backlash ( from the plagues they've been striking the earth with, see rev 11:6) experienced now from the many campaigning ex jw ,s cause them to cave in..or will they show resolve in adhering to Gods standards..the two witnesses policy included..an interesting title..if you think about it..coincidentally.. ?.. not..lol ) They're supposed to be tested prior to Armageddon..true ??
C'est un plaisir de suivre une argumentation aussi bien construite, d'un Témoin d'une parfaite honneteté , "Ils se disent non inspirés mais agissent et parlent comme si ils étaient inspirés" cet exposé est un exemple d'insight, discernement dans la vraie voie, toutefois le don de l'esprit saint au premier siècle n'a pas été sans interrogations, errements, obscures vérités, les références à Jean sont parfois à prendre avec des pincettes, précaution.
The flip flops on the resurrection over the years was not added light but going back to original teaching then changed again for years yes to no no to yes.
I was taking a look at a pic of members of the Governing Body and asking myself: "Whom does these men think they are?" They are just full of it. I wish brothers and sisters just wake up to the ignorance. It's absolutely ridiculous. Men in fine suits, sitting around a conference table governing a corporation. When will JWs wake up from all of this and return to God's Word.
Acts 20:28 is what these men think they are. It is God's arrangement that men shepherd the congregation. So do you respect this arrangement establish by God. Because the devil did not respect it.
2:24 What Cook actually means is: are you ready to spread the spiritual darkness that the GB has given you....not to mention the actual source of that darkness? Can you guess who?
" This discussion has been"....EXCELLENT. But as I listened to the clips by the new governing body member, I realized how in my former life as a witness , I would have accepted everything that he said. It was carefully worded. I might not have accepted EVERYTHING. Like when he said that it was not necessary to apologize for past mis- steps. Then and now that makes me want to throw up.
I Lost respect for WT 2015 ARC.up until then I truly believed there was no way this Org would tolerate Molesters of Children/Pedophiles..I was crushed on how these victims where treated, and persecuted..
In the April 1, 1972 Watchtower, page 197, in the article “They Shall Know that a Prophet Was Among Them”, the second paragraph under the subheading “Identifying the Prophet”, it says “This prophet was not one man, but was a body of men and women … Today they are known as Jehovah’s Christian Witnesses.” This doesn’t specify only the Governing Body, so you might infer that they are saying ALL JWs are modern day prophets. In any event, they have had a long history of having many of their prophesies turn out to be false, both before 1972 (when that article was written) as well as since then.
Dear Eric, this is such a great and important video and it would be nice if you would also release it in German, it's always not that easy with the subtitles. You are doing such wonderful educational work, I hope a lot of people will wake up
Working on it! A member of our community produces German videos using voiceover. Here's the link to the German Channel. ruclips.net/channel/UCJWYOJOZgTsJhxtNYX8SenA
Furthermore, by admitting they are NOT INSPIRED ( Im surprised that they actually do admit that - although they really cant say otherwise given their record speaks for itself) they are then assuming the authority from God that inspiration confers. They are saying, yes we are NOT inspired but, that doesnt matter, we say that you must take our word AS IF it WERE inspired. They are anointing themselves their own authority to CLAIM to be the "one and only" spokes channel of God. That of course comes with consequences. Yet the great irony is that at the recent Australian Royal Commission into child abuse, when GB member Geoffrey Jackson was asked by the court if they ( the GB in particular) considered themselves Gods "sole spokes people" on earth ... did he give an unequivocal and unashamed answer of "yes we do"? But No !! ... he is on record of saying instead .."that it would be presumptuous to say that we ( the GB) are the only spokes people on earth for God ..." whereupon Jackson then tried to deflect what he said and stated that God could be using any JW for that purpose not just " the GB". Can I say with no hesitation that if ANY rank and file JW came out and said that Jehovah/ God was communicating thru them in any shape or form ESPECIALLY in regards to scripture interpretation, they would be considered mentally defective, mentally diseased, an apostate and be punted out / disfellowshipped & shunned faster than Jesus could hand out fishes and loaves to the thousands asking for food on that day.
So true - the large number of SA complaints, and failure to protect children, which have been ignored or covered up by the Borganization for decades, clearly show the GB are NOT "spirit appointed men" ... unless they are appointed by an evil spirit.
The GB claims that in the first century, was a GB in Jerusalem. That is a clear contradiction, with what the apostle Paul said to the Corinthians. The apostle Paul wasn't a part of the GB since he was a missionary and not station in Jerusalem. When they are proclaiming that they are the FDS,and they are receiving their new light from Jehovah, but from their other side of their mouth, they're saying that they are not inspired. It's like saying that they are making a phone call without possessing a phone
"in the first century, was a GB in Jerusalem." Yep. They were called the Pharisees! They were "from their father, the devil. They did Satan's will and killed God's Son. "He will bruise you in the head, and you will bruise Him in the heel."
Yes, the apostle Paul, upon converting, did not go to Jerusalem to receive guidance from the supposed GB. He went straight to his preaching work. Which proves that there was NO governing body in Jerusalem. And furthermore, the 12 apostles of Jesus who resided in Jerusalem were INSPIRED BY GOD and their writings were INERRANT. Which NEVER happened with the GB of Jehovah's witnesses. Galatians 1:15 - 17; The name "Christians" was also not resolved by the elders of Jerusalem, but rather by the elders of Antioch, which proves that God used any elder anywhere to reveal matters. Acts 11:26
WOW! I left about 22 years ago. The changes since then are incredible. Brings back memories of how everyone breathlessly awaited this "new light". Oh, how I wish I had studied critical thinking and knew what exegesis was back then. I really thought it was the "truth", but realize now it was only because everything else I looked into prior to JWs were even bigger waterless clouds! Anyway, so grateful to have recently stumbled across so much ex-JW content. In fact, I was shocked to find the sheer quantity, hmmm, why would that be? There's "new light" alright, just not the kind the org wants it to be. I've listened to "non-refugee" critics in an attempt to dispel lingering guilt and doubts about whether I made a huge mistake leaving. Their alternatives did not resonate and, after much unsatisfying "church-hopping", the question remained. Your content is so clear, and the answer is a resounding No. I can't wait to take in the rest of this series. And, fascinating quote from Russell! I never heard that before. Thank you for all of your work Eric!
Thanks Eric for putting these charlatans in their place. We continue praying for those who are still blinded by these men who are not interested in do God’s will but to do their god will, that one who lied from the beginning of creation. John 8:44. “ we are not fools “👏👏👏 Thanks so much…
The example and endurance of Job was quite a comparative for us today.. It's like a JOBOMETER...for us.. Where on the Job ~ o~meter am l ? Have l been through what he went through ?
Jeffrey just wants to tell us that Almighty God Yahvè is incomprehensible and that God is somehow mumbling when He gives His Spirit to the Governing Body for new light. Therefore, the Governing Body must constantly revise and install new light bulbs to make the new light even brighter. Jehovah is to blame, not the Governing Body, not Jeffrey. Grow a beard and be a man. Tell the truth that you failed. Thank you, dear Eric❤
The antichrist PLACE THEMSELVES IN THE TEMPLE. That..THAT is all that's required ..People don't have to agree with their placement of themselves ( in the temple ) do they ?!
Educate yourself on Romes influence over Gods people. Being black l noticed for some time..the original Jews etc.. youtube holds much info on that. See rev 4:2&3..& how it dovetails with second half of deut 28.
Dear Eric, I appreciate your broadcasts so much. I am impatiently looking forward to your next one I emailed three Jw elders highlighting their flip flopping in their AGM; over resurrection of those killed at Sodom and Gomorrah. To two of them, I just posed the questions about raising of the dead as spoken about by Jesus at John 5:28,29. They have both ignored me. The third, in addition to the AGM; I sent a link of Geoffrey Jackson giving evidence at the Royal Australian Commission. I asked "in light of Geoffrey Jacksons statement that it would be presumptuous of him to state that the GB; were the only ones to be given spiritual guidance, how can you justify labelling leavers who still have their Christian faith, as apostate and continue to shun them?" He at least replied, saying "I have no idea what you are talking about".! The mind boggles - still.
I also contacted three JW elders, but by phone. One had a Bible study waiting for him on zoom, so I'll call him another time. The two I spoke with, I told that Watchtower is a fraud. They disagreed with me, but did not hang up on me. I don't plan to call the two I've talked to again. When we do this, we are putting the full weight of everything those elders know about us as Christians against what we tell them about Watchtower. We do what we are able to do. Most people didn't believe Jesus himself.
@@vintage6346 Great, well done. You are absolutely right. Because we responded to the call to get out of her, it's hard to understand why these people are such hard nuts to crack. Never mind, we live to try another day.
Excellent video thanks 🙂 So true. The Watchtower Organization likes to cherry-pick scriptures reading into them what they want them to mean while ignoring the context.
I couldn't agree more. When reading their study books, or taking a Bible study, I found it hard to work out how some of the scriptures they quoted fitted in. It's clear now, they dont fit in. The society just rely on our not studying too diligently.
Watched a video from 2019 where David Splane, ‘Splanes away all the wrong interpretations Watchtower foisted on us by saying they didn’t understand the context of certain scriptural passages because Jehovah didn’t allow that! Yet even a casual reader of Biblical passages can see the context plain as day. A case in point is chapter 9 of Revelation where locusts are mentioned. The context in the surrounding scriptures plainly states these locusts are evil. When I was in that scripture was applied to witnesses doing the preaching work!! WE were the pesky locusts and were fulfilling prophecy! The context was clear as glass yet Watchtower wants us to believe that context was hidden from the GB until Jehovah revealed it to them! I have nothing but scathing disgust for this religion and the hardcore supporters of this vile brainwash!
Sophistry I will never apologize because I am never wrong, it's New Light. God's channel still was waiting clarification-more light. A permanent state of being Blind Guides.
Thanks Eric. Regarding Proverbs 4:18, you may want to refer to Psalm 1:1-4 the next time you use it in your videos. In verse 3 of that Psalm, it says of the righteous one, “everything he does will succeed”. Then in verse 4 it states: “The wicked one is not like that”, the same thing it states in Proverbs 4:19. Isn’t that proof that both passages of scripture are simply referring to different paths, and not to ongoing prophetic revelation?
The wisdom of God is for all , not a select group of men : James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. Jeremiah 31:34 “And they will no longer teach each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know Jehovah!’ for they will all know me, from the least to the greatest of them,” declares Jehovah. “For I will forgive their error, and I will no longer remember their sin.” John 6:45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by Jehovah.’ Everyone who has listened to the Father and has learned comes to me.
Thank you. good information. Yes GB WT JW all change mind and so many lives at stake. I guess when a publishing company that never put references from experts on the Watchtower or Awake magazines No educational background or support from true Bible or history experts
"The darkness is passing and the true light is ALREADY SHINING" 1 John 2:8 (Written almost 2000 years before the appearance of the Governing Body). When a light is SHINING, can it get any brighter?
''the GB is neither inspired nor infallible'', so its just there opinions, they have no real authority from God because when did God give them that authority if they are not inspired. Then they will say it is ''understanding''. So they are deciding doctrine that affects peoples lives based on their own personal understanding of the bible. So ultimately it is men telling you how to worship how to pray how to do this or that based on someone elses understanding enforced through their own literature. If there was no jw org or jw magazine would the average JW be able to understand the bible or stand on their own beliefs ?
They would have the same opportunity as us. Our Father would draw them to those with holy spirit. Look how Father has taught us at Eric's spiritual table. Father does use men. And a true Christian teacher would present the truth as he's come to understand it. But not as one lording it over God's sheep in claiming to be God's channel. Eric's teaching itself bares witness to his being directed by and blessed by the spirit of our heavenly Father.🌾
@@jan75643 yes the truth shall set you free. Have you ever heard the story of the life of Muhammad peace be upon him. I recommend to check it out one day.
Its very apparent that the governing body hasn't looked at scripture to help make decisions in a long time. The governing body makes decisions THEN looks to scripture to enforce their decisions.
Larry Love here on this Wednesday September 11, 2024? Are those governing body members teaching their members to have a change of heart to receive forgiveness of sins? And I want you people to know that those people who call themselves the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses are not perfect humans now! And did you hear that we have to wait a little more than 1,000 years to have a new earth with perfect humans and perfect conditions on earth😍👍🗽🗝️🌹👍
I seems they will never get it right even if Christ stand before them.... staring them in the face.... because they are sooo preoccupied... focusing with themselves rather than focusing on God's appointed ruler.....
how do they receive this light from God? back in the bible times, it was angels or prophets that would let people know. how they "receive" this new light?
How are they going to say "we're not inspired nor infallible" then use the word "confidence" in the same talk. Jehovah's witnesses will really believe anything they say. It blows my mind.
Mulțumesc mult Eric pentru munca depusa pentru adevăr si lumina care o faci in înțelegere a invataturi Bibliei As fi interesat dacă sar putea sa fie traduceri in limba română sa mă pot bucura de înțelegere.. IEHOVA sa-ți dea înțelepciune pentru o înțelegere a Adevarului Bibliei ..
“I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves." Zechariah 12:2,3
I was at a special talk given by Freddie Franz, in Glasgow, where he said the Watchtower had nothing to apologise for 1975. Moreover, at a special talk in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, where Albert Schroeder did apologise for failed expectations.
Freddie didn't apologize, but Albert did. Hmm. One characteristic of narcissism is an inability to recognize wrongdoing and an unwillingness to apologize.
Most of my JW friends are intelligent people. They can reason facts regarding politics, health issues, finances etc. But when you start a conversation about "the truth" their intelligence switches off. And when I corner them using Bible verses they start to talk nonsense! They try so hard to defend the undefendable that I start to feel sorry for them. How do they get to that state of mind I just do not know. The only explanation for this is a well known statement: "religion is the opium of the people"...
Sometimes they need congregation for business!for example agent of real estate,always has job,because recommending,the same think air conditioning business etc. Don’t even try I had several examples and apart from that,maybe that intelligent peoples,not so much intelligent as you think?
@@AdelaKershko Some of them for sure need the organisation for businesses matters. Some need "friends" for cover-up of excessive drinking they do together to vent off weekly sorrows. I get that. What I do not understand is that they cannot face the facts about their own religion.
@@lulubellers As I said I do not have valid explanation for their behaviour. I wish I had. They shut down common sense every time the Bible says otherwise than their beliefs. To the point that they are scared of me. I guess they are trained to regard me as an apostate. But how they get to that state of mind is a mystery for me.
One of the old light (now very false light) to "new light" transitions that seemed to go under the radar for many years in my opinion was the matter of when the "modern day" anointed came on to the scene. Pre 1980 - 90's or so, the prevailing thought was that all anointed were born pre-1935 because , as was revealed, at a major 1935 US convention the "other sheep" were identified as the "great crowd" and because of this "revelation from above" the door for being "of the anointed" was effectively closed and the focus was now on gathering the "other sheep". Anyone who was born some time after 1935 and claimed to be "of the anointed " was often looked on as "delusional" bordering on mentally defective. In any case this situation appeared acceptable because there were plenty of anointed about and being not too elderly fitted well into the JW narrative that the system was going to end imminently (certainly before 2000) and we would still be left with a small number of anointed to "see things thru". However as we started to get beyond 1990, the old anointed GB club were fast dying off, including those of the GB and the GB were starting to get anxious that things weren't exactly going to plan. In particular the seemingly obvious "generation" prophecy starting at 1914 being the revealed "clear truth" of the matter ( after all it couldnt be more obvious??) as was fast running out of participants and the criteria of who exactly made up "that generation that saw those things" needed to get the "new light" treatment and so began the updated interpretations liberally laced with such phrases as "evidently", "clearly" and "obviously" among others until we have the now convoluted multiple overlay generation theory that now applies , not to the other sheep as was so "obvious" back in the 1970's and prior, but no, it now applies to the anointed only whereby if you were born in the last hour of someone's ( of the anointed) last day on the planet, you were considered "part of their generation". Added to that, more than a few JWs born decades after 1935 started to get the "anointed" feeling and lo and behold the anointed gate had flung open once again (which is just as well as there would have been no "original" anointed left to be the communication channel between Jehovah and the lowly rank and file "other sheep" who would have had the very serious prospect of NO spiritual guidance at all !!!!). And so those with the anointed feeling have started to increase in number once again and the view now is that if one professes being "of the anointed" we should not be discouraging of such or view them with any judgmental inclinations for Jehovah will judge the fakes harshly it seems. So for me this has been another "revelatory truth" ( the joke being on the HS for transmitting the wrong pages of data) given by the leaders at the time that is now relegated to the fake file and has been replaced by the updated, "we cant say" and the infinite overlapping generational formula which will pretty much cover all contingencies going forward.
Hi Eric, Very impressive refutal of Winder's talk. I trust that you don't mind that and repeat and/or inlarge on some of your points below. Regards, Eric McA
I have the same impression after watching some of their videos! They know everything they say and produce is being watched by savvy and intelligent former witnesses who never fail to expose Watchtower’s hypocrisy. One video I saw was David Splane, looking as if he was totally aware of the wool he was trying to pull over the faithful’s eyes when he actually stated that the GB can only understand the context of scriptures when and if Jehovah allows it! This is supposed to defend their blatant cherry-picking of scriptures and the misapplication of same! Many times they deliberately ignore the context and press on with their ridiculous explanations. A case in point from their distant past was when I was still in…. The scriptures at Revelation 9:3-8 speak of locusts and Watchtower told us this was a prophecy of JWs doing the preaching work. Yet further on the context identifies these locusts as having as king the Destroyer from the pit, not Jehovah, (verse 11). From the NWT, silver addition. And who in the Bible is called “the Destroyer”… Satan. Context perfectly clear to anyone old enough to read!
Yes!..We now see these self elevated false prophets in the light of truth. They're outwardly squeaky clean. But inward they are filthy dirt smeared dungy idols. Mt 23:27 Good analysis Eric and look forward to your next banquet of good wholesome spiritual food!❤ Ps 124:6-8
I often find it strange that they use the idea that someone can't "handle" all of the light at one time, so there is the need for it to gradually get brighter. All of this 'light' comes in gradually for the organization. However, what about the new comer? What about the ones that they preach to. For them, this "light" will all come at once. They do not get that luxury of a gradual light spoken of. The logic of taking this scripture to mean an organizational understanding of God's word has always baffled me.
Funny he quotes 1 Corinthians 2. If you read chapter 1-4 you see that the Corinthians begin to trust in MEN by saying I belong to Paul , I belong to Apollo I belong to cefas . And Paul said you are walking in the flesh thinking that the wisdom of God comes from men. The church does the same today ( including watchtower) I belong to the pope , I belong to Luther , I belong to Calvin , I belong to Jospeh smit , I belong to governing body . People looking up to man for the wisdom of God. The governing body may be looking to God for wisdom , but they instruct their followers to trust in THEM for wisdom , not the Holy Spirit of God . They do the exact opposite of what Paul is teaching the congregation in Corinth . Paul pointed them to the spirit of God not to men.
Thank you, you are so right. Re: the GB, anyone with a thinking mind will see how much nonsense their claim is that they are directed by the Creator of the Universe, take a look at the Universe, Who are you, who are they?? These 9 little earth bound men, claim they have intimacy with ALMIGHTY GOD, How presumptuous, Take away their money, would they even want want to continue?? Form your own opinions. Freedom of Choice, Almighty Gods gift to us.
I think they never apologise is because it could be seen as admitting guilt, therefore creating even more law suits against them. They've got so many as it is if they were given more they might have to sell even more "kingdom halls"
At Luke 10:23, 24, Jesus spoke to his disciples."23 Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”" Watchtower surely objects to mere disciples seeing and hearing what prophets and kings didn't see or hear.
“ Their folly will be clear to everyone because they oppose the truth and although they keep always learning, they will never come to an accurate knowledge “ 2 Timothy 3: 9. “ these are men of depraved minds , who , as far as the faith is concerned , are rejected ; they are teachers who oppose the truth, the heavenly teachings of our God , his only begotten, and his holy ones. Deuteronomy 18:18,19; Acts 3:22,23; John 12:49,50; Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35. But , they will not get very far ; because their madness is evident to all those who have the anointed, just as our lord commanded his sheep . Jesus said to beg our Heavenly Father for the Anoiting of the Holy Spirit. We don’t have and neither recognize other teacher and leader than our only lord and owner, Jesus. Matthew 23:8. And we heed his instructions ; we rely on the Holy Spirit to tell us all the truth. John 16:13-15; 15:26,27; 14:18,26. These men can not deceive us because we listen to the voice of our only shepherd and he protects us; and absolutely no one will destroy us. We keep ourselves close to our Lord and we depend on the help of the Holy Spirit, so the wolves can’t deceive us. 1 John 2:26-29. These men are arrogant just like Satan, they think that they can replace God’s provisions of the Holy Spirit and our Lord, Jesus. Matthew 28:18; Philippians 2:9,10. These are clearly Satan ministers 2 Corinthians 4:4; 11:13-15; Revelation 12:9. The Holy Spirit does not need any light to teach all the truth, to guide, to protect God’s people. On the other hand, there men rely on a constantly changing light to keep teaching lies to their followers, we know who is the fallen angel who disguises himself as a teacher, as an angel of light to deceive humans from the very beginning. Those followers are not followers of Christ; because Christ’s followers heed his instructions. Father in the heavens, please deliver us from the wicked. Come lord Jesus.
This man missed the mark again. As he usually does. His own words condemn him. His explanation of Prov.4:18,19 shows you how wrong he is. Prov.4:18 tells us that the understanding of certain passages of the bible will require gradual understanding. And in the book of Daniel it supports this. Daniel is told to keep the words secret and sealed up until the time of the end. Dan.12:4 And in 12: 8, Daniel says that even he did not understand what he was inspired to write. And the things that Daniel did not understand and was told to keep sealed had to do with the outworkings of the time of the end. Other teachings in the bible was clearly understood.
And if you examine the new light that is revealed by Jehovah's Witnesses, it is always about the time of the end. Their major teachings, such as who God is, the Kingdom, death and salvation, etc, has never changed. JW was chosen by Jesus to preach the good news of the kingdom to the world and they have been very successful at this. No other faith even knows what the good news of the kingdom is.
And this is what Prov.4:19 teaches, It says that "the way of the wicked is like the darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble." And false religion still believes in false doctrine such as the trinity and hellfire. They are involved in politics and fight in the wars of this satanic world. They are still waiting to float away to heaven. And they teach that Jesus is going to resurrect all of mankind and parade them in front of a white throne and kill them again for the same sins that they have already died for. And still, they have the nerve to criticize JW for the "New Light" that is given to us. Just as this man is doing. He never criticizes false religion for their false doctrines. But God guides his people and gives them food at His time. You don't feed a baby solid food. Nor do you teach a child all of the deep things about life. When the disciple of Jesus asked him if he was restoring the kingdom at this time. Jesus answered by saying that it does not belong to you to know the times or seasons...... Acts1:6,7 Or in other words, it was not time for them to know when this will happen. Imagine the effects if Jesus told them that the kingdom won't come for another 2000 years.
And so from time to time, imperfect JW thinks that they know what the bible says about these last days. But in some cases, they have went ahead of God's purpose. And so they had to adjust their teachings But God's people are still on the right track. While other faiths still do not even know at what they stumble.
And I expect and very much look forward to other "New Light" as we rapidly get closer and closer to the end of this system.
Thank you so much for this, @MrRklewis.
Now for the rebuttal.
Kenneth is also parroting the Organization’s interpretation of Proverbs 4:18 but he’s ignoring all the evidence presented in this video to contradict that teaching.
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@MRRKLEWIS: And in the book of Daniel it supports this.
EW: No, it doesn’t. Actually, using Daniel chapter 12 to support the teaching so Jehovah’s Witnesses is a good example of their failed method of Bible study, eisegesis: imposing one’s interpretation onto a Bible account or passage. Exegesis is the proper study method. Here’s how to study Daniel 12: ruclips.net/video/ZpVWCds7W0Y/видео.html
Daniel’s words in chapters 11 and 12 do speak of the time of the end, but it’s the end of the Jewish system of things. (See Acts 2:17-21)
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@MRRKLEWIS: And the things that Daniel did not understand and was told to keep sealed had to do with the outworkings of the time of the end.
EW: Correct. That is what was revealed in the Last Days, the end of Israel. The sacred secret was revealed: (Mark 4:11-13; Romans 16:25-27)
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@MRRKLEWIS: Their major teachings, such as who God is, the Kingdom, death and salvation, etc, has never changed.
EW: Not true. The salvation hope changed in 1934 when Rutherford created a two-class system of Salvation by creating a false and wholly unscriptural salvation hope for the other sheep of John 10:16. In so doing, he changed the message of the good news, bringing a curse. (Galatians 1:6-9) For evidence, see ruclips.net/video/1DKRMwjz63M/видео.html
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@MRRKLEWIS: And false religion still believes in false doctrine such as the trinity and hellfire.
EW: Not all false religion believes in the trinity and hellfire. For example, Jehovah’s Witnesses do not, but they are still part of false religion because they teach other falsehoods. And they get involved in politics: ruclips.net/video/_-MQDBOAvaw/видео.html
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@MRRKLEWIS: He never criticizes false religion for their false doctrines.
EW: What?! What do you think I’ve been doing for the past five years? Oh, right. You think JWs are not false religion. News flash: All religion is false. ruclips.net/video/lhIMYHM0F0I/видео.html
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@MRRKLEWIS: Jesus answered by saying that it does not belong to you to know the times or seasons...... Acts1:6,7 Or in other words, it was not time for them to know when this will happen.
EW: Correct. And the bumbling along of the Watchtower’s new light proves that for the past 144 years, Jesus words to his disciples are still as true and applicable as they were in 33 C.E.
@@BeroeanPickets Jesus answered by saying that it does not belong to you to know the times or seasons...If they had listened to and obeyed Christ Jesus,1914 would not of been Taught..
For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the wholesome teaching, but according to their own desires, they will surround themselves with teachers
to have their ears tickled. They will turn away from listening to the truth and give attention to false stories. Timothy 4:3-4
They exchanged the truth of God for the lie and worshipped and rendered sacred service to the creation rather than the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen. Romans1:25.
But the lawless one’s presence is by the operation of Satan with every powerful work and lying signs and wonders and every unrighteous deception for those who are perishing, as a retribution WHY?because they did not accept the love of the truth in order that they might be saved. 2Thessalonians 9-10.
MrRklewis
When Eric talks about the false doctrines of false religion, that includes the false doctrines of the religion that call themselves Jehovah's Witnesses. Have you been making all these comments about what Eric puts in his videos WITHOUT even watching his videos? You've given such a pat resumé of Watchtower's teachings that you sound ready to attend Gilead. Gilead is an echo chamber where you'll be fed a steady diet of yet MORE Watchtower teachings. Those teachings will leave you spiritually starved. The Governing Body doesn't care about you, your future, your spirituality, or your physical health. The Governing Body isn't the mediator between God and man. The Governing Body are "front men" for the Watchtower corporation; they are not spiritual men passing on decisions from God. They do keep the rank and file whipped up emotionally with "new light". Oh wow! Bunkers. Go bags. And passing on to the JWs "God's" latest decision that you don't need to keep track of your hours in field service. The Boy Scouts of America could have come up with better "new light" than the Governing Body has given you.
@@Linda-ux8un So true. And this is why I left false religion and became a Jehovah's Witness.
When I was a witness, the seed was planted into my mind that I could not understand the Bible without the organization. Therefore I never allowed myself to really understand what the Bible was really saying . We were made to feel so unworthy through watchtower propaganda & therefore became slaves to men. Thank you so much for your videos. I always look forward to them
When 'Truth' needs to be updated regularly, it cannot be Truth because Truth is unchanging and immortal.
That’s deep!
Not on bread alone must man live , but by every word coming from Gods mouth.
The manna Jehovah miraculously provided sustained the entire nation of lsrael as they wandered through the wilderness.
Thinking of that word 'wandered..'
It gives the impression that thr route they took was not direct as if heading purposefully in a straight line/ as the bird flies..
Maybe they visited an area once in the past and they find themselves there another year..wandering..
Spiritually wandering might be the idea worth meditating upon..with interpretations and explanations we ve considered and there's been a back and forth over it..
Why Jehovah would have this kind of phenomena in place for his people might not strike us as sensible..
If l may lllustrate :
An Army commander might have his reasons for ordering the new recruits to do some menial task with the wrong tool..scrub down the barracks with a hand brush..where a bigger brush does the job more effectively..
The commander knows that in the future this training is invaluable in the lessons it teaches the recruits..it may make the difference between life and death..
His greater knowledge provides a better perspective.
Jehovah is looking for people that he can use..adaptable..meek..
Not ones that are unwilling to be versatile..
In the coming paradise settings , he knows that those who are moldable adapt to new circumstances best.
No wonder Jesus chose his word carefully saying ' Happy are the MEEK since they shall inherit the earth !'
(He did not say happy are those who are right..this easily allows us to. attach pride..to knowledge..knowledge puffs up)
Allowing Jehovah to mold us as the great Potter..we show ourselves to be the clay.
(Isa 64:8)
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Note :
In reading the bible, a good additional aspect to assist in gaining a deeper understanding of a subject ..or in answering a question we might come across..is to consider not only WHAT IS SAID..but also WHAT IS NOT SAID about a matter or thing.
Employing critical thinking in this way can be quite revealing .
That's fundamental.
Seasons make different foods at the right time available..food..at the right time for it.
FOOD keeps us alive..when it's old it's no longer suitable..
Jah has made us in a way that we are reliant on food..regularly..its a pleasure to eat also..we would miss out too ,if we never smelled or tasted the food in all its variety..
Dependence on him is a lesson we need to learn.
Adam and Eve failed in that regard..since we know that fact..should we not learn from that ..and not follow them in their error ?
@@compositioncompilation food changes with the seasons, truth doesn't
I have been disfellowshipped for 40 years. Not by choice. I made serious efforts to be reinstated, even had other elders recommending me for reinstatement. The elders that disfellowshipped me kept me disfellowshipped in order to keep me from exposing the crimes they committed against me. I can still have them as well as my ex-wife put in jail for decades, I haven`t seen my children for years and I have no idea how many grandchildren I have. When things like this happen to you, you feel like it`s only happening to you. Now, after all these years I understand I have never been alone. Others in my congregation were being persecuted as badly as I was (even other elders)
Now, I am seeing so many others leaving, disappointed and abused. It`s somewhat of a relief to finally understand that this has always been a false religion, however, I still grieve every day for this loss of my children and my former religion.
Tears… I feel Your Pain.😔
But Your Strength!
So Encouraging! Thank you sister.
How awful.Sooo sorry for you dear friend.
May you receive God's recompense in full measure ❤
😢 So sorry that you can't see your family ❤
I confident that all will be put right. Despite the pain you’ve had to endure, the guilty will have to answer for all the wickedness they have practiced. And your children and grandchildren will come to see the light of truth. Just have faith in our Heavenly Father. ❤
That’s horrible I’m in your same position. But the fact of the matter is you’re better off without them, you’re smarter, you’re stronger, etc. Stay strong brother.
They really exposed their attitude when Winder said they dont need to apologise. People have lost their lives and have been severely harmed because of their error in doctrine. To say they dont have to apologise shows their arrogant, haughty attitude. Unless they repent as an organisation, they can hardly expect gods approval and blessing.
Thanks for the video. Keep exposing Watchtower lies
Jeremiah 6:15
15 Do they feel ashamed of the detestable things they have done?
They feel no shame at all!
They do not even know how to feel humiliated!v
So they will fall among the fallen.
When I bring punishment on them they will stumble,” says Jehovah.
That is as awful as Steven Lett, saying that little babies should be called enemies of God.
@@sherylalismom285 I was shocked at what he said..
Its despicable. So unchristian @@sherylalismom285
Outstanding job in utilizing the scriptures, my brother.
The Organization have been notorious for hopscotching around passages, manipulating context, & then creating a Frankenstein of said passages together to create their theology.
Saying there’s no need to apologize, calling themselves uninspired in one breath, while insinuating they are God’s modern day prophets in another is wild.
It took me a good 10 years to get out from under all the indoctrination that these grifters pounded into my young mind. I never understood why so many ex-JW's were so angry but I now do. Watching these guys twist scripture and inflict such damage on people who are searching for a safe place makes my blood boil. Thank you for explaining in a straightforward way without malice and anger.
Yeshua our Saviour loves you. Trust Him like a Child whom He saved from Drowning and you eternally saved. No Re lie gion or false "prophets" needed. We can also allways speak with Jesus as we would to a good Friend.
When did you officially leave the cult and what prompted you to get out?
I woke up in Jan 2021 and tried to fade, but fading didn’t work for me because the elders had become so purist about meeting attendance (and many other things,) that when i missed even one meeting, they were on me like white on rice.
I put up with it for another four months and finally i got to the point where i couldn’t, WOULDN’T do it for even more day and I disassociated on May 28 2021.
Buh Bye!
@@Caracaraorangeberry And that's it. Most of the people who say don't play by their rules to disassociate are still living in fear and by their rules or fake authority because they feel the need to keep dodging them and coming up with an excuse for non attendance. When you know that you have truly had enough and you don't need a JW family to help support you, and you have JWs who refuse to stop darkening your doorstep, cut the cord by whatever means you feel necessary to get that peace of mind and to help you to grow in your mental and spiritual truth without toxicity.
It took me more than 3 decades to know that these men are spiritual con men. It can't be more evident why these charlatans aren't comfortable with followers that read the bible alone, ask questions and think for themselves with the help of holy spirit. Live long Eric!!! Please, keep on exposing their falsehoods. Anxiously awaiting your next video. Great thanks.
That's a great point you made that the Watchtower's flipping and flopping on doctrines is more like them stumbling around in the dark, rather than light getting brighter, & brighter.
Beeaauutiful. Thanks for the glaring logic. Another pearl for truth. Can't wait for your follow up.
More to come!
I truly appreciate all your hard work very thankful you did not give up but did ReDiscover a true spirituality in God and was given a new spirit to share the deception of the Pharisees in our modern times
True! Focusing on the name of Jesus brings glory to God.
Thank you I have learned more about the Bible in just a few videos than all the studying I have done over years of indoctrination.
Thank you so much!
Eric, your insights and teachings are evidence that people can discern clearly what the scriptures say without the need of "new light". Keep up the good work!
Thank you!
great in depth study of what they are REALLY saying. thanks Eric for all your hard work in the community.
Brother Eric I was LIVID with this talk given by this governing body member ,they will not apologize for their many false TEACHINGS because as they say ,it comes from God and his spirit, in effect they are saying, apology is on God, blasphemy.
100% I heard that years ago that they are actually blaming God. And this never apologizing thing just confirms just what narcissists they are.
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When they reversed the decision about alternative service not only did they not apologize but they blamed those that went to jail for by saying it was a personal choice which was insulting
Just like 1975. "We never said that."
These men are contemptible 🤨
can you explain what ubmean by they reveresed? i missed that
@@MrAbhc91 changed there position
@@jan75643 At best they are that, and [incomprehensible statements of hatred and sadisticism] at worst.
As a JW myself of 35 yrs+ but... somewhat faded, i would like just ONE question truthfully answered yet no one in any JW authority has ever done so and it is this: if you say you are not inspired by God, then how can you claim to be "Gods channel of communication"? All in the bible that were used as God's communication were ALL inspired because that's precisely what it means. To claim to be God's channel where the HS moves you or reveals to you to say, speak, teach or do anything is by very definition, being "inspired" by God. Otherwise ANYONE can say, I am God's spokesman and God is revealing secrets to me .... but then to say I dont claim to be inspired simply means that you are passing off your own interpretations as divine guidance , and yes, in that case you definitely are NOT inspired. Having the track record of failed predictions over the past 100+ yrs, it is VERY CLEAR that the JW Ministry of Truth is at least correct in this admission: They are NOT inspired at all. Based on the Bible itself, there is NO example of ANY true prophet or God's channel of communication or spokesperson that has made ANY failed predictions or statements or prophecy that were not accurate. NONE. That alone shows that they CANNOT be the "true channel" even if self proclaimed. No amount of self serving, delusional & self congratulatory and self convincing smooth public talk deliveries and then projecting that belief across to thousands of others (on pain of disfellowship if any should publicaly disagree) actually makes you God's communication tool or as the JW like to say, we are "in the truth". The proof is in the results. Jesus himself said.. "By their fruits you will RECOGNISE them"... And what are those very obvious "fruits"? Fruits of the holy spirit they will say. So is the HS now revealing selected partly or wholesale falsehoods that need to be changed later? Is the HS moving select men to make revealed proclamations and interpretations that entirely contradict statements of "revealed truth" from the past? Are past moments of "revealed light" ( by HS) that were presented then as unquestionable "truth" but which now are considered utterly false and would be a disfellowshippable offence if talked about in any serious way?? What kind of self delusional nonsense is that?? So dear GB members, please explain!!
They can only explain via circular reasoning for it can only spin around to a self elevated proclamation!
They can't and won't explain. It instantly condemns them as a man made scam
The truth that is being revealed, is that it was never God's purpose for men to be the spiritual guides to other men. Jer.10:23 brings this out. But still, God did choose men to shepherd the congregation. Knowing full well that they can only do so much. The Governing Body can and will take us to and into the door of the New World. And thankfully, then, perfect Kings and Priests will take over from there. The GB is coming to the realization that they do not have all of the answers. Which is a very humbling experience. And they have overlooked and minimized scriptures such as Acts 2:17. Where God says that He will pour out his spirit on "EVERY" sort of flesh. And 1Cor. 12 where it says that there are many gifts given to men. They didn't realize that there are people in the Kingdom Hall that have different gifts. And when the GB comes out with their "New Light," it wasn't new light to these members with their gifts. They were just waiting on the GB to finally figure some things out. Many times I have shared the "New Light" with some of the friends and to my surprised, none of them thought that the GB had it right the first time.
But as God said, "Be wise my son. And let my heart rejoice, so that I can give a reply to the one who is taunting me." Prov.27:11 And so these members respected the arrangement set up by God. And we waited patiently for the GB to catch up. We didn't go on You Tube and complain and disrespect the arrangement by God. We really respected what was told to us to wait on Jehovah. And why? It was because we knew that Jehovah has given us the sayings to everlasting life. We held on to what we knew was 100% correct. And we waited on the things to be changed that we knew were or seem incorrect.
We know that no other faith teaches that there is going to be a 1000 year reign of Christ, in which billions of people will be resurrected and they will be given their real first chance at everlasting life. That is the wonderful message of the kingdom. And that has not changed. We knew that God is Jehovah and He is not a trinity god. We knew that our God is not going to torture people in a hellfire. And we knew that our king, Jesus, wanted us to teach the world the good news of the kingdom. These other things that have changed are more policy than actually scriptural changes. And because we know what the kingdom is and what it will do for mankind, Jesus still chose imperfect men to bring this message to the world. And this we did. Jesus is gathering the firstfruits of mankind, that understood the kingdom to be the foundation members of the new world. And as Isaiah 2:4, God says that in the new world, he will set matters straight respecting many peoples.
And if you were a "WISE" person, as Jehovah instructed us to be, then you would have hung onto this scripture in Isaiah. If you were wise, then you would ask yourself, "What if there wasn't any Jehovah's Witnesses on earth. What will happen. " Then you would realize the impact that would be on the world. No one would know who Jehovah is and His wonderful qualities. No one would know that billions will be resurrected back to the earth and why. No one would know what it means to "Let your Will be done on earth, as it is done in heaven." No one would know that Jesus was only gathering those who would reign with him in heaven when he opened up that opportunity in the first century. No other faith would know what to do if they were the only faith that survived the great tribulation and only they were left on earth. No one would even care about the sovereignty of Jehovah's name. Nor would they have a bible that has not removed Jehovah's name from its pages.
So, you see, we have a lot to be thankful for and this is what you should be concentrating on. These other things will mean nothing in the new world. There will be no disfellowshipping, no turning in time, no issue with facial hair. No flip flopping of understanding scriptures. None of the silly stuff that will be long forgotten. The knowledge of Jehovah will cover the earth. We do not have this now. But I and millions of other JW look forward to that time. "For we have partial knowledge and we prophesy partially. But when what is complete comes, what is partial will be done away with." 1Cor.13:9,10
Once again thank you Eric. Your words ring true with my life experience when I was part of this organisation. I always thought how the message we received in the bible was simple and clear with no need for further interpretation. Jesus words and love for mankind can be understood by anyone in any language. As a child I witnessed first hand the horrific scars inflicted on a poor brother from Malawi who refused to buy a political party card due to the stance that this organisation had drummed into him, his wife and children were murdered and he fled to Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Many years later I heard how exemption from compulsory conscription into the army in Mexico was bought by brothers facing the same neutrality issue with no consequence to their standing with the organisation, it was clear to me from this point on that the organisation does not have love at its core. If God gave us free will why would he have to use psychological blackmail to stop us using it?
Jesus was not white the way he s been portrayed .
See rev 4:2&3.
That fact opens up a new outlook..as the original Jews too were not white either.
Abraham was from Ur..but art of those times depicts the people of the land as broad nosed thick lipped woolly haired and dark skinned...
Those to experience the maledictions as recorded at deut 28( latter half)
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Perhaps..though unjust *from our perspective to mistreat darker toned souls, The hurt Jehovah experienced witnessing how they mistreated his Son at their hands.. really prompted his prophetic utterance against their descendants.. a prophecy reaching right down to our time !!
Even transatlantic slavery of people of africa has a scriptural cause..its fulfillment of prophecy that we are witnessing !!*
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The Governing body have to be fully tested ..(Christs future co rulers).
Will the obvious resulting backlash ( from the plagues they've been striking the earth with, see rev 11:6) experienced now from the many campaigning ex jw ,s cause them to cave in..or will they show resolve in adhering to Gods standards..the two witnesses policy included..an interesting title..if you think about it..coincidentally.. ?.. not..lol )
They're supposed to be tested prior to Armageddon..true ??
That is a great quote you revealed about what Russells words .
Yes, indeed.
you have very soothing personality and way of teaching
Watchtower speaker said,” What do we know from the scriptures”. - - It’s quite obvious they know very little.
C'est un plaisir de suivre une argumentation aussi bien construite, d'un Témoin d'une parfaite honneteté , "Ils se disent non inspirés mais agissent et parlent comme si ils étaient inspirés" cet exposé est un exemple d'insight, discernement dans la vraie voie, toutefois le don de l'esprit saint au premier siècle n'a pas été sans interrogations, errements, obscures vérités, les références à Jean sont parfois à prendre avec des pincettes, précaution.
“New light at a pace we can absorb” 😂
When you flip flop 9 times on just one issue…..that’s not absorbing that’s confusing the flock.
Most likely it is a blinking CAUTION light. DANGER! DANGER!
Trying their best when only God knows
"Trying their best" ...to be the Leader in place of Jesus Christ. the ONLY leader! Only "One name has been given." @@bubbag8895
By "the light getting brighter" they mean it's changing colors.
All i can say is superb superb superb, you absolutely nailed it, thank you for your hard work.
Watchtower is a collection of false prophets.
The flip flops on the resurrection over the years was not added light but going back to original teaching then changed again for years yes to no no to yes.
I was taking a look at a pic of members of the Governing Body and asking myself: "Whom does these men think they are?" They are just full of it. I wish brothers and sisters just wake up to the ignorance. It's absolutely ridiculous. Men in fine suits, sitting around a conference table governing a corporation. When will JWs wake up from all of this and return to God's Word.
I would have written: 'who do these men think the are?'
Acts 20:28 is what these men think they are. It is God's arrangement that men shepherd the congregation. So do you respect this arrangement establish by God. Because the devil did not respect it.
2:24 What Cook actually means is: are you ready to spread the spiritual darkness that the GB has given you....not to mention the actual source of that darkness? Can you guess who?
Thank You.
Amen! 👍
Masterful. Thank you brother.
Thank you so much 🙏🏻
Hello Eric. Thank you.
You are very welcome
Thank you for these videos. I’m getting your book today.
BEAUTIFUL welcome to the truth❤
" This discussion has been"....EXCELLENT.
But as I listened to the clips by the new governing body member, I realized how in my former life as a witness , I would have accepted everything that he said. It was carefully worded.
I might not have accepted EVERYTHING. Like when he said that it was not necessary to apologize for past mis- steps. Then and now that makes me want to throw up.
I Lost respect for WT 2015 ARC.up until then I truly believed there was no way this Org would tolerate Molesters of Children/Pedophiles..I was crushed on how these victims where treated, and persecuted..
🤢 I never knew this level of disgust before in my life now at 64
Thank you Sheryl and hope you are doing well.
In the April 1, 1972 Watchtower, page 197, in the article “They Shall Know that a Prophet Was Among Them”, the second paragraph under the subheading “Identifying the Prophet”, it says “This prophet was not one man, but was a body of men and women … Today they are known as Jehovah’s Christian Witnesses.” This doesn’t specify only the Governing Body, so you might infer that they are saying ALL JWs are modern day prophets. In any event, they have had a long history of having many of their prophesies turn out to be false, both before 1972 (when that article was written) as well as since then.
Dear Eric, this is such a great and important video and it would be nice if you would also release it in German, it's always not that easy with the subtitles. You are doing such wonderful educational work, I hope a lot of people will wake up
Working on it! A member of our community produces German videos using voiceover. Here's the link to the German Channel.
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@@BeroeanPickets thank you, I know all your German videos and they are great and valuable👍👍👌👏👏
PROVEN IMPOSTORS !!!
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Furthermore, by admitting they are NOT INSPIRED ( Im surprised that they actually do admit that - although they really cant say otherwise given their record speaks for itself) they are then assuming the authority from God that inspiration confers. They are saying, yes we are NOT inspired but, that doesnt matter, we say that you must take our word AS IF it WERE inspired. They are anointing themselves their own authority to CLAIM to be the "one and only" spokes channel of God. That of course comes with consequences. Yet the great irony is that at the recent Australian Royal Commission into child abuse, when GB member Geoffrey Jackson was asked by the court if they ( the GB in particular) considered themselves Gods "sole spokes people" on earth ... did he give an unequivocal and unashamed answer of "yes we do"? But No !! ... he is on record of saying instead .."that it would be presumptuous to say that we ( the GB) are the only spokes people on earth for God ..." whereupon Jackson then tried to deflect what he said and stated that God could be using any JW for that purpose not just " the GB". Can I say with no hesitation that if ANY rank and file JW came out and said that Jehovah/ God was communicating thru them in any shape or form ESPECIALLY in regards to scripture interpretation, they would be considered mentally defective, mentally diseased, an apostate and be punted out / disfellowshipped & shunned faster than Jesus could hand out fishes and loaves to the thousands asking for food on that day.
True..he lied about their claim as God's only channel and he lied about acknowledging a garden variety Jw as speaking for God!
Big fat liar!!!
So true - the large number of SA complaints, and failure to protect children, which have been ignored or covered up by the Borganization for decades, clearly show the GB are NOT "spirit appointed men" ... unless they are appointed by an evil spirit.
This is a great comment ❤
The GB claims that in the first century, was a GB in Jerusalem. That is a clear contradiction, with what the apostle Paul said to the Corinthians.
The apostle Paul wasn't a part of the GB since he was a missionary and not station in Jerusalem.
When they are proclaiming that they are the FDS,and they are receiving their new light from Jehovah, but from their other side of their mouth, they're saying that they are not inspired.
It's like saying that they are making a phone call without possessing a phone
"in the first century, was a GB in Jerusalem." Yep. They were called the Pharisees! They were "from their father, the devil. They did Satan's will and killed God's Son. "He will bruise you in the head, and you will bruise Him in the heel."
Yes, the apostle Paul, upon converting, did not go to Jerusalem to receive guidance from the supposed GB. He went straight to his preaching work. Which proves that there was NO governing body in Jerusalem. And furthermore, the 12 apostles of Jesus who resided in Jerusalem were INSPIRED BY GOD and their writings were INERRANT. Which NEVER happened with the GB of Jehovah's witnesses. Galatians 1:15 - 17;
The name "Christians" was also not resolved by the elders of Jerusalem, but rather by the elders of Antioch, which proves that God used any elder anywhere to reveal matters. Acts 11:26
Thank you Eric❤
You are so welcome
WOW! I left about 22 years ago. The changes since then are incredible.
Brings back memories of how everyone breathlessly awaited this "new light". Oh, how I wish I had studied critical thinking and knew what exegesis was back then. I really thought it was the "truth", but realize now it was only because everything else I looked into prior to JWs were even bigger waterless clouds!
Anyway, so grateful to have recently stumbled across so much ex-JW content. In fact, I was shocked to find the sheer quantity, hmmm, why would that be? There's "new light" alright, just not the kind the org wants it to be.
I've listened to "non-refugee" critics in an attempt to dispel lingering guilt and doubts about whether I made a huge mistake
leaving. Their alternatives did not resonate and, after much unsatisfying "church-hopping", the question remained.
Your content is so clear, and the answer is a resounding No. I can't wait to take in the rest of this series. And, fascinating quote from Russell! I never heard that before.
Thank you for all of your work Eric!
You're most welcome. You and others like you make the effort all worthwhile.
Thanks Eric for putting these charlatans in their place. We continue praying for those who are still blinded by these men who are not interested in do God’s will but to do their god will, that one who lied from the beginning of creation. John 8:44. “ we are not fools “👏👏👏 Thanks so much…
Every utterance coming from Jehovahs mouth..this is the bread..manna.
The example and endurance of Job was quite a comparative for us today..
It's like a JOBOMETER...for us..
Where on the Job ~ o~meter am l ?
Have l been through what he went through ?
Jeffrey just wants to tell us that Almighty God Yahvè is incomprehensible and that God is somehow mumbling when He gives His Spirit to the Governing Body for new light. Therefore, the Governing Body must constantly revise and install new light bulbs to make the new light even brighter. Jehovah is to blame, not the Governing Body, not Jeffrey. Grow a beard and be a man. Tell the truth that you failed. Thank you, dear Eric❤
Nailed it! Mumbling Through His Bill 💩 😂.
Sorry for the inappropriate emoji but it fit.
Praise Yah!
Rocking /Shaking which results in the nations becoming UNSETTLED..UNCERTAIN..
must come through thevfeeding arrangement.
See isa 30:20.
The Governing body are the TWO WITNESSES.
see rev 11:6
The antichrist PLACE THEMSELVES IN THE TEMPLE.
That..THAT is all that's required ..People don't have to agree with their placement of themselves ( in the temple ) do they ?!
Educate yourself on Romes influence over Gods people.
Being black l noticed for some time..the original Jews etc.. youtube holds much info on that.
See rev 4:2&3..& how it dovetails with second half of deut 28.
Excited for part 3 👍
Should be out tomorrow. 🙏
Dear Eric,
I appreciate your broadcasts so much.
I am impatiently looking forward to your next one
I emailed three Jw elders highlighting their flip flopping in their AGM; over resurrection of those killed at Sodom and Gomorrah. To two of them, I just posed the questions about raising of the dead as spoken about by Jesus at John 5:28,29. They have both ignored me.
The third, in addition to the AGM; I sent a link of Geoffrey Jackson giving evidence at the Royal Australian Commission. I asked "in light of Geoffrey Jacksons statement that it would be presumptuous of him to state that the GB; were the only ones to be given spiritual guidance, how can you justify labelling leavers who still have their Christian faith, as apostate and continue to shun them?"
He at least replied, saying "I have no idea what you are talking about".!
The mind boggles - still.
I also contacted three JW elders, but by phone. One had a Bible study waiting for him on zoom, so I'll call him another time. The two I spoke with, I told that Watchtower is a fraud. They disagreed with me, but did not hang up on me. I don't plan to call the two I've talked to again. When we do this, we are putting the full weight of everything those elders know about us as Christians against what we tell them about Watchtower. We do what we are able to do. Most people didn't believe Jesus himself.
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Great,
well done.
You are absolutely right. Because we responded to the call to get out of her, it's hard to understand why these people are such hard nuts to crack.
Never mind, we live to try another day.
A question to all loyal jws ,If the gb is neither infallible ,nor inspired ,why do jws still obey these impostors ? Jeremiah 17:5,Psalms 118:8-9
Amazing ❤😢
Gracias hermano.muy buena su disertación.
This is an evil wicked man. Worse than Anthony Morris. Because he's quite about it. The governing body should be in prison. They are blood guilty.
Excellent video thanks 🙂 So true. The Watchtower Organization likes to cherry-pick scriptures reading into them what they want them to mean while ignoring the context.
I couldn't agree more. When reading their study books, or taking a Bible study, I found it hard to work out how some of the scriptures they quoted fitted in.
It's clear now, they dont fit in. The society just rely on our not studying too diligently.
@@derek2557 Exactly
Watched a video from 2019 where David Splane, ‘Splanes away all the wrong interpretations Watchtower foisted on us by saying they didn’t understand the context of certain scriptural passages because Jehovah didn’t allow that! Yet even a casual reader of Biblical passages can see the context plain as day. A case in point is chapter 9 of Revelation where locusts are mentioned. The context in the surrounding scriptures plainly states these locusts are evil. When I was in that scripture was applied to witnesses doing the preaching work!! WE were the pesky locusts and were fulfilling prophecy! The context was clear as glass yet Watchtower wants us to believe that context was hidden from the GB until Jehovah revealed it to them! I have nothing but scathing disgust for this religion and the hardcore supporters of this vile brainwash!
As a commentator says at the end of his broadcasts..."don't forget to turn off the 'new light'..."😂
I have new light because i was the first to comment...And dont you question me!!
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You always keep your composure Eric, even tho everything they say is blood boiling.
@@mikiscoffield1815 Thank you. It ain't easy, my friend.
This talk woke me up!
That's great to hear. Come join us online: beroeans.net/events/
Sophistry I will never apologize because I am never wrong, it's New Light. God's channel still was waiting clarification-more light. A permanent state of being Blind Guides.
Thanks Eric. Regarding Proverbs 4:18, you may want to refer to Psalm 1:1-4 the next time you use it in your videos. In verse 3 of that Psalm, it says of the righteous one, “everything he does will succeed”. Then in verse 4 it states: “The wicked one is not like that”, the same thing it states in Proverbs 4:19. Isn’t that proof that both passages of scripture are simply referring to different paths, and not to ongoing prophetic revelation?
Excellent comment!
Good point! Thank you for that.
The wisdom of God is for all , not a select group of men :
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Jeremiah 31:34 “And they will no longer teach each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know Jehovah!’ for they will all know me, from the least to the greatest of them,” declares Jehovah. “For I will forgive their error, and I will no longer remember their sin.”
John 6:45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by Jehovah.’ Everyone who has listened to the Father and has learned comes to me.
Good comment!❤
Thank you. good information. Yes GB WT JW all change mind and so many lives at stake. I guess when a publishing company that never put references from experts on the Watchtower or Awake magazines No educational background or support from true Bible or history experts
"The darkness is passing and the true light is ALREADY SHINING" 1 John 2:8 (Written almost 2000 years before the appearance of the Governing Body). When a light is SHINING, can it get any brighter?
I pray that God rescues my friend from this organisation. Please never stop sharing your videos.
''the GB is neither inspired nor infallible'', so its just there opinions, they have no real authority from God because when did God give them that authority if they are not inspired. Then they will say it is ''understanding''. So they are deciding doctrine that affects peoples lives based on their own personal understanding of the bible.
So ultimately it is men telling you how to worship how to pray how to do this or that based on someone elses understanding enforced through their own literature. If there was no jw org or jw magazine would the average JW be able to understand the bible or stand on their own beliefs ?
They would have the same opportunity as us.
Our Father would draw them to those with holy spirit.
Look how Father has taught us at Eric's spiritual table.
Father does use men.
And a true Christian teacher would present the truth as he's come to understand it.
But not as one lording it over God's sheep in claiming to be God's channel.
Eric's teaching itself bares witness to his being directed by and blessed by the spirit of our heavenly Father.🌾
@@jan75643 yes the truth shall set you free. Have you ever heard the story of the life of Muhammad peace be upon him. I recommend to check it out one day.
Its very apparent that the governing body hasn't looked at scripture to help make decisions in a long time. The governing body makes decisions THEN looks to scripture to enforce their decisions.
That was a brilliant video. One of your best I think.
Larry Love here on this Wednesday September 11, 2024? Are those governing body members teaching their members to have a change of heart to receive forgiveness of sins? And I want you people to know that those people who call themselves the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses are not perfect humans now! And did you hear that we have to wait a little more than 1,000 years to have a new earth with perfect humans and perfect conditions on earth😍👍🗽🗝️🌹👍
Truth ?truth about what good people
I seems they will never get it right even if Christ stand before them.... staring them in the face.... because they are sooo preoccupied... focusing with themselves rather than focusing on God's appointed ruler.....
Great Job Eric
Thanks for listening
Excellent!!!!!
how do they receive this light from God? back in the bible times, it was angels or prophets that would let people know. how they "receive" this new light?
Excellent question.
I pray that God and Jesus continue to expose their disgusting hypocrisy.
Inspired or infallible....but yet listen to them even if it doesn't make sense in a human standpoint.
How are they going to say "we're not inspired nor infallible" then use the word "confidence" in the same talk. Jehovah's witnesses will really believe anything they say. It blows my mind.
Mulțumesc mult Eric pentru munca depusa pentru adevăr si lumina care o faci in înțelegere a invataturi Bibliei
As fi interesat dacă sar putea sa fie traduceri in limba română sa mă pot bucura de înțelegere..
IEHOVA sa-ți dea înțelepciune pentru o înțelegere a Adevarului Bibliei ..
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“I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves."
Zechariah 12:2,3
I'll go so far as to say
"How disgusting!"
I was at a special talk given by Freddie Franz, in Glasgow, where he said the Watchtower had nothing to apologise for 1975.
Moreover, at a special talk in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, where Albert Schroeder did apologise for failed expectations.
Freddie didn't apologize, but Albert did. Hmm. One characteristic of narcissism is an inability to recognize wrongdoing and an unwillingness to apologize.
I love your videos! Thank youuuuuu immensely ♥️
They are truly insane.
7:28 What a great WT reference about spiritual light!
Most of my JW friends are intelligent people. They can reason facts regarding politics, health issues, finances etc. But when you start a conversation about "the truth" their intelligence switches off. And when I corner them using Bible verses they start to talk nonsense! They try so hard to defend the undefendable that I start to feel sorry for them. How do they get to that state of mind I just do not know. The only explanation for this is a well known statement: "religion is the opium of the people"...
Sometimes they need congregation for business!for example agent of real estate,always has job,because recommending,the same think air conditioning business etc. Don’t even try I had several examples and apart from that,maybe that intelligent peoples,not so much intelligent as you think?
@@AdelaKershko Some of them for sure need the organisation for businesses matters. Some need "friends" for cover-up of excessive drinking they do together to vent off weekly sorrows. I get that. What I do not understand is that they cannot face the facts about their own religion.
God lets a mental delusion go to them because they don't accept the truth but believe the lie ,2Thess.2:9-12, ( PLEASE READ THESE PASSAGES )
Or they are being controlled by a different spirit like being under a spell.
@@lulubellers As I said I do not have valid explanation for their behaviour. I wish I had. They shut down common sense every time the Bible says otherwise than their beliefs. To the point that they are scared of me. I guess they are trained to regard me as an apostate. But how they get to that state of mind is a mystery for me.
One of the old light (now very false light) to "new light" transitions that seemed to go under the radar for many years in my opinion was the matter of when the "modern day" anointed came on to the scene. Pre 1980 - 90's or so, the prevailing thought was that all anointed were born pre-1935 because , as was revealed, at a major 1935 US convention the "other sheep" were identified as the "great crowd" and because of this "revelation from above" the door for being "of the anointed" was effectively closed and the focus was now on gathering the "other sheep". Anyone who was born some time after 1935 and claimed to be "of the anointed " was often looked on as "delusional" bordering on mentally defective. In any case this situation appeared acceptable because there were plenty of anointed about and being not too elderly fitted well into the JW narrative that the system was going to end imminently (certainly before 2000) and we would still be left with a small number of anointed to "see things thru". However as we started to get beyond 1990, the old anointed GB club were fast dying off, including those of the GB and the GB were starting to get anxious that things weren't exactly going to plan. In particular the seemingly obvious "generation" prophecy starting at 1914 being the revealed "clear truth" of the matter ( after all it couldnt be more obvious??) as was fast running out of participants and the criteria of who exactly made up "that generation that saw those things" needed to get the "new light" treatment and so began the updated interpretations liberally laced with such phrases as "evidently", "clearly" and "obviously" among others until we have the now convoluted multiple overlay generation theory that now applies , not to the other sheep as was so "obvious" back in the 1970's and prior, but no, it now applies to the anointed only whereby if you were born in the last hour of someone's ( of the anointed) last day on the planet, you were considered "part of their generation". Added to that, more than a few JWs born decades after 1935 started to get the "anointed" feeling and lo and behold the anointed gate had flung open once again (which is just as well as there would have been no "original" anointed left to be the communication channel between Jehovah and the lowly rank and file "other sheep" who would have had the very serious prospect of NO spiritual guidance at all !!!!). And so those with the anointed feeling have started to increase in number once again and the view now is that if one professes being "of the anointed" we should not be discouraging of such or view them with any judgmental inclinations for Jehovah will judge the fakes harshly it seems. So for me this has been another "revelatory truth" ( the joke being on the HS for transmitting the wrong pages of data) given by the leaders at the time that is now relegated to the fake file and has been replaced by the updated, "we cant say" and the infinite overlapping generational formula which will pretty much cover all contingencies going forward.
It's crazy how you see them so differently now🤬
We got to see the 'wizard' behind the 'curtain'.
He got new light. 😂
@@Annie261. As well as a cold breeze 🤭
Yup..there isn't no unseeing!
Hi Eric,
Very impressive refutal of Winder's talk.
I trust that you don't mind that and repeat and/or inlarge on some of your points below.
Regards, Eric McA
Thanks
My impression of squeaky Jeffrey was that he's trying very hard to sound believable. They must know they're pulling people's leg. Shame on him!
I have the same impression after watching some of their videos! They know everything they say and produce is being watched by savvy and intelligent former witnesses who never fail to expose Watchtower’s hypocrisy. One video I saw was David Splane, looking as if he was totally aware of the wool he was trying to pull over the faithful’s eyes when he actually stated that the GB can only understand the context of scriptures when and if Jehovah allows it! This is supposed to defend their blatant cherry-picking of scriptures and the misapplication of same! Many times they deliberately ignore the context and press on with their ridiculous explanations. A case in point from their distant past was when I was still in…. The scriptures at Revelation 9:3-8 speak of locusts and Watchtower told us this was a prophecy of JWs doing the preaching work. Yet further on the context identifies these locusts as having as king the Destroyer from the pit, not Jehovah, (verse 11). From the NWT, silver addition. And who in the Bible is called “the Destroyer”… Satan. Context perfectly clear to anyone old enough to read!
Yes!..We now see these self elevated false prophets in the light of truth.
They're outwardly squeaky clean.
But inward they are filthy dirt smeared dungy idols.
Mt 23:27
Good analysis Eric and look forward to your next banquet of good wholesome spiritual food!❤
Ps 124:6-8
Thank you so much
I often find it strange that they use the idea that someone can't "handle" all of the light at one time, so there is the need for it to gradually get brighter. All of this 'light' comes in gradually for the organization. However, what about the new comer? What about the ones that they preach to. For them, this "light" will all come at once. They do not get that luxury of a gradual light spoken of. The logic of taking this scripture to mean an organizational understanding of God's word has always baffled me.
Truth is not revealed through a group of stumbling and (bumbling) men? Wow.....thank you for that clarification Eric.😝✅
Funny he quotes 1 Corinthians 2. If you read chapter 1-4 you see that the Corinthians begin to trust in MEN by saying I belong to Paul , I belong to Apollo I belong to cefas . And Paul said you are walking in the flesh thinking that the wisdom of God comes from men.
The church does the same today ( including watchtower)
I belong to the pope , I belong to Luther , I belong to Calvin , I belong to Jospeh smit , I belong to governing body .
People looking up to man for the wisdom of God.
The governing body may be looking to God for wisdom , but they instruct their followers to trust in THEM for wisdom , not the Holy Spirit of God .
They do the exact opposite of what Paul is teaching the congregation in Corinth .
Paul pointed them to the spirit of God not to men.
Very well said.
Awsum comment❤
Thank you, you are so right. Re: the GB, anyone with a thinking mind will see how much nonsense their claim is that they are directed by the Creator of the Universe, take a look at the Universe, Who are you, who are they?? These 9 little earth bound men, claim they have intimacy with ALMIGHTY GOD, How presumptuous, Take away their money, would they even want want to continue?? Form your own opinions. Freedom of Choice, Almighty Gods gift to us.
I think they never apologise is because it could be seen as admitting guilt, therefore creating even more law suits against them. They've got so many as it is if they were given more they might have to sell even more "kingdom halls"
It's called B. S. Which sends me into a spiral black hole that has no ending....... How insane is it?
Nothing new under the sun. The everlasting gospel should be the focus with the 3 angels message. Thank you for my rear view mirror. God Bless
You are so welcome
At Luke 10:23, 24, Jesus spoke to his disciples."23 Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”"
Watchtower surely objects to mere disciples seeing and hearing what prophets and kings didn't see or hear.
The GB have hijacked all of the anointed ones on earth today. Self anointed themselves
Not all, Holy Spirit opens your eyes,pray for it as or lord Jesus Christ said.
“Faithful and discreet slaves” wow
“ Their folly will be clear to everyone because they oppose the truth and although they keep always learning, they will never come to an accurate knowledge “ 2 Timothy 3: 9. “ these are men of depraved minds , who , as far as the faith is concerned , are rejected ; they are teachers who oppose the truth, the heavenly teachings of our God , his only begotten, and his holy ones. Deuteronomy 18:18,19; Acts 3:22,23; John 12:49,50; Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35.
But , they will not get very far ; because their madness is evident to all those who have the anointed, just as our lord commanded his sheep . Jesus said to beg our Heavenly Father for the Anoiting of the Holy Spirit. We don’t have and neither recognize other teacher and leader than our only lord and owner, Jesus. Matthew 23:8. And we heed his instructions ; we rely on the Holy Spirit to tell us all the truth. John 16:13-15; 15:26,27; 14:18,26. These men can not deceive us because we listen to the voice of our only shepherd and he protects us; and absolutely no one will destroy us. We keep ourselves close to our Lord and we depend on the help of the Holy Spirit, so the wolves can’t deceive us.
1 John 2:26-29. These men are arrogant just like Satan, they think that they can replace God’s provisions of the Holy Spirit and our Lord, Jesus. Matthew 28:18; Philippians 2:9,10. These are clearly Satan ministers
2 Corinthians 4:4; 11:13-15;
Revelation 12:9. The Holy Spirit does not need any light to teach all the truth, to guide, to protect God’s people. On the other hand, there men rely on a constantly changing light to keep teaching lies to their followers, we know who is the fallen angel who disguises himself as a teacher, as an angel of light to deceive humans from the very beginning. Those followers are not followers of Christ; because Christ’s followers heed his instructions.
Father in the heavens, please deliver us from the wicked. Come lord Jesus.
When you look at him, even winder is not convinced of he what he is saying.
I thot I saw that to
How they lie to the blind !