Do I have God's Holy Spirit Guiding Me, or Am I Just Fooling Myself? How Can I Be Sure?
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Oh my Eric just absolutely wonderful and I want to add something. When I left the JW organization yes, I felt miserable and betrayed. I’m healing and yet this healing process is not easy. When I went door to door in my ministry I always felt empty n I was beginning to wonder if I would ever be accepted by Jehovah or Christ and why do I feel so alone. I was criticized that I’m not doing enough in my ministry and needed to place our magazines. Enough of that! Now to get on with my finding of joy is when I started to study the Word of God Exegetically, letting Jehovah and Christ teach me. This was after I read your amazing book Eric. I gave this method of learning into practice and what glorious wisdom came to my heart. Honestly I felt so uplifted and it doesn’t come immediately. It comes only when you’ve given yourself a chance to destroy what you’ve been taught as a Jw and start over. It’s difficult but boy is it ever worth it. I’ve written invitations and I’m inviting anyone that wants to read the Bible with me and partake refreshments. Hebrews 10:24,25. I have created my own ministry that’s from the Bible as the early Christians used to do at each others homes. I took the example of Daniel and followed it verse by verse from the Bible and wrote it down so I could understand where I’m going with this exegetical study and from start to finish all became clear. The same goes with Matthew 24 and 25. This is what I call a blessing from Jehovah. I’m not afraid anymore in explaining what I believe and what a joy and peace it is to finally be free from guilt, knowing you finally came on the narrow road to salvation. Thank you Eric so much for your fantastic videos.it keeps me motivated to continue my studies.❤😂👍🥰
Isn't it so wonderfully liberating to know the freedom of the Christ and no longer worry about what men think?!
We were never good enough for those Pharisees, were we. So our Heavenly Father accepted us.
I think that they are deceiving themselves due to the lack of humility
The humility that Jesus was talking about ,when he was telling us to be like children
Especially since the GB has proven, they hate children. And they hate pets. They hate anyone that takes away from their attention and flattery.
Eric..... Thank you once again for your knowledge and calling upon your heart. It really is wonderful knowing the "Truth" and how, for many years we thought we had it! But the Truth is, we were being prepared by our Father for these moments. And you my Brother are truly giving him the praise through your teaching! Blessings to you always on your continued ministry. I enjoyed this video very much as with all your other loving content.
Thank you so very much!
I thank God, for moving you to make those videos.
Also, I thank you.
Thank you brother.
You are welcome
WOW ❤ Thank you.
I especially liked the application of the fruitage of GOD'S holy spirit spirit mentioned in Galatians, that if we are seriously lacking in any one of them then we are not worshiping GOD in spirit and truth. Thankyou Eric.
Thank you, aiercooledengine.
[Thank you for praising God, my brother Eric.]
God knows those who belong to Him. That is so wonderful to know. I am so unworthy of God's love, kindness, and goodness, but, He so graciously gives it anyway.
Praise the LORD oh my soul.
Praise the LORD oh my heart.
You are worthy of praise Wonderful God.
Praise the LORD.
I always enjoy your videos. Well DONE! WELL SAID!
Sooooo true....... One thing I know is that they don't even have the first fruitage of the spirit..... and anyone who make an effort to manifest that fruitage will not last for long within the organization........that's my experience for 47 years....
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Dear Eric,
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this masterclass.
Enjoyed.
Another excellent piece from Maleti Vevlon and the team.
Thank you.
Thank you too!
Thank you Eric ❤
God shares his spirit with whomever it pleases Him...
But not until you are searching for the way to worship him in the way he requires you to do. Otherwise why would he?
@@derek2557 Not so. You're limiting God.
@@Steven-nd1pz Not so. Those who fail to find out how God himself wants to to worshipped are the ones limiting God. That is why Jesus said what he did as recorded at John 4:21-24
好開心❤❤❤
看到…來自《遙遠》的弟兄所做的《頻道》內容與《聖經經文》…
不禁…令我想到～
雖然…退出《組織》後、我就像《孤單》的《1》人！
但是… 主 耶穌 曾經對門徒說過；《2隻麻雀》掉落地上
耶和華 上帝 依然
《餵養》…
感謝 耶和華上帝！
彷彿…透過在遙遠地球的另一端、送給我
《溫暖》的《安慰》…😂😂😂🎉
Thanks again Eric and your suportive crew for an Excellent refreshing presentation, so very worthy for my personal self-reflection and examination. A Christian living by means of a spirit-energised and well directed faith through the high-priest of our ruling Lord Jesus the Christ, is the very intimate indentification of each individual Christian who remains exclusive of a claimed affiliation to a fabricated religious denomination. (Ephesians 5:1,2 & 7-10)
Thank you from Brazil ❤
You're welcome 😊
A heartfelt thanks for your scriptural reasoning.
You are very welcome
Yes Eric, everyone else is wrong and you have the truth. Again!
Ruffled your feathers and exposed your heart?
Thank you once again for your "spiritual words." The apostle Paul spoke "spiritual words" everywhere that he went, and yet in city after city he was shunned, attacked and beaten by the very ones who claimed to be God's chosen people. Their lack of Christ-like LOVE is appalling and, as with Paul, it is our clue to leave since they have left Christ. We are even instructed to "shake the dust off of our feet" when we are no longer welcome among them. Mt 10:14 AMEN! Be it so.
So true. History repeats itself!
WT must still belong to the UN somehow, as they followed as shining examples of compliance during the plandemic.
So was Eric.
@@carlranns6658 So was Eric what?
I saw a video, don't ask me what channel because I don't remember, but the gentleman that was speaking had an elder over. Actually he was a PO . He had questions about why were JW's a part of the UN. The PO said they still are and they use the European Branch network and proceeded, very matter of fact,to give him the lam excuse why. Another reason for their very zealous compliance to the V mandate is they are also 501-C3 compliant. You need to look this up for you to understand the significance of this. Goes all the way to the Vatican. And if you are not aware, Vatican Canus is Latin for Divine Serpent. And the Vatican is in the shape of a serpent. You can see it from an aerial view. The auditorium attached to it looks just like a serpent....
@@ckelly5141 Wearing masks, getting poked and telling us not to listen to conspiracy theories
@@carlranns6658 We each have to choose our own medical decisions. I don’t think Eric would have gone further and told his viewers not to listen to other news or advice.
Super!
I remember when I was having a bible study in the 80's , the elder ( now deceased) said something that I always found quite intriguing. He said that the Bible, or at least the Christian Greek scripture component( the new testament) , was written primarily for the spirit anointed class, or the 144000 - hence why it was that the Greek scriptures contain many references to heavenly life. Whilst I do believe that humans will ultimately reside forever on a cleansed earth under the rulership of Gods kingdom ( as so clearly indicated by the smashing of the great statue by Gods kingdom described in the Book of Daniel) because this makes total sense in the context of what God originally planned for the earth ( and Gods word and intention always comes back to him fulfilled) however, I have always wondered why there is very little of this seemingly very critical narrative of "paradise earth" being discussed directly and openly by Jesus or by the apostles - since it will effect the majority of humans resurrected or otherwise. There is some mention in Revelation but it is few and far between. That the paradise earth is the eventuality for most of the resurrected humans (and the planet itself) under the rule of Gods kingdom, would seem to me as being worthy of far more scriptural revelation and discussion than has been given. The scriptural references alluding to an earthly paradise are mostly in the Hebrew scriptures in Isaiah, Daniel and Psalms for example.
References to "paradise" in the Greek Scriptures do not point to a garden-like Earth. (Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 12:4; Revelation 2:7) Instead, a spiritual condition is being referred to. I agree that the ultimate goal is to restore humanity to the state that God intended from the start had Adam and Eve not sinned. But that is not the reward currently being offered. What Jesus preaches and what constitutes the good news is entry into the kingdom of God for those who will rule with Christ. Through them, and only through them alongside our Lord, can the "earthly paradise" be restored.
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Dear Eric, this is a most intriguing, and thought provoking subject! I had to think about this for a few days. You make some excellent points here. Agreed that Holy Spirit is not given out to organisations, but to individuals when they believe, and accept Christ. Keeping that in mind...The Spirit is an intangible thing. I agree that only those with Holy Spirit (HS) are able to understand scripture (correctly). That is biblically true in itself, as the Apostle Paul indicated in( 1Cor2.14 ) and other scripts. However... we cannot say comprehensively that everyone that has the HS understands the Bible correctly either. In other words...many who have the HS remain in error. Speaking of myself, I am confident that I have the HS, however...not so confident that I have all the right answers, in fact I have more questions than answers. Take yourself for example, I'm sure, and it seems obvious that you have the HS, however didn't you also have it it while you were a member of the corrupt JW org. while spreading false teachings? You thought you were doing well at the time, but you've gone on to improve your knowledge, yet not all of your current beliefs are perfected still? Those with HS strive to improve knowledge, however never quite achieving the pinnacle of pure understanding. It's an ongoing learning curve. That means there are people in many diverse Christian religions...E.g... Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist Jehovah's Witness...etc...etc possessing HS regardless of the flawed religious beliefs they currently support? I know people in all of the aforementioned religions, and many of them are much more zealous about spreading the Gospel than myself. I'm sure they have the HS, they just have not perfected their knowledge yet. They seem to find comfort , and feel it's necessary in belonging to some name brand church, unfortunately thy just settle into the dogma of said religion regardless of the error that goes along with it, and they then cease to learn.. Personally, I wont join a name brand church because I feel it would compromise my free thinking, and devotion to Christ. Conclusion: The Holy Spirit is the key to understanding the Bible, however it does not guarantee immediate, or rapid success, and to say comprehensively that all of those with flawed teachings & beliefs don't posses HS is painting with too broad of brush. They may be slow learners, complacent, or stubborn, yet they're still somewhere along the long path leading to God. Rest assured the Lord knows who they are. John 10.22>
Thanks, and Support always! :)
@northernexposure8622 • I agree with you. Having holy spirit doesn't grant us all knowledge. But if we are to understand, we have to have it, otherwise, we misunderstand and get led down the garden path, either by other men/women or by our own ego.
Hi Eric, thanks for another video. As our Lord said, by the deeds or actions (in combination with the manifestation of the fruit of the Spirit) of people, we can see who the children of God are, and who only claim to be, but their lives and deeds show the opposite.
Often a tree may look outwardly healthy and attractive, but the fruits can be infected and even rotten, they just need to be thrown away, and sometimes this happens to people.
I was just at the Grand Canyon yesterday and look! The literature cart and witnesses sitting nearby chatting it up amongst themselves
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Thank You Eric.
You say that no religious leader understood the wisdom of God. the bible does not give details of all individuals.
Gamaliel was part of the Sanhedrin, yet he took a stand for the apostles and said that fighting them would be fighting God Acts 5:38,39
Acts 13:15
"After the reading of the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue said to them: “Brothers, if you have some words of encouragement to address to the people, speak!” and Paul gets up and begins to speak.
Not all religious leaders muzzled the words of the apostles.
For other individuals like Cornelius it is said that before he converted, his prayers and gifts were taken up before God Acts 10:4
Yet Cornelius had not yet understood who Christ was, but God listened to his prayers and noticed his works.
Apollos:
"He was learned in the way of the Lord and, full of fervor, he proclaimed and taught accurately what concerns Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John. (Acts 18.25) Priscilla and Aquila will take him with them to explain to him more clearly the way of God. However, before that he did not understand everything, but that did not prevent him from having the Spirit of God.
I find it dangerous to put all Christians of all religions in the same bag.
Many have accepted Christ as the Son of God and strive to demonstrate the love that identifies true Christians (and not a knowledge thing).
Worshiping with the Spirit and the truth means following Christ because he is the Truth.
Following Him does not mean that we are never wrong in our beliefs. No one can claim that everything they believe is the truth. We can just pretend that we are striving to follow the Truth which is Christ. The Truth is a path on which we advance little by little at our own pace.
You say in a comment that we are still learning. Yes indeed. So, at some point, before we learned, we didn't know, we were wrong about certain subjects. Does this mean that we did not have the Spirit of God? I believe that we could still have the Spirit of God who is patient with everyone.
Worshipping in Spirit and Truth first requires that we study exegetically, to find out that the truth is. Once we find that what we practiced was not in line with what we thought, or was led to believe by man made religions, we must then start to practice what we are learning, then we begin to worship in spirit and truth. After all, if you are taking notice of what you are being told by someone else, how do you know it to be true? 1st Thessalonians 5:19-22, 2nd Corinthiams 13:5
Please remember that God's people are told to "Get OUT of Her or share in her judgement." Do not stay in an "antichrist" organization that places themselves in Christ's place as "God's Anointed".
@@mamajan99I never said that we had to stay in an “antichrist” organization. The antiChrist denies Christ, this is not the case for some religious groups. I say that it is each individual who counts and not an organization. I said that no one has all the truth and that we can have the Spirit of God even if we are wrong on certain subjects. The apostles were far from having understood everything when they received the holy spirit at Pentecost. Moreover, Christ had already breathed holy spirit on them when they thought that Christ would return in their time and it took them a while to understand the resurrection of Christ. see John 20:9, 22. To be clear, I would like to point out that I have been excommunicated from Jehovah's Witnesses and that I am not part of any religious organization but I appreciate Christians who do not always have the same point of view than me. I see their love for Christ, their beautiful lifestyle, and their desire to learn. I find that former Jehovah's Witnesses are quick to judge and condemn, just like when we were in this organization.
Christ said: "All that the Father gives me will come to me, and he who comes to me I will not cast out. (John 6:37)
@@mamajan99I was excommunicated, so that's not the problem. I meet sincere Christians who love God and have Christian values from another religious group. I am not a member but I feel united with them. No one has all the Truth. The truth is Christ and we are walking in His path, but we have not yet arrived at the goal. We all know partially. God knows. I don't believe in any organization, I believe in disciples of Christ scattered everywhere. The important thing is that no one takes Christ's place but continues to learn from Him and from each other. We have our conscience "which allows us to examine everything and retain what is good" 1 Thessalonian 5: 21
So according to you, no one would have the Holy Spirit except the former Jehovah's Witnesses who left this organization?
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@@nicole-si9ie What??? "no one would have the Holy Spirit except the former JWs" I don't believe that at all. Follow only Jesus, our only teacher and leader. Be baptised in His name and you will be born again of Holy Spirit and water. As with Jesus, our mother becomes the Jerusalem above, Heavenly Jerusalem, (the free woman) thus making us all one very close family, all of "the same spiritual womb" (Greek ἀδελφός "adelphos.) Gal 4:26 Fraternally Yours!
Well said, dear brother! 👏👏
I was just enjoy to hearing such logical and sinful talk, based on scripture! Thank you so much!
As ex-JW, I’m looking forward to see you making next step following Jn.16:13, to understand why real name of Messiah is Yahusha ha’Mashiach and why the first followers of Yahusha weren’t Christian at all, but Nacarym. 🥰
It’ll help you understand existence of so many wars and disunity between Christian’s in general.
As you probably guess - no Ruach ha’Kadash! (Jn.16:13)
With sincere brotherly love!
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Did you mean to write "sincere talk" and not "sinful talk"? :D
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Sorry, just one German word crept in. 😊
The idea was “meaningful”, but “sincere” would be also OK. 😉
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Hi Eric, 🙏 Is God's Holy Spirit Guiding Me, It maybe so🙏
Is there anyone that can testify that have a testimony from Jehovah?
Hello Eric. Thank you for these videos. They are so helpful.
I don’t know if you heard the new story that broke two days ago about a group who called themselves “the truth“ and they are so eerily similar to watchtower. They are known as the church with no name, also known as the Two by Twos
Really!? It's news to me.
ABC7 news out of The Bay Area
It won’t allow me to post a link but if you go to that channel, it’s a story from two days ago. It’s about “the truth about the truth”
2 Corinthiens 13: 7, 8 [...] . 8 Car nous ne pouvons rien faire contre la vérité, mais seulement pour la vérité.
Galates 4: 16 Eh bien alors, suis-je devenu votre ennemi parce que je vous dis la vérité ?
All the churches are a dragnet catching Christians. Matt 13:47-50 shows the ones the spirit can get along with are separated (suitable) and the rest destroyed. Also the pearls of wisdom the spirit gives to you, you are warned about throwing them before swine where they will trample you. Secrets are not to be revealed to those unworthy. Matt 7:6
Yup they are all 501 (c) 3 creatures of the state and ALL OF THEM fall under the United Nations. The true biblical message is only beginning to surface now. We have all been participating in being a dead body corporate, blowing hot and cold. We are the dead burying the dead. We have had another god before Yhvh involved in idolatry without even realizing it. A Corporation is idolatry.
It is a hard pill to swallow because we have been sold a lie from our youth.
One's faith in Yeshua Messiah is going to be put to the test and ones we comprehend how his blood sacrifice for our God given christian name was done to take away all legal indebtedness for us to relinquish all legal title person surname fraud so that we follow the Messiah and not man and mammon. (Mathew 6:24) Job 32:21-22 is clear Persons or anyone with a title will be lead away which means executed, and person comes from the Greek word kanah which is one with a title especially a surname. There is a Christian remedy in law to live in natural equity and free ourselves from the slavery of this system. Going to be a very hard pill to swallow for the rich, they enjoy the Mammon side of gain and unless we sacrifice ALL we don't stand a chance from what I can see. (2 Peter 2:3 ; Proverbs 11:15).
IAM an Orthodox Christian...from the first days of chrisndom..we have never ever change anything in the gospel and the preachings of our God... we are praying for the united of all who believes in Christ..in the Holy Trinity...our priests and episkops have the continuety from the apostles.. nothing change..in fact in Cyprus St Varnavas is the creator of the local church...all orthodox churches are equal in the orthodox church...may God have mercy to our sins and forgive all Human beings.. unfortunately our brothers left From the One and only "church"..and created churches.. Orthodox is not a church in the meaning that the other understand..God will find a way to save everyone who believes in him..all Christians must have one church...head of our church is our lord Jesus
You may not have changed anything in the Gospels. That was done for you from 325CE onwards. Your religion prescribed to that. Jesus at Matthew 7:15 spoke about false teachers, as did Luke Acts 20:29, and John at 1John 2:18.
The Council of Nicea in 325CE made respectable these AntiChrist, false anointed or false Christian teachings that Jesus and his disciples warned of, but only in man's eyes. As Eric points out the Bible is encrypted to those not worshipping in spirit and truth, John 4:24
If a jw realises he or she no longer agrees with thier teachings then where do they stand re thier baptism status? Where do they go to be baptised in Gods spirit if their jw baptism was wrong?
@anointedbygodandchristnotj5188- You can have someone baptize you in the name of Jesus, just like the first century Christians were baptized in the book of Acts.
I have been watching lots of vids over the last 4 months. I'm coming across expressions like "let scripture interpret scripture" and each person should read scripture themselves or in a group, they don't need anyone like an organization to interpret it for you.
2 problems:
1. I've noticed people come up with their own ideas but there can only be one truth. All claim to have God's spirit.
2. How can anyone interpret the visions of Daniel and Revelation themselves?
As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life. I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught. (1 John 2:26, 27 BSB)
@BeroeanPickets i’ve always asked myself. Why is God require all this worship? Like where is the self-confidence being the divine creator of everything? If you’re self-assured and confident in your skin, or in God’s case, cosmic skin, Why does he even need our worship? Doesn’t that seem narcissistic? And why demand it? Can’t he just let us live our lives and not have to do these things? Can’t we just show our appreciation through obedience? I mean, I agree with showing him appreciation and being thankful and all that. I am very grateful for everything and divine creator has done for us. But Why does He require us to worship him Through the hamster wheel of going To meetings all the time and engaging in a ministry work?
First you need to understand the essence of the word worship. At it's basic level, it means to recognise, or give recognition to, with regard to showing great respect, honor, or devotion.
So many people misunderstand this concept.
From recognition comes love, with love comes responsibilty, that responsibility goes full circle to gratitude, faith and action. That is worship. What did you have in mind?
God is not looking for abject cringing piety. When he created Adam and Eve, he gave them control, dominion or governorship over all that was on the earth. That couple merely needed to recognise that God was the creator and knew what is best for us.
However Satan's lies made it look as if he knew better than God. When Adam and Eve gave in to Satan's view, is when Satan became ruler of the world.They gave it to him. We have no say in that. Therefore gratitude and recognition is due to God for his plan found at Genesis 3:15. That goes to Jesus too. I am not saying we should worship Jesus, but to give him recognition for his major, major part in that plan. Of course, I am not limiting God to be worthy of worship just of his actions at Genesis 3:15.
@@derek2557 Why would we not worship Jesus? He created all things. I don't know about you, but I want to worship the being who created me! I agree that it is not "cringy piety." All those things you mentioned....recognition, respect, honor, devotion, gratitude and love...that is worship....Worship is humans responding to what our creator has done for us. To worship in spirit and truth means that it comes from our heart (spirit) and that it is genuine (truth). We don't need to have all the answers to the questions we have for God in order to worship Him with genuine humble surrender. In fact, we cannot really be led toward deeper truths unless we are open to being shown by Him that we might be wrong about something. God just wants your humble and contrite heart (Isaiah 66:2) First-century followers worshipped Jesus, as do his followers today.
@@melaniewilson5372 Hi Melanie,
Yes I see your point(s).
Well, one can always give fuller, more rounded out answers when addressing one subject, as opposed to an answer in general terms.
Does our worship of Jesus not occur if we respond to his word by trying to become footstep followers of our messiah? In those terms, yes I agree with you.
However, if the main point of my wording was poor and lacked definition, I apologise. I was merely trying to draw a comparison between God and his son. Surely had it not been for God, then Jesus would not exist, would he?
Under those circumstances, primarily our recognition etc, etc as mentioned before, spills over to Jesus quite naturally.
Worshipping in spirit and truth first requires us to find out for ourselves, as much as humanly possibly (we are all limited by our intellect), what truth is, not to follow what someone else tells us. That is why the Holy spirit exists, isnt it?
So exegetical study rather than eisegetic study is a must. Worshipping in spirit means, as you say, coming from the heart, but be careful here, afterall, Saul was practicing what came from the heart, was he not?; but it also means having the spirit to leave behind what we once thought we knew in favour of what we find Saul to Paul!
What would be the point of allowing the spirit to come from the heart, if we did not have the truth of God's word? How then could we worship in spirit?
Now your ending point is more contentious. If you follow a religion that was so bady corrupted by at the latest the Nicean Council of 325CE. Then you are most definitely not worshipping as the early Christians did.
As Eric so elequantly pointed out, without the aid of the Holy Spirit, the Bible is encrypted. One gains the aid of the Holy Spirit by honest hearted searching of the Bible exegetically. If we search with eisegesis why would God grant you his spirit? Indeed if you do search with preconceived ideas, how honest is your search?
@@derek2557 Jesus is “the Truth” and “the Word.” I have my own testimony of my personal encounter with the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ. They are both persons of the Godhead because they told me so. And if you take a deeper dive into the scriptures and be open to being wrong, you will discover the truth that Jesus and the Holy Spirit are in unity with the Father as one being. This was known well before the council of Nicea. But you have been deceived and don’t know it because you’ve decided you have it right. I was sure I was right too, until I thought maybe I was wrong and that is when God opened my eyes. But that’s a journey for each of us. I pray almighty God will reveal Himself to you. Blessings :)
Ok Melanie, I’m listening.
So are you saying unless a group of individuals believe exactly alike in all Scriptural matters they can't have the Spirit?
It didn't sound like Eric was saying that at all.
What he did say if you dont have the Holy Spirit then the Bible is encrypted and you will not be able to understand it.
As God is searching for for those who worship him in spirit and truth, it behoves us all to search for Bible truths with an honest, open heart, not preconceived ideas.
For those searching with honest hearts, God will make his Holy Spirit available. Otherwise if we are searching the Bible to support our own preconceived ideas, how can we say we are making an honest search?
Why not attend one of The Beroean Pickets meetings on zoom? There you will get a fuller, more rounded understanding.
I’m confused. Are you saying that those guided by the spirit understand the whole Bible and do not need to progress in learning? Does that not amount to claiming to be inspired?
No, I'm not saying that. As for learning, we will always be learning.
Dear Eric. I would say, at least two witnesses are needed to confirm one claiming he's anointed. Jesus said: "If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.” (Joh 5:31, KJV).
Why would someone find it necessary to make such a claim? Even the angels don't know the weeds from the wheat, so to whom or where would they go for proof or evidence to support their claim?.
@@derek2557 every sect does claim that directly or indirectly. Gal.5:22,23 was not an identification of the annointed but rather it was a description where leads conscious cooperation with the spirit and where leads ignoring the spirit (works of the flesh). Paul addressed the letter to chosen, called or annointed.
I’m sorry, it’s 00:16 here in the Uk. I don’t quite understand your point., sorry. Would you kindly be a little more specific?
No one knows who the anointed are. However, Romans 8:16 is interesting. This whole thing revolves around searching the scriptures with no preconceived ideas. Not an easy thing to do, but exegetical study is an absolute necessity. But finding the truth is no good unless you put into practice what you find. At the point you reach and act on what you find, then Matthew 13:44-45 applies. Then Romans 8:16 occurs to us individually, but not before applying John 4:21-24. First the search, then the actions, then the knowledge or conviction. No one else can attest to anyone else’s anointing.
@derek2557 Jesus was annointed just after his baptism and John was able to testify. First disciples were anointed on the day of pentecost, there was a visible proof of that. Disciples in Samaria were anointed by laying hands of apostles. Simon SAW the spirit was being given by laying of hands (Ac 8:18). Heb.6:1,2 says the laying on of hands is a foundational doctrine. Gal.5:19-23 is about keeping on walking in spirit, not about anointing by spirit. If, for example, you would feel you are anointed, my first question would be who laid hands upon you and who gave the one laying hands that authority. Otherwise I wouldn't believe you would be anointed and would be just like Eric said, you'd be fooling yourself. The power of imagination is enormous. I personally don't think there are anointed today as they were in the first century. I simply can't apply verses from the Bible on myself if context is clear it was said to somebody else. It would be like as if I would read Gen.6:14 and then I would start to build an ark, just because it reads "make for yourself an ark". Heb.2.3,4 clearly sets time boundaries of mighty deeds and distribution of holy spirit to the first century.
I was a jw for years do you really think God's name is jehovah just wondering
I'm going to be doing a video on that very soon.
Sometimes I ask myself that same question. I think "Jah" (Yah) as King David said is more in that way. I also heard others take the sound of the Hebrew letters to get (Yah-ooh-ah) but because I don't know...I stick with What our Lord Yahusha (Jesus) said...."Father"! Blessings.
When I hear Jah I think of Jesus. Jahve means Salvation. Jesus never used this name about his father. Jesus has been given the name above all names.Jahve / Jehovah ,it's the same.
@@dawill2doit Ask Jesus how to pray to God and He answered: "Our Father (Abba, Poppa, Daddy) in heaven..." He is called by almost 1000 different names in the Bible. El Shaddai or just Shaddai is one of the names of the God of Israel. El Shaddai is conventionally translated into English as God Almighty. But one of these names stands alone, and that name is Yahweh.(yah-WEH) occuring more than 6,800 times in the O.T.
But remember that Jesus said: "You will be witnesses of ME" Not JW's
I'm totally ok with"Jehovah" but I think I would prefer Adoni. The fact is we're talking about an adopted ancient tribal war god that got transformed into something completely different during the Greco Roman period. I do believe the very early followers of Jesus were trying to keep the Jesus idea of YHWH but the Romans were successful integrating their own ideas into Jesus and it became muddled once again, just like Jews had trouble figuring out who yhwh was for centuries. I'm fairly antitheistic but the idea of a monotheistic god remains and I respect that approach and i most certainly respect what Eric is trying to accomplish as I see very little harm here.
You say all bibles are the same? The truth is that there are all guilty of omitting, adding and changing words! according to their own preferred doctrines!
That doesn't mean they have no value to us.
@@BeroeanPickets Yes. The only book I have been stuck on since age 5, for a reason. For sure.
The jws are confused about the Holy spirit. You need a good understanding of Him not it.scott Bournemouth UK.
When you argued ( even with me ) about the plannedemic and sided with the governments and the governing body ,you showed your true colors. Please dont mistakenly think that you are a leader or are being led by holy spirit
Whether you want to get vaccinated or not is a personal decision. Whether all vaccinations for the past 100 years are good science or a plot by the drug companies to make money is a debate for others. I will not be sucked into such debates anymore. I learned the hard way that these are a distraction from what it truly important.
“. . .Further, reject foolish and ignorant debates, knowing that they produce fights. For a slave of the Lord does not need to fight, but needs to be gentle toward all, qualified to teach, showing restraint when wronged, instructing with mildness those not favorably disposed. Perhaps God may give them repentance leading to an accurate knowledge of truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the Devil, seeing that they have been caught alive by him to do his will.” (2 Timothy 2:23-26)
@@BeroeanPickets I think you should have said all that stuff back then
@@erush611 I think we both should have said all that stuff back then.
@@BeroeanPickets I did fight that way though, you did not...and like the jws - made it a personal choice until pressured by the governments then said that main stream media wasn't deceptive and people should yield towards the communities intrests. Strangely you buckled in unison with the " governing body" . So please don't believe that you are leading, especially by holy spirit. You are riding that wild beast on fornication
1Ki 22:14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
1Ki 22:15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
1Ki 22:16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
1Ki 22:17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
1Ki 22:18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
1Ki 22:19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
1Ki 22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
1Ki 22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
1Ki 22:22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
1Ki 22:23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
That lying spirit is still around and still active in the world today, it tells people what they have already decided that they want to believe and hear, it is not hard to convince someone of a lie when their own mind has already believed a lie because they receive not the love of the truth.
2Th 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2Th 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
if you do not want the real truth of God, you will be given a lie that will be your doom.
The kingdom of God on earth was taken from physical Israelites, @Matthew, 21:43/ 23:37-39, prior to these, Jehovah used his prophets to prophecized that God will gather a new spiritual Israel out of nations, it started with God's faithful prophets and Jesus apostles, @Matt,12:46-50, Jesus called this organization his spiritual mother, later, he compared it to 10 virgen women , @Matt, 25: stated, " the kingdom of God is like 10 virgen women, which 5 of them are foolish while the other 5 are wise, therefore, if it reach to 50 % will leave from this organization and the rest 50% will remained until Jesus arrived, it proves that Jesus stablished this organization, which continue bearing it's fruits, ( doing God's will on earth) @Mat, 21:43, /Romans, 2:28-29 /Eph, 6:12, /Isaiah, 2:4, / Gal, 4:9-11, / Ezek, 36:24, / Isaiah, 62:1-3,
Jw’s is a false religion and false prophets, part of Babylon the great, theirs No Salvation with the witnesses
I admire the study you put into this but just referencing texts doesn't help. These texts are all talking about different things in their own modernity and temporal context. None of this has supposes that we ourselves should believe the same way. Neat stuff to consider what they were on about but it's the 21st century now and these guys didn't think we'd be here. They aren't speaking to us except in our own imaginations so be careful about saying "this means..."
@MrZeuqsav - If you replace "this organization" with "Christendom" you'll be closer to the truth.
@@BeroeanPickets @ Matthew, 24: Jesus replied to his apostles this one of the signs, " Many will bring my name", all christian leaders today can't directly say "I am Christ, because they can't perform miracles lf someone demands, but it's more likely the fulfilment of Jesus given signs, he added do not believed them, for wherever the Deads are, ( spiritually deads) the eagles ( churches leaders) were there, ( not for literal flesh, but money's of spiritually dead members) learn this passage, Jesus said, " let the Deads ,bury their own dead" but you, go and preach the good news of God's kingdom, So, can a physically Deads, can bury their own physically dead? Jesus also said this even Abraham long time dead,, "the God is not God of the Deads, but God of the living, you are greatly err!@ Mark, 12:26-27,
They teach that the Holy spirit is one person of God, but the Apostles said, Acts, 5:28-32, God will give his Holy spirit to those who obey Him as a ruler , this is Just an additional information, That the Holy spirit can be given to many people, @Rom, 10:9, it said, Those who have faith in their heart that God rose Jesus from the dead will be saved, this is exactly Jesus whispered to his apostles, "Fear him", @Mat,10:26-28/Deut, 32:39/1st,Sam, 2:6-7/2nd,Kings, 5:7, @@cygnustsp
The WTS / JWS have been in the fear mongering business for over 100 years., co related to literature proliferation.
The real reason its still continues to this day is because the top controlling men (GB) have a copious amount of power and money in their hands., power and money they wouldn't have otherwise
They live off the Organization from food and shelter, to complete health and dental care, to fly anywhere in the world paid for by the organization, cars, swimming pools and tennis courts to play in at their newly constructed HQ.
There is a vitally important connection with the money being drawn in and the GB men handling it and consuming it. $$$
This new pertinaciously corrupt beards policy was made out from the fact the GB men now know the numbers of people participating with the organization has dramatically dropped in recent years and they are trying to regain some numbers.
Remember counting numbers is vitally important in the JWS religion.
There is no truth in Christianity. If God needs to tell you something, he will do so himself personally and individually and directly, not through any medium, not through anything, not even through “Christ”. Bible contains wisdom, but truly not a great source of anything other than inspirations.
When you leave JW's you leave God. JW's are the only people doing the global preaching work on earth today. JW's are indeeed the "One flock" that Jesus mentions in the Bible.
If only you could prove that from Scripture, you might have something going there.
@@BeroeanPickets Already proven. Case closed.
How so? Christians all over the world are preaching the good news, not just jw's. Why does leaving the organization equate with leaving God? What scripture is that? When Jesus said "one flock" he was speaking of the little flock of Jews and the larger flock of gentiles, coming together to become one flock. Tell me, where in that passage (or any other passage of scripture) does it say that the one flock would have one of two hopes, heavenly or earthly? Ephesians 4 says there is one hope for Christians. Revelation 21 shows heaven and earth coming together. One flock enjoying life eternal in God's kingdom, a new heaven and a new earth brought together, Christians resurrected into our glorified body, just as Christ was.
@@melaniewilson5372 Only JW's teach the good news oif Gods kingodm as the only solution.
Yet, you’re here watching an “apostate” video LOL. You must be conflicted. Maybe experiencing a crisis of conscience?