I personally am having problems within myself on how to exactly find the right way to serve Jehovah within the congregation setting feeling that Jehovah is indeed using this organization for the truth etc and feeling so much is just not right.  I feel that for the most part the congr just wants an outward mold of a person.  In my congr if you should get a shepherding call you take a risk of having it adlibed by the elder in a car group.  The lack of love in almost every congr is mindbongling.  What to make of this?  Instead of building each other up we tear each other down.  For some of us that don't have anyone else to help with our loads its hard holding on.  However, it is the truth and I feel Jehovah is using the Congr and organization. 

Maybe sometime you could update your personal site so we could see how things worked out for you. Are you still in the organ and how you cope with the injustices etc.

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Please take comfort in knowing that you are not alone in the way you feel about the lack of love among Jehovah's people, but there are literally thousands, probably more like hundreds of thousands, who feel exactly the way you do. In fact, Jesus foretold that "the love of the greater number will cool off." That is why we need to endure to the end. (Matt. 24:12,13) We have not been prepared for this development as we have always been taught that these things apply to the world, particularly Christendom. We have also been persuaded to believe that God's people were judged way back in 1918 and have nothing further to fear. That is what is so confusing to the brothers. How can we have so many problems and yet believe that Jehovah is pleased with us? We have broken marriages, mates running off with other's mates (not uncommon around here), child abusers, elders making the six o'clock News for defrauding widows, etc. etc. And can you imagine, those who have been entrusted by Jehovah with the care of his household and feeding the members thereof, are disfellowshipping those of the sheep who are disagreeing with some interpretations of theirs, the sheep that Jesus died for? Will they not be held accountable?

The apostle Peter wrote that God's judgment will start with the house of God. That did not happen back in 1918 but is yet to come. When will it start and how will it proceed? Jesus told us he would come "at an hour we do not think likely." And in connection with his unexpected sudden arrival he would find some of the slave, who had been given the responsibility to feed "the menservants and maidservants," to be beating them instead, perhaps including beating them into submission by their disfellowshippings for no scriptural grounds other than unity. I think the evidence indicates that we must be very close to the appointed time. (1 Peter 4:17,18)

It is comforting to know that Jehovah will not hold the sheep accountable for what the shepherds have done or failed to do. (Ezekiel 34:2-10) All we can do is endure and try our best in holding on to our integrity. The meetings are still important for building one another up in love. And the good news of the kingdom still needs to continue to be preached.

I am very encouraged by you saying that this is the truth and that Jehovah is using the congregation and organization. Please continue to put your trust in Jehovah. Continue to stick to him, to love him and at the same time prove yourself to be an encouragement to the brothers and sisters. We need each other as we have never needed each other before. As for myself, since understanding that God's prophesied judgments apply to us, as his people, and not Christendom, I have had a new enthusiasm. It's true, the meetings can be very tiring when we are kept being reminded on how we must obey and have full confidence in the self-proclaimed "faithful and discreet slave," and I imagine we will only hear it more emphasized in the days to come as they feel their power and influence slipping away. And our message of preaching the good news of the kingdom has not changed. We just need to keep that message simple, about the blessings it will bring to obedient mankind. I am definitely still in the organization, in good standing, but have refused to accept any "privileges" such as I used to enjoy. My conscience no longer allows me to do that as there are too many areas that I would need to speak out about. It's no longer just a matter of disagreeing with the meaning of "porneia" and refusing to go along with breaking up marriages because of it. Now I'd rather wait on Jehovah, even in silence, using my voice and keyboard to encourage only those who want it and feel a need for it. And that in itself has kept me very busy.

May Jehovah bless you as you struggle with the rest of us until his judgment upon his household has passed and we are approved by him.

Dear Brother,

First of all, I would like to introduce myself... I am one(1)of your Brothers located in the Island of ——. I have read some of your essays & information in regards with our teaching as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. I am just wondering, can you tell me just to believe if you are one of Jehovah's Witnesses also... don’t misinterpret on my inquiries.

We know that Jehovah is the true GOD as stated in Psalm 83:18. Pls. let me know if your truly are one of Jehovah’s Witnesses..pls..Thank You..
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It's good to meet brothers from all over the world. I was baptized in 1961 when I was 17 years old and have been a faithful Witness ever since, enjoying many privileges over the years. I don't know what the situation is like among the brothers in your area but most everywhere in the world the organization is going through a crisis.

Many brothers are being stumbled or have lost their zeal. Many false brothers and ex JWs are trying to teach that God does not have an organization but that his people can be found scattered in Christendom, which I do not agree with at all. But it has become quite evident that the prophecies of God's judgments against his people, as foretold through the prophets of old such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Amos, etc., apply to us, as God's people, and not to Christendom as we have been taught. Christendom is not God's people and Jehovah has never viewed it as his household. Rather we are told to get out from among them if we want to worship Jehovah. (2 Cor. 6:14-18) There are many problems within the organization today and Jehovah's judgment will start with his own house as the apostle Peter foretold. (1 Peter 4:17,18) This did not happen back in 1918 but will happen in the near future. Something that will shock many brothers soon, when the Master arrives unexpectedly, is that the wicked slave that Jesus foretold in Matthew 24:48-51 and Luke 12:45,46, will be found right among the faithful slave, right inside God's own household and not Christendom. That evil slave is beating the members of God's house that they were entrusted to feed and care for. Many are being disfellowshipped for as little as questioning some things we have been taught. An elder in our congregation was disfellowshipped recently simply for having doubts about the teaching that "the faithful and discreet" slave was judged and appointed in 1918. Abuse victims are being disfellowshipped for speaking out. They are dealing treacherously with the sheep that Jesus died for.

Hopefully, my website has encouraged many to stick with Jehovah and his people in spite of all the problems. There are many things we have been taught over the years that are not scriptural, not found in the Bible. Of course, many brothers have come to realize that and, as I mentioned earlier, many are being stumbled. On my website I acknowledge that we have many things wrong, things that have caused us difficulties but we cannot blame Jehovah for that. Rather, he foretold these things and will soon clean up. Therefore we must persevere and endure. We need each other like we never needed each other's support before. If you want to know more about me please read my story under the heading "To What Extend is Jehovah Involved With His People Today."  http://perimeno.ca/DoesGod.htm.

I hope this is enough information about me for now.

Just a question for you bro. In your Babylon the great essay you don't say that Christendom is Babylon the great but that false worship is, am I making the right conclusion?

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According to Jehovah there are only two religions, not the thousands we have today. Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary of the English Language  defines "religion" as: man's expression of his acknowledgment of the divine  II  a system of beliefs and practices relating to the sacred and uniting its adherents in a community, e.g. Judaism, Christianity  II.
Therefore, as God decreed in Genesis 3:15 there is only his side and Satan's, two kinds of worship and the two sides would be at enmity. One cannot worship Jehovah and at the same time have any dealings with Satan and the demons. “...the things which the nations sacrifice they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I do not want YOU to become sharers with the demons. YOU cannot be drinking the cup of Jehovah and the cup of demons; YOU cannot be partaking of “the table of Jehovah” and the table of demons. – 1 Corinthians 10:20,21

That is why the apostle Paul says that there can be no fellowship with unbelievers, just as Christ has nothing to do with the Devil. He addresses all who want to worship Jehovah to "get out from among them, and separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah, ‘and quit touching the unclean thing’”; “‘and I will take YOU in.’” “‘And I shall be a father to YOU, and YOU will be sons and daughters to me,’ says Jehovah the Almighty.” (2 Cor. 6:17,18). From this it is clear that those who want to worship Jehovah cannot be sharing in "a system of beliefs and practices" relating to the worship of demons and belong to its "community."

It escapes me as to why we don't make a connection with Revelation 18:4 and the parallel scripture at 2 Corinthians 6:14-18. Jehovah has foretold that he will destroy Satan's system of worship that the Devil set up in the garden of Eden, referred to in Revelation as Babylon the Great. In the book of Revelation he describes that destruction and gives us enough information to identify what it is that will be destroyed suddenly, as in one hour. If we do not want to share in her sins and her fate we must have already removed ourselves from that "system of beliefs" and "community" of adherents. That is very basic and clear enough for us to understand in order to act upon the warning. You might say that Revelation 18:4 is a last call for any who want to worship Jehovah to "get out of her."

I do not agree with others interpretation of Revelation 18:4, applying the prophecy of Jeremiah, about going into exile in Babylon, to God's people today going into exile in Babylon the Great for three and a half years, as they claim. Jeremiah's message to God's people included the call to "serve the king of Babylon and keep living." (Jeremiah 27:12,17) In Jeremiah's day, bringing their "necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon" meant their survival. How would we do that today? Some are trying to interpret prophecies before their time. If the Watchtower Society got it wrong what makes us believe that we will do any better before the appointed time of their fulfillment? All we can do at the present is point out the errors of interpretation because of their lack of fulfillment. But the message of Revelation 18:4 is clear, any who want to worship Jehovah must get out, separate themselves, from the "system of beliefs and practices" relating to the worship of demons, and be no part of its community of adherents. Her destruction is very near. Any who are still found in her when God executes his judgment upon her will share in her fate.

I hope I have answered your question.

I would like to ask some questions, that maybe you can give me more scriptural explanation. It states 1. "Is there a difference between the REMNANTS outside the Bethel Family & those REMANTS in part of the Governing Body?"  2. "In taking knowledge of the TRUTH, is it really true that Jehovah uses his organization or rather Governing Body to feed his SERVANTS in TIME?"  3. "Where was God when he created Heavens & Earth?" 5. "Is it really true that Satan hurled here since 1914?" 6. "As Bible states about 3.5years in Revelation, what does this mean for our modern times?" 7. "The fall of Jerusalem in 607BCE, is it really the exact chronology? and what these tells about us?"

     Basically, if the Watchtower tells something about this, but sometimes they didn’t go on to the exact answer.. pls if you can answer this one by one I really appreciated it..thank you very much..

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1. "Is there a difference between the REMNANTS outside the Bethel Family & those REMANTS in part of the Governing Body?”

Answer:   No difference. Jesus said that they are all brothers and none are authorized to rule over anyone else. Jesus alone is our Teacher and Leader. (Matt. 23:8,10-12; Luke 22:24-26) The Society acknowledges that the "faithful and discreet slave" is made up of ALL the anointed, but it is only a handful (GB) who have seized control of God's sheep and started to rule over their fellow brothers ahead of their time. The Master will deal with them upon his arrival. (1 Peter 5:2-4)

2. "In taking knowledge of the TRUTH, is it really true that Jehovah uses his organization or rather Governing Body to feed his SERVANTS in TIME?"

Answer:  Jesus said that a slave was assigned to feed the members of God's household. That slave would be held accountable for how they fulfilled that assignment. The slave is made up of the remnant of the 144,000 chosen by God, starting at Pentecost with the 120 who received the outpouring of the holy spirit, and continuing until the Master returns to settle accounts with them. (Luke 12:42-46) There was no governing body in the first century. Even the 12 apostles did not make up a body of governors. Also, there is no reason why all capable brothers can not have a share in feeding and shepherding God’s servants within their own congregations as qualified elders or ministerial servants, just as all God’s servants are qualified to teach and feed any Bible studies they may have.

3. "Where was God when he created Heavens & Earth?"

Answer:  When God, with his son, created the physical heavens and earth, the universe, he was in his spirit realm, for God is a spirit. (see Job 38:47)

No 4?

5. "Is it really true that Satan hurled here since 1914?"
6. "As Bible states about 3.5years in Revelation, what does this mean for our modern times?"
7. "The fall of Jerusalem in 607BCE, is it really the exact chronology? and what these tells about us?"

Answer:  My answer to the above three questions is that it doesn't matter. It does not help or hinder us in worshipping Jehovah and fulfilling our commission to preach the good news of the kingdom. There are prophecies that will not be understood until the time of their fulfillment, and then we will all understand it at the same time. Does it matter if we got 1914 right or wrong? It will not affect when Jehovah's day comes. Jehovah knows the day and hour and he has not told us. If the Society is wrong about 1914 then so are all the others who are trying to understand the prophecies that God has made secret and sealed up until the time of the end. (Daniel 12:9) Don't be unduly influenced by anyone who wants to interpret prophecies that Jehovah has made secret until his due time comes for their fulfillment. They might make for interesting discussion now but are bound to change as the future unfolds. The prophecies we need to act on we can all understand now and don't need anyone to interpret them for us.

What are your thoughts on the Memorial, isn't it going against Jehovah if you don't partake?   Even if disfellowshipped I don't think anyone at the congregations could stop such one's.  I take celebrating the Memorial as a very serious command and if one doesn't than to me it is like forsaking what Jesus died for, as if it were for nothing. . . Some seem to idolize the anointed. 
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It is sad that many "idolize" the anointed, and thus take away from Jehovah's glory. They are not special, no more than Aaron and his sons were special. The responsibility that has been given them, and will be given upon their being faithful unto death, is what will be special, as was the case with Aaron's priesthood, but not them as individuals. As a whole Jehovah has chosen the weak and the foolish in order that "no flesh might boast in the sight of God." (1 Cor. 1:28,29) The scriptures do not make a distinction between those who have the heavenly calling and those who don't, as if the ones who do are better or more important than those who don't. Because of this lack of distinction in the scriptures the Society came to the conclusion, back in Rutherford's day, that the Bible was written for the anointed. But please reason on this: is there a need for a priesthood if there are no people they can act as priests on behalf? Do we need shepherds if there are no sheep? Who is more important, the people on whose behalf the priests serve or the one serving? The sheep or the shepherds? We would not even know who is and is not anointed if we would all celebrate the Lord's evening meal (the Memorial) the way Christ commanded us to. There is no scriptural prohibition anywhere for anyone not to do as Jesus commanded. (1 Cor. 11:23-26) Rutherford and his body of governors determined that only they and the few others who professed to be of the heavenly class, were in the new covenant, and Jesus was the mediator only of them. They also claimed it was for them that the scriptures were written. And in fact, in a way it was, but only the portions that are addressed to the anointed in the way of explaining what Jehovah's spirit was doing within them, as it was something entirely new and needed explaining. The earthly hope never needed explaining as it has been common to all mankind. If this raises questions or seems confusing to you I am hoping to address it soon in an article on the new covenant.

But very briefly stated, God made a covenant with his people at Mt. Sinai, with all his people who were natural children of Abraham. Part of that covenant was the covenant he made with Aaron and his sons for the priesthood. That was not separate from the Law covenant but rather an integral part of it. The covenant was a tutor leading to Christ. (Gal. 3:24,25) When it had served its purpose Jehovah had all along intended to replace it with a new covenant, a better one. (Jer. 31:31-34) It would include all Jews who would accept the Messiah and, as prophesied and promised to Abraham, would also now include people of the nations. (Gal. 3:8 ) This new covenant includes a priesthood. It is an integral part of the new covenant as was foreshadowed by the Law covenant, with Jesus as the high priest, such as Aaron was, and 144,000 who would serve under Christ. (Heb. 5:4,5; Rev. 14:1-4; 20:6) The covenant for a kingdom and a priesthood is not the new covenant but rather a feature of it. Had the Jews remained faithful, all 144,000 would have been exclusively chosen from among them. Since Jehovah had always purposed to have that fixed number, determined from before the "founding of the word," those other millions of Jews not chosen to be among the 144,000 would still have been included in the new covenant. (Eph. 1:4,5) Therefore, the new covenant is not just between the 144,000 and Jehovah but with all who accept the ransom, just as Jesus said, "this means my 'blood of the covenant,' which is to be poured out in behalf of many for forgiveness of sins." (Matt. 26:28 ) Contrast that with the "little" flock. (Luke 12:32) The great crowd (among the many) of Revelation is pictured in "white robes" and as having "washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb" (the blood of the covenant) just as the 144,000 also needed to do. (Rev. 7:9,13,14; 3:4,5) Therefore, Jesus is the mediator of all who avail themselves of the ransom and wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb. They all have their sins forgiven, as Jesus said, and have a clean standing before God.

It is clear that all of mankind is precious to God. He gave his only-begotten Son for everyone, and all who exercise faith in him will have everlasting life. (John 3:16) It is on their behalf that Jehovah has produced a kingdom of priests, to serve them. They are servants to them just as the Aaronic priesthood was and the kings of Israel. What need is there for kings and priests without the people? Therefore, Jehovah has placed the importance, not so much on those who minister to his people but rather those who are ministered to, those who benefit from the “blood of the covenant,” the “blood of the Lamb,” by exercising faith in it and having their sins forgiven. It is as Jesus said, "Just as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to, but to minister and to give his soul a ransom in exchange for many." (Matt. 20:28 ) But, Jehovah has placed the emphasis in the scriptures on explaining about the choosing he has done in the case of those who will do the ministering, as their hope is not natural, having been changed by God through the holy spirit, and so needing to be explained.

Jehovah will soon judge his household and identify the faithful slave as well as the wicked slave. It takes patient endurance and faith on our part to wait on Jehovah to set matters straight in his due time. Therefore, it is not wise to run ahead of him by rebelling against the arrangement that he has allowed to exist until his appointed time. I don’t believe anyone would sin by partaking of the emblems at the Memorial, as Jesus commanded his disciples to do, but neither do I believe that Jehovah will hold anyone accountable for not rebelling against the present arrangement. I firmly believe that Jehovah will not punish his sheep for what the shepherds have done.