Since
discovering the NGO and Silentlambs issues, certain
(I beleive to be) bogus doctrinal issues like 1914,
the WT's teaching that the New Covenenat
only applies to them, the F&DS claims by WT, etc - I've been unable to conscientiously continue to
attend meetings with the Jehovah's Witnesses organization. . .
My faith in God and
Christ and the ultimate outcome of all this crazy stuff is unshakeable. But I feel that for me to continue to attend
the Kingdom Hall - knowing what I know - is to be "guilty by
association" before God and Christ.
Thus I stopped attending a couple years ago.
I can truly say that I am spiritually strong - like never before. Jah has taken very
good care of me. I feel energized like
never before. I study relentelesley, pray, meditate. I truly feel that the Spirit is upon me. Scriptures I thought I understood have a new
clarity. I feel completely "in the
groove" spiritually. . .
I am leaning heavily
toward the notion that the "true worshippers" that Christ spoke about
here on the earth are not to be found within ANY of the "Christian"
denominations, including the Watchtower Society.
I strongly sense that
the recommendation to "get out of her (
I feel that Christ's
true Church is ONLY of a spiritual nature, that its
actually impossible to have an "organization" here on earth that
isn't corrupted by Satan. Thus to look for "the true religion" as any single
organization is not only futile but unscriptural.
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You say that
since you discovered the NGO and Silentlambs issues,
plus certain “bogus” doctrinal issues like 1914, the New Covenant as taught by
the Wt, etc. you can no longer “conscientiously continue to attend meetings
with the Jehovah's Witnesses organization.”
You are not the only one who has discovered these issues. It is all over the
internet. It has become an issue in the lives of many of our brothers. It has
become a test for those who have gained this insight. Where we stand on this
and what we decide to do reveals much about us and what we are at heart. What
do I mean by that? Let me explain.
The apostle Paul foretold that there will be a day of judgment, "Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God
now commands all people everywhere to repent, because He has set a day on
which He is going to judge the world in righteousness by the Man He has
appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the
dead." (Acts 17:30,31; Holman Christian
Standard Bible)
This judging of the world will include God’s own people, for the judgment will
start with them. “For the time has come for judgment
to begin with God's household; and if it begins with us, what will the
outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?” (1 Peter 4:17; Holman
Christian Standard Bible)
What does this judgment include? First of all, like in any court of law,
evidence has to be presented. In Isaiah
Now, the question is, how do we respond to the evidence that Jehovah is
presenting? How are you responding? Are we stumbled by what we see? Are you?
Should we desert what we once believed to be the truth and leave God’s household? That would be the decision of some people, as the
prophet Daniel was inspired to foretell:
”And some of those who are wise, prudent, and
understanding shall be weakened and fall, [thus, then, the insincere among the
people will lose courage and become deserters. It will be a test] to refine, to
purify, and to make those among [God's people] white, even to the time of the
end, because it is yet for the time [God] appointed.” (Daniel
While some among the people would lose courage and become “deserters,” others
would be refined and purified, to “make those among God’s people white.” Where
do you see yourself in this?
You say that you are now “spiritually strong - like never before. Jah has taken very
good care of [you]. [You] feel energized
like never before. [You] study relentelesley, pray, meditate. [You] truly feel that the Spirit is upon
[you]. . . [You] feel completely "in the groove" spiritually.”
I am happy for you! But does that prove that Jah’s
Spirit is upon you? Many in other religions profess the same. Like them, the
Jews of Paul’s day, who were once God’s people, felt
the same zeal but it was not according to accurate knowledge. They were seeking
to establish their own righteousness and thus did not subject themselves to
God’s. (Romans 10:2,3) Let’s consider how some of us,
including you, could be in danger of doing the same.
You say: “I feel that Christ's true Church is ONLY of a spiritual nature,
that its actually impossible to have an
"organization" here on earth that isn't corrupted by Satan. Thus to look for "the
true religion" as any single organization is not only futile but
unscriptural.”
Is Christ’s true Church only of a “spiritual nature?” The apostle Paul
wrote concerning the true church, “I am writing these
things to you, hoping to come to you before long; but in case I am delayed, I
write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the
household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and
support of the truth.” (1 Tim. 3:14,15; New American Standard Bible)
Jehovah himself established this “household of God” at Pentecost when he poured
out his holy spirit upon 120 chosen disciples of
Christ. To them he gave the responsibility to “keep giving [his body of
attendants] their measure of food supplies at the proper time.” (Luke 12:42)
Immediately upon their appointment he brought to them about 3,000 new disciples
who needed to be fed. (Acts
As you can see, Paul refers to the congregations as God’s household, his
church, which he helped to establish and visited. Within this household came to
be all sorts of different individuals; many zealous and faithful, others false
and wicked. (Acts 5:1-11) Paul himself was in danger of false brothers and
superfine apostles, some of them even wanting to rule over their fellow
brothers. (1 Cor. 4:8; 2 Cor.
11:5,13,26) Paul warned, “I
know full well that false teachers, like vicious wolves, will come in
among you after I leave, not sparing the flock. Even some of you will
distort the truth in order to draw a following.” (Acts 20:29,30; New Living Translation) But did that invalidate
what God had established at Pentecost? Did the problems within the
congregations mean that God no longer had a household, that it became one of a
“spiritual nature”?
In the book of Revelation Jesus wrote letters to seven congregations in
1 AND TO the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Sardis
write: These are the words of Him Who has the seven Spirits of God [the sevenfold
Holy Spirit] and the seven stars: I know your record and what you are doing;
you are supposed to be alive, but [in reality] you are dead.
2 Rouse yourselves and keep awake, and strengthen
and invigorate what remains and is on the point of dying; for I have not
found a thing that you have done [any work of yours] meeting the requirements
of My God or perfect in His sight.
3 So call to mind the lessons you received and
heard; continually lay them to heart and obey them, and repent. In case you
will not rouse yourselves and keep awake and watch, I will come upon you like a
thief, and you will not know or suspect at what hour I will come.
4 Yet you still have a few [persons'] names in
5 Thus
shall he who conquers (is victorious) be clad in white garments, and I will
not erase or blot out his name from the Book of Life; I will acknowledge him
[as Mine] and I will confess his name openly before My Father and before His
angels. —Rev.
3:1-5; Amplified Bible.
Notice that Jesus acknowledges the congregation of
But, please note also how he is cognizant of those few individuals who have
proved faithful. He is not telling them that unless they abandon their
congregation they will be "guilty by association" before God and
Christ, is he? Rather, he is commending them for their faithfulness. In
fact, were they to separate themselves from the congregation would they then be
able to walk with him in white garments? Would he acknowledge and confess
anyone openly before his Father and before His angels if they were no longer
members of the congregation, God’s household? (2 Tim. 4:10) Concerning those
who have left the household of God the scripture tells us, “They left us, but they were never really with us. If they
had been, they would have stuck it out with us, loyal to the end. In leaving,
they showed their true colors, showed they never did belong.” (1
John 2:19; The Message)
It is up to each of us how we respond to “the hour of test” that is coming upon
us all. (Rev. 3:10) By how we react to the evidence of our sins that Jehovah is
now laying bare before us we get to prove what we are really like at heart. Are
there sins that we need to repent of, or are we like the majority in the
Where you stand on all of this and what you decide to do is of course up to
you.