He ordered us to preach to the people and to give a thorough witness.—Acts 10:42

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He ordered us to preach to the people and to give a thorough witness.—Acts 10:42.All of us are subject to “the law of the Christ.” (Gal. 6:2) That law includes all that Jesus taught. Foremost among Jesus’ teachings is that his followers should display love. (John 13:35; Jas. 2:8) And one of the primary ways we show love for God, for Christ, and for our neighbor is by preaching the good news of the Kingdom. (John 15:10; Acts 1:8) Jesus commanded only a relatively small number of his followers—those to whom he appeared after his resurrection—to preach. (Acts 10:40-42; 1 Cor. 15:6) But all his faithful first-century disciples recognized that the command applied to them, even if they had not personally heard Jesus speak. (Acts 8:4; 1 Pet. 1:8) Likewise today, Jesus has not personally spoken to any of the eight million active Kingdom preachers. But all recognize their obligation to exercise faith in Christ and to express that faith by means of the witnessing work.—Jas. 2:18. w15 3/15 4:14, 15

[lightblueberet]

"...Jehovah does hate..."

Ahh...the Old Testament...sorry, don't have much time for that...I'm more into the New with Jesus 'turn the other cheek', love, forgiveness etc etc ! 

[evoman3957]

Any human being who needs a book / person / religion to tell them how to live their lives meaningfully and what's right and wrong, because they don't / can't work that out for themselves...............is a pretty " lousy " human being  anyway.  As far as religion is concerned, some need it / want it, others don't; as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else, they can believe in what they like as far as I'm concerned.  As far as being " Gay " is concerned, one of my family members is Gay.........I still love her as much as I ever did and I actually like her partner..........but I'm " old school " I don't think it's right or normal, but I accept it and that's that !!!...........and they're not hurting anybody else either.

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Any human being who needs a book / person / religion to tell them how to live their lives meaningfully and what's right and wrong, because they don't / can't work that out for themselves...............is a pretty " lousy " human being  anyway.  As far as religion is concerned, some need it / want it, others don't; as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else, they can believe in what they like as far as I'm concerned.  As far as being " Gay " is concerned, one of my family members is Gay.........I still love her as much as I ever did and I actually like her partner..........but I'm " old school " I don't think it's right or normal, but I accept it and that's that !!!...........and they're not hurting anybody else either.

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I'm not taking your comment about "lousy" personally even if it was meant, I know that those kinds of insults are included in the hatred towards God and his word which is something that was prophisied in the Bible so it is actually going a long way in proving to me that I do have the truth. And that makes me feel very blessed to be honest. There are many many wicked things about mankind that makes me feel ashamed to called a member of the human race sometimes. I have to put those feelings to one side and think about how blessed I have been to be given life by the loving God of the universe Jehovah, I am so thankful! that his promise to rid this world of everything wicked an unrighteous is not so far off, and that I can be included in the survival by staying faithful.

For someone to make that statement  about people they dont know is disgraceful  and just shows them in their true light, what a terrible prejudice to have.

[evoman3957]

I think you kind of misunderstood my " lousy " comment, because it wasn't directed at you. Even if you didn't have your faith, I'm sure you wouldn't kill somebody; because the decent human being inside you would tell you it wasn't right, not because some law or faith was required for you to know that. The same applies to practically all things that are right or wrong, it should be inbuilt in our DNA; the DNA of the supposedly most advanced animal species that has ever lived on this planet.

[evoman3957]

P.S. However, as I'm sure you are well aware, there are some pretty " Lousy " human beings on this planet who supposedly have " Faith " of one kind or another.  So having it, isn't a prerequisite to a person qualifying as a decent human being.

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I think you kind of misunderstood my " lousy " comment, because it wasn't directed at you. Even if you didn't have your faith, I'm sure you wouldn't kill somebody; because the decent human being inside you would tell you it wasn't right, not because some law or faith was required for you to know that. The same applies to practically all things that are right or wrong, it should be inbuilt in our DNA; the DNA of the supposedly most advanced animal species that has ever lived on this planet.

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My apologies if I did misunderstand.

But the thing you mentioned about anyone taking from a book made me think otherwise.

There are some disposable acts gone in the name of God, yes, but the ones doing those acts just trealisecthe are wrong and God is not with them.

The inerself you talk of is called a conscience and whether you accept it or not we were made that way by God, it is down to use how it pans out whether it be a bad one or a good one.

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Sorry that post timed out before I got it edited.

I was trying to say there are some dispicable acts done in the name of God, but he is not to blame.

[Anonymous]

Evoman, I do believe it is built in us to know right from wrong.

Doing something wrong or negative never feels good, no matter how you turn it, you feel it in your gut when something isn't right. But people have started to ignore their inner compass, as it is often easier than being true to that feeling, easier than doing the right thing.

You know when you have hurt someone, whatever the level might be. Whether it has been just a small comment or something much more serious. It just doesn't feel good, it can affect your day or week, even your whole life, it plays on your mind in all kind of ways and your mind will try to do everything to dismiss that feeling, to justify why you did what you did so you can feel better again.

So if people want any guidance then they only have to tune into their own gut feelings more, to their own intuition. People have become numb to it.

I always say, if something feels OFF it is OFF. You can feel it, no matter how small.

If you remember a time that you went against that feeling did things work out well? Did it make you feel really good? I doubt it. It might have worked out in the end, but often with more struggle.

[evoman3957]

Agreed

[bankhaunter]

It's obvious really.

Mankind is a social animal living in groups, without a moral system, what is acceptable behaviour and what isn't, such a group would not thrive or even survive.

[evoman3957]

But most laws, as practiced and laid down by nations, have been compiled over centuries by consensus; to provide the kind of society that the majority of the people want.  They have been refined, or altered, over time; to close loopholes, that devious people use to circumvent those laws for their own ends. Religious laws / teachings have been laid down by a minority......by dictate.....NOT by consensus and usually either for means of control, or to create a society that have less room to manipulate the laws for their own ends..........but the downside of that, is that it severely restricts the freedoms of the majority.

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You will be beaten in synagogues and be put on the stand before governors and kings.—Mark 13:9.

As those words indicate, some Christians will face tribulation in the form of physical persecution, perhaps at the instigation of religious or political leaders. (Acts 5:27, 28) Consider Paul’s example. Did he cower at the thought of being subjected to such persecution? Not at all. (Acts 20:22, 23) Paul bravely stood up to Satan’s frontal attacks and stated: “I do not consider my own life of any importance to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear thorough witness to the good news of the undeserved kindness of God.” (Acts 20:24) Clearly, Paul did not feel intimidated by the prospect of persecution. On the contrary, he was determined to endure, come what may. His primary concern was to “bear thorough witness” despite any tribulation. w14 9/15 2:7, 8

[cee-dee]

And for his trouble, he had his head chopped off under orders of Nero!

[evoman3957]

Which achieved nothing, because in the words of the saying......." you've got to be in it to win it ".

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Which achieved nothing, because in the words of the saying......." you've got to be in it to win it ".

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Really?

He is now with His Lord Jesus and other faithful apostles, well and truly active.  He most certainly did win it xxx

[cee-dee]

So how do you know that????

[evoman3957]

You have absolutely NO proof whatsoever to back up that claim, just BLIND faith.............and if your going to say " I know because somebody ELSE said so "...........please save your breath and think of how ridiculous that sounds to MOST people.........the fact is YOU don't KNOW and YOU will never KNOW !!!

[lightblueberet]

You're knocking your head against a brick wall cee-dee !

If I'm not mistaken, their Governing body forbids "independent thinking", with the claim that such thinking is the devil's work !

Thus, any chance of reasoning is...futile !

[cee-dee]

You're absolutely right but if it's OK for them to continually peddle their idiotic beliefs on here, it's OK for us to question them and show them up for what they are.

[astrologica]

He's dead.......full stop.