Tätä mieltä ovat nykyään entisen itäblokin Jehovan todistajat siitä, miten Brooklyn on menettänyt asemansa Jehovan silmissä lähtiessään ahneuttaan liikaa rahan perään:
http://the-true-jw.oltenia.ro/index.html
RESOLUTION
We, "The True Faith Jehovah's Witnesses", together with the delegations participating on May 2, 1992, in the city of Cluj Napoca, Romania, in the Congress titled "GIRDLE YOURSELF AND TELL THE TRUTH", cognizant of real facts and relying on the Biblical teachings, of the situation of Jehovah's Witnesses throughout the world, declare our position publicly and openly as follows:
1. The True Jehovah's Witnesses have always struggled for truth and justice.
2. The enemies of Jehovah headed by Satan work to compromise the true believers and faithful of Jehovah's Witnesses.
3. In conformity with Biblical prophecies in the period when the judgment of God takes place, the Devil has devised an imitation of the true faithful and is striving today to mislead and deceive the elect (II Thessalonians 2:9-12; Matthew 24:24).
4. *The spurious and his lawless working is identified with the actual work of Watchtower Society of Brooklyn, New York, USA, which has fallen prey to a political-religious conspiracy.*
5. This stand of ours is based on the fact that this society no longer observes the basic principles of faith, laid down once and for all by the coming of our Lord to the temple and, under the name of ever stronger light, they reverted to religious darkness that displeases Jehovah (II Peter 2:20-22).
6. Being compromised, Watchtower Society has tried to sweeten the cutting message of the truth expressed starting 1922, to be to the liking of Satan's minions, acknowledging them as Authorities appointed by Jehovah (Romans 13:1-7; Tit 3:1; I Peter 2:12-17; I Timothy 2:1, 2 ). Adjusting to religious principles, Watchtower lays stress on developing character, keeping abreast with the modern world and "Moderately" practicing - according to them - everything that the world and the demons offer them.
7. Self-styling themselves "true religion", these false Jehovah's Witnesses hurry to carry out the working of Satan that has wanted to change pure worship into formal worship in order to draw as many people as possible and to change the true faith of Jehovah's Witnesses into a new religion (Romans 1:21-25; Galatians 1:6-14).
8. Jehovah does not approve of such a religious organization and of this work carried out in the world, for having been discovered in II Thessalonians 2:7, 8 as a work of evil to be finally destroyed in the Armageddon (Matthew 7:20-23).
9. Nonetheless, Jehovah shall justify His name on the eve of the Armageddon through a minority of faithful servants as He did in all times (Luke 17:26-30 ; Jeremiah 15:17 ; 42:2 ; 44:28, etc. ).
10. Consequently, we are not a religion, and we strive hard to discard all religious teachings and traditions of any kind while we continue to urge nations to (observe), above all, the Laws and Word of God (Isaiah 8:20; The Acts 20:20).
http://the-true-jw.oltenia.ro/index.html
RESOLUTION
We, "The True Faith Jehovah's Witnesses", together with the delegations participating on May 2, 1992, in the city of Cluj Napoca, Romania, in the Congress titled "GIRDLE YOURSELF AND TELL THE TRUTH", cognizant of real facts and relying on the Biblical teachings, of the situation of Jehovah's Witnesses throughout the world, declare our position publicly and openly as follows:
1. The True Jehovah's Witnesses have always struggled for truth and justice.
2. The enemies of Jehovah headed by Satan work to compromise the true believers and faithful of Jehovah's Witnesses.
3. In conformity with Biblical prophecies in the period when the judgment of God takes place, the Devil has devised an imitation of the true faithful and is striving today to mislead and deceive the elect (II Thessalonians 2:9-12; Matthew 24:24).
4. *The spurious and his lawless working is identified with the actual work of Watchtower Society of Brooklyn, New York, USA, which has fallen prey to a political-religious conspiracy.*
5. This stand of ours is based on the fact that this society no longer observes the basic principles of faith, laid down once and for all by the coming of our Lord to the temple and, under the name of ever stronger light, they reverted to religious darkness that displeases Jehovah (II Peter 2:20-22).
6. Being compromised, Watchtower Society has tried to sweeten the cutting message of the truth expressed starting 1922, to be to the liking of Satan's minions, acknowledging them as Authorities appointed by Jehovah (Romans 13:1-7; Tit 3:1; I Peter 2:12-17; I Timothy 2:1, 2 ). Adjusting to religious principles, Watchtower lays stress on developing character, keeping abreast with the modern world and "Moderately" practicing - according to them - everything that the world and the demons offer them.
7. Self-styling themselves "true religion", these false Jehovah's Witnesses hurry to carry out the working of Satan that has wanted to change pure worship into formal worship in order to draw as many people as possible and to change the true faith of Jehovah's Witnesses into a new religion (Romans 1:21-25; Galatians 1:6-14).
8. Jehovah does not approve of such a religious organization and of this work carried out in the world, for having been discovered in II Thessalonians 2:7, 8 as a work of evil to be finally destroyed in the Armageddon (Matthew 7:20-23).
9. Nonetheless, Jehovah shall justify His name on the eve of the Armageddon through a minority of faithful servants as He did in all times (Luke 17:26-30 ; Jeremiah 15:17 ; 42:2 ; 44:28, etc. ).
10. Consequently, we are not a religion, and we strive hard to discard all religious teachings and traditions of any kind while we continue to urge nations to (observe), above all, the Laws and Word of God (Isaiah 8:20; The Acts 20:20).
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Vanhimmat
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