Kaipauksen osoittamista sekin.

"...yritämme parhaamme mukaan osoittaa kaikille hellyyttä"

"Haters of God and His people [Jehovah's Witnesses] are to be hated, but this does not mean that we will take any opportunity of bringing physical hurt to them in a spirit of malice or spite, for both malice and spite belong to the Devil, whereas pure hatred does not. We must hate in the truest sense, which is to regard with extreme and active aversion, to consider as loathsome, odious, filthy, to detest. Surely any haters of God are not fit to live on His beautiful earth. The earth will be rid of the wicked and we shall not need to lift a finger to cause physical harm to come to them, for God will attend to that, but we must have a proper perspective of these enemies. His name signifies recompense to His enemies."
(w1952 Oct. 1 596-604)

Paitsi mitä nyt vähän:

Questions from Readers {WT Nov 15 1952}
"In the case of where a father or mother or son or daughter is disfellowshiped, how should such person be treated by members of the family in their family relationship? -P. C., Ontario, Canada.
We are not living today among theocratic nations where such members of our fleshly family relationship could be exterminated for apostasy from God and his theocratic organization, as was possible and was ordered in the nation of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai and in the land of Palestine. 'Thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. And thou shalt stone him to death with stones, because he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God, .. And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.'-Deut. 13:6-11, AS.
Being limited by the laws of the worldly nation in which we live and also by the laws of God through Jesus Christ, we can take action against apostates only to a certain extent, that is, consistent with both sets of laws. The law of the land and God's law through Christ forbid us to kill apostates, even though they be members of our own flesh-and-blood family relationship. However, God's law requires us to recognize their being disfellowshipped from his congrecation, and this despite the fact that the law of the land in which we live requires us under some natural obligation to live with and have dealings with such apostates under the same roof."

Raamatun kohta kuuluu seuraavasti:
"Edelleen, suhtaudu torjuvasti tyhmiin ja tietämättömyyttä osoittaviin kiistelyihin, koska tiedät, että ne aiheuttavat taisteluja. Mutta Herran orjan ei tarvitse taistella, vaan hänen täytyy olla hellävarainen kaikkia kohtaan, pätevä opettamaan, itsensä hillitsevä pahaa kärsiessään, sellainen, joka opettaa lempeästi niitä, jotka eivät ole suopeasti suhtautuvia, koska Jumala voi kenties suoda heille katumuksen, joka johtaa totuuden täsmälliseen tuntemukseen, ja he saattavat palata järkiinsä Panettelijan ansasta, koskapa hän on pyydystänyt heidät elävinä tahtoaan varten.


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