Mood: crushed out
Topic: Forecast
Commentary:
This article gives me chills. No, in these last days the persecution JW's suffer is not from being thrown in jail or to the lions or boiled in a headhunter's pot. The persecution JW's face today are:
- a Christian youth with unbelieving parents or a
Christian wife with an unbelieving husband.
- What about a single Christian man or woman seeking a marriage mate?
- Or brothers and sisters who must have daily contact with non-Witness coworkers?
"...While not challenging his headship, neither the child nor the wife will compromise his or her faith. When it comes to attending Christian meetings, preaching the good news, avoiding unchristian customs and practices, and so on, each one "must obey God as ruler rather than men," remembering that Jehovah God is Head over all.-1 Cor. 11:3; Col. 3:23."
Forecast:
It's going to be an awful year for those of us with JW loved ones or subordinates. We'll be viewed as the persecution every time we try and insert some normalcy.
Antidote:
To obey God rather than men includes the leadership of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. In the months leading up to 2006, why not encourage your partner to study the bible on his own, without the guidance of any imperfect men, to make up his own mind on things. After all, doesn't he want to obey God rather than imperfect men?