Watch out for the leaven of the Watchtower

I'm writing about the leaven of the WTS that produces rotten fruits.

Mt 16:11-12
11 How is it YOU do not discern that I did not talk to YOU about loaves? But watch out for the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 12 Then they grasped that he said to watch out, not for the leaven of the loaves, but for the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Mt 7:15-20
15 "Be on the watch for the false prophets that come to YOU in sheep's covering, but inside they are ravenous wolves. 16 By their fruits YOU will recognize them. Never do people gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, do they? 17 Likewise every good tree produces fine fruit, but every rotten tree produces worthless fruit; 18 a good tree cannot bear worthless fruit, neither can a rotten tree produce fine fruit. 19 Every tree not producing fine fruit gets cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Really, then, by their fruits YOU will recognize those [men].

Teachings that disregard the Word of God and the Spirit of God that makes the Bible understandable

C.T. Russell once stated that if one reads only the Bible, he would wander in the dark.

This statement shows a lack of faith in God's Word and His Spirit to enlighten people and lead them to the right path.

"A person falls into darkness in less than two years after reading only the Bible without a watchtower magazine" (1910/9/15 wt)

“Furthermore, not only do we find that people cannot see the divine plan in studying the Bible by itself, but we see, also, that if anyone lays the SCRIPTURE STUDIES (wt's publication written by Russell) aside, even after he has used them, after he has become familiar with them, after he has read them for ten years, if he then lays them aside and ignores them and goes to the Bible alone, though he has understood his Bible for ten years, our experience shows that within two years he goes into darkness.” - The Watch Tower, September 15, 1910, p. 298, Watchtower Reprints, p. 4685

Such statements show a lack of faith in the Spirit of God working through the Bible and a disregard for the human intellect, which bears the image of God.

Russell's view (teaching) is incompatible with Paul's example and other biblical teachings.

2Ti 3:15-17
15 and that from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through the faith in connection with Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.

The sons of the kingdom will not put the thoughts of man above the word of God.
Thus, they are firmly united with each other in the truth of the Bible.
From the first century to the present, there is no division among them in terms of understanding or hope.

Division exists only among false Christians who have not remained in the teachings of Christ.

1Co 1:10
10 Now I exhort YOU, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that YOU should all speak in agreement, and that there should not be divisions among YOU, but that YOU may be fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought.

Joh 8:31-32
31 And so Jesus went on to say to the Jews that had believed him: "If YOU remain in my word, YOU are really my disciples, 32 and YOU will know the truth, and the truth will set YOU free."

In the 1970s, brothers such as Raymond Frantz and Ed Dunlop, who worked at Brooklyn Bethel, studied the Bible independently and in groups, based solely on the Bible and not on Watchtower doctrine.

Watchtower leaders felt threatened by Bible studies that were free from WTS doctrine. So they self-righteously argued in the August 15, 1981 Wt that Bible-only studies that were not bound by the WTS interpretation would lead to apostasy.

In this way, WTS raised themselves above the Bible and the Spirit of God that gives understanding to those who seek it. They claim that a correct understanding of the Bible can only be obtained through them, but in reality, they are hijacking the role of the Spirit of God that gives everyone a correct understanding of God's will.

Mt 7:7-11
7 "Keep on asking, and it will be given YOU; keep on seeking, and YOU will find; keep on knocking, and it will be opened to YOU. 8 For everyone asking receives, and everyone seeking finds, and to everyone knocking it will be opened. 9 Indeed, who is the man among YOU whom his son asks for bread-he will not hand him a stone, will he? 10 Or, perhaps, he will ask for a fish-he will not hand him a serpent, will he? 11 Therefore, if YOU, although being wicked, know how to give good gifts to YOUR children, how much more so will YOUR Father who is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

"From time to time, there have arisen from among the ranks of Jehovah's people those, who, like the original Satan, have adopted an independent, faultfinding attitude...They say that it is sufficient to read the Bible exclusively, either alone or in small groups at home. But, strangely, through such 'Bible reading,' they have reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that commentaries by Christendom's clergy were teaching ..." - Watchtower 1981 Aug 15 p.29

WTS does not lead people to the Bible or help them rely on the Spirit of God. Instead, they force us to believe that only their interpretation of the Bible is a product of God's spirit. They disregard the Spirit of God, who gives understanding to everyone.

Any religious group that disrespects the Spirit of God, which gives understanding to everyone is fake

They are the same as Satan, who despised the Word of God.

The Spirit of God helps those who seek it and motivates them to act on the will of God.

Nu 11:24-30
24 After that Moses went out and spoke to the people the words of YHWH. And he went gathering seventy men from the older men of the people and proceeded to have them stand round about the tent. 25 Then YHWH came down in a cloud and spoke to him and took away some of the spirit that was upon him and put it upon each of the seventy older men. And it came about that as soon as the spirit settled down upon them, then they proceeded to act as prophets; but they did not do it again.

26 Now there were two of the men remaining in the camp. The name of the one was El′dad, and the name of the other was Me′dad. And the spirit began to settle down upon them, as they were among those written down, but they had not gone out to the tent. So they proceeded to act as prophets in the camp. 27 And a young man went running and reporting to Moses and saying: "El′dad and Me′dad are acting as prophets in the camp!" 28 Then Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses from his young manhood on, responded and said: "My lord Moses, restrain them!" 29 However, Moses said to him: "Are you feeling jealous for me? No, I wish that all of YHWH's people were prophets, because YHWH would put his spirit upon them!" 30 Later Moses withdrew to the camp, he and the older men of Israel.

Joh 14:15-21
15 "If YOU love me, YOU will observe my commandments; 16 and I will request the Father and he (God) will give YOU another helper to be with YOU forever, 17 the spirit of the truth, which the world cannot receive, because it neither beholds it nor knows it. YOU know it, because it remains with YOU and is in YOU. 18 I shall not leave YOU bereaved. I am coming to YOU. 19 A little longer and the world will behold me no more, but YOU will behold me, because I live and YOU will live. 20 In that day YOU will know that I am in union with my Father and YOU are in union with me and I am in union with YOU. 21 He that has my commandments and observes them, that one is he who loves me. In turn he that loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will plainly show myself to him."

1Co 2:12-13
12 Now we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that have been kindly given us by God. 13 These things we also speak, not with words taught by human wisdom, but with those taught by [the] spirit, as we combine spiritual [matters] with spiritual [words].

Joh 16:13
13 However, when that one arrives, the spirit of the truth, he will guide YOU into all the truth, for he will not speak of his own impulse, but what things he hears he will speak, and he will declare to YOU the things coming.

1Joh 2:26-27
26 These things I write YOU about those who are trying to mislead YOU. 27 And as for YOU, the anointing that YOU received from him remains in YOU, and YOU do not need anyone to be teaching YOU; but, as the anointing from him is teaching YOU about all things, and is true and is no lie, and just as it has taught YOU, remain in union with him.

Ph 2:12-13
12 . . . keep working out YOUR own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for God is the one that, for the sake of [his] good pleasure, is acting within YOU in order for YOU both to will and to act.

Ro 14:22 (AEB 2001)
22 . . . we should be sure that the things we believe [to be right] also look good in the eyes of God… and any man who isn’t being judged over things of which he personally approves, should be praised.

(NW)
22 The faith that you have, have it in accord with yourself in the sight of God. Happy is the man that does not put himself on judgment by what he approves.

Theaching that the WTS is the only organization of God and the representative of God on earth

However, this is a self-recommendation.

"Who is the faithful discreet slave?" they ask.
Then, "it is the governing body of the WTS" they answer.

They teach JWs how to self-assert their authenticity through magazines, publications, and meetings.

They teach that they have been given authority over Christ's earthly possessions, the "great crowd of other sheep," and the kingdom preaching work.

As a result of their self-assertion, WTS leaders (shareholders/governing bodies) are viewed as the ruling class in Christ's kingdom, while ordinary JWs are regarded as loyal subjects who are required to support the ruling class.

Their self-assertion is false.

2Co 10:18
18 For not the one who recommends himself is approved, but the man whom Lord recommends.

(AEB 2001)
18 So understand that those who think of themselves as being important aren’t necessarily the ones that will be approved, just those who are recommended by our Lord!

WTS has deceived 8 million people around the world by teaching that "Christ returned in 1914 and Russell and his group were rewarded in 1918."

But, the Lord's return has not yet occurred.

Basically, the leaders of the WTS begun to rule as a king, even though it is not a time, and are depriving deceived JW of the wealth and labor.
This is a religious scam to deceive people by the truth and hope in the Bible as a bait.

1Co 4:8
8 YOU men already have YOUR fill, do YOU? YOU are rich already, are YOU? YOU have begun ruling as kings without us, have YOU? And I wish indeed that YOU had begun ruling as kings, that we also might rule with YOU as kings.

WTS raises themselves up as "the channel of the truth."
But what is important?
Is it a route to the truth, or the truth itself?

Does your faith depend on the route?
Or is it the faith in the truth itself?

Our faith is directed toward God and the truth from Him, not the one who tells us about it.

1Co 3:5-7
5 What, then, is A·pol′los? Yes, what is Paul? Ministers through whom YOU became believers, even as the Lord granted each one. 6 I planted, A·pol′los watered, but God kept making [it] grow; 7 so that neither is he that plants anything nor is he that waters, but God who makes [it] grow. 8 Now he that plants and he that waters are one, but each [person] will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

What is important is the God who makes our faith grow.

Truth comes from God, not from WTS.

Aren't the leaders of the WTS mortal men just like us?

Ps 146:3-5
3 Do not put YOUR trust in nobles, Nor in the son of earthling man, to whom no salvation belongs.
4 His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; In that day his thoughts do perish. 5 Happy is the one who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in YHWH his God,

Ac 5:29
29 In answer Peter and the [other] apostles said: "We must obey God as ruler rather than men.

Happy are those who depend on God who makes our faith grow.

Teaching that only Jehovah's Witnesses survive Armageddon

How does God see people?
Do you think that only Jehovah's Witnesses are right in God's eyes?

Jehovah's Witnesses are religious people who publicly worship Jehovah God.
Will those who worship the true God be righteous in His eyes?

What does the parable of the kind Samaritan teach us about righteousness in God's eyes?

Levites, and priests are religious people who publicly worship Jehovah God, just like Jehovah's Witnesses.

The Samaritans, on the other hand, are people who do not know God.

Who helped a Jew who was robbed, in the parable?
Was he a religious man who knew the true God, or was he a Samaritan who was, so to speak, alienated from God?

It was a Samaritan who did not know God.

God views the Samaritan who acted kindly as righteous. It was not the so-called religious people, like the priests and Levites, who publicly worshipped God but were not kind to others, that pleased God.

Lu 10:30-37
30 . . . "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jer′i·cho and fell among robbers, who both stripped him and inflicted blows, and went off, leaving him half-dead. 31 Now, by coincidence, a certain priest was going down over that road, but, when he saw him, he went by on the opposite side. 32 Likewise, a Levite also, when he got down to the place and saw him, went by on the opposite side. 33 But a certain Sa·mar′i·tan traveling the road came upon him and, at seeing him, he was moved with pity. 34 So he approached him and bound up his wounds, pouring oil and wine upon them. Then he mounted him upon his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two de·nar′i·i, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, 'Take care of him, and whatever you spend besides this, I will repay you when I come back here.' 36 Who of these three seems to you to have made himself neighbor to the man that fell among the robbers?" 37 He said: "The one that acted mercifully toward him." Jesus then said to him: "Go your way and be doing the same yourself."

Even if people who do not believe in God, or are pagan, atheists, who are compassionate to others will be regarded as righteous in the eyes of God and survive Armageddon, then after that during Christ's 1000 years reign, they will know the true God who saved them.

Mt 5:7
7 "Happy are the merciful, since they will be shown mercy.

Mt 25:31-40
31 "When the Son of man arrives in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit down on his glorious throne. 32 And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will put the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.

34 "Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, YOU who have been blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for YOU from the founding of the world. 35 For I became hungry and YOU gave me something to eat; I got thirsty and YOU gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and YOU received me hospitably; 36 naked, and YOU clothed me. I fell sick and YOU looked after me. I was in prison and YOU came to me.' 37 Then the righteous ones will answer him with the words, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty, and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and receive you hospitably, or naked, and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to you?' 40 And in reply the king will say to them, 'Truly I say to YOU, To the extent that YOU did it to one of the least of these my brothers, YOU did it to me.'

In this way, the people of the nations who do not know the true God, but have a heart for others, will be saved, as shown above.

Ja 2:12-13
12 Keep on speaking in such a way and keep on doing in such a way as those do who are going to be judged by the law of a free people. 13 For the one that does not practice mercy will have [his] judgment without mercy. Mercy exults triumphantly over judgment.

Teaching that replaces the help that is really needed with mere "words" that do not help.

The WTS teaches that true help is spiritual help.
However, the fact that spiritual help promotes literal and practical help is not emphasized.

This creates a person who is satisfied only with the power of words.

Jehovah's Witnesses preach the good news in public.
They provide encouragement and counseling from the Bible in the congregation.

They think that "words of encouragement" are enough.
They fail to turn their mind to the practical help exceeding words.
They don't have enough time and resources to provide a tangible help for others because they are exploited by the WTS' activities.

So, Jehovah's Witnesses can only build relationships for "greetings."

No matter how much they are taught by the Watchtower Magazine, they are unable to provide needed assistance to those in need because their time and energy is taken up by WTS activities..　

In other words, brothers and sisters are forced to live a life that can not afford due to contradictory teaching of the WTS, so they can only help others with just words.

Verbal support is the best they can do.

The Armageddon fever of the 1970s caused many of our brothers and sisters to quit their education and jobs to support the WTS recruitment efforts, literally leaving them poor and unable to afford to live.

If we live in such a way that we can't afford to, we will have no time or resources to use for those who need our help.

Therefore, JW's help ends up being just "words" that do not actually help.

This poor reality is a creation of the WTS.
The WTS is indifferent to the needs of the people and is only interested in expanding their organizations.

They are just saying "wait for Jehovah, paradise is near, kingdom first then everything is Okay."
Those are comforting words, but they don't help anyone.

Ja 2:15-17
15 If a brother or a sister is in a naked state and lacking the food sufficient for the day, 16 yet a certain one of YOU says to them: "Go in peace, keep warm and well fed," but YOU do not give them the necessities for [their] body, of what benefit is it? 17 Thus, too, faith, if it does not have works, is dead in itself.

1Joh 3:17-18
17 But whoever has this world’s means for supporting life and beholds his brother having need and yet shuts the door of his tender compassions upon him, in what way does the love of God remain in him? 18 Little children, let us love, neither in word nor with the tongue, but in deed and truth.

corban

As can be said of other religious organizations, the WTS also binds believers in corban.

Corban is a thing dedicated to God.

Teaching that condones the neglect of loved ones on the grounds of Corban is typical false teaching of organized religion.

It is the teaching of the Pharisees that was condemned by Christ.

Mr 7:9-13
9 Further, he went on to say to them: "Adroitly YOU set aside the commandment of God in order to retain YOUR tradition. 10 For example, Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Let him that reviles father or mother end up in death.' 11 But YOU men say, 'If a man says to his father or his mother: "Whatever I have by which you may get benefit from me is corban, (that is, a gift dedicated to God,)"'- 12 YOU men no longer let him do a single thing for his father or his mother, 13 and thus YOU make the word of God invalid by YOUR tradition which YOU handed down. And many things similar to this YOU do."

Under the pretext of corban (service and duty to God), peple push aside love and compassion which should be shown to their spouse, children, parents, and allow themselves to look down, neglect, and judge those they should love.

The WTS has never emphasized that is wrong.
Rather, they always teach to seek the kingdom first as family (couple, parents and children).

The problem is that even though God is telling us to show love to our relatives, the WTS continues to emphasize as if their instructions and activities are God's request and that the whole family should put Corban, so called WTS' religious activities, first.

For example, participation in regular meetings, field ministry, care of the Kingdom Hall, and support of traveling overseers and congregations are all considered measures of faith.

The form of worship of the WTS is JWs' corban, and those who give top priority to the activities of the WTS, even at the cost of sacrifice, are recommended as role models.

The WTS is always running Corban campaigns, and the whole family is encouraged to participate in these. At every opportunity they announce that "Let's offer Corban as the whole family, allow someone in the family to do the pioneer in this special season, or allow someone in the family to be a Bethelite, and for the sake of the corban let the rest of the family member be cooperative."

They continue to exert peer pressure on JWs to have one of their family members become an auxiliary pioneer, a regular pioneer, a special pioneer, or a Bethel servant with the cooperation of the whole family.

This pressure never goes away.

As a result, JWs justify sacrificing their husbands, wives, and children for the sake of Corban, a supposed service to God.

Due to systematic brainwashing (education), most JWs believe that the activities of religious organization are the service to God.

But this view is wrong.
The teachings of the WTS are the same as the teachings of the Pharisees that Jesus condemned.

Service to God means loving one's family and loving one's neighbor.
It has nothing to do with the activities of religious organizations.

Any religious group will claim that their activities are a manifestation of their love for others.

However, we should not forget that there are many ways to show our love for others. We are not bound by the style of organized religion to show our faith and love.

If that is the case, then there is no basis for judging or ranking others based on their zeal for the activities of a religious group.

However, the WTS discriminates JWs by their enthusiasm and obedience to the organizational activities and policies.
In this way, the lowest personnel ratings are made at the WTS.

Due to the supremacy of privilege to act as exemplary believers, JWs are encouraged to gain greater privileges and become useful human resources for the WTS used as a representatives of the organization. .

Because of the supremacy of privilege, they cannot find their place in the organization without glory from others.

What a lowest human relationship they have imposed by the WTS!

Through the teachings of the WTS, the minds of JWs are molded in a way that is convenient for the organization.

Some of the deceptive teachings of religious organizations like WTS include the following.

• Service to God is to participate in the activities of religious organizations.
• Manifest righteousness (enthusiasm and quantity) so that one's progress will be evident in the religious community.
• Do not act on your initiative without considering organizational teachings and policies.
• Recognize and follow the channels of authority within the organization.
• God wants us to follow the organization.

These thought patterns do not come from a freedom-loving God.

It is a thought pattern favored by the dictators of the pyramid system like Nimrod.

Watch out for the leaven of the organized religions.

I wrote the leaven fermenting the whole mass with false teachings.
The leavens are fermenting all of WTS with evil, and hurting many of our brothers and sisters.

What should you do, then?

1Co 5:6-7
6 YOUR [cause for] boasting is not fine. Do YOU not know that a little leaven ferments the whole lump? 7 Clear away the old leaven, that YOU may be a new lump, according as YOU are free from ferment. For, indeed, Christ our passover has been sacrificed.

The leaven will ferment the whole mass.
Therefore, we are advised to remove the leaven.

Disfellowship the WTS.

There is no reason to be afraid of the WTS which is a vessel of Satan, nor to be hesitant to get out of it.

Eph 5:10-11
10 Keep on making sure of what is acceptable to the Lord; 11 and quit sharing with [them] in the unfruitful works that belong to the darkness, but, rather, even be reproving [them],

Re 18:4
4 And I heard another voice out of heaven say: “Get out of her, my people, if YOU do not want to share with her in her sins, and if YOU do not want to receive part of her plagues.