Daily Archives: January 14, 2021

Meetings

Alcoholic Beverages

Alien (Illegal)

Apostasy

Baptism

Blood

Bloodguilt

Bribery

Children

Citizenship

Clothing and Grooming

Conduct With Opposite Sex (Single Persons)

Court, Taking a Brother To

Disassociation

Disfellowshipping

Divorce

Elders and Ministerial Servants

Employment. Family Affairs

Fines

Firearms

Flag Salute and Anthems

John Nelson Darby

Funerals

Gambling

Head Covering

Holidays and Anniversaries

Honor to Government Officials

Illegal Activities

Imprisonment

Kingdom Hall

Legal Matters

Living Accommodations

Marriage

Medical and Health Treatment

Meetings

Membership in Various Organizations

Memorial

Neutrality

News Service

Political Elections

Recreation

Reinstatement

Religious (False) Involvement

Schools, Secular Education

Segregation

Self-Defense

Sexual Conduct

Spiritism

Taxes

Tobacco (andDrugs)

Weddings

Wrongdoing, Handling Cases Of

MEETINGS

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MEMORIAL

Twice each week, Jehovah’s Witnesses hold meetings at their places of worship, called Kingdom Halls. New ones who come to our meetings who are orderly and not troublemakers may be called on for comments even if they are church members, are involved in nonneutral activities, are not properly married, or have not overcome the to-bacco habit.

Commenting at meetings is part of educational program; does not mean that all who comment are part of the organization. Newly interested ones may enroll on the program as long as they are living in harmony with Scriptural principles. If it is evident that a person’s conduct or views are in conflict with God’s principles such as using drugs or tobacco, leading an immoral life, and so forth, he does not qualify to be enrolled.—be 282; km 4/75 4.

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Membership in Various Organizations

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MEMBERSHIP IN VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS

Determine whether joining a particular organization could put a Witness in line for being disfellowshipped or would mean disassociating himself from the congregation. Determining the nature of its activities as well as what membership would require.

Ask yourself these following questions: ‘What are my rea-sons for wanting to become a member of this organization? Is it simply for edu-cational or business benefits that are not otherwise available? Or does it involve a desire for association with worldly peo-ple in a social way? What eﬀect would membership in this organization have on my spirituality and on the time I have available for studying the Bible, at-tending meetings, sharing in field ser-vice, and caring for my responsibilities at home? If I become a member, what would I be called on to do? Are the char-tered purposes of the organization in harmony with Bible principles? Would others be stumbled or upset if I be-come a member of such an organiza-tion?’

—John 15:19; 1 Cor. 10:29, 31-33; Eph. 5:15-17; Phil. 2:4; 3:12-15; 1 John 2: 15-17; Rev. 18:4; w97 6/1 3-4; w79 1/1 30-1; Gal. 6:1; Jas. 5:19, 20.

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Memorial

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MEMORIAL

The Lord’s Evening Meal was instituted by Jesus on the occasion of the Jewish Passover, and this occurred after sunset. So the Memorial celebration should occur after sundown. If the talk begins before sunset, the passing of the emblems should not occur until after sunset. It would be good for the local congregations to determine ahead of time when local sunset will be on the date of the Memorial observance that year.—w93 2/1 31; w85 2/15 31; w77 6/15 383-4; w76 2/1 73-4; Matthew 26:17-30; Luke 22:7-23, 28-30; and 1 Corinthians 11:20-31; w03 3/15 31; w93 2/1 31; w85 2/15 31; w76 2/1 73-4; w76 2/1 76; w90 2/15 13-15; rs 269; w77 6/15 383-4; km 12/76 2-3; and w76 2/1 72-3.

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NEUTRALITY

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HONOR TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
IMPRISONMENT
POLITICAL ELECTIONS

True Witnesses do not interfere with what others do as to voting in political elections, running for political oﬃce, campaigning for politicians, or joining the military. Jehovah’s Witnesses are neutral with regard to the political and military aﬀairs of the nations.

A baptized Christian who deliberately pursues a course in violation of Christian neutrality removes (disassociates) himself from the congregation of Jehovah’s people.

—See Rea-soning, under “Neutrality.”; John 15:19; 17:14-16; 1 John 2:19; Matt. 26:52; Mark 12:31; Rev. 16:13, 14; 19:11-21; Acts 10: 1, 47, 48; it-1 513; w86 9/1 17-22; li 274-94; Matt. 26:52; 28: 19; Mic. 4:1-3; John 18:36; Eph. 6:11-18; 1 Cor. 5:11-13; 2 John 9, 10; w81 9/15 23; w99 11/1 28-9

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POLITICAL ELECTIONS

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NEUTRALITY AND EMPLOYMENT

Christians are no part of the world. They do not take sides in its political aﬀairs. They do not interfere with what other people choose to do in this regard.—John 17:16; Jas. 1:27; 4:4; 1 John 2:15.

Jesus set good examples for his followers by rejecting offers for political oﬃce. Early Chris-tians avoided all political involvement. If invited to express wishes regarding neighborhood improvements, there is no harm in doing so either in writing or by signing a petition, but when political means are used to obtain opinions, it is best to keep in mind principles found in God\’s word.—Matt. 4:8-10; John 6:15; w99 11/1 28-9; w83 3/1 30-1; rs 269-76; g84 9/8 28; li 295-320.

A person carrying a political party membership card does not qualify to share in preaching from house-to-house or to be baptized.—w76 8/15 491; g72 12/8 20.

If to qualify for certain types of employment a person must be registered as eligible to vote, provided he does not indicate any political aﬃliation. This may simply be the community’s way of asking an individual to go on record as a citizen. The test of his Christian neutrality comes at the time of an election.—w99 11/1 28-9; w64 5/15 308; w50 11/15 445-6.

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RECREATION

Avoid sports that involve undue danger to the health or life of self or other.—Luke 10:27; Rom. 12:1; g00 10/8 18-19; g81 12/22 20-3; g74 6/22 12-14; g70 3/22 4-8.

Avoid worldly associations and seek wholesome relaxation with fellow be-lievers. (1 Cor. 15:33; w99 9/1 8-16, 23; g97 5/22 3-10; w92 8/15 15-20; yp 65-80; w79 6/1 12-20; w77 9/1 521-6) Of course, no Christian would socialize with disfellowshipped persons.—Ps. 26: 4-6; 1 Pet. 4:3, 4; 2 John 10, 11

Refrain from engaging in loose conduct or in anything that is recognized as unclean. It is improper to engage in conduct that stimulates immoral sexual desires.—Gal. 5:19-21; 1 Pet. 4:3, 4; g02 7/8 19-21; yp 181-211, 219-60; w79 6/1 3-20; Rom. 12:2; Phil. 4:8; w02 8/1 20-2; yp 283-95; 1 Tim. 4:8; yp 296-303

Recreation should provide change of mental and physical pace and opportunity to learn something new and of educational benefits.—g97 5/22 8-10; g82 5/22 9-11; w79 6/1 16-20; g79 1/22 3-12; w71 5/1 280.

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REINSTATEMENT

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DISFELLOW-SHIPPING

For reinstatement, a disfellowshipped wrongdoer must be sincerely repentant, must have discontinued his former wrong conduct, and must be “doing works that befit repentance.” (Ex. 22:1, 3, 4; Gal. 6:7; w78 9/15 30-1; Acts 26:20; Matt. 3:8; 2 Cor. 7: 9-11; w81 9/1 24-6; Acts 3:19; 2 Cor. 2:5-7; 12:21; 2 Cor. 2:6, 7; it-2 771; w95 1/1 27-31; w81 9/1 25-6; w77 3/1 146-52; w78 9/15 30-1.

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RELIGIOUS (FALSE) INVOLVEMENT

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BAPTISM
EMPLOYMENT AND FAMILY AFFAIRS
MEMBERSHIP IN VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS

We should avoid situations where regular or extensive contact with representa-tives of false religion would be neces-sary.—km 7/69 4; km7/67 4; w02 10/15 27; km7/69 4.

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Schools, Secular Education

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SCHOOLS, SECULAR EDUCATION

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FLAG SALUTE AND ANTHEMS

In most coun-tries “Caesar” requires that parents send their children to school or arrange a certain amount of education for them. Parents are responsible for deciding on the nature and extent of this secular education. (Prov. 6:20-22; Eph. 6:4; Mark 12:17; 2 Thess. 3:10-12; 1 Tim. 5:8; Titus 3:1; w92 11/1 17)

Parents are responsible to oﬀset the bad influences that their children may experience while in school. (w76 9/1 522; w75 9/1 542-4; w70 8/1 479-80)

Responsible education can equip youths for shouldering adult responsibility, qualifying them for minimum employment—but more importantly, for Christian responsibilities. (w00 11/1 18-21; w96 2/1 9-14; w92 11/1 18-21; w82 7/15 12-13)

How to apply Bible principles in dealing with situations that come up in life.—yp 134-65; g84 1/22 21-3; g84 1/8 16-18.

There are dangers that can under-mine the faith and morality of those who go to schools of higher education. In order to avoid these dangers, some choose to take supplementary education or training, such as a brief course at a trade school, in order to acquire needed job skills.—w84 10/1 17; w82 7/15 13-15; w05 10/1 26-31; w00 11/1 19; w96 2/1 14; g84 10/22 15.

School Activities—w64 9/1 533-8; w64 6/15 377-82.

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