JWs, how will your organization be REPROACHED for the Name of Jesus per 1Peter 4:14?

Question

1 Peter 4:14 says If you are reproached for the Name of CHRIST, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On THEIR part He is Blaspemed, but on your part He is GLORIFIED!!!

Jesus Glorified as God!!

Thanks!

Sandra P.

Answer 1

It is true that Jehovah's Witnesses are not loved by everyone.
http://jw-media.org/newsroom/human_rights.htm
Some people hate Jehovah's Witnesses out of ignorance, or over some misunderstanding. A few may have had a bad personal experience with an individual who claimed to be a Jehovah's Witness, and prejudicially extended their animus to this entire Christian religion.

However, it seems that the majority of anti-Witness hatred is motivated by religious intolerance and bigotry. A few may even be motivated against their Christian worship by the unseen 'god of this system of things', Satan the Devil.

(2 Corinthians 4:4) the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers

Interestingly, such "hatred" should be expected by true Christians in this time of the end, and it actually helps identify Jehovah's Witnesses as Christ's true disciples:

(John 15:19) If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.

(Luke 6:22) Happy are you whenever men hate you, and whenever they exclude you and reproach you and cast out your name as wicked for the sake of the Son of man.

(1 Peter 4:4) Because you do not continue running with them in this course to the same low sink of debauchery, they are puzzled and go on speaking abusively of you.

(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.

It seems signficant that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones best known for their worldwide preaching work. Yet Jesus commanded that ALL who would call themselves "Christian" perform this public work:

(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And, look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.


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http://watchtower.org/e/20030301/article_01.htm
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Answer 2

As Jehovah’s Witnesses, we bear witness to Jesus, the now-reigning King of the Kingdom government, which will destroy human governments standing in the way of God’s righteous new world. (Daniel 2:44; 2 Peter 3:13) As Jehovahs Witnesses, as you know, we go door to door. We do not always meet a smiling face behind those doors. Through the years because of our Bible Based beliefs, we take no side in political affairs, and so this is our stand, many of JWs have been thrown in jail, or worse, killed, because of their stand. So this scripture here lends itself to us being happy knowing we are doing what is right. For these things we are reproached and persecuted, but we count ourselves happy to suffer for the name of Christ.—1 Peter 4:14.

Answer 3

they hated and persecuted and killed Jesus..we as his followers expect to be treated the same as Jesus warned us they hated me ...they will hate you also...we're glad when we get mistreated for a righteous reason proving Jesus to be true and our King.

Answer 4

For crying out loud, leave it.

Religion is the problem, not the answer, can none of you ppl see that?

Answer 5

and why do you keep leaving those magazines in the Laundromat?