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    1) Jehovah gave laws like disfellowshipping to protect his people from corrupting influences and test their loyalty. While some see disfellowshipping as extreme, it is beneficial as it keeps Jehovah's organization morally clean and his name free from reproach. 2) Disfellowshipping the sinner may help them return to Jehovah, and loyal Christians would not associate with anyone called a brother who is practicing serious sin, even if no action has been taken. 3) Though family ties may be strong, we must not compromise loyalty to Jehovah and his organization. Disfellowshipping yields fruit of righteousness though it is painful discipline we must respect.

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    1) Jehovah gave laws like disfellowshipping to protect his people from corrupting influences and test their loyalty. While some see disfellowshipping as extreme, it is beneficial as it keeps Jehovah's organization morally clean and his name free from reproach. 2) Disfellowshipping the sinner may help them return to Jehovah, and loyal Christians would not associate with anyone called a brother who is practicing serious sin, even if no action has been taken. 3) Though family ties may be strong, we must not compromise loyalty to Jehovah and his organization. Disfellowshipping yields fruit of righteousness though it is painful discipline we must respect.

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    1) Jehovah gave laws like disfellowshipping to protect his people from corrupting influences and test their loyalty. While some see disfellowshipping as extreme, it is beneficial as it keeps Jehovah's organization morally clean and his name free from reproach. 2) Disfellowshipping the sinner may help them return to Jehovah, and loyal Christians would not associate with anyone called a brother who is practicing serious sin, even if no action has been taken. 3) Though family ties may be strong, we must not compromise loyalty to Jehovah and his organization. Disfellowshipping yields fruit of righteousness though it is painful discipline we must respect.

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    15 Loyally Uphold Jehovah’s Judgments (Symposium)


    —Shun Unrepentant Wrongdoers

    [PLEASE NOTE: This talk includes a video]

    JEHOVAH’S JUDGMENTS ARE BENEFICIAL (4 min.)


    Jehovah lovingly gave to Moses the Law, which protected God’s people
    from corrupting influences, both physical and spiritual
    Some of the laws tested the Israelites’ loyalty (De 13:1-11)
    Likewise, since the first century, Jehovah has commanded that we “stop
    keeping company” with unrepentant wrongdoers [Read 1 Corinthians
    5:11-13]
    Some in Satan’s permissive world may view disfellowshipping as
    extreme; however, it is beneficial (w15 4/15 29-31)
    It helps keep Jehovah’s organization morally clean and his name
    free from reproach
    It protects us from bad associations
    Associations include messages that apostates and others have
    used to spread wrong ideas (2Jo 10, 11)
    Disfellowshipping the sinner may help him to return to Jehovah
    Loyal Christians would not associate with “anyone called a brother”
    who is practicing serious sin
    This is true even if no congregation action has been taken, as may be
    the case with an inactive one (w85 7/15 19 814)
    This can be a real trial when a family member is involved
    We must not allow strong family ties to lead us to compromise loyalty
    to Jehovah and his organization (w13 1/15 15-16 816-20)
    In the dramatization that follows, note how loyalty results in a
    blessing

    VIDEO (3 min.)

    JEHOVAH KNOWS THE PAIN OF LOSING A FAMILY MEMBER (2 min.)


    Jehovah’s reaction to Israel’s rebellion gives us insight into how
    he may have felt when some of his spirit sons joined the Devil in
    rebellion (Ps 78:40, 41; w07 1/15 17-18)
    Yet, Jehovah is not controlled by sentimentality
    He severely disciplined the Israelites (Ps 78:60-62)
    He took action against the wicked spirits to protect the rest of
    his spiritual family (Jude 6; Re 12:7-9)

    RESPECT JEHOVAH’S ARRANGEMENT FOR DISCIPLINE IN YOUR LIFE (1 min.)


    Disfellowshipping can be painful discipline, but it yields the fruit
    of righteousness to those trained by it [Read Hebrews 12:11] (w12
    4/15 12 816)
    Let us be resolved not to undermine the effectiveness of Jehovah’s
    discipline
    But what should we do when someone repents and changes course?
    Brother will now consider the final part of this symposium,
    “Loyally Uphold Jehovah’s Judgments—Be Forgiving”

    TO BE COVERED IN 10 MINUTES
    5 2015 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
    CO-tk16-E No. 15 11/15

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