Lack of preparation and readiness
Ephesians 6:11-20:
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.
On Sunday morning at 7 am, I finally finished playing SWAT 4 (and its expansion pack) on normal difficulty. That is, finished to my level of contentment. I didn’t get a perfect score on every mission but got 90%+ on all the missions except one. In other words, it was good enough and I was sick of the game.
Three hours later of desperately needed sleep later, the Jehovah’s Witness from two weeks ago, came back with a different older son. I was really surprised he came back. I was also completely unprepared for it. I don’t just mean the lack of sleep. I also mean that I was wearing shorts that are now too big for me and um… have trouble staying on.
In the end, I said they are welcome to come back anytime and talk but it’s best after 11:30 am.
Actually, when I think about it, I have little knowledge of JW beliefs except they think that the angel Michael was turned into Jesus Christ and have a awfully translated Bible to fit in their beliefs. Do I need a crash course in JWism? No, I’m not learning Ancient Greek… yet.
Don’t worry about learning Greek.
Our new testament lecturers have tried to teach JW’s Greek and it didn’t work.