April 1, 2017
Dear President Vladimir Vladimirovich
Putin,
I have sent you three letters besides
this one, but I cannot rest until I try to reach you with this one.
Please, it is of the upmost importance,
for all concerned, that no part of the Russian government continue to
interfere with - or forbid, by any man-made law – any facet of the
worship of Jehovah's Witnesses living in Russia that is a scriptural
requirement of our God Jehovah. It is Jehovah's right, as the Creator
and Universal Sovereign, to have His own terms of worship for His own
people. He absolutely does have scriptural commands stating His
requirements of worship for His people (of which I am one). On the
other hand, as worshipers of Jehovah, our lives are dedicated to Him,
and we have an absolute need to obey HIS commands and laws above all
others.
So, (in His words) Jehovah Himself has
told His people what they need to do; and we, His people, want and
need to do it. For any humans to step in between God Almighty and His
people, and dare to deny or forbid God to have rules over His people
- or for Jehovah's people to obey His commands – is very wrongful;
would be entirely unacceptable to God; and is abuse towards God's
people (it is a violation of our God-given right to worship Him as
we know He requires). It robs peace of mind and happiness, to be
impeded from worshiping God in the ways He has said to. It would be
cruelly disturbing and disruptive to forbid – under legal threat of
punishment – Jehovah's people from worshiping Him in any of the
ways He requires. That is because, as the Scriptures say of those
true to God, “We must obey God as ruler rather than man.” So, all
any man-made “law” against God's own – any “law” forbidding
Jehovah's people to obey God's command – would be a crime against
God and against His own people.
You probably can recall the story of
the Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, in Moses day. Jehovah had a
requirement for His worshipers then: They were to leave Egypt, to go
out to the wilderness, to worship Jehovah for three days. When the
Pharaoh told Moses “NO”, when he, as an earthly king, dared
OVER-RULE what the Sovereign of the Universe commanded that His
people should do, for worship of Him, there was trouble from Jehovah
onto the Pharaoh and the Egyptians with him then, wasn't there?
Pharaoh was so bold against God, that He even told Moses, “WHO IS
JEHOVAH, THAT I SHOULD OBEY HIS VOICE TO SEND ISRAEL AWAY? I DO NOT
KNOW JEHOVAH AT ALL, and what is more, I AM NOT GOING TO SEND ISRAEL
AWAY”. (Exodus 5:2) Not long after this, Jehovah made it
dramatically clear to that Pharaoh and his men just exactly what
their place was, in relation to Him, God Almighty, the Creator
Himself. It was very foolish of that Pharaoh to fight God, wasn't
it. Its very foolish for anyone to fight God; but yet, it seems more
and more persons are consciencelessly doing that these days – even
though Jehovah preserved, in His words, the warning example of the
story of that Pharaoh, for everyone to take a lesson from.
People need to hear Jehovah's
scriptural truth now more than ever, as a life-line. The days are
harder. People need spiritual and mental strength, refreshment,
explanations as to why things are as they are, guidance, comfort, and
HOPE based on what is true. Jehovah's words provide these things
better than anything else can. When allowed to serve Jehovah freely –
instead of being so wrongly and unjustly persecuted – Jehovah's
Witnesses in Russia (my spiritual brothers and sisters), can serve
their fellow countrymen so very well: They can be of great help to
those who want to learn this very beneficial and saving truth from
God's words. So, gently, I say to you, please let God's people go –
let them be free, in all ways, to carry on their worship. Protect
them, please.
Thank You, Theresa K______
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