If they do not rightly worship Jesus as Almighty God, they do not rightly worship Jehovah. In other words, JWs are not true and faithful witnesses of Jehovah. They have rejected the truth about God.
They do not know him, and are not known by him. This is why they need to hear the gospel. They need to hear the good news of the Redeemer who is truly man and truly God, who alone is a sufficient mediator between God and men. Who but the Life could do this? It was his task to conquer sin. Who but very Righteousness could do this?
It was his task to rout the powers of world and air. Who but a power higher than world and air could do this? Now where does life or righteousness, or lordship and authority of heaven lie but with God alone?
Therefore our most merciful God, when he willed that we be redeemed, made himself our Redeemer in the person of his only-begotten Son [cf. Since neither as God alone could he feel death, nor as man alone could he overcome it, he coupled human nature with divine that to atone for sin he might submit the weakness of the one to death; and that, wrestling with death by the power of the other nature, he might win victory for us.
JWs must be called to repent and to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, that they might have life in his name John Encourage them to continue going over the verses you showed them, to wrestle with those texts.
Encourage them to prayerfully read through the gospel of John, asking for humility and understanding as they read. And you pray as well, that God may open their eyes to behold the beauty of Jesus in saving faith. Joyfully Spreading the Word , ed. Why should I consider becoming a Christian? John T. McNeill, trans. Ford Lewis Battles, vol. Skip to main content. Matt Bedzyk. April 15, Everything else that exists came into existence by being created.
Without responding to what I wrote either to ask for clarification or rebut what I wrote, he would then ask a question on a different topic. Thus, we had very few real "conversations" in which we discussed anything in-depth. African martyr's commitment Mission trip fundraising Ten ways to ruin your mission trip Nazarene Missions International resources. Cross or stake?
Witnesses also argue that it would be completely against God's nature to torture humans for eternity. However, death is not the end of everything: each person can be remembered by God and eventually be resurrected.
The hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear [Jesus'] voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment. Much of Witness belief concentrates on the ' End Times ', and Witnesses have pointed to a number of past dates as Biblically significant, though they have not stated in terms when the end of the world, or 'conclusion of the system of things,' is expected.
Concerning that day and hour nobody knows, neither the angels of the heavens nor the Son, but only the Father. Witnesses believe that the end times started in , but they realise that most human beings were unaware of this.
They believe that when 'the End' finally comes only , human beings will go to Heaven and rule the Earth from there with Christ - these are known as the anointed. Becoming an anointed person is not something that is done by voting or selection. Instead, the anointed one knows directly from God that he or she has been chosen. Only those who feel themselves to be anointed partake of the bread and wine at the annual Memorial of Christ's death.
The majority of Jehovah's Witnesses are not anointed and will not spend eternity in heaven. They will spend eternity in paradise on Earth. In fact not only Jehovah's Witnesses but billions of others will have everlasting life on earth and thus fulfil God's original plan for humanity when he put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
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