are members of an international religion that claims to be the restoration of first-century Christianity. Their preaching, evangelistic, and publishing activities are extensive, with The Watchtower and Awake!
Have you ever had a couple well dressed clean cut individuals come to your door,wanting to give you a magazine entitled "Awake" or "Watchtower"? These are Jehovah's Witnesses,without further questioning and at face value they seem every bit as Christian
as anyone you may know who is a Christian. The problem is in the details of their doctrine
and they are significant! Sometimes the conversation may end there and they may leave or you may have questions as to what they are promoting. If they are questioned remember they are taught to answer questions according to their faith,but the truth lies in what they are not declaring! Questions for the witness!(click on link below!) http://www.contenderministries.org/jehovahswitnesses/ask.php
The Bible is the only inspired word of God!(Note: I do not refer to the NWT that the witnesses use because it clearly has many fundamental errors in translation!)
Video:(Below)Some great differences between what Jehovah Witnesses believe and what God
tells us is true in his Word!
"And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also"(2nd Timothy 2:2)
STREET PREACHERS @JEHOVAH WITNESS CONVENTION(Video Below)
Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, the witnesses are directed by a Governing Body. Each local congregation is led by a group of elders who are appointed by representatives of the Governing Body. Their official membership currently stands at over 6.6 million.
From their inception, they have been concerned with the second advent of Jesus. Initially holding many views similar to other 19th century Adventist groups, such as the Millerites; they have since developed a unique eschatology. They trace their origin to the religious movement known as Bible Students, which was founded in the late 1870s by Charles Taze Russell. Following a schism in 1917, those who remained supportive of the Watch Tower Society adopted the name Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931 under the leadership of Joseph Franklin Rutherford.
The entire (Protestant) Bible is considered by Jehovah's Witnesses to be the inerrant word of God. The name 'Jehovah' is believed to be the personal name of God. They believe that Jesus' death was necessary to atone for the sins of humanity, thus allowing for the possibility of endless life on earth or, for a limited number, in heaven. In their eschatology, society will be destroyed through Armageddon, which those found worthy will survive. They differ from mainstream Christianity in rejecting the doctrines of the Trinity and Hellfire in favor of unitarianism and extinction of the soul. Though not strictly pacifists, Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to become involved in conflicts, and as a result have been victims of governmental persecution, notably by the Nazi government. They are well known for their rejection of blood transfusions. Their stand on refusing blood transfusions has garnered criticism from medical and legal sources. Members who are judged to be unrepentant sinners are excommunicated from the congregation, a practice that critics have called cruel and arbitrary.
"KINGDOM OF THE CULTS"
Jehovah Witness(2 part realplayer series)
by Walter Martin(renowned expert on cults and their doctrines) http://www.waltermartin.org/cults.html
(realplayer download site available, bottom of this page)
"The corruption of Christianity came from what was added to it,
and not so much from what was taken away from it." –
Prof. S. Douglas Robinson C.(Prominent Witness gives idea as to what Christianity today is lacking)(DOES THIS MAN ACTUALLY READ OR STUDY GOD'S WORD??)
A rebuttal: The Kings James version of the Bible has been declared 94-99% valid in its entire translation agreeable by most bible scholars today! The Apostle Paul warns the Churches of Asia and Galatia specifically that what he has taught them is the inspired word of God and if any man come teaching any other religious ideal
that detracts from what he preached, Paul said ,and I quote "let that man be accursed..."
Galatians 1:8(PAUL SAYS HERE ANYONE GIVING SUPPOSED NEW BIBLICAL DIRECTIONS IS HERESY??)
Moreover: "For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ."
Galatians 1:10(ARE U SEEKING TO PLEASE THE WATCHTOWER??)
Jehovah Witnesses walk contrary to what Paul preached because new revelation from God given the Watchtower is said to be acceptable ,Paul never preached of changing the Gospel message!(HAS THE WATCHTOWER CHANGED WHAT PAUL SAID WAS GOD'S MESSAGE??)
1Corinthians 15:1 ¶ Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
1Corinthians 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
(HAVE YOU READ WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL WARNED THE CHURCHES OF ASIA NOT TO LET DECEIVE THEM?)
"The Apostle Paul was a wonderful expositor of the word and I don't see very much being added here to what Christianity is,rather I see an organization in the Watchtower Society that would try and filter and reflect this doctrine to bring them both power and notoriety! Take heed your teachings and revelations that are not from God will be accounted you!"
JCrable (WATCHTOWER YOU SEEM PRETTY EXCLUSIVE IN YOUR IDEALS AND MEMBERSHIP BELIEFS THIS WAS NOT WHAT GOD INSTRUCTED HE LOVED FELLOWSHIP AND AN OPEN PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE THAT NONE SHOULD PERISH!) (REMEMBER JESUS IS LORD! THE SAME UNTO ALL!)
Of all items listed, only three have been discontinued. (marked with an asterisk) All are listed, however, to show the absurdity of Watchtower authority and the absolute control leadership has over the lives of members once they join.
1. Jehovah God is not a Trinity(NOT BIBLICAL)
2. The doctrine of the Trinity is inspired by Satan (NOT BIBLICAL)
3. Jesus Christ is a created being, who at one time did not exist (a.k.a.Michael the archangel)(JESUS SAID I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE AND HE CLAIMED TO BE THE GREAT"I AM!"
4. The Holy Spirit is not a person but is "God's active force" i.e. gravity, electricity etc.(THE HOLY SPIRIT IS IN FACT GOD AND HE IS REPRESENTED AS SUCH IN GODS WORD)
5. Heaven is only for select Jehovah's Witnesses (HEAVEN IS FOR ALL WHO BELIEVE IN CHRIST!)JOHN 3:16
6. Heaven is limited only to 144,000 Jehovah's Witnesses(NOT ACCORDING TO REVELATIONS IT WAS A INUMERABLE AMOUNT BEFORE THE THRONE!) REVELATIONS 7:9-13)(THOSE SAINTS!)
7. Jehovah's Witnesses are the only true Christians (JESUS SAID ALL WHO BELIEVE ARE CHRISTIANS THAT'S WHY WE CALL THEM CHRISTIANS)
8. There is no Hell (It is simply the grave)(WRONG HELL IS MENTIONED 54 TIMES IN THE BIBLE)
9. There is no life after death (except for the 144,000)(NOT BIBLICAL)
10. Salvation is by good works not by Grace (ACTUALLY IT IS BY JESUS CHRIST AND BELIEF IN HIM)
11. You cannot be sure of salvation (WRONG EPHESIANS 1:13 SAYS IF YOU BELIEVE IN CHRIST YOUR SAVED!)
12. Jesus is not to be worshiped or prayed to (THIS IS A LIE FROM THE PITS OF HELL)
13. Jesus did not rise from the dead bodily but as a spirit being(ANOTHER HUGE LIE)
14. You are discouraged from attending college(WHY? BIBLICALLY IT IS NOT FORBIDDEN?)
15. The "first resurrection" occurred in 1918 (SAYS WHO??)(NOT BIBLICAL)
16. All pastors are the "Antichrist"(NO ANYONE WHO PREACHES A FASLE GOSPEL IS ANTI_CHRISTIAN)(ANTI-GOD)
17. All churches are of Satan(NOT ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE SOME CHURCHES GOD SAID HE FAVORED)
18. All governments are controlled by Satan(THIS IS CORRECT TO SOME EXTENT THAT SATAN IS THE RULER OF THIS WORLD RIGHT NOW!)
19. You cannot take a blood transfusion(WHY? THIS IS ALSO A NON-BIBLICAL LIE!)
20. You cannot be a police officer (ACCORDING TO JESUS YOU CAN EVEN BE A TAX COLLECTOR!) SALVATION CAME TO ZACHEAUSS"S HOUSE IN THE BOOK OF LUKE!)
21. You cannot salute the flag, stand for the national anthem, or own a flag(MORE MISLEADING)
22. You cannot serve in the military(KING DAVID DID!)
23. You cannot buy girl Scout cookies(GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER SO BUY THEM ANDZ DISTRIBUTE FREELY)
24. You must attend five meetings per week(WHY EVEN ATTEND ONE THEY ARE FALSE PROPHETS?)
25. Jesus'second coming occurred in 1914 (only known to Jehovah's Witnesses)
26. You cannot marry a non-Jehovah's Witness(THE WATCHTOWER WILL DISOWN YOU BUT GOD WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU!}
27. If one does not follow the rules of the Watchtower they will be shunned(OUCH!)
28. You cannot read Christian literature from a Christian book store(EVEN THE HOLY BIBLE GOD'S INSPIRED WORD? PLEASE DO BECAUSE YOU'LL LEARN THE WATCHTOWER LIES!)
29. You cannot be a cheerleader(WHY?)
30. You cannot celebrate any holidays (Christmas, Easter, etc.)
31. You cannot celebrate your birthday
32. You cannot run for or hold a political office
33. You cannot vote in any political campaign
34. You cannot serve on a jury
35. You are discouraged from giving to charity (except Watchtower causes)
36. You cannot speak to former members who are shunned (disfellowshipped)
37. You cannot accept Christmas gifts
38. You must read and study Watchtower literature regularly(READ YOUR KJV BIBLE INSTEAD!)
39. Only Jehovah's Witnesses can understand the Bible(WRONG ONLY THOSE GOD HAS BROUGHT TO HIS SON CHRIST CAN UNDERSTAND GOD AND HIS WORDS!)
40. Angels direct the Watchtower organization(MAYBE DEMONIC ONES??)
41. Jesus did not die on a cross but an upright pole(ACTUALLY THE ROMANS CRUCIFIED MOST UPSIDE DOWN BUT IN FACT CHRIST WAS RIGHT-SIDE UP ACCORDING TO THE APOSTLE PETER AND HE WAS CRUCIFIED ON A CROSS!)
42. You cannot own or wear a cross(THE DEVIL HATES CROSSES AND APPARENTLY SO DOES THE WATCHTOWER! COINCIDENCE??)
43. You must report your witnessing activity to the elders(WHY??)
44. You must go from door to door weekly to gain converts
45. You cannot have friends who are not Jehovah's Witnesses(JESUS LODGED AND ATE WITH SINNERS!)
46. You must refer to all Jehovah's Witnesses as "brother" or "sister"
47. You cannot play chess*
48. You cannot understand the Bible without Watchtower literature to explain it(MIGHT WANT TO TELL THAT TO THE APOSTLE PAUL HE NEVER DECLARED SUCH A HERESY!)
49. A child abuser is reported to Watchtower elders and not the police(TELL THE POLICE TO!)
50. You must forgo vacations to attend annual conventions
51. You are discouraged from buying a two door car-A "Theocratic" or "spiritually strong" Jehovah's Witness will have a full size car for the door to door work
52. Men cannot wear beards(THE APOSTLE JOHN,PAUL AND PETER ARE ALL DEPICTED WITH BEARDS??)
53. Men must wear short hair
54. Women cannot pray in the presence of men without a hat
55. You cannot have a tattoo(THIS IS BIBLICAL BECAUSE YOUR BODY IS A TEMPLE OF GOD! FIRST TRUTH I HAVE HEARD YET IN THESE REQUIREMENTS!)
56. You forbidden to use any tobacco products
57. Only officially approved sexual practices are allowed in marriage
58. You must appear before a Judicial committee if you are caught breaking Watchtower rules (Secret files are kept on all members which record these meetings-these files are kept in New York and are never destroyed)(JESUS FORGIVES SIN WHY DOES THE WATCHTOWER RECORD AND TRACK SIN?? SATAN LOVES TO BRING OUT PAST SINS COINCIDENCE???)
59. You must not own wind-chimes (they are for chasing away evil spirits)*
60. You cannot read any anti-Jehovah's Witness material
61. You cannot use pet foods made with blood or blood products
62. You cannot join any clubs or sports teams
63. You cannot wear jade jewelry*
64. You cannot purchase Christian products (books, music, plaques, pictures etc.)
65. You cannot wear any Christian jewelry
66. Jehovah's Witness meeting places have no windows
67. If you see another Jehovah's Witness breaking the rules you must turn them in to the elders to be interrogated(SOUNDS LIKE NAZI GERMANY??)
68. Jesus could have sinned and failed in his mission(NOT ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE!)
69. Jesus was not born the savior but became the savior at his baptism(JESUS IS GOD COME IN THE FLESH TO REDEEM US FROM SIN PLEASE NO MORE JESUS LIES!)
70. The Watchtower organization is God's prophet on earth today(PIT OF HELL LIE)
71. Women must submit to Watchtower elders
72. You cannot support your country(KING DAVID DID)
73. One must study Watchtower books at least six months before he can be baptized(GOD SAID REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED WHY WAIT?? GO TO A CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO THOSE WHO WILL LOVE AND ACCEPT YOU AND YES YOU CAN EAT CHOCOLATE AND PRAY TO JESUS AT A REAL CHURCH!)
74. Before baptism, one must answer over 80 questions in front of a panel of elders(THEY WISH TO MAKE SURE YOUR BRAINWASHED BEFORE THE ACCEPT YOU!)
75. Most of The Book of Revelation applies to the Jehovah's Witnesses(ACCEPT THEY DISREGARD ABOUT HALF OF IT??)
76. You cannot celebrate Mothers or Fathers day (it may produce pride)
77. Kingdom Halls cannot have pews for seating
78. JWs are are fobidden to say "good luck"
79. God is not omniscient "all knowing"(OH GOODY SOME DAY YOU CAN TELL HIM THAT FACE TO FACE BUT REMEMBER HE IS GOING TO KNOW IT ALREADY!)
80. God is not omnipresent(SEE ABOVE)
81. God only speaks through the "Governing Body" in Brooklyn, New York(YOUR GONNA TELL ME NEXT HE RUNS THE NY GIANTS FOOTBALL TEAM )
According to Jehovah's Witness' theology, God is a single person, not a Trinity, who does not know all things and is not everywhere. He first created Michael the Archangel through whom He created all "other things," including the universe, the earth, Adam and Eve, etc. This creative work took God 42,000 years. At one point, The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society taught that God ruled the universe from somewhere in the Pleiades star system. They have since modified this to say that the "Pleiades can no longer be considered the center of the universe and it would be unwise for us to try to fix God's throne as being at a particular spot in the universe."1 Such changes and even contradictions in teaching are frequent in the Watchtower organization and when a doctrine changes, they tell their followers that the light of truth is getting brighter.
After Adam sinned, the paradise which God had created for them, was ruined. So, God instituted a system of redemption which was revealed in the Bible and would ultimately lead to the crucifixion of Jesus the messiah. But, in the meantime, God needed to have a visible, theocratic organization on earth to accurately represent Him. Throughout history, this true organization had a remnant of faithful Jehovah's Witnesses (Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, etc.) but it wasn't until the late 1800's that Charles Taze Russell formerly began what is now known as the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society which is run out of Brooklyn, New York. This organization claims to be the only true channel of God's truth on earth today and that it alone can properly interpret God's word since it is the angel directed, prophet of God on earth.
When it came time for the savior to be born, Michael the Archangel became a human, in the form of Jesus. Jesus grew and kept all the laws of God and never sinned. Finally, when Jesus died, it was not on a cross, but on a torture stake, where he bore the sins of mankind -- but this did not include Adam's sins. Jesus rose from the dead as a spirit, not physically (his body was dissolved and taken by God) and during his visitations to people on earth, he manifested a temporary physical body for them to see and touch. Thus began the true Christian church of Jehovah's followers.
Throughout history there have been faithful Jehovah's witnesses who have managed to keep The Truth in spite of the "demonic" doctrine of Trinitarianism that has permeated the Christian church in "Christendom." Christendom is filled with pastors who are antichrists, in churches run by Satan, and who support the earthly governments which are all of the devil. In other words, all of Christianity is false and only the Jehovah's Witness "theocratic" organization lead by several men in Brooklyn, New York, is true.
In the late 1800's, a young man of 18 years, by the name of Charles Taze Russell, organized a Bible class in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1879 he sought to popularize his ideas on doctrine so he co-published The Herald of the Morning magazine with its founder, N. H. Barbour and by 1884 Russell controlled the publication and renamed it The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah's Kingdom, and founded Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society (now known as the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society). Russell served as the teacher and guide for the organization which taught that Jesus returned invisibly in 1914 and is now reigning in heaven. When Jesus finally returns physical to earth, which will happen at the time of the Battle of Armageddon, He will set up his earthly 1000 year kingdom. During this 1000 year period, people will be resurrected and have a second chance to receive eternal salvation by following the principles of Jehovah's Organization on earth known as the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. After the millennium, those who reject God and His organization will be annihilated; that is, they will cease to exist. The rest of the Jehovah's Witness who have faithfully followed God's organization on earth will be saved from eternal annihilation and reside forever on Paradise earth. Heaven, however, is a place for a special group of 144,000 Jehovah's Witnesses -- the only ones who are "born again" and who alone are allowed to take communion in their annual communion service. These are the ones who have "immortal life," all other Witnesses have "everlasting life." Those with immortal life do not have resurrected bodies. They have "spirit bodies." Those on Paradise Earth have everlasting life and consists of a resurrected body that must be maintained through eating, rest, etc.
When you study with the Jehovah's Witness, you agree to attend five meetings a week where you are taught from Watchtower literature. You cannot be baptized until you have studied their material for at least six months and have answered numerous questions before a panel of elders. Men are not supposed have long hair or wear beards and women are to dress in modest apparel. They refuse to vote, salute the flag, sing the "Star Spangled Banner, celebrate birthdays or Christmas, won't take blood transfusions, and they can't join the armed forces. A schedule of door-to-door canvassing is required where you distribute the Watchtower literature, acquire donations, and forward all monies to the headquarters in Brooklyn, New York
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