What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a Jehovahs W' as to a Born Again Christian?

Question

I ask in good light so can the the JW's not be angry when I am Emailed from you! Im not attacking you!

Answer 1

The biggest one is eternal life. JW's reject Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and therefore will not inherit eternal life. Jesus Said, "He who has the Son has life, but he who does not have the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

Answer 2

Jehovah W is a religion based on you own works. True Christianity is based on Jesus' finished work on the cross.

Eph 2:8-10
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. ESV

John 3:16

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life
ESV

Christianity with get you to heaven and Jehovah W will not.

Acts 4:12
12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
ESV

Answer 3

JW's are a cult... they use Christian terminology but their implications are not the same. They created their own bible to distort the original one that exists just to promote their ideals.

JW's do not believe in a heaven or hell. They do not accept that Jesus is the Son of God.

Whereas Christians... follow Christ. There is a striking difference. Most who call themselves Christians... should question whether they really are or not. Just because someone believes in God makes little difference. Even Satan believes in God. To be a Christian.. one must be committed to following Jesus. He is the only Way, the only Truth, and the only source of eternal Life.

Answer 4

For me I can only see the advantages of being a christian I can not see its disadvantages nether can I see the advantages of a jehovahs witness but only the disadvantages.

Answer 5

Jehovah w. believe in salvation through work and don't recognize the divine side of Jesus Christ. They believe that just few people will go to heaven and don't believe in hell . Born again Christians can believe that once saved always saved that they will not be open to any attacks from the devil. They speak in tongues, and performs miracles with the holy spirit. They believe the bible through and through. they believe that all that were saved and obeyed the commands of the lord will go to heaven.

Answer 6

There is no advantage to being a Jehovah witness. it is a legalistic religion where if you don't do what they say, you get thrown out of the church. ( I know a girl that was thrown out when she got pregnant.)They think that Jesus was just a man, a great man but in no way part -God. They don't believe in the trinity. It is a denomination that appears Christ centered but it is not. There are some wonderful people who are J.W. I just hope they get out before its too late.

Answer 7

Jehovah's Witnesses have the unique privilege of being God's fellow workers in teaching the Good News about Jesus Christ.
(1 Corinthians 3:9) For we are God’s fellow workers.

In context, this passage clearly refers to the preaching work, with which Jehovah's Witnesses are globally identified.
(1 Corinthians 3:6-9) I planted, Apollos watered, but God kept making it grow; so that neither is he that plants anything nor is he that waters, but God who makes it grow. Now he that plants and he that waters are one, but each person will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers

Sadly, even so-called "Christians" have learned so little in their churches that they often do not realize that the choice to go door-to-door is not made by Jehovah's Witnesses, but by the head of the Christian congregation, Christ Jesus.

The Scriptures indicate that Jesus personally instructed his disciples to go door-to-door. Although they are a relatively small religion, Jehovah's Witnesses clearly embody the most prominent global fulfillment of that Christian assignment. Frankly, you can call yourself a Christian all day long, but if you disregard the door-to-door preaching work, who are you really disregarding?

(Luke 10:1-17) After these things the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: “The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest. 3 Go forth. Look! I am sending you forth as lambs in among wolves. ...16 “He that listens to you listens to me too. And he that disregards you disregards me too. Moreover, he that disregards me disregards also him that sent me forth.”

While a few people in their territories may choose to disregard Jesus and the Almighty in that manner, Jehovah's Witnesses could never disregard the door-to-door preaching work.

(Acts 5:42) Every day in the temple and from house to house they continued without letup teaching and declaring the good news about the Christ, Jesus.

(Acts 20:20) I did not hold back ...from teaching you publicly and from house to house

(2 Timothy 4:3-5) You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.

Incidentally, there must be something in the "born-again" playbook telling them to keep up the mantra that Jehovah's Witnesses teach salvation by works. It just isn't true, and you sound ignorant repeating it.

Learn more:
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Answer 8

Being a JW myself, I find the advantages to be that I have satisfying, logical, reasonable answers to all of my questions regard God, Jesus, Bible and what the future holds for those who are willing to actually live their lives according to God's direction. Contrary to popular belief, our Bible isn't actually different than everyone elses...its just not in the King's English and its accurate. There are quite a few theology scholars who aren't JWs that prefer it because of its accuracy. Also of the greatest importance and a significant benefit, the name of God - Jehovah - has been put back in the Bible where it was previously removed nearly 7,000 times. This actually is a wonderful benefit and helps us have a very close relationship with God because usually the first thing in getting to know someone is knowing their name. What also draws us close to God is the fact that we actually try to pattern our lives with the teachings of his son, Jesus. And though many people don't understand disfellowshipping of people who are UNREPENTANT in their wrongdoing (speaking of which, I myself was disfellowshipped), it is a protection for the rest of the congregation with regard to association (remember - "bad association spoils useful habits") and its also helpful to the one who is disfellowshipped because it helps them to realize the seriousness of their wrongdoing and the need to repent. In this regarding, disfellowshipping usually only comes after many pleas with the person to change their course.

Answer 9

DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE JW's BUT JESUS EXPLAINED WHAT BEING BORN AGAIN IS AND NONE OF US ARE YET.
Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Joh 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Joh 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Joh 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Joh 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Answer 10

That which determines a Christian is not adherence to the popularly accepted beliefs of orthodox religious organizations or participation in popular religious practices and religious holidays. Conforming to the popular concept of a Christian does not make a person a Christian. What does is meeting Scriptural qualifications. The apostle Peter said: “Christ suffered for you, leaving you a model for you to follow his steps closely.” (1 Pet. 2:21) One must follow the example Christ set. Jehovah’s Witnesses are the only ones today who do this.

Jesus Christ made himself thoroughly familiar with the Scriptures and lived by its right principles. He also bore witness to the name and purposes of his heavenly Father. “I have made your name known to them and will make it known.” (John 17:26) He stated that his purpose in coming was to bear witness to the truth. (John 18:37)

Christians of the first century followed Christ’s example by bearing witness to the truth, although this conflicted with the traditional teachings that were popularly accepted in those days. Early followers of Christ refused to adopt any of the philosophical beliefs or religious formalisms of the pagan Greeks and Romans. They knew that a Christian’s worship must be pure, undefiled by pagan influence. “Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?”—2 Cor. 6:14

Because Jehovah’s witnesses are unlike orthodox church members in their beliefs and religious activities, some persons may claim that they are not Christians; but they do meet the Scriptural requirements that determine a Christian. This is what counts, not what is popular.

Answer 11

Jehovah Witnesses are a cult and there is no advantage to being associated with them. They preach and teach an antichrist doctrine and are destined to hell.