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2006-07-30 04:50:42 · 25 answers · asked by Trashman 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The "Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses" (their full name) certainly does *NOT* deny the Christ! This is anti-Witness slander and lies!
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe! Both secular dictionaries and disinterested theologians acknowledge that Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian religion.
The Trinitarian arguments are intended to insult and demean Jehovah's Witnesses, rather than to give a Scripturally accurate understanding of the term "Christian".
In fact, the bible most closely associates being "Christian" with preaching about Christ and Christ's teachings. Review all the times the bible uses the term "Christian" and note that the context connects the term with:
"declaring the good news"
'teaching quite a crowd'
'open eyes, turn from dark to light'
"uttering sayings of truth"
"persuade"
"keep on glorifying"
(Acts 11:20-26) [The early disciples of Jesus] began talking to the Greek-speaking people, declaring the good news of the Lord Jesus... and taught quite a crowd, and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians.
(Acts 26:17-28) [Jesus said to Paul] I am sending you, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God... Paul said: “I am not going mad, Your Excellency Festus, but I am uttering sayings of truth and of soundness of mind. ...Do you, King Agrippa, believe the Prophets? I know you believe.” But Agrippa said to Paul: “In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian.”
(1 Peter 4:14-16) If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy... But if he suffers as a Christian, let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God in this name
So why do anti-Witnesses try to hijack the term "Christian" and hide its Scriptural implications? Because anti-Witnesses recognize that it is the preaching work that makes it clear that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are by far the most prominent followers of Christ:
(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded
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http://watchtower.org/library/ti/index.htm
2006-07-31 03:02:01 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The other beliefs are man's doctrines...that is why they point away from the truth and Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
2006-07-30 04:54:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All roads do not lead "home". Contrary to what is bandied about on this page. Why would they? If you were on a plane and wanted to go to Florida and asked the pilot , which way are we flying, and he said, it doesnt matter, either way we fly we'll get there. That would make no sense. Now take the bigger issue of truth ' the same logic MUST apply but on an even greater scale. Their is only one truth, not many truths, and the law of truth is universal. 1+1=2 all over the world, and it must be. That is an example of universal truth.
2006-07-30 05:00:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Trashman: The following might be helpful to you:
" Is Jesus God's only Helper [teacher]? No indeed, For the Christ takes many forms with different names until their One-ness can be recognized. But Jesus is - for you - the bearer of Christ's single message of the Love of God. You need no other. It is possible to read his words and benefit from them without accepting him into your life. "
"Jesus became what all of you must be....[in our Reality]. He led the way for you to follow him. He offered you a final demonstration that it is impossible to kill God's Son; nor can his life in any way be changed by evil, sin, malice, fear, or death."
He can teach you how to make that true.
"He will remain with you to lead you from the hell you made [back] to God."
A brief explanation about the first quote above: The words are -
the Christ takes many forms.
Christ is a name for a certain "nature" with certain attributes of God-likeness in that nature. I have come to use an expression, myself, when I think of the parts of God's nature. I call God The Christ Nature. You see, Jesus is reflecting his Father - his Father's nature. Buddha, Confuscious, are teaching the same thing. All other teachers are offering you the same type of insights into God's "personality." That the Christ takes many different forms - means different bodies with different names. Like Buddha, etc. But it is all the same.
However, Jesus was the first to ever complete his role - assigned by the Holy Spirit - to such perfection. The others did NOT demonstrate the ultimate and final truth of Who WE Are! The Resurrection! Jesus was put in charge: "No one comes to the Father, but through Me." Ultimately, it is Jesus who brings you Home.
You may learn most of the same things from other great teachers, but Jesus was put in charge of the Kingdom. The others were not. Hope this is helpful to you.
2006-07-30 05:24:18 · answer #4 · answered by Lana S (1) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty elite little group you have narrowed down there for your self with your handy little scriptural misinterpretation isn’t it?
Have you ever wondered how it is that some of the judgmental bigots who keep repeating this idea over and over are going to end up in heaven while billions of other humble, compassionate and loving people of other faiths are going to burn in hell?
Sounds like a self induced delusion to me. Assisted by a laughable scriptural misinterpretation that only the narrow minded and scriptural ignorant could have possibly come up with.
Love and blessings
don
2006-07-30 05:01:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He also said "Beware Of False Prophets" people apparently aren't on guard. They take some of his word and not other parts of it...or allow someone else to write a book and say it's prophecy instead of following the Bible. He warned us in Matthew when they asked him the sign of his coming it was the first thing he said...
To find that straight and narrow way people have to think and read for themselves. But many are lead astray unfortunately. Narrow is the way and few there be that find it.
2006-07-30 04:57:32 · answer #6 · answered by rockinrobyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is not scripturally the "only way"...in fact he is yet another false "Messiah". The fact that Judaism and other faiths didn't cease to exist at his passing/ressurection are proofs enough that he isn't the only way. Trying to compare Eastern religions that are more philosophies of life Shinto, Confecous, Buddism to Western theologically based views is not particularly valid. PEACE!
2006-07-30 04:56:40 · answer #7 · answered by thebigm57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
many believe in other teachings because many hated Jesus when he was preaching, or the preched countries turned against those that were preaching to them. Many believed different things after they turned against Christianity. Some of them just came. Like Christianity and Islam and Judaism. Were all started by the same person. Abraham. It depends what religion you look at and it's history.
2006-07-30 04:58:08 · answer #8 · answered by musicnotes@pacbell.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New and dead way is not the new and living way; Neither does division bring peace, but rather division and not peace.
Every good "mystery" has twists to it, especially near the end. And the Bible defines itself as "mystery" over 20 times therein. Not to menton it's all "allegory" in both "covenants", so it's not only mystery, but allegoric mystery. Yet there is nothing concealed, that is not also revealed, by seek and find, find grace to help, in time.
The "grace" of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
2006-07-30 05:02:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT IS BECAUSE OF THE TRADITIONS OF MEN
Mr 7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
Mr 7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
Mr 7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
Col 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
2006-07-30 04:58:13 · answer #10 · answered by His eyes are like flames 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋