Jehovah's Witnesses: the "born-again" issue?

Question

Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, NO ONE can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. John 3:3-5
I'm little bit confused with 2 things.

I know Jehovah's Witnesses believe that being born-again is for anointed Christians only. That means this small flock can see/enter the Kingdom of God since they're born-again spirits already.

How can Jehovah's Witnesses with an earthly hope be "born-again" to see/enter the Kingdom of God?
Hope this question makes sense to you.

Please help.

Darryl L: I've already accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior when I was younger kid. Some information on CARM is incorrect because that person didn't have a proper understanding of what Jehovah's Witnesses believe. Study with JWs and see for yourself. Honest, I used to show my oppositions to JWs but not anymore when I began to research JWs belief through Watchtower site from few month ago. I notice that JWs suffer the same persecution as Jesus has had. Trinity idea is a false teaching since it is from the Babylonian idea. It's very important to research to know if Christendom's teaching are found in the Bible or not.

Answer 1

Only rulers of God's Kingdom need to be "born again" to heavenly "bodies"; subjects of that government remain on earth in physical (albeit perfect) bodies.


The key to understanding the Kingdom of Heaven is recognizing the bible teaching that God's Kingdom was always intended to function as a real government. Unsurprisingly, God's government is made up of two groups: rulers and subjects. Like with human governments today, any new citizen could be said to "enter" a government's jurisdiction, protection, and benefits. However, only the relatively small number of citizens who are duly elected or appointed can be said to "enter" the governmental administration.

Likewise, the relatively small number who are resurrected to heaven (or "born again") go there to serve as "kings and priests" alongside Jesus Christ. The bible calls theirs the "first resurrection", chronologically earlier than the later earthly resurrection which follows Armageddon.

(Revelation 20:6) Happy and holy is anyone having part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will rule as kings with him


Because Jesus had to be the first "king and priest" of the heavenly government, no one who died before Jesus could have preceded him into heaven; that helps us understand why Jesus said what he did about John the Baptist (who he foreknew would die before Jesus).

(Matthew 11:11) Among those born of women there has not been raised up a greater than John the Baptist; but a person that is a lesser one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he is.


Qualifying to be a subject of the Kingdom of God is not easy, as Jesus immediately noted.

(Matthew 11:12) But from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of the heavens is the goal toward which men press, and those pressing forward are seizing it.

(Luke 13:20,23,24) [Jesus] said: “With what shall I compare the kingdom of God? ...Now a certain man said to him: “Lord, are those who are being saved few?” He said to them: “Exert yourselves vigorously to get in through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to get in but will not be able

(Matthew 7:13-14) Go in through the narrow gate; because broad and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are the ones going in through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it.




As alluded to above, Jehovah's Witnesses believe the term "born again" to refer to the forsaking of a human body for a spiritual one. Those "anointed" who have a heavenly hope must eventually be literally "born again" into a new type of body; the promise of heavenly life assures they that God has already "adopted" them even while they are yet human. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that all the faithful Christians who saw Jesus impaled and worked alongside the apostles and bible writers all had a heavenly hope.

(1 Corinthians 15:44,50) If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual one. ...flesh and blood cannot inherit God’s kingdom

(1 Peter 1:3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for according to his great mercy he gave us a new birth to a living hope

(1 John 3:1,2) See what sort of love the Father has given us, so that we [who are promised heavenly life] should be called children of God; and such we are. That is why the world does not have a knowledge of us, because it has not come to know him. Beloved ones, now [while human even] we are children of God, but as yet it has not been made manifest what we shall be [as heavenly beings]. We do know that whenever he is made manifest we shall be like him, because we shall see him just as he is.

Answer 2

To what was Jesus referring when he used the expression “born again,” as recorded at John 3:3? Jesus was referring to being born from holy spirit. By this unique birth, imperfect men and women enter into a very special relationship with Jehovah God, becoming his adopted children with a view to a future heavenly inheritance (the 144,000).

One of the apostles later wrote: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” (1 Peter 1:3, 4, Revised Standard Version; John 1:12, 13) Clearly, the rebirth that Jesus referred to was a spiritual experience that would occur while his followers were still alive, not a future reincarnation.

Answer 3

Dear child,
It seems, you hope to know and achieve every thing from books only. Which book Jesus read for inspiration and achievement before bible? Books are narration about experiences of persons of the past and some practical guidance. It is quite possible that one enters God’s kingdom without reading or referring even a single book. One automatically becomes a member of God’s family when one realizes God and knows every thing about life. Then one can even use this knowledge to live materialistic life. I would like to know what experience you got from your search of whatever holy books or it is just a reading of words formed by ‘ABCD’. Book is a matter.
I am 63. I must help people, in whatever way I can, before my body perishes. God bless you.

From: "Vishw Paramaatmaa Parivaar". Means “World of God’s Family”.

Answer 4

I will help you,but you may not want to hear what I have to say.

Being born-again is for ANYONE that is drawn to Jesus by the Father. Being born-again means that you become dead to your will, and begin doing the will of God. This is not only for anointed Christians. This is for whosoever the Father draws to Jesus.

You MUST understand what it is that you are involved in. Ask yourself this : Is the Jesus that you worship in the Jehovah's Witnesses the real Christ, or a false Christ?
If He is the real Christ, you should be encouraged to worship Him as God, because He iIS God. God is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.

The main trouble with the Jehovah's Witnesses is that they change their doctrine whenever they are proven wrong on their teachings, and when they change their doctrine, they simply tell their followers that the 'light of truth' is shining brighter now than before. But you see, God does not change. He is the same today, tomorrow, 1,000 years ago, and 1,000 years from now ! He is an awesome God!

Do not let the false teachings of the J W get ytou down. You CAN be born again! The MOMENT that you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you are born again! Then you should be baptised, and seek to be filled with the Holy Ghost! It is the promise from God in heaven that He will fill you with the Holy Ghost, just as He did the apostles in the book of Acts!

PLEASE go to www.carm.org and study EVERYTHING that they have on the Jehovah's Witnesses. Do it for your soul, and your salvation. They are a cult, and their followers are blindly led along toward hell and do not even know it.

Enjoy your salvation when you have it. They lie. The 144,000 that they claim are Jehovah's Witnesses are in reality 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel. STUDY to show yourself approved! DO NOT believe a lie, and be damned !! Do it for YOU!!!

Answer 5

If you would like further information or a free home Bible study, please contact Jehovah's Witnesses at the local Kingdom Hall. Or visit their official web site - http://www.watchtower.org

I hope this will help.
When Jesus spoke about being born again he said that it was necessary in order to enter the Kingdom of God, that is, to be part of God’s Kingdom, his heavenly government. (John 3:5 - The Bible also shows that many people who do the will of God will live here on earth, as happy subjects of that Kingdom. (Matthew 6:10. Psalms 37:29) After listing many pre-Christian persons of faith, Hebrews 11:39, 40 says: “All these, although they had witness borne to them through their faith, did not get the fulfillment of the promise, as God foresaw something better for us, in order that they might not be made perfect apart from us.” (Who are here meant by “us”? Hebrews 3:1 shows that they are “partakers of the heavenly calling.” The pre-Christian persons who had faith, then, must have a hope for perfect life somewhere other than in heaven.)

Psalms 37:29: “The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it.” Birth means beginning. A new birth means a new beginning. In the case of Jesus’ disciples, their first step toward being born again began once they repented of their sins, turned away from a wrong course, and were baptized in water. Starting at Pentecost 33 C.E., in response to such action, Jehovah gave them what Peter referred to as “a new birth to a living hope . . . reserved in the heavens.” (1 Peter 1:3, 4; 3:21) This gave them a whole new outlook on life—a new beginning. When the apostle John wrote to “born again” Christians toward the end of the first century, he said regarding the sacrifice of Jesus: “He is a propitiatory sacrifice for our sins, yet not for ours only but also for the whole world’s.” (1 John 2:2)

Answer 6

i get tired of them knocking on my door. everyone who has a certain religion believes in their religions teachings. i dont need to stand at my front door lisitening to their crap[.

Answer 7

I know this will help...

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