i recieved an answer speaking that they do not follow their founder if not who are they following
2007-03-10 08:18:18 · 4 answers · asked by loveChrist 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jehovah's Witness claim to follow Jehovah who speaks to the movement through the governing council, whom they refer to as the 'good and faithful servant'.
They make a big issue of using 'Jehovah' which they think is the revealed 'name' of God but isn't!!!
The Old Testament Bible Was Written in Hebrew, a language that only uses consonants. One Hebrew name for God is YWHW.
In an effort to avoid 'taking it in vain' whenever a Jewish reader saw this word in the text he would say 'Adonai' which means 'my Lord'. You get the word Jehovah by inserting the vowels from adonai into YHWH, Jehovah is therefore not God's name but a reminder to say 'Lord', and to remember to reverence the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Modern scholars now believe the original pronunciation for YHWH is Yahweh.
Jehovah's Witnesses are being misled and need to come to believe in Jesus Christ as God and Saviour.
2007-03-10 08:39:26 · answer #1 · answered by William H 2 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Hi Judy.
Remember what 2 Timothy 3:16, says??
(2 Timothy 3:16) 16 All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness,
Then remember God's name??
(Psalm 83:18) 18 That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth.
So Jehovah's Witnesses follow God. how do they know what God requires?? They study the Bible and then follow what it says.... Why?? Because it is from God.
The Bible also warns about following humans:
(Psalm 146:3) . . .Do not put YOUR trust in nobles, Nor in the son of earthling man, to whom no salvation belongs.
Even angels warn not to worship anyone except God:
(Revelation 19:10) . . .At that I fell down before his feet to worship him. But he tells me: “Be careful! Do not do that! All I am is a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who have the work of witnessing to Jesus. Worship God; for the bearing witness to Jesus is what inspires prophesying.”
Hope this clears things up a bit....
Regards, Mike
2007-03-10 08:34:57 · answer #2 · answered by ijeepbc 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Jehovah?
2007-03-10 08:21:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses follow Christ.
(1 Peter 2:21) Christ suffered for you, leaving you a model for you to follow his steps closely
(Matthew 16:24) Jesus said to his disciples: “If anyone wants to come after me, let him disown himself and pick up his torture stake and continually follow me.
(John 10:27-29) My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ...What my Father has given me is something greater than all other things, and no one can snatch them
In fact, their series of Summer 2007 District Conventions is themed "Follow the Christ".
Jehovah's Witnesses have never pretended to be followers of Charles Russell any more than they pretended to be followers of Paul or Apollos or Cephas or of ANYONE but Christ Jesus. When seven million Jehovah's Witnesses preach from door to door each month, they work to preach the "good news about the Christ".
(1 Corinthians 1:12-17) What I mean is this, that each one of you says: “I belong to Paul,” “But I to Apollos,” “But I to Cephas,” ...Paul was not impaled for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? ...Christ dispatched me, not to go baptizing, but to go declaring the good news
(Philippians 1:26,27) That your exultation may overflow in Christ Jesus... Only behave in a manner worthy of the good news about the Christ
Jehovah's Witnesses are students of the bible. They well know that some of their early brothers made mistakes, just as Noah and Moses and David and Peter and Paul made mistakes. Yet the totality of what each Witness has learned from the bible makes him feel as Peter did:
(John 6:67,68) Jesus said to the twelve: “You do not want to go also, do you?” Simon Peter answered him: “Lord, whom shall we go away to? You have sayings of everlasting life
Thus, Jehovah's Witnesses are able to appreciate their spiritual heritage while recognizing that their spiritual forebears were imperfect. Charles Taze Russell wrote many intelligent analyses of bible topics, but he also was imperfect. Slandering a man dead nearly a century seems dishonest and picayune.
(Philippians 3:12) Not that I have already received it or am already made perfect, but I am pursuing to see if I may also lay hold on that
2007-03-10 10:36:20 · answer #4 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋