Do Jehovah's Witnesses believe that they are the only ones who will be saved?

Answer 1

No. Millions that have lived in centuries past and who were not Jehovah's Witnesses will come back in a resurrection and have an opportunity for life. Many now living may yet take a stand for truth and righteousness before the "great tribulation," and they will gain salvation. Moreover, Jesus said that we should not be judging one another. We look at the outward appearance; God looks at the heart. He sees accurately and judges mercifully. He has committed judgment into Jesus' hands, not ours.—Matthew 7:1-5; 24:21; 25:31.

Answer 2

Not at all... If that were true, why should they even bother going door to door anymore???
The numbers would be in and they could rest on their laurels and comfortably await Armageddon...
More than anyone else, they know full well
that it is only at the very last possible second
that Jehovah will interfere or intervene (step in)
by sending His troops for Armageddon...
It's not a "date"... it never was...
(even though 1914 looked like it could very well have been that time as it was the year that Satan and the demons
could no longer access the heavens...
and was ousted down to the ground
like the Serpent that he is! actually I better re-phrase this...
he is allowed to go as far as maybe the clouds! and might try hitching a ride on a so-called UFO
but even they get ousted back down if he's aboard!)
They never claimed infallibilty
and unlike the popes leave all of the judging
to the Almighty and his son...
like a thief in the night!!!
is what they are waiting for...
it's an appointed time...
when if He doesn't come to stop the ruination of His planet,
there will be not one living thing left to be saved...
So, if they (the Witnesses) can't give up on you,
and neither can I, really!
and for sure not God Himself,
then, why should you???

Answer 3

Something for you to ponder. Examine for a moment what happened in Noah's day. How many arks were there? Just one. Was it big enough to hold more than just eight people? Absolutley. It was 437 feet long (almost half as long as a U.S. football field), 73 feet wide, and 44 feet high and it had three floors so that gave it about 96,000 sq ft of space. True it was full of animals, but I'm sure Noah would have made room for any humans who wanted to join them. But more than likely the people mocked them. (What would you do if you had never seen it rain and then this family started building a massive structure in their yard?) The Apostle Peter called Noah "a preacher of righteousness" at 2 Peter 2:5, so Noah was not only building the ark, he was warning the others that they needed to join him. Obviously, they didn't listen. Jesus indicated that the people "took no note" they just went on with their daily lives.

The account of the Flood is far more than a story. Jesus Christ indicated that it has prophetic significance. In his prophecy about “the conclusion of the system of things,” he made specific reference to “the days of Noah.” He pointed to the Flood as a warning example of a greater destruction to come during “the presence of the Son of man.”—Mt 24:3, 37-39.
Jehovah always sends out a warning before he takes action. For example, there was the Flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, Zephaniah, among others, warned Judah and Jerusalem before Babylon destroyed it in 607 BCE, the warning before Rome destroyed Jerusalem in 70 CE.... Jehovah does this because he doesn't want anyone to be destroyed. (2 Peter 3:9)
Why do you think we go door to door? We want everyone to have the opportunity to be saved through Armageddon. But the first step is taking in accurate knowledge of Jehovah and his Son, Jesus Christ. (John 17:3)

Answer 4

That would be wrong thinking. Christians are not supposed to judge others, and that would be hypocritical. Only God can judge a person's heart and make that decision.

Answer 5

Jehovah's Witnesses do not pretend that they know which individuals will survive Armageddon and which will not. Witnesses believe the bible to teach that nearly all dead humans will be resurrected to perfect bodies in a restored paradise earth.

Jehovah's Witnesses well-recognize the plain bible truth that a Christian can disqualify himself from salvation, particularly as that applies at Armageddon (emphasis added to following citations).

(Matthew 24:13) But he that has endured TO THE END is the one that will be saved.

(Philippians 2:12) Keep WORKING OUT your own salvation with fear and trembling

(Hebrews 5:9) [Jesus] became responsible for everlasting salvation to all those OBEYING him


Jehovah's Witnesses hope to demonstrate love and devotion for God and Christ when they pursue the qualities and work indicated by the Scriptures. Similarly, Witnesses work to avoid the qualities and pursuits which the bible teaches displease and distract from God and Christ.

No Witness would pretend that any "works" could change the fact that salvation is always an undeserved gift. God and Christ are beautiful, majestic, merciful persons who have the power, wisdom, justice, and love to preserve alive any who they will.

Until that time, Jehovah's Witnesses preach a message of "good news", and leave all judging for Jehovah and Jesus to perform "on the last day".

(Acts 10:36,42) Declare to them the good news of peace through Jesus Christ: this One is Lord of all others. ...this is the One decreed by God to be judge of the living and the dead

(John 11:23-25) Jesus said to her: “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus said to her: “I am the resurrection and the life.

(John 12:48,49) The word that I [Jesus] have spoken is what will judge [a person] in the last day; because I have not spoken out of my own impulse, but the Father himself who sent me has given me a commandment

(John 8:16) if I do judge, my judgment is truthful, because I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me

(Matthew 12:36) They will render an account concerning it on Judgment Day

(John 5:22,27-30) [The Father] has committed all the judging to the Son... 27 And he has given him authority to do judging, because Son of man he is. 28 Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out... I judge; and the judgment that I render is righteous, because I seek, not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

(Acts 17:30,31) God has overlooked the times of such ignorance, yet now he is telling mankind that they should all everywhere repent. Because he has set a day in which he purposes to judge the inhabited earth in righteousness by a man [Jesus] whom he has appointed


In addition, Jehovah's Witnesses are quite famous for teaching that "hell" does not exist as Christendom has taught it; God has *NOT* arranged for any such place of fiery torment for sinners in some netherworld. The original Hebrew and Greek words most commonly translated as "hell" actually refer to the common grave of mankind; the Scriptures point forward to a time after Armageddon when humans will live forever and death and "hell" are themselves destroyed.

(Ecclesiastes 9:5) For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all

(Ecclesiastes 9:10) there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol ["hell"]

(Revelation 20:14) And death and Hades ["hell"] were hurled into the lake of fire

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Answer 6

The jokers of the religious world.
I'll never forget the first time a sedan came down my driveway and a black man gets out with a brown briefcase and a grey suit shortly followed by what looked like his son dressed the same way. He talked to me and gave me a pamphlet. I remember laughing, not on purpose to insult them, these are their beliefs and they're trying to save me from the front row in hell, but it sure as hell was still god damn hilarious. Door to door salesmen, selling jesus or whatever.. man thats good, are you sure that isnt a sketch on mad tv or something?

Answer 7

the only one will be saved are from Jesus church,which Jesus founded a church.,not the witnesses but to Jesus flock

Answer 8

Wouldn't it be a hoot if there really was a Judgment Day and the only people who went to Hell were those who gladly damned other people to Hell?

Answer 9

Not even that, only 144000 of them will be.

Answer 10

Probably, but they'e wrong so who cares.