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.
In fact, the bible most closely associates being "Christian" with preaching about Christ and Christ's teachings. Review all three 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
Learn more!
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20050422/article_02.htm
2007-08-06 09:26:52
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answered by achtung_heiss 7
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Jehovah's Witnesses have gone by:
Christian Congregation of Jehovah,
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Jehovah's Christian Witnesses,
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Jehovah's Witnesses.
Since the 1930's when they adopted the name.
*** w50 7/15 p. 213 par. 5 Organized Testimony to the New World ***
5 Neither Jehovah nor Christ Jesus nor the Christian witnesses of Jehovah court the favor of this world and its political, commercial and religious elements.
This quote is dated back in 1950.
I'm suprised all the 'so called' experts on Jehovah's organization didn't know that.
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2007-08-06 11:28:58
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answered by TeeM 7
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Who was the first one who used the word Christian?
Luke.
Greek Word: cristianoß or Christian, a follower of Christ.
Acts 11:26 "and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians."
2007-08-08 03:37:39
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answered by keiichi 6
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a million) Trinitarians believe you may worship the trinity guy-god with a view to be stored subsequently they're the genuine church of God. all of us else would be tortured in hell continually. 2) Jesus is our king and severe priest. in accordance to Russell, he believed he could rule in heaven with Jesus. 3) we don't reject the divinity of Jesus. We reject the fake coaching that Jesus is Jehovah in the flesh. Jesus reported that the father grew to become into his very own God. Jesus is an identical substance of Jehovah, meaning that he's a spirit guy or woman.
2016-10-19 09:40:34
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answered by forker 4
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May I add to that and ask what they think the first century churches that were directly established by the Apostles were?
2007-08-06 08:57:16
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answered by Simon Peter 5
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Is this a loaded question, or is this a loaded question?
When did the Watchtower adopt the CCJW title?
2007-08-06 07:45:53
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answered by Anonymous
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