Jehovah's Witnesses..Do you think that you are special to God?

Question

From the answers that I read here , it seems that you think you are God's special children..We are ALL his children , he loves each person the same..We are all his creation..we all have the same hope as the next person if we accept Christ as our savior ..and live as sinless as possible being as imperfect as we are. I get the feeling that your religion thinks that they have all of the answers..and I think that is a dangerous position to take..Everyone of Gods creation is loved by God the same..no one gets special treatment. God is not a partial God..Does your Bible version have that scripture in it , I wonder..

I get really tired of them..JW's calling us Anti JW's. I am not anti JW's..I have some questions for you..Thats it! Doesn't mean I am anti anything..I get tied of reading some very judgement statements from them on here about former JW's. I am done with even asking them anymore questions..Its like talking to a wall..they cut and paste from their web site instead of answering questions from their heart and mind. I have a Bible..I know all the scriptures that you cut and paste on the answers. Why not answer from your heart once in awhile.

Answer 1

As a strictly academic matter, Jehovah's Witnesses do have a remarkably satisfying, bible-supported theology which frequently DOES seem to almost literally "have all the answers"; yet isn't that what one would expect from true Christianity?

Similarly, it is true that Jehovah's Witnesses and their defenders recognize behavior that serves no purpose but trying to demean Jehovah's Witnesses; such behavior seems rather straightforwardly to be "anti-JW". For example, this so-called "question" above works to imply that Jehovah's Witnesses rely upon a dishonest bible translation which omits verses. Even ignoring the merits or demerits of "New World Translation", the fact remains that Jehovah's Witnesses have never required adherents or students to use any particular bible translation, and in fact Jehovah's Witnesses themselves distribute several different translations. The questioner knows this, yet insists on foisting smarmy innuendo upon his readers; his readers are left to decide for themselves what purpose is served by such innuendo, if it is not anti-Witness activism.


The short answer to the first question (in bold) is "Yes, while
Jehovah is not partial to any race or ethnicity, he is quite obviously partial to those who actually do his will." Ironically, the "questioner" seems to allude to a Scripture that makes this point unmistakably.

(Acts 10:34-35) God is not partial, but in every nation the man that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.


Perhaps the questioner must be reminded that Jehovah's Witnesses are unique for their rejection of paganisms, use of God's personal name, and global preaching by every active adherent. No other religious organization can claim such purity of worship.

These facts about Jehovah's Witnesses are perhaps relevant to this question. The more one compares this Christian religion with others, the more remarkable it is shown to be.

1. Jehovah's Witnesses have no paid clergy. Yet they remain tightly organized with more than 6.5 million active Jehovah's Witness preachers (about 16 million associate themselves with the religion). Even fulltime preachers and workers at their branch offices are unpaid volunteers.

2. There is no elite class among Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the few 'anointed' among them enjoy no special privileges in their congregations on earth. An anointed person (one of those relative few with a heavenly hope) is not elevated above his fellow congregants in any way, and he may not even qualify for appointment as a simple 'deacon' or elder. There are no titles; EVERYONE is addressed as 'brother' or 'sister'.

3. No person benefits economically from the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Even the 8 to 20 men who serve on their Governing Body receive simply room, board, medical care, and reimbursement for certain personal expenses according to the exact same provision as every other branch volunteer.

4. About a hundred men have served on Jehovah's Witnesses' Governing Body committee during the past 125 years or so. The vast majority of them have spent the vast majority of their adult lives volunteering for their organization's purposes, and the vast majority have died faithfully and near-pennilessly while still under their legal 'vow of poverty'.

5. Amazingly, Jehovah's Witnesses did not splinter as a sect from some other religion. Instead, a truly tiny but sincere group of bible students studied only the Scriptures to determine the will of God. Thus their religion remains absolutely independent of and not carrying the sins of Christendom's history, yet carries the authority of Christ's teachings.

6. Despite the distortions of anti-Witnesses, throughout their modern history Jehovah's Witnesses have refused to claim divine inspiration or infallibility for their teachings. They have pointed to the bible (and not any particular translation) as the only inspired infallible means of knowing God's thoughts. For over 125 years, their teachings have been presented as merely the results of sincere bible research by imperfect but godly humans.


Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/index.htm?article=article_07.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20040601/article_02.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/who.htm
http://jw-media.org/people/statistics.htm

Answer 2

Do I think that I as a human, am ANY more important to God than another person on the basis of being a human??? No of course not. However, what makes a person's worth pretty much always boils down to actions. Do I think that God approves of my striving to follow his beliefs rather than throwing them back at him??? Sure

Answer 3

What's in a name, you ask?

Everything— that is, if the name happens to be the personal Name of God. While scholars may debate the exact pronunciation of YHWH until the world ends, the simple
fact of scripture remains:

The biblical deity whom we call Jehovah in English, emphatically states in his word that he will have his personal name declared in all the earth and that he will produce a people who not only call on his name but who themselves are called by his distinctive name.

The 15th chapter of Acts says, "those who remain of the men may earnestly seek Jehovah, together with people of all the nations, people who ARE CALLED BY MY NAME , says jehovah, who is doing these things, known from of old.'"

Answer 4

Why does using the scriptures offend you? We believe in the Bible, we use the Bible to defend our faith. That's why we include the scriptures. And I don't think we are being judgemental about anyone else's religion. At least I am not. I don't post against anyone's religion as other people do ours. Jesus did not teach that all religions are right, there are false religions.

Answer 5

I am not a christian, because as a general rule, all christians not just jw's believe that they are chosen by god and that they have the only true religion and everyone else is wrong and sinful. It's f-ing ridiculous.

Answer 6

JW don't think they're special at all, if they did they'd be like the Mormons and not let you into their Temple. Anyone is welcome in any of their churches. they believe that only 144,000 people in the history of mankind will go to Heaven. The rest will live in a paradise on earth, others are sent to hell which to them i believe is nothingness not a burning pit of hell. Hell to them is to not go to heaven.

Answer 7

Dear Hmmm,

Think about this:
God is no respecter of persons.
God is a respecter of faith.

Edit: Please forgive me. I only just noticed that you directed this to jws and I am NOT one of them. I am rather a Born Again Christian.

For His glory,
JOYfilled

Answer 8

doesn't everyone think they are gods "special" children?