John 3:3
" In reply Jesus declared, ' I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of god unless he is born again' "
How do you understand this verse?
2007-12-30 13:31:56 · 14 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jennifer: OK, and it is OK if you do not e-mail me either. You have nothing to say.
How stupid it is to say I am JW, no way. No thanks, and I never will.
2007-12-30 14:00:57 · update #1
Conundru: JWs are hardly the faithful ones with all the twisting of the Bible messages.
2007-12-30 14:07:45 · update #2
Sheri D: Just go away, and do not come back.
2007-12-31 00:29:31 · update #3
Marilyn: No, they claim to be the only true channel of communication between God and people, so you are practicly forbidding me to communicating with God? ; )
Sorry, not going to happen. You stop whining.
2008-01-01 07:06:40 · update #4
If they refuse to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their Lord God and SAVIOUR, then they cannot really be "born again". This is the one and only basis to become a regenerated Christian. Nothing else and nothing more. All the rest of the good works are only just the fruit of it. Ephesians 2:8,9,10: "For by grace we are SAVED through faith, not of works least anyone could boast. For we are created (the born again) unto all good works as His master workmanship or masterpiece."
2008-01-01 16:58:59 · answer #1 · answered by periclesundag 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We are saved by the undeserved kindness of Jehovah God.
When we are baptized we go under the water symbolizing the death of our old life and raised up out of the water symbolizing our new life and path...and we ask God for a clean conscience.
But I might be wrong but to be truly born again..would be the 144000 that are a new creation...from human to spirit....and they are truly born again in heaven.
While the rest of mankind will live right here on earth in joyful bliss.
2007-12-30 14:10:07 · answer #2 · answered by debbie2243 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Of course you can be born again. It is just that it requires dying FIRST. The Kingdom of God is in heaven and flesh and blood cannot enter heaven as 1Corinthians 15:50 plainly says. So JWs or not, there remains that dying part. No getting around that.
2007-12-30 14:21:15 · answer #3 · answered by grnlow 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
No, it is not true.
Being born again is the process by which a flesh and blood, physical, human is begotten as a spirit son of God in order that they may eventually leave behind their physical bodies and be transformed into the glory of Christ—who is himself the exact representation of Jehovah's glory.
2007-12-31 16:42:11 · answer #4 · answered by keiichi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Conundru, JWs are hardly the faithful ones with all the twisting of the Bible messages."
I am starting to see your points (facts) are becoming stronger while they (JWs) are getting weaker. Your proven facts they cannot explain because the truth will never go away. All they got left are excuses and like how you say "dodging".
How pitiful!
2007-12-31 05:49:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
No.
Jehovah's Witnesses fully understand the nature of being "born again", and agree that a Jehovah's Witness certainly can be "born again".
Incidentally, Jehovah's Witnesses use many corporate and legal entities, a few of which have names similar to "Watchtower Society", but none of which "teaches". It is individuals, publications, and the global Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses which teaches its adherents and interested persons. Sadly, a person who seems intent on misrepresenting the name of the religion seems to damage her own credibility.
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20011115/article_01.htm
2007-12-31 04:27:19 · answer #6 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yum-yum says it's tragic not to be born again? How so? Although man continues to mess up the earth, the earth is still beautiful. It is my home. I would love to live on a paradise earth forever. Ps. 37:29 promises that. "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it." Not being born again is not tragic.
2007-12-30 23:21:02 · answer #7 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that only 144,000 persons will ever go to heaven (the anointed) and they are "born again" and are fully anointed with the Holy Spirit. Every other Jehovah's Witness (the great multitude or the other sheep) who does not have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and who has been told they do not have a desire to go to heaven must therefore, by the Bible definition, NOT be "born again". Which is tragic.
2007-12-30 21:59:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 4⤋
Nina, I spent my entire time away at college confiscating the Watchtowers that the JWs left in my dorm, and I read every single one of them. I believe I know more about what you believe than you do. I know that you are JW and that your question is an attempt to trap people. The Watchtower publications answer your own question, and you know the answer anyway. The bottom line is that we are saved by grace, not of works, and any religion that teaches any other gospel is a false religion. Since you asked the question, I will answer it. The Watchtower absolutely does talk about being born again, and the Watchtower absolutely does not teach that we are saved by grace. Don't email me like you did last time because it's a waste of your time and mine.
2007-12-30 13:41:22 · answer #9 · answered by No Shortage 7 · 3⤊ 8⤋
I can say this:
they only Believe that 144,000 will Enter Heaven (Planet Heaven)
GOD Said This:
PEACE on EARTH---GOOD WILL to Man.
Jesus was Sent to The Earth to make it Possible for EVERYBODY to Go to HEAVEN.
FreeWill.
YOU have to Accept JESUS as your Saviour to GET THERE.
So Be It.
GOD is GOOD.
GOD is NOT Mad at Mankind ANYMORE---Since Jesus Died on the Cross.
EveryOne IS Welcome " To Get Saved "
(Get your Spirit RECREATED).
Amen.
2007-12-30 13:38:07 · answer #10 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 5⤊ 5⤋