I rather trust in the promises of Jesus, how about you?
2007-12-30 14:41:01 · 26 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Vot Anar: Dream on.
2007-12-30 15:18:41 · update #1
Vot Anar: Yes, I am going to be in heaven, and what ever I will do will be great. God's promises are wonderful and He is able to keep them.
2007-12-31 03:43:27 · update #2
Moises_Frias: I undesrand you feel that way because you do not accept the offer Jesus gives you. You rather believe what your organization lies to you. It is wonderful to be able to trust in the promises of our God. You do not have that, but it is by your own choice. You can only hahaha haaa because you do not get it. You just do not get it.
2007-12-31 14:30:05 · update #3
Sugarlip: Pay very close attention to that verse you wrote, God wrote it to you too. We do not want to be the ones Jesus do not know. Jesus is God.
2008-01-02 08:39:42 · update #4
No
(to the first question in bold).
True Christians (such as Jehovah's Witnesses) really do feel as Jesus taught, that they are "one flock" with "one shepherd".
...(Luke 12:32) Have no fear, little flock [with a heavenly hope], because your Father has approved of giving you the kingdom [to administer alongside Christ].
...(John 10:16) And I have other sheep [with an earthly hope], which are not of this [anointed] fold; those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.
It would seem to lack humility for a person to assume some privilege which he has not actually received.
...(Matthew 20:23) [Jesus] said to them: “You [that is, all Christians] will indeed drink my cup [suffering from persecution], but this sitting down at my right hand and at my left is not mine to give, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
Interestingly, the bible teaches that ALL true Christians would be working to preach the "good news" from door to door. Those who would criticize Jehovah's Witnesses should perhaps examine the organized preaching work of themselves and their religion.
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20001001/article_01.htm
2007-12-31 06:43:51 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No.
Nina, think about it- what will you do in heaven, God willing?
I can tell you what I'll be doing on earth, God willing;
**playing with animals
**eating fruits I can't afford to get now
**Travel, time not being a problem
**I'll have a few pets (that would eat me alive now)
** find out how many salads I can possibly make
**swim in clear unpolluted streams
** have kind and loving neighbours
** Eat healthy non-polluted or "GM'd " food
** suffer no disease or illness
** wake up each morning more refreshed than the day before
** learn all sorts of things, study insects and plants, learn to play musical instruments
** have no fear of death or losing loved ones
** have cook-outs as often as possible
** only ever cry tears of joy....
How can I be bothered by any of that? Speaking of food, it's about time I grabbed a snack....
EDIT: Vot Anar: Dream on.
Is that how you explain what you are going to do in heaven?
2007-12-30 14:44:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 2⤋
Those Jehovah's Witnesses who are not of the anointed, the 144,000 (that's about 99.9% of them), have been told that the Holy Spirit does not inculcate in them a desire to be with Jesus in heaven. And they believe it.
Does it bother them? Apparently not, although it should because the shed blood of Christ does not cover them. They have no assurance that their sins have been forgiven or that they are saved. Like you, I prefer to put my trust in Jesus who said that EVERYONE who calls upon his name will be saved and that he will lose none whom the Father has given to him. And that promise is not restricted to a mere 144,000 people.
2008-01-01 05:29:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
no not in the least i believe in living in paradise earth with Jesus and God watching over us for eternity.JESUS MADE NO SUCH PROMISE OF LIFE IN HEAVEN!heaven is for the angels.
2008-01-01 06:00:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Matt. 7:21-23 "Not everyone saying to me, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of of my Father who is in the heavens will. Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name? and yet then I will confess to them: I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness."
2008-01-02 08:31:07 · answer #5 · answered by Vivimos en los Ultimos Dias 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vot Anar, you can't be sure of that. No one goes to the Father except through Christ Jesus. Sorry, the Father cannot hear your prayers because you do not accept Jesus as your Saviour and Redeemer. That is basically, "rejecting" Jesus. You should start reflecting on your "belief". If you can't believe Jesus can "save" you and died for your redemption to sins; it can be said you are the same way as when the Jews rejected Jesus back then.
2007-12-31 07:11:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Yes, for sure.
This means that only the privileged class (which certainly wouldn't be me, nor you, Nina; nor anyone else other than a measely 144,000 for that matter) will receive the great eschatological and apocalyptical promise found in both Isaiah 64:4 and 1 Corinthians 2:9, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived, what God has prepared for those who love Him." Apparently, from the lists of anticipated and blessed things mentioned here by folks who believe in an earthly paradise for the second class Christians, these don't at all qualify for what God was promising us in these two Bible verses, as well as so many others, since these items in the list of things mentioned CAN be imagined and conceived of by one's mind!
Now, do these things mentioned sound like the COMPLETE fulfillment of God's promise for all those who believe in Him and love Him? It doesn't to me. They seem to be at least a far second in comparison, if not even worthwhile considering! Why settle for a cheap lie about something really second rate, if that? What God has in store for all His children is so much more than these things. Jesus promises us in John 10:10, "...I have come that they may have life, and have it to the FULL." And, the apostle Paul's prayer in Ephesians 3:18b-19, was for all who believe, "...to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that SURPASSES knowledge - that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."
2007-12-31 06:01:06 · answer #7 · answered by Tom 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
They have the right to believe as they will, and it isn't up to me to say that they are wrong for their beliefs.
I don't believe the same as they do, but I'm not going to be mean to them and tell them that what they believe is stupid, or can't be right.
My ideas of heaven are different from what other Christians believe too. I don't think heaven will be sitting on a cloud, strumming a harp and singing for eternity. That sounds boring, and not like heaven at all.
I think heaven will be learning more, growing more, and becoming more like my Father in Heaven. Heaven wouldn't be heaven without my family, especially my hubby and my kids.
I believe that we take what knowledge we have with us, and we can add to that after death. If that ends up being the case, then why would I settle for anything less?
If JW's want to believe that they will be happy in whatever afterlife they believe in, then who am I to knock it. To them, it will be heaven.
2007-12-31 04:41:18 · answer #8 · answered by odd duck 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sasi gave a great answer!!
Spiritual apartheid bothers me a whole lot. I cannot believe how anyone can buy such an outrageous lie!
God's Word is the same for everyone.
2007-12-31 04:27:17 · answer #9 · answered by Isthatso 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I'm in Jesus Christ is the only way and we are all equal in his eyes and not in classes, sounds like a cast system to me.
2007-12-31 02:30:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋