“Only Jehovah’s Witnesses… have any Scriptural hope of surviving the impending end of this doomed system…” —The Watchtower, September 1, 1989, p. 19
“During Jesus’ Thousand Year Reign, faithful humans will work to turn the whole earth into a paradise.”—What Does God Require of Us?, p. 11 Continue reading “What would it be like to survive the end?”
“The pressing question is: Will you survive the destruction at Armageddon to enjoy the endless peace? You may ask, ‘What must I do to survive?’” —The Watchtower, February 15, 1985, p. 7
Who Will Survive?
“…The message is clear: If we want to survive Armageddon, we must remain spiritually alert and keep the symbolic garments that identify us as faithful Witnesses of Jehovah God.” —The Watchtower, December 1 1999, p. 18
Whose “Garment” are You Wearing? Yours or Christ’s?
“And we become like someone unclean, all of us, and all our acts of righteousness are like a garment for periods of menstruation.” —Isaiah 64:6, NWT Continue reading “How will you survive Armageddon?”
“The ‘great crowd’ of earthly survivors of ‘the war of the great day of God the Almighty’ will be favored with the privilege of literally seeing the resurrected ‘Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets’ back here on the Paradise earth…”—The Watchtower, August 15, 1989, p. 18
Was Paul caught away to “Paradise” on Earth or in Heaven?
“I know a man…—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know; God knows—was caught away as such to the third heaven. Yes, I know such a man…that he was caught away into paradise.” —2 Corinthians 12:2-4, NWT (New World Translation) Continue reading “Where is paradise?”
“Jesus took a loaf… he said: ‘TAKE, eat. This means my body.’ Also, he took a cup… saying: ‘Drink out of it, all of YOU; for this means my “blood of the covenant,” which is to be poured out in behalf of many for forgiveness of sins.’” —Matthew 26:26-28, NWT
What is Jehovah’s Arrangement for Life?
“This is my Son, the beloved; listen to him.”—Mark 9:7, NWT Continue reading “Do you comply with Jehovah’s arrangement for life?”
“…we, in turn, might receive the adoption as sons. Now because YOU are sons, God has sent forth the spirit of his Son into our hearts and it cries out: ‘Abba, Father!’ ” —Galatians 4:5-6, NWT
“For all who are led by God’s spirit, these are God’s sons.” —Romans 8:14, NWT
How Does a Person Receive God’s Spirit?
“…because YOU are sons, God has sent forth the spirit…” —Galatians 4:6, NWT Continue reading “Do you have God’s spirit?”
“In answer Jesus said to him: ‘Most truly I say to you, Unless anyone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. …Do not marvel because I told you, YOU people must be born again.’ ”—John 3:3, 7 NWT
Are you born-again?
“So the ‘many sons brought to glory’ in heaven total only 144,001—Jesus and his spiritual brothers… it has given each of the 144,000 ‘a new birth’ to a heavenly hope… 144,000 spiritual brothers are ‘born again.’” —The Watchtower, February 15, 1998, p. 13 Continue reading “Will you see God’s kingdom?”
“Who are those 144,000? …they are faithful followers of Jesus Christ specially chosen to rule in heaven with him. …Since the days of the apostles, God has been selecting faithful Christians in order to complete the number 144,000.” —What Does the Bible Really Teach?, 2005, p. 78-79 Continue reading “Who are the 144,000?”
“With the Christian Greek Scriptures, the ‘New Testament,’ …no ancient Greek manuscript that we possess today of the books from Matthew to Revelation contains God’s name in full.” —The Divine Name That Will Endure Forever, 1984, p. 23
If the early Christians used God’s name, why is it missing in ALL of the 5,000+ Greek manuscripts we possess of the Christian Scriptures, some dating back as far as the 2nd century? Why is it missing from ALL of the 36,000+ quotations of the Scriptures made by the early church fathers before the 4th century? Continue reading “Did the early Christians call God by his personal name?”
“…and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.” —1 John 5:20
“Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you — unless indeed you fail the test?” —2 Corinthians 13:5
Is “Truth” a Person or a Religion?
“Jesus said to him: ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’ ” —John 14:6, NWT Continue reading “Are you in the truth?”
“ ‘You are my witnesses,’ is the utterance of Jehovah, ‘even my servant whom I have chosen, in order that you …may understand that I am the same One. Before me there was no God formed, and after me there continued to be none. I—I am Jehovah, and besides me there is no savior.’ ” —Isaiah 43:10-11, NWT Continue reading “Are you a true witness of Jehovah?”
“ ‘And they will all be taught by Jehovah.’ Everyone that has heard from the Father and has learned comes to me.” —John 6:45, NWT
“Jesus… said ‘…Child, your sins are forgiven.’…some…reasoning in their hearts… ‘He is blaspheming. Who can forgive sins except one, God?’ But Jesus… said to them: ‘Why are YOU reasoning…the Son of man has authority to forgive sins…’ ” —Mark 2:5-10, NWT Continue reading “Do you obey Jehovah?”
“Any who use Jesus’ name in their worship but fail to give the greater honor to Jehovah do not manifest a genuine love of the light.” —The Watchtower, August 1, 1991, p. 9
“But in the latest songbook of 1984, Jehovah is honored by four times as many songs as is Jesus.”—Revelation Its Grand Climax At Hand, p. 36 Continue reading “Do you honor Jehovah?”
“None of us are in position to earn God’s gifts, least of all to earn the gift of life. But we can show ourselves worthy of the gift of eternal life by …dedicating ourselves to Jehovah and then proving faithful to that dedication.” —The Watchtower, August 15, 1952, p. 485 Continue reading “Are you good enough for eternal life?”
“Jesus did not die on a cross. He died on a pole, or a stake. The Greek word translated ‘cross’ in many Bible meant just one piece of timber.” —What Does God Require of Us, 1996, p. 23
What was the “one piece of timber” used in Jesus’ day?
“Stauros in the NT… was a pole sunk into the ground with a cross-bar fastened to it giving it a ‘T’ shape. Often the word ‘cross’ referred only to the cross-bar.” —The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, vol. 1, 1976, pp. 1037-1038
Did Jesus have one nail or two nails in His hands? Continue reading “Did Jesus die on a cross or a stake?”
“For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all…” —1 Timothy 2:5-6 (NASB – New American Standard Bible )
“Mediator: One who interposes between two parties at variance to reconcile them.” —Insight, vol. 2, p. 360
If Jesus is Not Your Mediator “Reconciling” You to God, Who Is?
“Jesus Christ is not the Mediator between Jehovah God and all mankind. He is the Mediator between his heavenly Father, Jehovah God, and the nation of spiritual Israel, which is limited to only 144,000 members.” —Worldwide Security Under the “Prince of Peace,” p. 10 (View PDF of this page) Continue reading “Is Jesus Christ your mediator?”
War broke out in heaven: Michael [who is the resurrected Jesus Christ] …battled with the dragon…. Well, then, what happened to Jesus’ fleshly body? Did not the disciples find his tomb empty? They did, because God removed Jesus’ body.”—Live Forever, pp. 21, 144, 145 (brackets in original)
What “body” did Jesus promise to rise from the dead? Continue reading “Did Jesus Resurrect As Michael The Archangel?”
“But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached…”—2 Corinthians 11:3-4
Can We Be Saved by Following a False Jesus?
Continue reading “Is the Jesus Christ of Jehovah’s Witnesses the Same Jesus of the Bible”
