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1 | God and gods? | Matt 11:11 | Morant61 | 123211 | ||
Greetings Ralph2! From your post, I take it that you are a Jehovah's witness. The entire doctrine of the JW's specifically contradicts Jehovah's own words. Consider this quote from another of my posts: ************************************ Because Jehovah's Witnesses are so set on avoiding the Biblical teaching that Jesus is God in the flesh, they have mistranslated John 1:1. But, in doing so, they have created a false doctrine which says that there is more than one God. Is. 43:10 is a clear statement. There isn't anything unclear about it. There isn't any controversy about it. It simply says that there are not any other gods. Jehovah is the only God. Now, John 1:1 says that Jesus is God. Therefore, Jesus must be Jehovah. Just out of curiosity, how does the NWT translate Is. 43:10? I also found it interesting the Is. 43:11 also says that there is no other savior. Yet, consider the following verses where Jesus is called our savior. Luke 2:11 - "Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord." John 4:42 - "They said to the woman, ??We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.?" Acts 5:31 - "God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel." There are more, but especially Titus 2:13 where we are informed that Jesus is both God and Savior. "while we wait for the blessed hope?the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ," We can discuss later the relationship between God the Father and God the Son. But, the first step is to confront the fact that the NWT is teaching a false doctrine in John 1:1. Jesus cannot be another god in addition to Jehovah because Jehovah Himself said in Is. 43:10 that there are no other gods besides Him. So, my simple question to you my friend is this: Did He or did He not say in Is. 43:10 that there is no other god besides Him? If He did, then how can Jesus be another god? ************************************* I would urge you to get away from these false teachings my friend! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran Those on this forum do not accept the teachings of this cult. |
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2 | God and gods? | Matt 11:11 | ralph2 | 123217 | ||
"But we think it proper to hear from you what your thoughts are, for truly as regards this sect or as you say "cult") it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against." (Acts 28:22) "Knowing well that this nation has had you as judge for many years, I readily speak in my defense the things about myself, as you are in a position to find out that for me it has not been more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem; and they found me neither in the temple arguing with anyone nor causing a mob to rush together, either in the synagogues or throughout the city. Nor can they prove to you the things of which they are accusing me right now. But I do admit this to you, that, according to the way that they call a ‘sect,’ (you would say "cult") in this manner I am rendering sacred service to the God of my forefathers, as I believe all the things set forth in the Law and written in the Prophets; and I have hope toward God, which hope these [men] themselves also entertain, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous." (Acts 24:10-15) "Happy are you when people reproach you and persecute you and lyingly say every sort of wicked thing against you for my sake. Rejoice and leap for joy, since your reward is great in the heavens; for in that way they persecuted the prophets prior to you." (Matt 5:11,12) I pray the Father forgives you for you are truly ignorant of what you are saying, but at the same time, I thank you for the joy you cause me by your public ridicule. Sincerely. |
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3 | Revealing error is persecution? :-) | Matt 11:11 | Morant61 | 123233 | ||
Greetings Ralph2! If your group is teaching error and someone points that out in a loving manner, then that cannot be called 'persecution'! :-) One way to beginning addressing the error is to respond to my questions. Jehovah Himself said that there are 'no' other gods but Him. Therefore, Jesus cannot be 'another' god. He must be, as John 1:1 says - God Jehovah. Jehovah also says that there is no other savior but Him. Yet, Scripture calls Jesus are savior. How do you reconcile the two? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | Revealing error is persecution? :-) | Matt 11:11 | weaslette01 | 123279 | ||
Hello Tim. My name is Stephanie. I am not exactly sure what the original question or conversation was, but I have recently joined this forum and have some scripture to reply to your message. John chapter 1:1-18. It says that Jesus is God - only in the flesh (1:9-11; 1:14) So if God and Jesus are one in the same, by serving Jesus you serve God and vise versa. You are still not serving two gods. In John 14:6 Jesus says, "I am the way, the truth and the light. No one comes to the Father except through me." Jesus is the only way, no other gods can get a person to heaven. Not Buddah, the Muslim god, or any other god. God sent His son Jesus to become the sacrificial lamb so that in our sin (Isaiah 59:2-3) we could become holy and someday join our Father in Heaven (Romans 6:23). Idolatry is another issue. If there is something in a person's life that they hold higher than God or worship/praise instead of God, then it becomes idolatry. Ezekiel 14:3-5; 1 Corinthians 10:13-15; Colossians 3:5-6 I hope this has helped! Please look up the scripture to more fully understand my explanation! Your Sister in Christ, Stephanie |
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5 | Revealing error is persecution? :-) | Matt 11:11 | Morant61 | 123280 | ||
Greetings Stephanie! Welcome to the forum and thanks for the response. My original question had to do with the false teachings of the Jehovah's Witnesses. They claim that Jesus is not God, but a lesser god. I was trying to get Ralph2 to examine Is. 43:10 and respond to it's message - that there is only ONE God, not many. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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