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NASB | John 14:6 Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the [only] Way [to God] and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. |
Bible Question: Help! I have a friend who is a Johova's witness. She says they are the chosen one's. Everyone else will die and not go to heaven. We should convert to them. Is this true? |
Bible Answer: The Jehovah's Witnesses ******************************** [Taken from "Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions" by John Ankerberg and John Weldon, 1999, Harvest House Publishers, available through Crossings Books (www.crossings.com)] 1) Info at a Glance ------------------------- Name: Jehovah's Witnesses and the New World Society. The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. International Bible Students. (Stated) Purpose: To declare the name and coming Kingdom of Jehovah God. Founder: Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916). Source of Authority: The Watchtower Society (splinter groups often still hold Charles Russell as the authority and reject subsequent changes in doctrine). Their Claim: To represent the only organization on earth through which Jehovah God operates and disseminates His will; to supply the true interpretation of the Bible. Theology: Parallels with Arianism and Socinianism. Occult dynamics: A reliance upon "angelic" revelation, guidance, reliance upon their own "warped" translation of the Bible, The New World Translation. Key literature: Books published by the Watchtower Society. Attitude towards Christianity: Rejecting. 2) Doctrinal Summary ------------------------ God: Unipersonal; His proper name is Jehovah. Jesus: A created angel who has existed in three stages or phases (the archangel Michael, Jesus of Nazareth, an exalted Michael). The Christ: The anointed one; Jesus became "the Christ" at his baptism, at which point He was also spiritually reborn. Holy Spirit: The impersonal active force of Jehovah. Trinity: A pagan superstition devised by Satan to blaspheme Jehovah. Salvation: Man is capable of achieving salvation without spiritual rebirth. Man: A material (not spiritual) creation of Jehovah. Sin: A weak view of sin is held. Satan: Generally orthodox teaching, except for the fact of Satan's annihilation and Watchtower Society confusion over good and evil angels. Second Coming: Occurred invisibly in 1874 (date later changed to 1914). Bible: Authoritative only when interpreted by the Watchtower Society. Heaven or Hell: Heaven is a place reserved for only the 144,000 "elect"; the idea of an eternal hell is a "doctrine of demons." So, as you can see, those who call themselves Jehovah's Witnesses are a part of a CULT that is very, very different from what is taught in the Bible and Christianity. - Nolan |