Bible Question:
What is truth? Tim, I'm learning my way around this forum. You wrote me but I lost that place. So maybe you will see this response. First of all I thank you for the welcome. It seems to me though that you are not “desiring” to accept Bible truth. I know that is strong language but these issues have been argued since the days of the “apostasy” just after the apostle John’s death. I understand that the application of Pr 8:23 to Jesus was the key in these arguments but not without numerous supports, that Jesus was indeed created thus not the Almighty God. Jesus said that “No man can come to me unless the Father, who sent me, draws him.” (John 6:44) Do you sincerely believe that the teaching of eternal damnation in hell as you posted yesterday, draws people to God? In the minds of just and loving people, it is a repelling thought! The Bible, on the other hand, teaches that “God is love” and that cruelty, even to animals, is abhorrent to him. 1 John 4:8; Proverbs 12:10; Jeremiah 7:31; Jonah 4:11. Recall what Jesus said about the Christian way: “Go in through the narrow gate; because broad and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are the ones going in through it; whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it.” Christendom (those that claim to believe the Bible yet believe in the trinity, immortality of the soul, and eternal torment) are many in comparison to the few true worshipers of the Almighty God Jehovah, as has always been the case in man’s history. Shame on you and others that draw people to worship Jesus as the Almighty instead of whom Jesus said to worship. ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.’” (John 20:17)(“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).—Mr 3:17; 5:41; 7:11; 15:34. Jesus Christ promises the spirit-begotten Christians that the one who conquers, who endures faithfully to the end, will be made “a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will by no means go out from it anymore.” (Re 3:12) I could go on and on and on showing that Jesus’ Father is the Almighty God and Jesus is his only begotten son. Also, Jesus said that at John 15:18,19 “If the world hates YOU, YOU know that it has hated me before it hated YOU. 19 If YOU were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because YOU are no part of the world, but I have chosen YOU out of the world, on this account the world hates YOU. I see that Christendom is not hated by the world but is itself part of the world. Jesus and the early Christians were flogged, killed, and hated. Today true Christians are still killed and hated for following the Bible truths. They are imprisoned for not killing fellow Christians in war. They are hated for believing that Jesus is God’s son and not God himself. True Christians are hated for exposing the pagan roots of their holidays such as Christmas, and Easter, and tolerating abortion, premarital sex, and homosexuality in their memberships. I may write more later Tim. Tara |
Bible Answer: 'Let's take a look at one quote from the Watchtower. '"From time to time, there have arisen from among the ranks of Jehovah's people those, who, like the original Satan, have adopted an independent, faultfinding attitude...They say that it is sufficient to read the Bible exclusively, either alone or in small groups at home. But, strangely, through such ‘Bible reading,' they have reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that commentaries by Christendom's clergy were teaching 100 years ago..." (The Watchtower, August 15, 1981, p. 29). 'The Watchtower says that the Trinity, the deity of Christ, and the physical resurrection of Christ are all false doctrines. Yet, the Watchtower says that if you read the Bible by itself you will end up believing these doctrines. In other words, if you read the Bible by itself, then you will become a Trinitarian, believe that Jesus is God, and believe that Jesus rose from the dead physically. Why is that? Could it be because the Bible teaches these things? So I ask the Jehovah's Witnesses, what is it in the Bible that would lead someone to this conclusion? Again, what is in the Bible that reading it by itself would lead you to believe in the Trinity, the deity of Christ, and His physical resurrection? 'This quote from the Watchtower is proof that it is teaching contrary to the natural reading of the Bible and that it is controlling the beliefs of those who follow it.' To see the Watchtower quote in context, go to: (http://www.carm.org/jw/bibletrinity.htm) |