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Questions
every
Jehovah's Witness
should be asked
using the NWT
(Used by
permission..."Questions")
These questions have been put together
using information from many different sources. All verses
are from the NWT so that the translation of these verses
cannot be questioned by Jehovah's Witnesses. If the
Watchtower Society decides to change any of these verses
(like they did with Heb 1:6), then the obvious question for
the individual Jehovah's Witness is why did the WTS change
their own Bible.
"...keep testing whether you are in
the faith" (2Cor 13:5)
- 1. The WTS claims it uses the Bible
as it's "supreme authority". Where in the Bible does
anyone count their time in preaching on a slip of paper
and are assigned record cards of activity, determining
this as a "gauge to their spirituality"? Where in the
Bible are Pioneers, Auxiliary Pioneers, District
Overseers, Circuit Overseers, Bethelites, and Kingdom
Halls?
- 2. To what was Jesus referring to by
the term "this temple" in Jn 2:18-19? In Jn 2:21 John
clearly states that when Jesus used the term "this
temple", he was referring to his body. If what the WTS
teaches about Jesus' body after his death is correct,
then how do you explain these verses?
- 3 If the Holy Spirit is God's
impersonal "active force", why does he speak directly and
refer to himself as "I" and "me" in Acts
13:2?
- 4 Col 1:16, in talking about Jesus,
says that"... All [other] things have been
created through him and FOR HIM". If Jesus were Michael
the Archangel at the time of creation, would an angel
have created all things for himself? Isa 43:7 says God
created "everyone ... for my OWN glory
..."
- 5 The WTS claims that Ezekial's
prophecy of the Jews returning to their land is fulfilled
in their organization. Ezek 36:24, 28 says "and I will
take you out of the nations and collect you together out
of all the lands and bring you in upon your own soil" and
"You will certainly dwell in the land that I gave to your
forefathers, and you must become my people and I myself
shall become your God." If this is fulfilled in the
Watchtower organization, then how are they returning to
the land of CANAAN as promised to the forefathers? Ps
105:8-11
- 6 Consider also what is said
concerning those who fulfill this prophecy. Ezek 36:22
says, "Therefore, say to the house of Israel, this is
what the sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: 'not for your
sakes I am doing [it] 0 house of Israel but for
my holy name, which you have PROFANED among the nations
where you have come in." Since the WTS claims that it
is spiritual Israel and fulfils these prophecies in
Ezekial, how do Jehovah's Witnesses believe they have
profaned God's name among the nations?
- 7 Since the WTS prohibits the use of
blood transfusions, why does it permit the infusion of
albumin, clotting factors, and gamma globulins, all of
which are derived from human blood? Since Acts 15:29
clearly refers to the old Jewish law of not EATING blood
(Gen 9:4, Lev 3:17, Deut 12:16), and since the WTS has
changed its teachings so many times on major issues like
organ transplantation, the definition of "generation",
the year of Armageddon, etc, etc, and simply calls these
changes "New Light", how can you be sure they won't some
day change their teachings on blood transfusions and
refer to the change as "New Light" also?
- 8 Does Prov 4:18 really justify an
organization replacing doctrines and failed prophecies
with new doctrines and prophecies, or does it simply
contrast the benefit to the "righteous" of obeying a wise
father (Prov 4:10-19)? False teachings can be called
"false words" and Prov 13:5 says, "A false word is what
the righteous hates..." When the WTS changes a teaching
to something that is totally different, is it like a
light that is getting brighter and brighter or more like
having one false light (word) completely turned off and a
totally different light turned on? Do you think the WTS
would be critical of any other organization that changed
its teachings as many times on as many different issues
over the last 100 years as the WTS has?
- 9 Regarding Jesus' return to earth,
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that it occurred in l914 as
an invisible return. That event is described in Zechariah
14:4, which states, "... and his feet will actually
stand in that day upon the mountain of the olive trees
which is in front of Jerusalem on the east." If Jesus
has no body and if his return was invisible, how do you
explain this verse?
- 10 Paul said, "... for as often as
you eat this loaf and drink this cup, you keep
proclaiming the death of the Lord, until he arrives."
(1Cor 11:26). If Christ arrived in 1914, why do Jehovah's
Witnesses continue to partake of the bread and wine?
Shouldn't they have stopped in 1914?
- 11 Since the WTS claims "apostolic
succession", can it trace its roots all the way back to
Christ (Mt 16:18)? If so, who was it that "passed the
torch of God's spirit" to C. T. Russell when he founded
the organization? What was the name of this individual or
individuals?
- 12 The NWT translates Jn 1:1 as "...
and the Word was WITH God, and the word was a god." How
can the Word (Jesus) be "a god' if God says in Deut
32:39, "See now that I -- I am he, and there are NO
gods together with me..."?
- 13 The WTS teaches that the 144,000
of Rev 7:4 is to be taken literally. If chapter 7 of
Revelation is to be taken literally, where then does the
Bible say that the 144,000 will come from? See Rev 7:
5-8.
- 14 Since the WTS currently rejects
most of the teachings of its founder, Charles Taze
Russell (who was president of the organization from
1879-1916), and since they also reject "judge" Joseph
Franklin Rutherford, who succeeded Russell as president
from 1916-1942, how can you be sure that in 25 more
years, the WTS won't reject the current president, Milton
Henschel (1992-present), as they did Russell and
Rutherford? What kind of confidence can you have in an
organization that rejected its founder and first two
presidents for the first 63 years of its existence - over
50% of the time they have existed?!
- 15 If there is no conscious awareness
after death, how could the "spirits in prison", who lived
during the time of Noah, be preached to by Christ after
His death (I Pet 3:18-20) and how could the good news be
"declared even unto the dead" (I Pet 4:5-6)?
- 16 Since the WTS has received "new
light" regarding the 1914 generation, and completely
changed their views on this, does this mean that all the
former Witnesses who were disfellowshipped years ago for
the same view the organization is now teaching will
automatically be accepted back into fellowship again?
Were these ex-Witnesses in fact disfellowshipped for what
is now taught as "the Truth"?
- 17 If there are 144,000 spirit
anointed people who have a heavenly hope, and a great
crowd of people who have another hope of everlasting life
on paradise earth, why does Paul say that there is only
ONE hope (Eph 4:4), instead of two?
- 18 On pgs. 66, 69, 211, 423, 560,
648, and 719 of Jehovah's Witnesses--Proclaimers of God's
Kingdom, reference is made to The Finished Mystery, which
was the 7th of the Studies in the Scriptures series
published by the WTS in 1917 (pg 66, 719), and was the
major publication of the WTS at that time. On pgs. 88,
648, and 651, a picture of this book appears, complete
with the winged disk symbol of the Egyptian sun god Ra on
its front cover. Is it true that The Finished Mystery
taught that Christ was the Almighty of Rev 1:8 (pg 15),
that Christ established a "Church" (pg 17), that Christ
returned invisibly in 1874 (pg 54, 60, 68). that the Holy
Spirit has a personality (pg 57), that the great pyramid
of Giza was God's stone witness and was used to predict
the year of Armageddon (pg 60), that Armageddon would
definitely occur in the spring of 1918 (pg 62), that
Christ was crucified (pg 68), that Leviathan of the Bible
refers to the steam locomotive (pg 85), and that Michael
is the Pope of Rome and the angels are his bishops (pg
188)? According to "current" WTS teachings, Christ
returned invisibly in 1914 and in 1918 chose the WTS as
his earthly organization because they were the only ones
teaching "the Truth". If this was so, then Jesus would
have known the teachings of the WTS as put forth in The
Finished Mystery, published in 1917. Do you really think
that Jesus would have chosen an organization which taught
so many things that were not correct according to
"current" WTS teachings and are no longer taught as "the
truth"?
- 19 In Jn 20:28, John refers to Jesus
in Greek as "Ho kyrios moy kai ho theos moy". This
translates literally as "the Lord of me and THE God of
me". Why does Jesus, in Jn 20:29, affirm Thomas for
having come to this realization? If Jesus really wasn't
the Lord and THE God of Thomas, why didn't Jesus correct
him for making either a false assumption or a blasphemous
statement?
- 20 If Christ will not have a visible
return to earth, then how will he be seen by "ALL the
tribes of the earth" (Mt 24:30), and by "EVERY eye" (Rev
1:7) when he returns? How can Christ "APPEAR" a second
time (Heb 9:28) if he will not have a visible return to
earth?
- 21 In Rev 19:1, where does it say
that the great crowd will be?
- 22 If the Holy Spirit is God's
impersonal active force, how could he: Be referred to as
"he" and "him" in Jn 16:7- 8 and Jn 16:13-14; Bear
witness (Jn 15:26); Feel hurt (Isa 63:10); Be blasphemed
against (Mk 3:29); Say things (Ezek 3:24, Acts 8:29,
10:19, 11:12, and Heb 10:15-17): Desire (Gal 5:17); Be
outraged (Heb 10:29); Search (I Cor 2:10); Comfort (Acts
9:31); Be loved (Rom 15:30); Be lied to and be God (Acts
5:3-4)?
- 23 What is the correct spelling of
God's proper name, "Yahweh" or "Jehovah"? If Jehovah's
Witnesses maintain that "Yahweh" is more proper, why do
they misspell it "Jehovah"? If the name of God is so
important, then should you not only pronounce it
correctly, but spell it correctly too?
- 24 Jn 1:3 says that Jesus created
"all things", but in Isa 44:24, God says that he "by
myself created the heavens and the earth" and asks the
question "Who was with me?" when the heavens and the
earth were created. How can this be since if Jesus had
been created by God, then he would have been with God
when everything else was created?
- 25 If the soul is the body, why does
Jesus make a distinction between the body and the soul in
Mt 10:28?
- 26 In Col 1:15-17, the NWT inserts
the word "other" 4 times even though it is not in the
original Greek (See Gr- Engl Interlinear). Why is the
word "other" inserted? How would these verses read if the
word "other" had not been inserted? What does scripture
say about adding words to the Bible? See Prov
30:5-6.
- 27 In Phil 2:9, the NWT inserts the
word "other" even though it doesn't appear in the
original Greek (See Gr-Engl Interlinear). What is the
reason for inserting this word? Is the word "Jehovah" a
name? See Exo 6:3, Ps 83:18, and Isa 42:8. How would the
verse read if the word "other" had not been inserted?
What does scripture say about adding words to the Bible?
See Prov 30:5-6. If Christians are persecuted for the
sake of Jehovah's name, why did Christ tell the first
Christians that they would be persecuted for the sake of
his (Jesus') name, instead of Jehovah's (Mt 24:9, Mk
13:13, Lk 21:12,17, Jn 15:21, and Acts 9:16)? If the name
"Jehovah" is so important, then why does Acts 4:12 say,
"There is salvation in no one else; for there is not
another name [vs 10 Jesus Christ] under heaven
that has been given among men, by which we must get
saved"? If the teachings of the WTS are correct, would
this not have been the logical place for God to have used
the name "YHWH" or "Jehovah"? Since the word "Jehovah"
didn't appear until at least the 12th century, and since
the term "Jehovah's Witnesses" wasn't used by the WTS
until the early 1930's, doesn't this mean that the first
century Christians were not known as "Jehovah's
Witnesses"?
- 28 The WTS makes the claim, "Like the
Primitive Christian Community - the religious publication
'Interpretation' stated in July 1956: 'In their
organization and witnessing work, they [Jehovah's
Witnesses] come as close as any group to
approximating the primitive Christian community..."-
Jehovah's Witnesses- Proclaimers of God's Kingdom, pg
234, and on pg 677 of the same book, a caption appears
titled "Like the early Christians". Do Jehovah's
Witnesses pray the "Our Father" (Mt 6:9-13), break bread
together (celebrate the Eucharist) frequently (1Cor
10:16-17, 1Cor 11:26-27), come together on Sunday to
break bread (Acts 20:7), confirm the Holy Spirit by the
laying on of hands (Acts 8:15-17, 19:5-6, Heb 6:2, 2Tim
1:6), ordain (appoint) priests (elders) through the
laying on of hands (Acts 6:5-6, 13:2-3), pray to Jesus
(Mt 11:28, Acts 7:59-60, 1Cor 16:22-23, Rev 22:20),
anoint the sick with oil (Mk 6:12-13, Jas 5:14), often
kneel down to pray (Acts 9:40, 20:36, 21:5, Lk 22:41),
consider themselves to be witnesses of Christ (Acts 1:8,
10:39, 13:31), have deacons (1Tim 3:8, 10, 12), fast from
than Jesus Christ (Acts 4:10-12), celebrate Pentecost
(Acts 2:1, 20:16, 1Cor 16:8), have special people that
look after widows and orphans (Acts 6:1-4, Jas 1:27),
occaisionally drink wine (1Tim 5:23)? If not, then how
can Jehovah's Witnesses consider themselves to be like
the primitive Christian community?
- 29 In Rev 14:13, how can the dead be
"happy" and find "rest", if there is no conscious
awareness after death?
- 30 Is it true that the WTS's prophecy
that Armageddon will come before "the end of the
generation of 1914" (You Can Live Forever In Paradise On
Earth, pg 154), is no longer taught as "the Truth"? If
so, then does this mean that this teaching of the WTS,
which they have taught as "the Truth" for decades, was
really a false teaching? Since the WTS claims that they
are the "one channel that the Lord is using during the
last days of this system of things" (Jehovah's
Witnesses-Proclaimers of God's Kingdom, pg 626) and that
the governing body is "the mouthpiece of Jehovah God",
does this mean that God changed His mind about this
teaching and the definition of "generation"? Is it
possible that God could change His mind? Has the WTS ever
changed their mind before about a teaching that they once
taught as "the Truth"?
The WTS has taught that Armageddon was
going to occur in: 1914 -
The Time Is At Hand, 1888 (1911 ed.), pg
101; Zion 's Watchtower, 1/15/1892, pg22
1918 - The Finished Mystery, 1917, pg 62,
485
1925 - Millions Now Living Will Never
Die, 1920, pg 89-90, Watchtower, 7/15/24, pg 211
WWII - Watchtower, 9/15/41, pg
288
1975 - Kingdom Ministry, 6/69, pg 3;
AWAKE!, 10/8/68, etc.
Before the end of the generation of 1914
- You Can Live Forever In Paradise On Earth, pg 154; A WAKE}
10/8/95, pg 4
Since the WTS claimed that their teaching
that Armageddon would come before "the end of the generation
of 1914" was "Jehovah's prophetic word" (WT, 5/15/84, pg 6)
and "the Creator's promise" (AWAKE! 10/8/95. 9/22/95,
9/8/95, etc. pg 4), therefore speaking "in the name of God"
(Deut 18:22), then according to Deut 18:20- 22, doesn't this
mean that the WTS is truly a modern day false prophet? See
Mt 7:15, 24:11, Mk 13:22, 2Pet 2:1, 1Jn 4:1, Rev
19:20,20:10.
- 31 If the name Jehovah is so
important, then why is it never used in the entire Greek
New Testament? If men edited out the proper name of God,
"YHWH", when they copied the New Testament, as only the
WTS claims, thereby altering God's word, then how can we
have confidence in ANY of the New Testament? Should we
discard the New Testament or the WTS as
unreliable?
- 32 If Jesus was executed on a torture
stake, with both hands together over his head, as only
the WTS teaches, why does Jn 20:25 say "... unless I see
in his hands the print of the nailS...", indicating that
there was more than one nail used for his hands? Two
nails would have been used if he was crucified on a
cross.
- 33 Can Jehovah's Witnesses hold and
discuss openly with other Witnesses opinions that differ
from orthodox WTS teachings? If no, why not?
- 34 The NWT translates the Greek word
"esti" as "is" in almost every instance in the New
Testament (Mt 26:18, 38, Mk 14:44, Lk 22:38, etc). See
Greek-English Interlinear. Why does the NWT translate the
same Greek word as "means" in Mt 26:26-28, Mk 14:22-24,
and Lk 22:19? Why the inconsistency in the translation of
the word "esti"? If the NWT were consistent and
translated the Greek word "esti" as "is" in these verses,
what would these verses say? Why did so many of Jesus'
disciples leave him when he told them they must eat his
body in order to have eternal life? See Jn 6:25-69, Mt
26:26-28.
- 35 Rev 20:10 says, "And the Devil...
the wild beast and the false prophet [already
were]; and they will be tormented day and night
forever and ever". Where will the Devil, the wild beast,
and the false prophet be "tormented day and night forever
and ever"? Likewise, Rev 14:9-11 says, "... If anyone
worship the wild beast... he shall be tormented with fire
and sulphur... And the smoke of their torment ascends
forever and ever..." Where could "anyone" be
"tormented... forever and ever"?
- 36 Jesus Christ is referred to as
"Mighty God" in Isa 9:6 ("For there has been a child born
to us, there has been a son given to us... And his name
will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God...").
Jehovah is referred to as "Mighty God" in Isa 10:20-21.
How can this be if there is only ONE God?
- 37 If the WTS claims they are not
"inspired" but does refer to themselves as "God's
spirit-directed Prophet", what is the difference? Is
there such a thing as an "uninspired prophet"? Why would
anyone be part of a religious organization which claimed
that their teachings were NOT inspired?
- 38 In the NWT, every time the Greek
word "proskuneo" ( ) is used in reference to God, it is
translated as "worship" (Rev 5:14, 7:11, 11:16, 19:4, Jn
4:20, etc.). Every time "proskuneo" is used in reference
to Jesus, it is translated as "obeisance" (Mt 14:33,
28:9,28:17, Lk 24:52, Heb 1:6, etc.), even though it is
the same word in the Greek (see Gr-Engl Interlinear).
Especially compare the Greek word "prosekunhsan" used
with reference to God in Rev 5:14, 7:11, 11:16, and 19:4
and used with reference to Christ in Mt 14:33, 28:9, and
28:17. What is the reason for this inconsistency? If the
NWT was consistent in translating "proskuneo" as
"worship", how would the verses above referring to Christ
read?
- 39 The NWT translates the Greek word
"kyrios" ( Gr - lord) as "Jehovah" more than 25 times in
the New Testament (Mt 3:3, Lk 2:9, Jn 1:23, Acts 21:14,
Rom 12:19, Col 1:10, lThess5:2, 1Pet 1:25, Rev 4:8,
etc.). Why is the word "Jehovah" translated when it does
not appear in the Greek text? Why is the NWT not
consistent in translating kyrios (kurion) as "Jehovah" in
Rom 10:9, 1Cor 12:3, Phil 2:11, 2Thess 2:1. and Rev 22:21
(see Gr- Engl Interlinear)?
- 40 The NWT translates the Greek words
"ego eimi" () as "I am" every time it appears (Jn 6:34,
6:41, 8:24, 13:19, 15:5, etc.), except in Jn 8:58 where
it is translated as "I have been". What is the reason for
the inconsistency in this translation? If "ego eimi" was
translated in Jn 8:58 the same way it is translated in
every other verse in which it appears, how would Jn 8:58
read? See Exo 3:14.
- 41 In Rev 22:12-13, Jesus Christ, the
one who is "coming quickly", says of himself," I am the
Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the
beginning and the end". In Rev 1:17-18, Jesus, the one
who "became dead, but, look! I am living forever and
ever", refers to himself as the first and the last. Rev
21:6, in speaking of God, says, "...I am the Alpha and
the Omega, the beginning and the end .,.". God is also
referred to as the "first" and the "last" in Isa 44:6 and
Isa 48:12. How can this be since by definition of these
words there can only be one first and one
last?
- 42 Jesus uses the phrase "Truly I say
to you,..." over 50 times in the Bible. In the NWT, the
comma is placed after the word "you" every time except in
Lk 23:43, where the comma is placed after the word
"today". Why is the comma placed after "today" instead of
after "you" in this verse? If the translation of this
phrase in Lk 23:43 was consistent with the translation of
this phrase in all the other verses in which it appears
(see concordance), and the comma was placed after the
word "you", how would it read?
- 43 Jn 1:3 says in reference to
Christ, "All things came into existence through him, and
apart from him not even one thing came into existence".
How could Christ have been a created being if ALL things
came into existence through him? If Jesus was a created
being, then according to Jn 1:3, Jesus would have had to
create himself.
- 44 If the great crowd is to have
everlasting life on paradise EARTH, why does IThess 4:17
say, "...we the living who are surviving will, together
with them, be caught away in clouds to MEET THE LORD IN
THE AIR; and thus we shall always be with the
Lord"?
- 45 If Christians are persecuted for
the sake of Jehovah's name, why did Christ tell the first
Christians that they would be persecuted for the sake of
his (Jesus') name instead of Jehovah's (Mt 24:9, Mk
13:13, Lk 21:12, 17, Jn 15:2 and Acts 9-16)?
- 46 In Mt 1:23, who is Matthew
referring to here that has been given the name which
means "With Us Is God"?
- 47 The Bible says that ONLY God is
our savior (Hos 13:4, Isa 43:11,45:21, etc.). How can it
be then, that the Bible repeatedly says that Jesus Christ
is our savior (Lk 2:11, Phil 3:20. Tit 2:13, 3:6, 2Pet
1:1, 2:20, 3:18, etc.)?
- 48 Referring to Isa 14:9-17, if there
is no conscious awareness after death, how could Sheol
"... become agitated at you in order to meet you on
coming in..." (v.9), how could the souls in Sheol "...
speak up and say to you..." (v.10-11), how could the
souls in Sheol when "...seeing you will gaze even at you;
they will give close examination even to you,
[saying,] This this the man'..." (v. 16-17), and
how would you be aware that this was
happening?
- 49 Heb 3:1 refers to "holy brothers,
partakers of the heavenly calling". In Mk 3:35, Jesus
says, "Whoever does the will of God, this one is my
brother..." Therefore, according to the Bible, whoever
does the will of God is a brother of Jesus and a partaker
of the heavenly calling. How can this be if the
Watchtower Society teaches that only 144,000 people go to
heaven?
- 50 Heb 11:16, in speaking about some
of the faithful people of the Old Testament (Abel, Noah,
Abraham, etc.) says, "But now they are reaching out for a
better [place], that is, one belonging to
heaven..." and,"... their God for he has made a city
ready for them." The footnote on the word "city" refers
to HEAVENLY Jerusalem of Heb 12:22 and Rev 21:2. How can
this be since according to the teachings of the
Watchtower Society, the only people who will go to heaven
are the 144,000 spirit anointed who have been chosen from
people who lived after Christ died?
- 51 In Lk 24:36-39 and in Jn 20:26-27,
Jesus showed his disciples the wounds in his body as
proof of his resurrection. If Jesus' body had been
destroyed by God after he died, how could Jesus show the
disciples his body which had the wounds in his hands,
feet, and side and claim that he is not just a spirit,
"because a spirit does not have flesh and bones just as
you behold that I have" (Lk 24:39)?
- 52 If Christ was created by God and
was the wisdom of God (Prov 8:1-4, 12, 22-31), then
before Jesus would have been created, God would have had
to have been without wisdom. How is it possible that God
could have ever been without wisdom?
- 53 Rev 7:11 says that "before the
throne" is in heaven where "all the angels were
standing". Rev 14:2-3 says "And I heard a sound out of
heaven ... And they were singing as if a new song before
the throne ...". Rev 7:9 says,"... look, a great crowd
... standing before the throne...". Rev 7:14-15 says,
"...There are the ones that come out of the great
tribulation ... That is why they are before the throne of
God ..." Therefore, if "before the throne " means in
heaven (Rev 7:11, 14:2-3), and the "great crowd" is
"before the throne" (Rev 7:9, 7:14-15), where does that
mean that the great crowd will be?
- 54 In Lk 20:37-38, how could Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob be "all living to him (God)", since they
all died hundreds of years before Jesus said
this?
- 55 If the soul dies when the body
dies, how could the "souls" of Rev 6:9- 11, who were of
those who had been "slaughtered" (i.e., killed), cry out
"with a loud voice, saying: 'Until when Sovereign Lord
..."?
- 56 In Mt 28:19, Jesus tells his
disciples to baptize "people of all the nations ...in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy
spirit". Why would the disciples be instructed to baptize
in the name of anybody or anything who was not God? Do
Jehovah's Witnesses follow the command of Jesus and
baptize "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the holy spirit"?
- 57 If the human soul IS the person,
how could the soul go out of a person (Gen 35:18) or come
back into a person (1 Kings 17:21)?
- 58 The Watchtower Society teaches
that the earth will never be destroyed or depopulated.
How can it be, then, that God says in Isa 51:6,"... the
earth itself will wear out, and its inhabitants will die
like a mere gnat...", and that Jesus says in Mt 24:35,
"Heaven and earth will pass away...", and that John says
in Rev 21:1 that he saw"... a new heaven and a NEW earth,
for the former heaven and the FORMER earth had passed
away, and the sea is NO MORE."?
- 59 Referring to Lk 12:4-5, what would
be left of a person after they were killed that could be
thrown into Gehenna?
- 60 Who or what does the spirit of
Christ (Phil 1:19, Gal 4:6, Rom 8:9) refer to? In Gal
4:6, how is it possible that the spirit of Christ could
come into our hearts? How is it possible that the spirit
of CHRIST could reside in someone? If what the Watchtower
Society teaches is true, how could Paul make this
statement if Christ was a spirit person residing in
heaven?
- 61 In Jn 8:56, Jesus says, "Abraham
your father rejoiced greatly in the prospect of seeing my
day, and he saw it and rejoiced". Since Abraham died
hundreds of years before Jesus said this, how could Jesus
say that Abraham "saw it and rejoiced", if there is no
conscious awareness after death?
- 62 In Jn 6:51, Jesus says that a
person must eat "of this bread" in order to "live
forever", and that "the bread that I give IS my flesh".
In Jn 6:63, Jesus says "... Unless you eat the flesh of
the son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in
yourselves." In Jn 6:54-55, Jesus says, "He that feeds on
my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life..." and
"... for my flesh is true food and my blood is true
drink." Do you partake of the flesh of Christ, as Jesus
commanded, in order to have life in yourself and in order
to live forever?
- 63 In Acts 17:31 Paul says, "Because
he has set a day in which he purposes to judge the
inhabited earth in righteousness by a MAN whom he has
appointed, and he has furnished a guarantee to all men in
that he has resurrected him from the dead". Did Paul
believe that the future judge of the world, Jesus Christ,
would be an immortal MAN or an invisible spirit
creature?
- 64 The WTS teaches that Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob will not reside with Christ in his
heavenly kingdom. How then do you explain Mt 8:11 in
which Jesus says," But I tell you that many from eastern
parts and western parts will come and recline at the
table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of
the heavens"?
- 65 Every true Christian would agree
that we should follow the commands of God. In Mk 9:7, God
the Father commands us to listen to Jesus. Do you follow
this command and listen to Jesus? After all, Jesus died
for your personal sins (1Jn 2:2, 1Pet 2:24). Jesus tells
us to go directly to him (Mt 11:28-30), and the Father
commanded us to listen to Jesus. Why? Because JESUS gives
us everlasting life (Jn 10:28), and so that JESUS will
enter our house and be with us and give us the right to
sit on his throne (Rev 3:20- 21). Do you pray to Jesus as
Paul and the early Christians did (1Cor 1:2)? Do you
partake of the flesh of Christ as Jesus commanded (Jn
6:51)? If not, then are you following the command of the
Father who said "Listen to him"?
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