by Perry 41 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Like the prodigal son was judged?
That's the whole point... he was shown mercy precisely because he was a son. No children of Adam starts out as a son of God.
Nice daddy. Just love cuddling up to him.
You could choose to be a son of God if you wanted.
Short Answer: No.
Aside from the obvious, that Christ's death brought forgiveness of sins for all true believers committed in this life, those who obtain this benefit, God's people, must be parties to the New Covenant.
Any man not a party to the New Covenant cannot obtain its benefits anymore than a Baal-worshipping Assyrian could obtain benefits under the Mosaic Law not being a circumcised member of the nation of Israel. And no one can have their robes washed in the blood of the Lamb Jesus, have their sins permanently forgiven in the Christian era and be perfected or justified (declared righteous) during the thousand year reign under an expired New Covenant anymore than a Christian today can have his or her sins forgiven under the obsolete Mosaic law.
Make no mistake about this one fact: it is absolutely impossible, logically or scripturally, for the Jehovah’s Witnesses to educate the resurrected to perfection (justification, a declaration of righteousness and reconciliation with God; a state of sinlessness) under any set of laws, especially the so-called Law scrolls of Revelation 20:12. The gift of reconciliation, redemption, sanctification, justification and forgiveness of sins through the exercise of faith and God's gift of grace is only possible by and through the New Covenant of Christ’s blood.
A) The Covenants:The Jehovah's Witnesses' other Achilles’ Heel and the key to bringing God's alleged 1914 kingdom, and the 20th century New Covenant arrangement back to the first century where they belong.B) The Davidic Covenanta) The invention of new covenants and abrogation of existing covenants: In order to place the inception of God's kingdom in 1914, the Jehovah's Witnesses have wrongfully stripped the Davidic covenant of a priesthood, severed the Davidic covenant from the New Covenant, and limit the New Covenant to a temporary 2,000-year periodi) A first century priesthood undermines the JWs' "1914 kingdom" theory and the "first resurrection of the 144,000" theory
ii) An everlasting New Covenant would destroy the Jehovah's Witnesses' salvation plan during the millennial reign.
iii) An everlasting New Covenant would prevent the JWs from education man to a state of perfection and repeatedly judging him
iv) The Jehovah's Witnesses are unable to eliminate Jesus after the 1,000 year reign if the New Covenant, for which he is the mediator forever, is everlasting
b) The Jehovah's Witnesses' approach deprives the high priest Jesus of his priesthood, a problem they attempt to solve by inventing a separate "Melchizedek covenant." However, the so-called Melchizedek covenant is the New Covenant and therefore must last forever and include a priesthood of all Christian believers
c) All of the Jehovah's Witnesses' benefits under their temporary new covenant terminate when their new Covenant expires, shortly
d) The Jehovah's Witnesses' "covenant with Christ's followers" is a fabrication; it is not a valid separate covenant for yet another kingdom, but an administrative appointment with respect to the kingdom
C) Summary of Covenants
The New Covenant in Detail:
You do realise that the "salvation" issue has been debated for centuries
PSacramento,
And so what? The Watchtower has been around for centuries too. Big deal.
The clear and simple words of God CANNOT be changed. They are anchored in eternity and cannot be broken:
John 1: 12 - But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God
It just doesn't get any simpler than that.
It just doesn't get any simpler than that.
I think my answer was simpler. It just wasn't as rosy. (Except for the palms.)
Excellent work J D ... as usual.
Covenants are for sissies. Is that enough to get it annulled?
Wait, are we talking Bible covenants or the Covenant alliance on the Halo series? I'm getting my fiction confused.
What does it matter SBC? They both have about the same amount of realism.
PSacramento,
Yes muffin ? ;)
And so what? The Watchtower has been around for centuries too. Big deal.
No, it hasn't, seriously dude.
The clear and simple words of God CANNOT be changed. They are anchored in eternity and cannot be broken:
The WORD of God can't be changed, you are absolutely right about that.
John 1: 12 - But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God
No arguments there.
It just doesn't get any simpler than that.
Couldn't agree with you more.
God and Jesus decide salvation, no US, not You, not ME, not the writers of the OT or NT, God and Our Lord decided as they always Have.
PSac,
John 1:12 squarely places the family admission event onto the reaction of the believer and what they do with Jesus. Other scriptures high-light Gods action in doing the drawing and giving. Obvious to me, is that the precise details are some undisclosed interaction between God and humans in the Salvation event. We can be sure that both are involved because God says that they are.
In any case, salvation is not conducted outside of, or not under the New Covenant, which is the point of this thread.
