I am a Bible Believing Christian. I have done hundreds of hours of research on Jehovah Witness beliefs in order to properly witness to them. My research is on going. I was reading John 3 the other day, and the thought came across to me... how do Jehovah Witnesses see Nicodemus? Do they see him as one of the 'anointed', the 'Born Again'? There's a point to this question, but I was wondering if anyone could answer that for me before I get to it?
Was Nicodemus considered to be 'anointed'?
by Lyssa 9 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Ding
Lyssa,
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jam
Lyssa; I can not recall if JW,s beleive Nicodemus was of
the anointed, but I have A question for you. Since we are
talking about Nico, was he making light of Jesus when he ask
those two silly questions? John 3;4. "How can A man be born
when he is old." He should have stop with the first question, but
no, "can he enter A second time into his mother womb and
be born"? Ok, was he serious or suffer from slowness of the mind.
Nico were one of the leading sects within Judaism. A man
who was respected by the other Jews and enjoyed social,
political, and religious power.
I beleive that,s why in John3:2 he came by night to see Jesus.
To be seen with, let alone going to see A new street Preacher
who was doing and saying some unorthodox things.
Yes he was making light of Jesus. True?
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Ding
I don't think Nicodemus was mocking Jesus.
I think he was totally mystified by the comment that unless a person is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.
He didn't get that the new birth was a spiritual experience.
He was like a JW who takes "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God" to be a statement about literal flesh and literal blood rather than a metaphor for the natural, spiritually unchanged person...
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jam
It,s interesting that the Jews had no concept of
spiritual things. Nicodemus was well versed in the law.
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NOLAW
He thought Jesus was referring to reincarnation.
NOLAW
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Ding
No need to get down on Nicodemus.
After 20 centuries of church history, the WTS still has no idea what Jesus was talking about...
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Lyssa
I absolutey don't think Nicodemus was mocking Jesus. I think he was too thick to understand what Jesus was saying. He barely understood earthly things. Jesus said how could he understand heavenly things then? I think Nicodemus was trying to understand, and that's why he asked the question again. I actually rather like Nicodemus. He's a great story in the Bible.
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GOrwell
The funny part about the question of "can he enter A second time into his mother womb and be born" is that it is a play on words based in the Greek language only. The same play on words doesn't work in Aramaic, which is the language that Jesus spoke.
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