The Good News

by Kenneson 6 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  Kenneson

  Matt. 24:14 "And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come."

  Jws claim they are the only ones who preach the good news that the
  kingdom of God was invisibly established in the year 1914. The
  fact of the matter is that the early Christians never alluded to
  this date--yet they did preach the good news eons before the W.T.
  Society saw its inception. And there continuted to be those
  who preached the good news up to the founding of the W.T.-- and
  thereafter, even until now.

  And was this good news a date (or year)? No, the true gospel is
  primarily the good news of our redemption by the blood of Jesus
  Christ, which redemption is to be appropriated by faith (1 Cor. 1:
  17-18, 23-24 and 15:1-4; Col. 1:19-23). The gospel preached by the
  Apostle Paul and by Christians throughout the centuries has been primarily about a Person, Christ crucified and risen from the dead. (1 Cor. 1:22-24).
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  yumyum

  Amen!!I agree completely
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  4christ

  Excellent point! That is it in a nutshell. The gospel is not about a date but a Person, Jesus Christ.
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  simwitness

  A typical JW response might be:

  "That was the good news then, However when Jesus "took the throne" in 1914 the Good News changed. We are the only ones preaching this "Good News". "

  In fact, I think there is a quote in some of their literature to that affect.
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  Satanus

  Paul warned about people preaching 'another good news'.
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  SYN

  The GOOD NEWS IS, 6 billion of us folks have to die for Paradise to happen!

  [i]They've been digging in the Euphrates Valley and have uncovered a layer of agrarian culture 8,000 years old, and an older caveman culture. Recently, they reached another layer of fused green glass.
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  simwitness

  SS-

  yup, but remember, the WTBS has "SID" (Selective Interpetation Disorder), so that does not apply to them.

  I will see if I can find the quote where they specifically admit that they have been teaching a "new gospel" since 1914.

  SYN, yup, good ole Christian love at it's best. You would think that they would be praying for god to hold off until they could "save just one more".... instead of praying for the end to come sooner.