Hi friends,
I'm looking for scans (or better yet, the mag itself) of the Feb 15, 2003 Watchtower, especially pages 13-22. Apparently the articles says:
From the February 15,2003 Watchtower magazine, the
following are shown about the non "born again"
(144,000) Jehovah's Witnesses:
(1) They are NOT anointed- They are "...others, in
addition to Christ's anointed followers..."(p.19,#9)
(2) They are NOT sons of God- "...anointed Christians
that they...'are God's children'...God's Spirit gives
them a sense of sonship toward him..."(p.21,#18)
(3) They are NOT led by the spirit- "...spirit
anointed and should partake of the Memorial
emblems...'All who are led by the spirit are sons of
God'...(Romans 8:14)"(p.19,#7)
(4) They do NOT partake in the Memorial (Communion)-
See #3 above(p.19,#7)
(5) They are NOT in the new covenant- "Anointed
Christians are certain of their heavenly hope of
having been taken into the new covenant."(p.22,#19)
Also: "The parties to the new covenant are God and
anointed ones(Jer.31:31-34,Heb.12:22-24). Jesus is the
mediator...made them part of Abraham's
seed."(p.22,#19)
(6) They do NOT have Jesus as their mediator-see
#5(p.22,#19)
(7) They are NOT part of Abraham's seed-see
#5(p.22,#19)
(8)They do NOT have "the seed"- "By his spirit and
Word, God implants 'the seed' that makes the
individual a 'new creation' with heavenly
hope."(p.21,#17)
(9) They are NOT a "new creation"-see #8 (p.21,#19)
(10) They are NOT members of "spiritual Israel"-
"...today's other sheep...along with the members of
spritual Israel."(p.20,#10)
(11) They are NOT joint "heirs" with Christ-rather,
"...they resemble the present day remnant of Kingdom
heirs."(p.20,#10)
(12) They are NOT in the Kingdom covenant-"The
anointed are sure of their hope. They have been taken
into an additional covenant, the Kingdom
covenant."(p.22,#20)
(13) Some (even MUCH) of the Bible is NOT even written
to them- "The Apostle Paul discussed it when writing
to anointed Christians in Corinth."(p.12,#3)
Also: "You [anointed Christians] know
that...(1Pet.1:18,19)"(p.15,#16)
(14) They do NOT partake of the Memorial (Communion)
"to proclaim their faith"- "Individual anointed
Christians would partake of the Memorial emblems until
death. Thus, before Jehovah God and the world, they
would repeatedly proclaim their faith..." (p.13,#7)
(15) They are NOT "at peace" with Jehovah- "Eating at
Jehovah's table signifies that the partakers are at
peace with him."(p.16,#21)
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Anyone able to scn or send me a mag?
Randy Watters
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