Watchtower Study July 2020 ''Be Convinced That You Have the Truth''

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  RULES & REGULATIONS

  
  

  The Watchtower—Study Edition | July 2020

  6. The first-century disciples built their faith on their knowledge of the Scriptures and the teachings of Jesus Christ, that is, “the truth of the good news.” (Gal. 2:5) This truth consists of the whole body of Christian teachings, including the facts about Jesus’ ransom sacrifice and his resurrection. The apostle Paul was convinced that these teachings were true. Why? Because he used the Scriptures to prove “by references that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead.” (Acts 17:2, 3) The first-century disciples accepted those teachings and relied on the holy spirit to help them understand God’s Word. They proved to themselves that these teachings were based on the Scriptures. (Acts 17:11, 12; Heb. 5:14) They did not build their faith on feelings and emotions alone, and they did not serve Jehovah simply because they felt good when they associated with fellow believers. Instead, their faith was built on “the accurate knowledge of God.”​—Col. 1:9, 10.

  FIRST CENTURY CHRISTIANS NEEDED THREE BASIC TRUTHS:
  1. KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCRIPTURES

  2. BELIEVE IN JESUS' RANSOM SACRIFICE AND HIS RESUREECTION

  3. HOLY SPIRIT TO HELP UNDERSTAND GOD'S WORD

  9. To start with, you need to prove to yourself at least three basic truths. First, you need to be convinced that Jehovah God is the Creator of all things. (Ex. 3:14, 15; Heb. 3:4; Rev. 4:11) Second, you must prove to yourself that the Bible is God’s inspired message to mankind. (2 Tim. 3:16, 17) And third, you need to confirm that Jehovah has an organized group of people who are worshipping him under Christ’s headship and that Jehovah’s Witnesses are that group. (Isa. 43:10-12; John 14:6; Acts 15:14) Proving to yourself those basic truths does not require that you become a walking encyclopedia of Bible knowledge. Your goal should be to use your “power of reason” to strengthen your conviction that you have the truth.​—Rom. 12:1.
  
  

  TODAY'S JEHOVAH'S CHRISTAIN WITNESSES NEED THREE BASIC TRUTHS ( SOMEHOW, JESUS WAS THROWN OUT AND REPLACED BY THE FAKE AND WICKED ''FAITHFUL AND DISCREET SLAVE '' :
  1. JEHOVAH IS GOD

  2. THE BIBLE IS GOD'S INSPIRED MESSAGE

  3. JESUS SAID IN JOHN14:6 “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

  3. CONFIRM JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ORGANIZED GROUP ( GOVERNING BODY ) ARE THE ONLY TRUE WORSHIPPERS OF JEHOVAH
  
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  BluesBrother

  July issue , studied last September. ..

  "FIRST CENTURY CHRISTIANS NEEDED THREE BASIC TRUTHS:"

  I'll go along with the points for them. The later ones belong entirely to the writing committee not Gods word.
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  truth_b_known

  The only way to be convinced of anything is to research the subject thoroughly. This includes researching opposing views. The Watchtower expressly forbids this.
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  RULES & REGULATIONS

  10. Once you have established the three basic truths regarding God, the Bible, and God’s people, you need to be able to use the Scriptures to prove these truths to others. Why? Because as Christians, we have a responsibility to teach the truths that we learn to those who will listen to us. * (1 Tim. 4:16) And as we try to convince others about Bible truths, we strengthen our own conviction about those truths.

  Three basic truths:

  1. Jehovah is God

  2. The Bible is God's word

  3. Jehovah's Witnesses are the only true worshippers ( good luck with this one...The Watchtower Society are the world's best in semantics)
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  road to nowhere

  Somewhere I read we can have faith in the GB by looking back and seeing how clearly right they have always been
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  Biahi

  Aren’t these claims ‘presumptuous’?
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  DesirousOfChange

  It appears to me that the GB is aware of the fact that they are losing the confidence of many active JW ‘s. Thus the need for all the “damage control" that we have seen taking place.

  I believe one reason for the lost confidence is that they have also lost their "mystique". By appearing so much on JWTV, they have been seen as anything from mere mortals to absolute buffoons. And of course, it doesn't help their image when they put forth things like "overlapping generations". A true WTF Moment!
  
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  hoser

  Watchtower articles are written to lead you to the conclusion they want. It’s a salesman tactic designed to sell you on an idea.
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  WTWizard

  Belief in that ransom? Against what, disobeying an alien god that had no business meddling with affairs on this planet? That thing is the kidnapper, and we are going to pay all our souls as ransom--to reward that thing for ruining our planet and to provide both means and incentive for it to take the whole Orion Empire? And this jesus thing--why do we still need to offer sacrifices after it supposedly died?

  Not to mention, this character is nothing more than fiction. What this thing did was to provide the archetype for the perfect slave so we can all be perfect slaves. Its "death" was just as fake as its life--all to provide a very expensive means to save us from action taken by a god that had no business imposing alien rules on our planet. (You pay with your soul.) Unless you really want the reptilian race (which has been pushing this garbage on us, and is about to completely usurp the whole planet) to rule everything in full communism, this ransom (and the whole bible) is worse than worthless.
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  Phizzy

  When I first left the J.W Org I decided I needed to research properly, looking only for facts and evidence that would withstand any scrutiny and any attack, only "truth" of that calibre would suffice.

  I started in the reverse order to the one they give in that W.T. number one was the Org, was it " the truth" ? Answer NO !

  Number 2 was " The Bible, is it god's word ? " Answer NO!

  Number 3 was " Is there a god ?" simple answer NO ! ( certainly all the gods man has made up, even new boy on the block Jehovah, do not exist).

  The Org's 3 reasons were demolished completely by proper research that established the Truth of these matters.

  A bit of advice to folks who have not done this, start with my Number 3, once you have established that no god invented by man exists, the other things do not matter, apart from perhaps getting rid of the feelings and fears, like Armageddon etc, that the Org embedded in us.

  To really " use your power of reason" as the WT says , and use it properly, is to come to the same conclusions as me. If you do not wish to fully use your power of reason, do not want to think rationally, do not want to accept Truth, you remain entrapped in Delusional Belief, a sorry Mental Condition ( Illness).