so when was jesus begotten.
was he truly and wholly fully human.
did he exist in two states, part human part god.
The Bible answers your question in The prologue to John's gospel as follows.
prompted by a mention in a different thread.. cracks in the sidewalk, a pinch of salt over the shoulder, black cats🐈⬛; do jws have such superstitious beliefs.
are they allowed to?
would they be counselled if the elders became aware?.
I don't see a demon behind every tree. I see demons behind almost every tree.
so, i finally saw the annual meeting video part 2.. this is the one with the “new light” on who might survive armageddon, vs. those who do not.. in summary, for those of you fortunate enough not to have to sit through it, it’s something like this:.
old light: once the “great tribulation” starts, that’s it for non-jws.
the “door of the ark” is closed.
The November AGM in summation
and to tell the truth, we never did.
to all those on this forum, i would love to know what your take on this vital question is..
Since the Lamb was slain before the foundation of the world, He had to know before creating man
God's Devil: The Incredible Story of How Satan's Rebellion Serves God's Purposes
to all those on this forum, i would love to know what your take on this vital question is..
My take is that He knew. To be made in God's image required it, i.e., knowing and engaging with evil and overcoming.
There is a book out entitled "God's Devil" that I believe shares this view.
i've noted before certain similarities between jws and independent fundamentalist baptists, such as door to door work.
the ifbs call it "soul winning".
the goal is usually to give a quick tour of a few bible verses, get the householder to "repeat after me" a formulaic prayer confessing faith in jesus.
According to the Watchtower gospel neither faith nor works are needed to be saved, I.e., to make it into the new system.
If you are just an average worldling, simply make sure you die before the GT and your death pays for all your sins. Yes and you will be raised with all the JWs who believed so hard in the Faithful Slave and worked tirelessly preaching the Organization message 10 hours a month for the last 50 years.
So, for Jehovah’s Witnesses, salvation is by faith plus works.
For the average Joe it's salvation by dying.
The past 100 years of preaching were a waste of time.
what’s keeping them?
this has got to be the latest it’s ever been.
maybe it’s the last one they’ll ever publish too, after dropping reporting hours for publishers ….
Since Jehovah directed us to stop requiring monthly publisher reporting as of November, we cannot provide an up-to-date accurate annual service report, now can we?. As a result annual reporting is discontinued unless Jehovah changes his mind again and we can require monthly publisher service reporting again. And don't think that we stopped the necessity of publisher reporting because our numbers are declining and we don't want you to know it. Apostates will no doubt capitalize on this with their lies.
long time lurker here.
i've been out for 8 years this very month.
today is an important date for me because i'm posting on this forum for the first time and i just post my first video on youtube yesterday (channel : jw rogue) the channel is in french but you can activate the subtiles.
Welcome back to the forum jwrogue
I will check out your channel.
Be blessed.
i've noted before certain similarities between jws and independent fundamentalist baptists, such as door to door work.
the ifbs call it "soul winning".
the goal is usually to give a quick tour of a few bible verses, get the householder to "repeat after me" a formulaic prayer confessing faith in jesus.
Hmmm...Are people saved by:
faith alone
faith plus works
works alone
so, i finally saw the annual meeting video part 2.. this is the one with the “new light” on who might survive armageddon, vs. those who do not.. in summary, for those of you fortunate enough not to have to sit through it, it’s something like this:.
old light: once the “great tribulation” starts, that’s it for non-jws.
the “door of the ark” is closed.
The WTS preaching effort was always useless propaganda peddling anyway. The millions who died between 1920 and 2023 are just about all going to be resurrected and given a chance to merit eternal life because they paid for their sins by their death. So they didn't need to hear any message from JWs at all.
And now those with good hearts who die after the GT starts will also be raised. But those who had a lengthy Bible study with Witnesses and rejected their message will probably be destroyed during the GT or at Armageddon.
So, no matter how you cut it, their message itself saves no one, not even those who receive it , and only serves to condemn those who don't.
No one ever needed to become a JW to make it into the New System.
Stop preaching and save lives JWs.
