![]() ![]() From the Witnesses' point of view, it contains the only true Word of God without error, and cannot be contradicted. Witnesses are also convinced that the Bible is the best guidance on ethics and morality. The Witnesses regard Jesus Christ as the first and only creature created by God alone.įor them, there is only one truth, which is to be found in their translation of the Bible. Jehovah's Witnesses see themselves as the true Christians and pray to the "almighty and eternal God" they call Jehovah, who is seen as an invisible entity who exists independently of humanity but has a personal interest in each individual. The organization is considered a cult, in part because of its strict discipline and millenarian belief in the imminent end of the world. With around 170,000 members, the Jehovah's Witnesses are one of the largest minority Christian communities in Germany after the Orthodox churches. ![]() The perpetrator was a former member of the community. We highly recommend Witnesses for Jesus for more information.A Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall in Hamburg became a horrific crime scene Thursday night when several people were killed or injured by a gunman during a community event. May God open the eyes of the Jehovah’s Witnesses to the truth of the gospel and the true teaching of God’s Word. Unfortunately, the message is full of distortions, deceptions, and false doctrine. There is probably no religious group that is more faithful than the Jehovah’s Witnesses at spreading their message. God’s children are to be like the Berean Christians, who searched the Scriptures daily to see if the things they were being taught lined up with the Word (Acts 17:11). This is in direct opposition to Paul’s admonition to Timothy (and to us as well) to study to be approved by God, so that we need not be ashamed as we correctly handle the Word of God (2 Timothy 2:15). In other words, what the governing body says concerning any scriptural passage is viewed as the last word, and independent thinking is strongly discouraged. The governing body of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society claims sole authority to interpret Scripture. The Watchtower bases its beliefs and doctrines on the original and expanded teachings of Charles Taze Russell, Judge Joseph Franklin Rutherford, and their successors. The New World Translation has gone through numerous editions, as the Jehovah’s Witnesses discover more and more passages of Scripture that contradict their doctrines. How do the Jehovah’s Witnesses justify these unbiblical doctrines? First, they claim that the church has corrupted the Bible over the centuries thus, they have re-translated the Bible to reflect their unique doctrines-the result is the New World Translation. Jehovah’s Witnesses reject the concept of Christ’s substitutionary atonement and instead hold to a ransom theory, that Jesus’ death was a ransom payment for Adam’s sin. Jehovah’s Witnesses reject the doctrine of the Trinity, believing Jesus to be a created being and the Holy Spirit to essentially be the inanimate power of God. This contradicts Scripture, which declares salvation to be received by grace through faith (John 3:16 Ephesians 2:8–9 Titus 3:5). Jehovah’s Witnesses believe salvation is obtained by a combination of faith, good works, and obedience. This contradicts many passages of Scripture that clearly declare Jesus to be God (John 1:1, 14 8:58 10:30). Jehovah’s Witnesses believe Jesus is Michael the archangel, the highest created being. What do Jehovah’s Witnesses believe? Close scrutiny of their doctrinal position on such subjects as the deity of Christ, salvation, the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, and the atonement shows beyond a doubt that they do not hold to orthodox Christian positions on these subjects. Those who followed Rutherford began calling themselves “Jehovah’s Witnesses.” That was also the year that the organization split. Rutherford, Russell’s successor, wrote the seventh and final volume of the Millennial Dawn series, The Finished Mystery, in 1917. Group members were sometimes disparagingly called “Russellites.” After Russell’s death in 1916, Judge J. The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society was founded in 1886 and quickly became the vehicle through which the “Millennial Dawn” movement began distributing their views. Russell began writing a series of books he called The Millennial Dawn, which stretched to six volumes before his death and contained much of the theology Jehovah’s Witnesses now hold. Russell named his group the “Millennial Dawn Bible Study,” and those who followed him were called “Bible students.” Charles T. The sect known today as the Jehovah’s Witnesses started out in Pennsylvania in 1870 as a Bible class led by Charles Taze Russell. ![]()
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