Category: Faith and Works (page 1 of 2)

Series Summary

When I began this “Watchtower Misconceptions About Jesus” series, I said:

“We’ll look at what the Watchtower teaches about Jesus, in what ways they are in error, and how we can get through to Jehovah’s Witnesses regarding what the Bible actually says about him.”

I hope I have successfully achieved that goal.

This has been my longest blog series to date.

It’s certainly possible that you weren’t able to get to all the posts, and you might have lost track of some that were especially meaningful to you.

For those reasons, I have decided to conclude the series by giving you an outline which includes the titles to each of the posts along with links so you can access them easily.

I hope you will find it helpful. Continue reading

Is Salvation Really a Gift?

Do we have to earn our salvation by our works?

Given that the Watchtower teaches that works are a prerequisite to salvation, I would expect its answer to that question to be “Yes.”

Quite surprisingly, though, it says just the opposite! Continue reading

Are Works a Prerequisite for Salvation?

Because James 2:26 says, “Faith without works is dead,” the Watchtower teaches that works are a prerequisite to salvation.

In contrast, the Bible teaches that good works are an important part of genuine Christianity but that they are the products of salvation, not the prerequisites to salvation. Continue reading

Does Jesus Save Us or Just Give Us a Chance for Salvation?

In the Watchtower Bible translation, Ephesians 2:8 says, “By this undeserved kindness you have been saved through faith, and this is not of your own doing; rather, it is God’s gift.” (emphasis added)

 Despite that, Jehovah’s Witnesses would never say that they have been saved. Continue reading

Discussing Paul Regarding Faith and Works

Because Jehovah’s Witnesses believe they are “in the truth” and that we are in spiritual darkness, they insist on being the teachers.

Fine. Ask them to explain to you what Paul is teaching in Romans 4 and Ephesians 2 regarding the relationship of faith and works in the salvation process. Continue reading

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