Tag: 1 Timothy 2:6

Was Jesus Just a Man?

In the Watchtower Bible, 1 Timothy 2:6 reads as follows: “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus, who gave himself a corresponding ransom for all—this is what is to be witnessed to in its own due time.” (emphasis added)

 So far as I can find, no other translation includes the word “corresponding,” but the Watchtower builds much of its Christology around it.

 In its book Good News to Make You Happy (1976), p. 118, the Watchtower states: “Jesus was not half God, half man. He was not God in the flesh. To atone for ‘one man’s [Adam’s] trespass’, ‘the one man, Jesus Christ’ had to correspond exactly to the once-perfect Adam. He had to be a perfect man, nothing more, nothing less. (Romans 5:15)” Continue reading

What Is the Real Value of Christ’s Sacrifice?

Bible teach Ch 5

Click image to access this “Bible Teach” chapter on the Watchtower’s website

“What is the greatest gift you have ever received?” (paragraph 1, p. 47)

It’s obvious from the title of Chapter 5 of “Bible Teach” that you are supposed to answer that it’s the ransom (or atoning) sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

But that’s not the answer I would give. While not wanting to minimize the importance of Jesus’ atoning sacrifice, I would say that the greatest gift I have received is Jesus Christ himself. Continue reading

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