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The Watchtower and Free Will

Bible teach Ch 11

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“Bible Teach,” Chapter 11, paragraphs 18-20 (pp. 113-114) asks why God couldn’t have created Adam and Eve in such a way that they couldn’t rebel. The Watchtower’s answer is that God didn’t want us to be robots. He would rather have love than compulsion.

You can respond with points I made in The Righteousness Approach from my book, Getting Through to Jehovah’s Witnesses: Approaching Bible Discussions in Unexpected Ways, pp. 70-71, regarding the Watchtower’s teaching about the coming millennial kingdom.

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Biblical Salvation: Righteousness from God to Save Us from the Penalty of Sin

Salvation - Sin debt forgivenImagine for a moment that you owe someone a staggering amount of money—let’s say a billion dollars. There is no way that you would ever be able to pay it off. In order for you to be rescued from this predicament, a very wealthy and generous person would have to pay it for you.

Of course, the sin debt we owe to God is not monetary, but moral. Nevertheless, the principle is the same. No amount of good deeds on our part would be sufficient to atone for our sins. We need a Savior whose righteousness far exceeds our own. Continue reading

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