Can we earn our salvation by our works?
The Watchtower’s answer to that question is, “No.”
Based on that, an unsuspecting Christian might well think, “Oh, I guess the Watchtower accords with Paul.”
Not so! Continue reading
Tag: Romans 4:4-5 (page 1 of 3)
In last week’s post, I shared with you some stone-in-the-shoe questions you can ask Jehovah’s Witnesses regarding Paul’s teaching on faith in works in Romans 4:1-3.
This week, I’m going to talk about how to get to the heart of Paul’s teaching about faith and works in Romans 4:4-5. Continue reading
Nothing is as stressful as trying to do something that simply cannot be done, especially when you think that your eternal life depends on it.
This is the situation in which the Watchtower places Jehovah’s Witnesses. Continue reading
Imagine 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.
The sin debt we owe to God is not monetary, but moral, but the principle is the same. Continue reading
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
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