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After the discussion of the Watchtower doctrine that Jesus is a created being, the rest of “Bible Teach” Chapter 4 covers Jesus’ life and ministry. Most of this you can agree with and continue to build bridges. However, there are some points you will want to challenge.
Assertion #4: Jesus preached the same message that the Watchtower does today Continue reading
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“Bible Teach,” Chapter 4—“Who Is Jesus Christ?” is extremely significant because it deals with the nature, person, and work of Jesus Christ.
It makes four major assertions. We will cover the first 2 in this post.
Assertion #1: It is important to know the truth about Jesus. Continue reading
Click image to access this “Bible Teach” chapter on the Watchtower’s website
So far, I have discussed the first three topics in Chapter 1 of “Bible Teach.” Today, I’ll move on to the next subject.
Topic #4: How to draw close to Jehovah
Paragraph 18 (p. 15) of Chapter 1 is headed, “Can You Be Close to Jehovah?” Paragraph 19 (p. 16) quotes Jesus as saying in John 17:3, “This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.”
Interestingly, an earlier edition of the Watchtower Bible and of “Bible Teach” renders that verse differently: “This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.”
If they quote the earlier edition at any point, you can ask, “Which is it? To me, there’s a big difference between taking in knowledge of someone and actually knowing that person. How do you see that?”
Try to get them to express their views them on this subject. They need to see for themselves that getting close to the Father and the Son is a matter of a personal rather than organizational relationship.
Many of you will have received a letter this year inviting you to attend the annual Watchtower’s Memorial observance on March 27.
This event is the Watchtower’s explanation of its two-class salvation system.
It’s the Watchtower’s version of communion, at which only those professing to be of the 144,000 heaven-bound class are supposed to partake.
Everyone else is invited to pass the bread and wine on by respectfully.
Here is a link to a previous year’s post in which I explained what it’s like to attend the Memorial.
This year the Memorial will be online rather than in person due to the pandemic, but the talk they give will essentially be the same.
In this series, we’ve looked at 20 different ways in which the Watchtower misreads the Bible.
Since these have been presented one-by-one on a weekly basis, it’s easy to lose track of the big picture or to forget where we’re been.
For this reason, I’ve decided to make this last post of the series a compendium of all that we’ve covered as well as a linked index to the various posts so you can easily go back and review. Continue reading
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