Category: New Birth and New Covenant (page 1 of 5)

Series Summary

July 29, 2025 / / 0 Comments

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

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Will Only 144,000 Go to Heaven with Jesus?

July 1, 2025 / / 0 Comments

The Watchtower teaches that only 144,000 people will go to heaven in spirit form and reign with Jesus.

The rest of those whom Jehovah deems worthy of everlasting life will live forever in physical bodies in paradise on earth. Continue reading

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Is the New Covenant Only for the 144,000?

February 18, 2025 / / 0 Comments

Jehovah’s Witnesses observe “The Memorial” (also called “The Lord’s Evening Meal”) once a year.

The Watchtower describes it as “an observance that honors God.” (What Does the Bible Really Teach?, p. 206)

But a number of ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses call it, “The Reject Jesus Party” because at the vast majority of Kingdom Halls, no one actually partakes of the bread or wine.

They just pass the tray and cup on by.

Symbolically, they are testifying, “I have no part in the body and blood of Christ.” Continue reading

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A New Creation or Just a New Personality?

December 17, 2024 / / 0 Comments

In last week’s post, I asked the question, “How exactly can a sinner who has never been indwelt by the Holy Spirit through the new birth possibly live the righteous kind of life modeled by Jesus?”

That’s a rhetorical question—it’s impossible.

But the Watchtower’s answer seems to be that by striving non-stop, you can do it—that is, by striving diligently, you can change your personality to make yourself into the righteous person God wants you to be.

We can see the difference by looking at how Christians and Jehovah’s Witnesses deal with two key passages of scripture— Colossians 3:9-10 and Ephesians 2:22-24. Continue reading

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Can We Be Christians Without Being Born Again?

December 10, 2024 / / 0 Comments

When I first became a Christian, someone joked with me about what it must have been like to be one of the younger children of Mary and Joseph, constantly being asked, “Why can’t you be more like your older brother?”

The Watchtower states, “Today, there are more than six million Witnesses of Jehovah who…make every effort to ‘walk worthy of Jehovah to the end of fully pleasing him,’ applying his standards in every aspect of their lives.” (The Watchtower, “Stirred by ‘the Magnificent Things of God’”, 8/1/2002, p. 17)

My question would be, “How are you coming with that?” Continue reading

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