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
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
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
For the last couple of weeks, we have been discussing this claim that the Watchtower makes on its website:
“The most important reason why God’s Son came to earth was not to save mankind. Rather, it was to settle the slanderous issues raised by Satan with regard to Jehovah’s sovereignty.”
As a reminder, in Genesis 3:4-5, the serpent (Satan) led Eve to rebel against God, telling her that God had lied to Adam: “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Continue reading
Discussing people’s standing with God requires a great deal of tact. Because the Watchtower has trained them to expect persecution, Jehovah’s Witnesses are often easily offended.
In order to personalize the issue without giving offense, I recommend that you ask questions such as these: Continue reading
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