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Jehovah's Witnesses do you believe this?

Many people want the blessings but not the responsibility of following and obeying Jesus. In fact, the word "obey" often disturbs them. Yet Jesus said: "Come be my follower." (Luke 18:18-23)

And the Bible states: "Those who do not obey the good news about our Lord Jesus . . . will undergo the judicial punishment of everlasting destruction."—2 Thessalonians 1:8, 9; Matthew 10:38; 16:24.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    Yes, I do believe this. Thus the reason why "Once saved always saved" is not true. Two scriptures come to mind:

    Matthew 16:24 (NWT) "Then Jesus said to his disciples: “If anyone wants to come after me, let him disown himself and pick up his torture stake and continually follow me."

    Matthew 10:22 (NWT) "...he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved."

    Paisley Moon

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    "And the Bible states: "Those who do not obey the good news about our Lord Jesus . . . will undergo the judicial punishment of everlasting destruction."—2 Thessalonians 1:8, 9; Matthew 10:38; 16:24".

    Interesting. The Jehovah's Witnesses are agreeing with your question which means they are recognizing "punishment of everlasting destruction". The grave is not considered "everlasting punishnment" for it is not ongoing but simply unconsciously idle forever so to speak. The JW responders sound confused.

  • NoName
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    Yes. How many are willing to leave everything behind and follow Jesus? Many don't even follow a simple thing like preach the kingdom, but expect to receive blessings just for saying they believe.

  • 9 years ago

    * Heresies :................................

    This name, however, was a hybrid name created by Christians by adding vowels to the tetragrammaton “YHWH,” which was the original rendering which we now know as “Yahweh” in the Hebrew and “Jehovah” in the Greek. Evangelical Christians understand Jesus to be God in all His fullness, equal in deity, but different in function from that of God the Father. Christians acknowledge that one of the names for God the Father is Jehovah; however, there are many other names and titles which the scriptures use in reference to God the Father.

    God’s Glory

    (Verses regarding God the Father)

    Isaiah 42:8 “I am Jehovah. That is my name; and to no one else shall I give my own glory, neither my praise to graven images.”

    Isaiah 48:11 “…And to no one else shall I give my own glory.”

    (Verses regarding Jesus)

    John 8:54 “…It is my Father that glorifies me, he who you say is YOUR God”

    John 16:14 “That one will glorify me…”

    John 17:1 “…Father, the hour has come; glorify your son…”

    John 17:5 “So now you, Father, glorify me alongside yourself with the glory that I had alongside you before the world was.”

    Philippians 2:10 “so that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the ground”

    Hebrews 5:5 “So too the Christ did not glorify himself by becoming a high priest, but [was glorified by him] who spoke with reference to him; ‘You are my son; I, today, I have become your father.”

    The Savior

    (About the Father)

    Isaiah 43:3 “For I am Jehovah your God, the Holy One of Israel your Savior.”

    Isaiah 43:11 “I am Jehovah and besides me there is no savior.”

    Isaiah 45:21 “Is it not I, Jehovah besides whom there is no other God; a righteous God and a Savior, there being none excepting me?”

    (About Jesus)

    Luke 2:11 “because there was born to you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord…”

    Acts 13:23 “From the offspring of this [man] according to his promise God has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus.”

    Titus 1:4 “…May there be underserved kindness and peace from God [the] Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.”

    Whose name are we to have faith in?

    (said about Jesus or by Jesus)

    John 14:12 “Most truly I say to YOU, He that exercises faith in me, that one also will do the works that I do…”

    Acts 4:12 “Furthermore, there is no salvation in anyone else, for there is not another name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”

    Acts 26:18 “…and inheritance among those sanctified by [their] faith in me.”

    Revelation 2:13 “I know where you are dwelling, that is where the throne of Satan is, and yet you keep on holding fast my name, and you did not deny your faith in me…”

    John 20:28 “In answer Thomas said to him: My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him: Because you have seen me have you believed?

    John 20:31 “ But these have been written down that YOU may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God, and that, because of believing YOU may have life by means of his name.”

    Acts 2:38 “Peter [said] to them: ‘Repent, and let each one of YOU be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ...”

    1 John 3:23 “Indeed, this is his commandment, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ…”

    Created or Creator?

    Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that Jehovah created Jesus as an angel, and that Jesus then created all other things. What do the scriptures say?

    (About the Father)

    Isaiah 66:2 “Now all these things my own hand has made, so that all these came to be.”

    Isaiah 44:24 “…I, Jehovah, am doing everything, stretching out the heavens, by myself…”

    (About Jesus)

    John 1:3 “All things came into existence through him, and apart from him not even one thing came into existence.” If all things came into existence through Jesus, He could not have been created because He is included in the “all things.”

    Status, Names and Titles of Jesus and Jehovah

    Isaiah 9:6 “For there has been a child born to us, there has been a son given to us, and the princely rule will come to be upon his shoulder. And his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.”

    Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says Jehovah God, “the One who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty.”

    Revelation 1:17-18 “…I am the First and the Last, and the living one, and I became dead, but, look! I am living forever and ever, and I have the keys to death and of Hades.”

    Revelation 2:8 “…These are the things that he says, ‘the First and the Last, who became dead, and came to life [again]”

    Revelation 22:12-16 “Look! I am coming quickly, and the reward I give is with me, to render to each one as his work is. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end…I, Jesus, sent my angel to bear witness to you people of these things for the congregations. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright morning star.”

    Revelation 21:6-7 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,

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  • 9 years ago

    COME AND FOLOW ME .. ( IS NOT A COMMAND)

    YOU HAVE A CHOICE

    CHOOSE LIFE OR DEATH ( BIBLE)

    '

    I DON'T UNDERSTAND JW PROFFERING

    THE SOUL ( BODY) THAT SINNETH DIES ( OUR BODY DIES AND) AND THE SPIRIT

    RETURNS TO GOD ( ECCLESIASTICS 12.

    EZEKIEL 18.22

    THE SOUL THAT SINNETH DIES ( AND WE DO NOT PAY FOR THE SINS OF OUR MOTHER

    AND FATHER

    YOU WILL NOT BE DESTROYED

    IF THE SPIRIT RETURNS TO GOD AND WE PAY FOR OUR SINS ( WITH DEATH)

    HOW CAN WE BE DESTORYED

    WE WILL BE RESURRECTED.. AND THEN WE WILL BE JUDGED THOSE WHO DO GOOD

    GO TO EVERLASTING LIFE AND THE OTHERS WILL BE SEPARATED FROM GOD

    ( AND GO FOR CORRECTION ( NOT TO BURNING FIRES

    IC XC NKA

    KYRIE ELEISON ..

  • 9 years ago

    Yes I/we believe it. Others have other reasons not to believe in God.

    Source(s): Jehovah's Witness
  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    Yes I/we do!

    Source(s): JW
  • 9 years ago

    Yeah...

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    yep, yep, yep

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