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helpforhomeschoolers
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If salvation were by works, then JW and Mormons would surely be shinning examples of the saved.
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A cult is a religion that is said to be unorthodox or that emphasizes devotion according to prescribed ritual. Many cults follow a living human leader, and often their adherents live in groups apart from the rest of society. The standard for what is orthodox, however, should be God’s Word, and Jehovah’s Witnesses strictly adhere to the Bible.
Not so. Jehovah Witnesses strictly adhere to Watchtower literature and your version of the Bible as interpreted by the WatchTower organization.
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Caretaker
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The True Jesus:
http://letusreason.org/trin15.htm
Paul wrote to the Church in 2 Cor. 11:3 "But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted-- you may well put up with it. (you will have to endure it, or you wear it beautifully, and some do).
It is clear that Paul said Another Jesus is being preached, but what did Paul mean by “another Jesus?”
Some have a pragmatic approach to a pragmatic Jesus. Since he works, it doesn’t matter who he really is just as long as he is called Jesus. He can be an angel, a perfect man or some divine creature that we may all become. He can even be savior but not the Lord (almighty).
Paul’s phrase of another Jesus was to warn the church not to be deceived. The name is the same, it is the name Jesus from the Bible, but it is not the authentic Jesus of the Bible. He is different, having some similarities but not the same in his nature. Through this Jesus you can be promised things that the real one never promised. You can think more highly of yourself, you can have power and abilities far beyond mortal men.
With this other Jesus comes a different Spirit and it affects the gospel as it becomes another Gospel. Alterations of the Christian message have always been with us from the beginning of the church, but they have never enjoyed the immense popularity that it does today. Iglesia ni Christo Jehovah’s Witnesses , Mormons numerous others come along and say they have the truth and the real Jesus, but they make him out to be something than the Scriptures say He is not. If you miss Jesus being God you have missed it all. Because you can be self deceived into thinking you know the real Jesus and this is what Paul is concerned about.
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http://www.freeminds.org/
http://www.freeminds.org/doctrine/doctrine.htm
But how can Jesus be Yahweh? Some mistakenly think that traditional Christianity teaches that Jesus is the Father. 5 Rather, traditional Christian belief has been that Jesus and the Father are separate Persons. Yet, both share the nature and unity that belong to Deity. 6 Because the Son is Yahweh doesn’t make Him His own Father! Listen to the Scriptures as they consistently apply the Divine Name to Jesus Christ.
The Messianic prophecy at Isaiah 40:3-5 is quoted at Matthew 3:1-3, Mark 1:1-4, Luke 3:2-6, and John 1:23. Isaiah spoke of one who would clear the way for Jehovah. John the Baptist fulfilled this prophecy by preparing the way for Jesus.
“You must not fear the object they fear,” wrote the Prophet Isaiah (8:12b), “but Yahweh of Armies you must sanctify.” When quoting this passage, the Apostle Peter replaced “of Armies” with “the Christ.” Conflating the Hebrew and Greek texts: ‘You must not fear the object they fear, but Jehovah (the Christ) you must sanctify.’ 7 Carefully compare Isaiah 8:12b, 13 in the LXX with 1 Peter 3:14b, 15 in the Interlinear. Does the Tetragrammaton occur in 1 Peter 3:15 in the J-versions? Yes, the 1985 edition of the Interlinear records it in a footnote at this verse. What the Interlinear doesn’t tell you is that both J7 and J8 read: “Sanctify Jehovah God (who is Christ) in your hearts.” 8
Click here to see 1 Peter 3:15 from J-7
Yahweh is a “stone of stumbling” according to Isaiah 8:14. But when Peter quotes the passage at 1 Peter 2:8 he tells us the “stone of stumbling” (Yahweh) is Jesus Christ.
Psalm 68:18 speaks of Yahweh as `ascending on high taking gifts in men.’ Yet, the Apostle Paul quotes this passage in Ephesians 4:7-10 and applies it to the Ascension of Jesus Christ.
WHOSE GLORY DID ISAIAH SEE?
Carefully compare Isaiah 6:1-10 with John 12:39-42. Isaiah reports a vision of Yahweh in His temple. The Seraphs proclaim: “Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of armies. The fullness of all the earth is his glory.” Isaiah was told the people’s eyes, ears, and hearts would be blinded by the message he preached. Amazingly, John 12:40 quotes from Isaiah 6:10, referring to the blindness and hardness of heart some experienced when confronted with Christ’s claims. John (12:41) concludes: “Isaiah said these things because he saw his [Yahweh/Jesus] glory, and he spoke about him.” (Even the New World Translation Reference Bible (1984 edition) cross-references Isaiah 6:1 to John 12:41!) If the Apostle John had no problem saying that Isaiah’s vision of Yahweh in His temple was a vision of Christ’s glory, why should we?
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http://www.carm.org/witnesses.htm
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A Servant of Christ,
Drew
1 Tim. 3:
16: And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh..
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