The Watchtower’s study book, What Does the Bible Really Teach? (p. 186) says, “As described in the Bible, love for God is much more than a feeling… The Bible teaches: ‘This is what the love of God means, that we observe his commandments; and yet his commandments are not burdensome.’ (1 John 5:3). To be genuine, love for God must bear fine fruit. It must be expressed in actions.”[1]
What the Watchtower fails to understand is that none of this is possible without the inner transformation provided by the new birth. Continue reading