As we saw last time, the Watchtower teaches that in order to obtain everlasting life, members of the great crowd must achieve moral perfection by the end of the millennial kingdom.
Ask the Witnesses the stone-in-the-shoe question:
The Watchtower gives a number of explanations.
Don’t argue with them.
Instead, ask them to explain to you step-by-step what is supposed to happen. Continue reading
According to the Watchtower, members of the great crowd must try to prove worthy of everlasting life by attaining moral perfection during the millennial kingdom.
I recommend that you ask Jehovah’s Witnesses to explain step-by-step how this will happen. Continue reading
In Romans 10:1-3, Paul reveals something regarding his fellow Israelites which I believe applies equally to Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Brothers, the goodwill of my heart and my supplication to God for them are indeed for their salvation. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to accurate knowledge. For because of not knowing the righteousness of God but seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Trying to be righteous sounds like a good thing, so you can draw this scripture to the Witnesses’ attention and ask them to explain it to you.
You won’t be attacking the Watchtower or Jehovah’s Witnesses.
You’ll be asking stone-in-the-shoe questions about what the Israelites were doing wrong.
Be praying that the Witnesses will see that they are making the same mistake. Continue reading
If you owed a billion dollars and someone graciously paid the entire amount, you would be free of the debt.
That would be fantastic!
But now your bank balance would be zero and you would still be bankrupt.
You would have no assets, and you would still be without the means to support yourself.
Similarly, God has made payment for our sin debt through the blood of Christ.
But now where do we get the power to overcome the sin that indwells us so we can live righteously from here on out? Continue reading
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
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