We know from the Scriptures that Jehovah has always had only "one people"… well, at least until the prophesied apostasy took control (2 Thessalonians 2:3) however, centuries later that apostasy was revealed by a group of Bible students (Daniel 12:4; Isaiah 2:2) who recognized the abundance of un-Scriptural teachings of the divided sects that followed the apostasy. But "the only true God" (John 17:3) is a God of organization. The order of the universe attests to this. Christ said he would gather together "one flock" (John 10:16) and indeed they are united and "all speak in agreement" (1 Corinthians 1:10) throughout every single country over the entire planet!
Heb 10:24, 25
2 Cor 6:15-18
1 Peter 2:17
Acts 15:14-18
Acts 15:22-31
Acts 16:4, 5
Eph 4:11-16
Titus 1:5
1Ti 3:1-13
1Pe 5:2, 3
Joshua 23:2
Acts 14:23
Acts 20:28
1 Cor 11:3
Psalms 133:1
We often see people who hate and oppose and wish only to scatter Christ's flock. We know that there is one thing that Satan desires more than anything and that is to use all means of deceit and trickery and twisting of facts in order to devour the sheep of Christ's flock one by one. Satan knows that he has only a short time left (Rev 12:12) and he thinks that by picking off the weak sheep of Christ's one flock, that he will somehow prolong his demise (Matthew 24:14) Satan uses those who are blinded to Bible truth, and those followers of Satan create websites that focus on the human imperfections in Jehovah's earthly organization. Hoping that somehow he can confuse some sheep to drift just far enough away from Christ's flock that he can then pounce and rob them of their zeal for the ministry commissioned by our King Christ Jesus at Matthew 24:14. Of course, the wise servant of Christ's Heavenly Father Jehovah knows that spirit directed men in His earthly organization have *always* been imperfect and made mistakes… Jacob, Moses, David, Solomon and Peter all had major lapses in judgment and made grievous errors recorded in the Bible.So then, as people who wish to serve Jehovah "in truth" and keep our "worship pure", we should always ask ourselves the following questions:Why is there only one united worldwide organization that has not erased the Divine name of Christ's Heavenly Father from the Bible? John 17:26Why is there only one united worldwide organization who recognize that Jesus *always* glorified his Heavenly Father and prayed to Him? John 20:17
John 17:3-5
John 5:19
John 14:28
Mark 10:18
Matthew 26:39
John 8:17-18
Mark 13:32
Matthew 20:23
Matthew 3:17
Why is there only one united worldwide organization who believe what the Apostles were taught by Jesus and wrote, that after the coming 1,000 year reign of Christ that Jesus will hand the Kingdom *back* to his Heavenly Father and subject himself to his Heavenly Father at
1 Corinthians 15:24-28.
Also, see Acts 3:13 and Philippians 2:6
Why is there only *one* united worldwide flock who believes Jesus words at John 20:17 and Revelation 3:12?Why is there only *one* united worldwide flock who believe Jesus own words and the teachings of his Apostles when they clearly say that Jesus is *not* equal to his Heavenly Father Jehovah?
John 20:17
Revelation 3:12
1 Corinthians 15:24-28
Acts 3:13
Philippians 2:6
Dont let satan and his human pawns trick you into thinking that Jesus and Jehovah are schizophrenic and the same persons. dont let them trick you into putting up a xmas tree next year or venerating man-made crosses or any of the other pagan things they believe and are trying to seduce you into by causing you to question the only worldwide organization that worships Jehovah in the purest, cleanest way.
Why is there only one organization that is in every country on the planet who refuse to murder for their country?
Matthew 5:44-48
Matthew 26:52
Luke 6:27
1 Peter 2:23
1 Peter 3:9
Romans 12:17
Why is there only *one* united worldwide organization in which every single baptized Christian refuses to have anything to do with politics and voting for leaders of the various Kingdoms of Satan's world? God has promised to destroy *every* Kingdom on Earth and install His righteous Kingdom to rule over the entire Earth so why would we vote for that which God promises to destroy? Christ says give Caesar his tax money and obey the law as long as it does not conflict with God's law (which includes the law 'not to kill' another human) but beyond paying our taxes and obeying the law, why would we support what God will destroy?
Daniel 2:44
Luke 4:5-8
James 4:4
John 15:19
John 18:36
Acts 5:29
1 John 2:15
Romans 12:2
John 14:30
2 Corinthians 4:4
Ephesians 2:21
John 5:19
Why is there only one organization that is in every country on the planet that dismisses anyone in Christ's flock who is found out to be practicing homosexuality or fornication?Hebrews 12:5, 6 1 Corinthians 5:11-13 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 Matthew 18:15-17 1 Timothy 5:20 Hebrews 10:26, 27 Matthew 10:34-37Why is there only one organization that is in every country on the planet that dismiss anyone in the organization who is found out to be smoking cigarettes or using drugs or abusing alcohol?
Hebrews 12:5, 6
1 Corinthians 5:11-13
2 Thessalonians 3:6-15
Matthew 18:15-17
1 Timothy 5:20
Hebrews 10:26, 27
Matthew 10:34-37
Why is there only *one* united worldwide flock where they do not constantly ask for donations or pass a plate around and where all donated money *never* goes toward purchasing any *individual's* personal house or toward the purchase of a car for any *individual*? Why is there only *one* united worldwide flock where those who work *full-time* to preach the coming Kingdom of God and see that it continues to be preached (all the workers at bethel including the elders organizing the worldwide preaching of the coming earthly Kingdom of God) only receive a mere stipend of $113 a *MONTH* for their full-time work when most people in the united states could not live on $113 a *WEEK*? Romans 12:1
Why is there only one united worldwide organization within which *every Christian* is living according to the example set by Christ and his Apostles; namely going from village to village and house to house preaching God's coming Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven?Matthew 4:23
Matthew 9:35
Matthew 24:14
Luke 4:43
Luke 9:6
Luke 10:1
Acts 5:42
Acts 8:4
Acts 20:20, 21
1 Corinthians 9:16
Romans 10:15
2 Timothy 4:2-5
1 Peter 2:21
Matthew 7:21-23
Why is there only one organization that is in every country on the planet who has shunned all rituals and holidays originally designed to worship pagan gods?
Jeremiah 2:7-11
Exodus 20:3
Exodus 23:24
2 Kings 17:35
In addition, while there may be organizations that fit one or two of these "whys"Why is there only *one* united worldwide flock that fits *ALL* of these? why? Because Christ has only *one* true, global flock. See John 10:16It is no wonder that his "one flock" is *very* different from the 100s of divided religions of Satan's world
There is only one True religion and Organization that God uses. That religion is the World wide Christian Congregation of the Jehovahs Witnesses. We are Chosen and Led by God and his spirit. It has surely been a fruitful quest for truth and we have discorved these truths in a progressive manner and by the help of Jehovahs holy spirit. What you have seen with your own eyes and with your bible is what the bible truly teaches, now certainly the one True religion will teach these teachings would they not? We proudly teach and preach in all the world these truths and this wonderful message that will lead to everlasting life John 17:3
So what will you do after taking in this knowledge of the one true God and religion? Will you merely walk away from it? Because by doing so you are also walking away from our heavenly Father Jehovah, now will you truly walk away from God? May that never happen! This is the truth, the Organization of Jehovah, and we are his Witnesses Isaiah 43:10-12. Join the fight agaisnt Satan and go on the side that will win at the end, the Christian Congregation! Now is the time to choose what you want to do, not later, not in a couple of years, it is now the time to decide to join True religion, for "The Great Day of Jehovah Is Near!"-Zeph 1:14
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Why I Worship Jehovah as a Witness
By Brian Garcia
As many people know I am one of the Jehovahs Christian Witnesses. To be a Witness of the Most High God is such an honor, there is no other feeling in the world to know that you are serving the one true and only God Jehovah. He truly suplys everything that I have in this life of mines. I thank Jehovah for all that he has given me, my family, my girlfriend, and all the loving provisions that come from Jehovahs mouth. There is alot of negative things said about Jehovahs people his Witnesses especially on the internet. People say that we are a demonic cult, that we worship a false god, that we arent true Christians and alot of other things. Why? Because Jesus said that his true followers would be "objects of hatred by all the nations on account of my name"-Mark 13:13. I will not only defend the truth I will show you why I call this, "the truth", and show you why I worship Jehovah. I have many reasons, so let us explore them.
I have been exposed to alot of hatred and oposition from people who are determined to label the Jehovahs Witnesses as false. Jehovahs Witnesses are one of the most diffrent religion that claims to be Christian, we are very diffrent then the mainstream Chruches that teach that all Christians will go to heaven, that the wicked will burn in a firey hell for all eternity, and that believe in a Trinity three gods that make up one Godhead. We dont believe in any of those things. Instead we believe that only 144,000 anoited Christians will go to heaven and reign over the earth with Jesus Christ.(Revelation 14:1-3, Revelation 5:10) And that the rest of faithful mankind will inherit the earth and live forever on a Paradise earth.(Psalms 37:9,11,29,34; Luke 23:43) We believe that God is love therefore would not allow his children burn in a hell for there sins, for the Scriptures say "That the wages sin pays is death"-Romans 6:23. Death is the punshiment for sin and we also know from what the bible says that the dead "know nothing at all" in death and they are unconcious(Eccl 9:5,10), And are awaiting a ressurection from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(John 5:29).
We reject the doctrine of the Trinity for it is not the word of God, the first and most important Law in the bible is that "Jehovah our God is one Jehovah"-Deu 6:4 And Jesus Christ himself confirmed this in Mark 12:29-30. When Jesus was on earth he preached of his Father, not of himself. He prayed to his God and Father, not to himself. Imagine if Jesus was praying to himself, what a selfish and misleading act that would be! The fact of the matter is that Jesus is exacly what he claimed to be, The Son of God, not God himself. God loved the world so much that he sent his only begotten-son Jesus Christ so that everyone excerising faith in him can have everlasting life(John 3:16). He was sent by his Father Jehovah and that shows that he was in a lesser poistion then the Father, and I have never heard of a Son being the same person as there Father, have you?
Remember, Jesus said "He who has seen me has seen the Father," but he did not say "I am the Father." Also, Paul said Jesus is the "image of the Invisible God," but he did not say that Jesus was the Invisible God. (Col 1:15)And, Jesus said he came down as the representative of his Father, not that he was the Father. According to the apostle Paul, the Father is God. Not Jesus. So verses in the Bible that may apply in some way to both God and to Jesus do not prove that Jesus is God, only that he is God's "exact representation." (Hebrews 1:3) Still, an image is an image, a representation is a representation, and a representative is a representative -- of something other than what is imaged or represented.
Jehovahs Witnesses base all of there teachings on the bible, our faith is in Jehovah God, he is the God that we worship, not Allah, not a Trinity for we know that contradicts Gods word, nor do we worship any other false god. It is Jehovah alone we worship!(Matthew 4:10)
All and all I worship Jehovah because I know that he is the True God. I have studied countless religions like the Catholics, Baptist, Penetecostals, Mormons, Evangelicals, Islam, Judaism, and alot of other religions with a keen interest. I know what they all teach and believe in, and what I did was compare it all to the scriptures, if it was not in harmony with Gods complete word then I rejected it. And every single thing that the Jehovahs Witnesses teach is in the bible, this is the ONLY religion that does exacly what the bible tells us to do. This is Gods Organization and I am proud to be a Christian Witness of Jehovah. Everytime I even hear the name of my God Jehovah my heart lits up. I love Jehovah with my whole heart and I pray for him to give me strengh to resist the many many temptations that I have and I only hope that I can live up to his expectations and be there in that Paradise that he has promised us. Jehovah my God I love you with my whole heart, and it is my job to make your name known and make your will known. Thank you Heavenly Father for all the things you have blessed me with, my relationship with you Father is greater then all the riches in the world. And Id like to also publicaly say that I am sorry, I dont always show a Christian spirit and I say and do many things that I know in my heart are wrong, and It kills me to know that I hurt my God from time to time. I am a imperfect human being and we all sin because of our first parents Adam and Eve. I just hope that the blood of Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior can wipe away these sins that I have burryed myself in, and that in his ransom sacrifice I may be forgiven. I am looking forward to proving myself to Jehovah, because there is no love greater that I have then for my God Jehovah, that is why I worship him.
I have spent many years in Jehovahs Organization and there have been times where I had doubted the truth and ventured off and tryed seeking for "the truth". I spent two years deeply studying all religions and many diffrent doctrines and dogma's. I have execepted other religious puclications and have talked to many people from Catholics to Pentecostal Pastors, to Jews to Mormons. I even thought that Islam was probaly the truth. I really enjoyed learning about Islam but in examining all these religions I found many things that contradicted scriptures. I was becoming more and more puzzled and even more confused when I started looking for "the truth" outside the truth. I even had the Mormon Missionaries come over my house for 5 months and I learned a great deal about there religion and I even considered thinking that the book of Mormon was scripture. But of course in my research I found that the Book of Mormon is not "Comparable" to the Holy bible. Since all these religions was only confusing me and leaving behind mindless contradictions what I decided to do was just open my bible and read the scriptures and the scriptures alone, at this time I was also becoming very well in learning greek and hebrew. In doing that, reading the bible on its own, I let Gods word guide me to the truth. And it did just that. What I had been searching for was in front of my face all along! Everything I found in the bible, all of the prophets of old teachings and what Jesus said his followers would believe and do were being done by the Jehovahs Witnesses. I felt relieved and happy but at the same time I felt bad. I thought to myself; 'I never had to look outside for the truth, because I already had it.' I felt like I had put Jehovah to the test which is something wrong(Matthew 4:10). But it was a lesson well learned, a few months later I made my dedication to Jehovah the one and only true God by baptism. I may have rushed to things but I was just so happy to know the truth and I wanted to be a member of Jehovahs flock, the Christian Congregation. I tell you from experience that there is no feeling that can possibly explain coming out of that water being reborn and starting over again and becoming a new person through baptism. Since then I have been through alot, I have had my mother being disfellowshiped from the Christian Congregation, my parents divorcing, having to struggle from being apart of the world, disapointing Jehovah over and over again by my actions. But Jehovah is such a forgiving God and he has never left my sight. He continues to be my strengh and the only one giving me power. It is a honor to be a Witness to him, the Almighty God Jehovah. And to be a member of his earthly Organization, Jesus said that "You will know you are my disciples if you have love amoung yourselfs"-John 13:35. Jehovahs Witnesses know that we are Jesus disciples because we "have love for the whole association of brothers"-1 Peter 5:9. We are truly a international brotherhood and Jehovahs Witnesses love each other no matter what background, race, or color. I am willing to do anything for my brothers and sisters in the truth and they are willing to do the same for me, even the ones that I have yet to meet. We are known for our love for one another.
It is most evident that as a whole, Witnesses are worshiping the one true God. We all do it for one reason, because we love Jehovah our God and each others. The bible stresses the love that God has for us. The scriptures say that "God is love" 1John 4:8. So wouldnt it be reasonable to come to the conclusion that Gods true servants will also be known by Gods most outstanding quality, love? The bible says that God is one God,(1 Tim 2:5) is a Trinity really one God? Im not that good at math but im pretty sure that 1+1+1=3, not 1! There is hardly any sound bible evidence that supports that false teaching. The bible says to accept Jesus Christ as savior and do his Fathers commandments and you will be saved. The bible says that Gods promise to mankind is life on earth in paradise, and that only 144,000 will go to heaven.(Psalms 37:9; Rev 14:3) The bible says that we have to be Witnesses to Jehovah God and preach the good news of his coming kingdom.(Isa 43:10; Mtthw 24:14) What religion is doing all of this right now? What religion belieives in these things set in Gods word? Certainly not the Catholics or the Mormons or the Pentecostals or any other religion that claims to follow Gods teachings. There is only one true religion that is led by Jehovah God and Christ Jesus and doing the preaching work and spreading the good news of these bible truths. If you only knew the love that God will display to you if you just stay at Jehovahs table, the loving kindess that Jehovah has in store for you in the truth. Jehovah has done the greatist act of love for mankind, that is why I worship the Sovereign Lord of the universe, Jehovah God the Almighty.
As many people know I am one of the Jehovahs Christian Witnesses. To be a Witness of the Most High God is such an honor, there is no other feeling in the world to know that you are serving the one true and only God Jehovah. He truly suplys everything that I have in this life of mines. I thank Jehovah for all that he has given me, my family, my girlfriend, and all the loving provisions that come from Jehovahs mouth. There is alot of negative things said about Jehovahs people his Witnesses especially on the internet. People say that we are a demonic cult, that we worship a false god, that we arent true Christians and alot of other things. Why? Because Jesus said that his true followers would be "objects of hatred by all the nations on account of my name"-Mark 13:13. I will not only defend the truth I will show you why I call this, "the truth", and show you why I worship Jehovah. I have many reasons, so let us explore them.
I have been exposed to alot of hatred and oposition from people who are determined to label the Jehovahs Witnesses as false. Jehovahs Witnesses are one of the most diffrent religion that claims to be Christian, we are very diffrent then the mainstream Chruches that teach that all Christians will go to heaven, that the wicked will burn in a firey hell for all eternity, and that believe in a Trinity three gods that make up one Godhead. We dont believe in any of those things. Instead we believe that only 144,000 anoited Christians will go to heaven and reign over the earth with Jesus Christ.(Revelation 14:1-3, Revelation 5:10) And that the rest of faithful mankind will inherit the earth and live forever on a Paradise earth.(Psalms 37:9,11,29,34; Luke 23:43) We believe that God is love therefore would not allow his children burn in a hell for there sins, for the Scriptures say "That the wages sin pays is death"-Romans 6:23. Death is the punshiment for sin and we also know from what the bible says that the dead "know nothing at all" in death and they are unconcious(Eccl 9:5,10), And are awaiting a ressurection from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(John 5:29).
We reject the doctrine of the Trinity for it is not the word of God, the first and most important Law in the bible is that "Jehovah our God is one Jehovah"-Deu 6:4 And Jesus Christ himself confirmed this in Mark 12:29-30. When Jesus was on earth he preached of his Father, not of himself. He prayed to his God and Father, not to himself. Imagine if Jesus was praying to himself, what a selfish and misleading act that would be! The fact of the matter is that Jesus is exacly what he claimed to be, The Son of God, not God himself. God loved the world so much that he sent his only begotten-son Jesus Christ so that everyone excerising faith in him can have everlasting life(John 3:16). He was sent by his Father Jehovah and that shows that he was in a lesser poistion then the Father, and I have never heard of a Son being the same person as there Father, have you?
Remember, Jesus said "He who has seen me has seen the Father," but he did not say "I am the Father." Also, Paul said Jesus is the "image of the Invisible God," but he did not say that Jesus was the Invisible God. (Col 1:15)And, Jesus said he came down as the representative of his Father, not that he was the Father. According to the apostle Paul, the Father is God. Not Jesus. So verses in the Bible that may apply in some way to both God and to Jesus do not prove that Jesus is God, only that he is God's "exact representation." (Hebrews 1:3) Still, an image is an image, a representation is a representation, and a representative is a representative -- of something other than what is imaged or represented.
Jehovahs Witnesses base all of there teachings on the bible, our faith is in Jehovah God, he is the God that we worship, not Allah, not a Trinity for we know that contradicts Gods word, nor do we worship any other false god. It is Jehovah alone we worship!(Matthew 4:10)
All and all I worship Jehovah because I know that he is the True God. I have studied countless religions like the Catholics, Baptist, Penetecostals, Mormons, Evangelicals, Islam, Judaism, and alot of other religions with a keen interest. I know what they all teach and believe in, and what I did was compare it all to the scriptures, if it was not in harmony with Gods complete word then I rejected it. And every single thing that the Jehovahs Witnesses teach is in the bible, this is the ONLY religion that does exacly what the bible tells us to do. This is Gods Organization and I am proud to be a Christian Witness of Jehovah. Everytime I even hear the name of my God Jehovah my heart lits up. I love Jehovah with my whole heart and I pray for him to give me strengh to resist the many many temptations that I have and I only hope that I can live up to his expectations and be there in that Paradise that he has promised us. Jehovah my God I love you with my whole heart, and it is my job to make your name known and make your will known. Thank you Heavenly Father for all the things you have blessed me with, my relationship with you Father is greater then all the riches in the world. And Id like to also publicaly say that I am sorry, I dont always show a Christian spirit and I say and do many things that I know in my heart are wrong, and It kills me to know that I hurt my God from time to time. I am a imperfect human being and we all sin because of our first parents Adam and Eve. I just hope that the blood of Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior can wipe away these sins that I have burryed myself in, and that in his ransom sacrifice I may be forgiven. I am looking forward to proving myself to Jehovah, because there is no love greater that I have then for my God Jehovah, that is why I worship him.
I have spent many years in Jehovahs Organization and there have been times where I had doubted the truth and ventured off and tryed seeking for "the truth". I spent two years deeply studying all religions and many diffrent doctrines and dogma's. I have execepted other religious puclications and have talked to many people from Catholics to Pentecostal Pastors, to Jews to Mormons. I even thought that Islam was probaly the truth. I really enjoyed learning about Islam but in examining all these religions I found many things that contradicted scriptures. I was becoming more and more puzzled and even more confused when I started looking for "the truth" outside the truth. I even had the Mormon Missionaries come over my house for 5 months and I learned a great deal about there religion and I even considered thinking that the book of Mormon was scripture. But of course in my research I found that the Book of Mormon is not "Comparable" to the Holy bible. Since all these religions was only confusing me and leaving behind mindless contradictions what I decided to do was just open my bible and read the scriptures and the scriptures alone, at this time I was also becoming very well in learning greek and hebrew. In doing that, reading the bible on its own, I let Gods word guide me to the truth. And it did just that. What I had been searching for was in front of my face all along! Everything I found in the bible, all of the prophets of old teachings and what Jesus said his followers would believe and do were being done by the Jehovahs Witnesses. I felt relieved and happy but at the same time I felt bad. I thought to myself; 'I never had to look outside for the truth, because I already had it.' I felt like I had put Jehovah to the test which is something wrong(Matthew 4:10). But it was a lesson well learned, a few months later I made my dedication to Jehovah the one and only true God by baptism. I may have rushed to things but I was just so happy to know the truth and I wanted to be a member of Jehovahs flock, the Christian Congregation. I tell you from experience that there is no feeling that can possibly explain coming out of that water being reborn and starting over again and becoming a new person through baptism. Since then I have been through alot, I have had my mother being disfellowshiped from the Christian Congregation, my parents divorcing, having to struggle from being apart of the world, disapointing Jehovah over and over again by my actions. But Jehovah is such a forgiving God and he has never left my sight. He continues to be my strengh and the only one giving me power. It is a honor to be a Witness to him, the Almighty God Jehovah. And to be a member of his earthly Organization, Jesus said that "You will know you are my disciples if you have love amoung yourselfs"-John 13:35. Jehovahs Witnesses know that we are Jesus disciples because we "have love for the whole association of brothers"-1 Peter 5:9. We are truly a international brotherhood and Jehovahs Witnesses love each other no matter what background, race, or color. I am willing to do anything for my brothers and sisters in the truth and they are willing to do the same for me, even the ones that I have yet to meet. We are known for our love for one another.
It is most evident that as a whole, Witnesses are worshiping the one true God. We all do it for one reason, because we love Jehovah our God and each others. The bible stresses the love that God has for us. The scriptures say that "God is love" 1John 4:8. So wouldnt it be reasonable to come to the conclusion that Gods true servants will also be known by Gods most outstanding quality, love? The bible says that God is one God,(1 Tim 2:5) is a Trinity really one God? Im not that good at math but im pretty sure that 1+1+1=3, not 1! There is hardly any sound bible evidence that supports that false teaching. The bible says to accept Jesus Christ as savior and do his Fathers commandments and you will be saved. The bible says that Gods promise to mankind is life on earth in paradise, and that only 144,000 will go to heaven.(Psalms 37:9; Rev 14:3) The bible says that we have to be Witnesses to Jehovah God and preach the good news of his coming kingdom.(Isa 43:10; Mtthw 24:14) What religion is doing all of this right now? What religion belieives in these things set in Gods word? Certainly not the Catholics or the Mormons or the Pentecostals or any other religion that claims to follow Gods teachings. There is only one true religion that is led by Jehovah God and Christ Jesus and doing the preaching work and spreading the good news of these bible truths. If you only knew the love that God will display to you if you just stay at Jehovahs table, the loving kindess that Jehovah has in store for you in the truth. Jehovah has done the greatist act of love for mankind, that is why I worship the Sovereign Lord of the universe, Jehovah God the Almighty.
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