When Jesus , Master, inspected this "slave" in 1918, saw that it was complying with its duty to provide the "meat in due season" so tastefully appointed him "over all his goods" (read Matthew 24:45-47).This is the explanation more precise according to Jehovah's Witnesses and Body interprets and applies Goberante Matthew 24:45-47. But this is the only formal basis for his claim to be the "organization of the faithful and discreet slave" of God and "the only true religion" today.
- The Watchtower, January 15, 2008, pg. 24.
Of course, the Witnesses say it's the only one currently being taught "the truth", but that has nothing to do, it is evident that Jesus did not have to make a decision in 1919 based on what the Society is teaching today.
The official website of the Watchtower, under the title "Jehovah's Witnesses: Who are they and do you think?" [1] listed forty-two of their beliefs (right or Bible verse included). But curiously the most important lesson , the only teaching you really need -known that "The Watchtower Society is God's organization" - is not mentioned . Why is that?
| belief that knowing | belief that knowing NEED |
| The Bible is the Word of God and the truth | |
| The Bible is more reliable than tradition | |
| God's name is Jehovah | |
| Christ is the Son of God and is inferior to him | |
| Christ was God's first creation | |
| Christ died on a tree, not a | |
| Christ offered his life as a ransom for obedient people | |
| With the sacrifice of Jesus was sufficient | |
| Christ was raised from the dead as an immortal spirit | |
| The presence of Christ is spiritual | |
| We are now in 'end times' | |
| The Kingdom in the hands of Christ will rule the earth with justice and peace | |
| United produce best living conditions on Earth | |
| Earth will never be destroyed or depopulated | |
| God will destroy the system of things in the battle of Har-Magedon | |
| The wicked will be annihilated | |
| People God approves will receive eternal life | |
| There is only one path that leads to life | |
| Human death is due to the sin of Adam | |
| The human soul ceases to exist at the time of death | |
| Hell is mankind's common grave | |
| Hope for dead is resurrection | |
| Adamic death ends | |
| Only a small herd of 144,000 people go to heaven to rule with Christ | |
| The 144,000 are born again as spiritual sons of God | |
| The new pact Spiritual Israel did | |
| The congregation of Christ is built on it | |
| The prayers should be directed only to Jehovah through Christ | |
| should not be used religious images | |
| spiritualism should be avoided | |
| Satan is the invisible ruler of the world | |
| The Christian should not participate in ecumenical movements | |
| The Christian world must keep clear of | |
| must obey human laws that do not conflict with God | |
| blood into the body through the mouth or veins violates God's laws | |
| must obey biblical laws on morality | |
| The Sabbath law was given only to Israel and was abolished with the Mosaic Law | |
| should not be a clerical class and special titles should be used | |
| Man did not evolve; was created | |
| God should be served following the example of Christ | |
| Baptism by immersion symbolizes complete dedication to God | |
| Christians give public testimony of biblical truth willingly |
If you ask the Jehovah's Witnesses "Do you believe that the Watchtower Society is God's organization?", Surely you would answer "Yes." But if you ask "why do you think?", You will receive a variety of responses that are usually related to what society is teaching and doing today.
The reason why answer the question of the right column is the only thing that needs to be known is because all the other teachings of the Watchtower are dependent -not what the Bible says but what the "God's organization" actually says that the Bible says. This is evident by the willingness (or rather, requirements) that religious leaders are placed on the Jehovah's Witnesses to maintain its status of "approved partners" [2] within the congregation, so , its leaders can change what they believe the Bible times as they want and however they want, even if your new teaching is totally contradictory to previous teaching, or the "new light" is simply an "old light" that had been discarded.
Certainly there are some teachings that have not changed since 1919. These include the name of God is "Jehovah" that God is a Trinity, that Jesus is not God, the soul is immortal, that hell is not hot, that the dead are unconscious and that the Earth will be destroyed. But this proves nothing, since there were other religions that taught the same things before, during and after 1919. If these teachings of Jesus passed inspection, the other religions passed.
If the Watchtower Society really is the only organization God is using to teach mankind the truth about the Bible (which is what the Witnesses believe), then what we all need to do is believe everything shown in column the left, whether they realize it or not (which is what the Witnesses do).
Those who dare to investigate the history of this organization , lessons that were being supplied at the time who say that Jesus chose only the Watchtower Society (1874-1919), being taught "the truth" discover they were being deceived. Unfortunately, there are those who dare not investigate this food was being supplied at the time and prefer to believe the illusion that Watchtower Society is "God's organization ."
*** This article is
based on Chapters 2 and 3 of Don Cameron's book, "Captives of a Concept" (Captives of a Concept). Www.captivesofaconcept.com
[1] http://www.watchtower.org/s/jt/article_03.htm
[2] The Watchtower of April 1, 1986, page 31.
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