{"id":1469,"date":"2017-04-25T10:36:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T14:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lardinais.gtmproject.com\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2017-04-25T10:36:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T14:36:20","slug":"st-jehovahs-witness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hannahscupboard.com\/st-jehovahs-witness\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Jehovah’s Witnesses pleasing to God?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Question<\/b>:<\/p>\n

I have a friend who is a Jehovah\u2019s Witness. They have totally different ways to praise God. I just want to know if Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses are pleasing to God.<\/p>\n

– B. from Unknown City<\/p>\n

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The Answer<\/b>
\n<\/span>Part 1: Christian or Cult?
\nPart 2: Pleasing?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Christian or Cult? (Part 1)<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s a difficult question to answer in the way you have posed it \u2013 are Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses pleasing to God? The underlying question must first be whether they are part of the Christian church. The answer is that they are not.<\/p>\n

Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses was founded in 1879 in Pennsylvania by a man named Charles Taze Russell. Russell was never educated beyond grade school and his interpretations of scripture and subsequent doctrinal positions came only from self-study. This method unfortunately led him far astray of sound Christian doctrine.<\/p>\n

The core question for every religion is: who is Jesus? If the church is Christian the answer is that he is fully God and fully man. To the Jehovah\u2019s Witness Jesus is not God but was the first thing that God created.<\/p>\n

From there we have many other discrepancies. There is no Trinity but one person God named \u201cJehovah.\u201d Before he lived on the earth Jesus was Michael the archangel. When he died on a \u201cstake\u201d he was not resurrected bodily but only as a spirit. Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses believe that Jesus returned to the earth invisibly in 1914 and will not be coming back again. Soon however, he and the angels will destroy all non-Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses.<\/p>\n

Within society Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses have some rules that seem peculiar to the mainstream. They do not observe holidays or birthdays and are forbidden to vote or salute the flag. They may not work in the military or accept blood transfusions. (This information is mainly derived from \u201cChristianity, Cults & Religions\u201d by Rose Publishing.)<\/p>\n

The traditional Christian Church sees Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses as a cult and its members deceived by false doctrine. Multitudes of sincere people are trapped. They read from a Bible that was erroneously translated by a man who had no understanding of Greek or Hebrew. A comparison of key passages in God\u2019s Word about who Jesus is (particularly John, chapter 1) will reveal the difficulty with which a Jehovah\u2019s Witness can come to the truth.<\/p>\n

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Pleasing? (Part 2)<\/h2>\n

Now, let\u2019s get beyond the theology of it and talk about your friend. The information above gives you a framework in which to understand your friend\u2019s religion so it is necessary. But what do you do with it?<\/p>\n

When Jesus left the earth he gave a command that we generally refer to as The Great Commission. He said: \u201c\u2019Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.\u2019\u201d<\/strong> (Matthew 28:19-20)<\/p>\n

Just like any person or group who does not yet know Jesus, we are commanded to present him in a way that will reveal truth. Jehovah Witnesses fall into this group. It is not so much a matter of whether their praise style is pleasing to God but the fact that they do not actually know God<\/em> for who he really is in Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses are a vast mission field. Since one of their number is in your life you need to learn all you can in order to be an effective witness. Start with prayer. Ask God to give you a strategy for redeeming the soul of your friend. Love your friend and reach out but with the clear understanding that you do not believe the same things.<\/p>\n

Give your friend a Bible if an occasion appropriate for a gift comes along. The Bible says: \u201cSo faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.\u201d<\/strong> (Romans 10:17) Don\u2019t argue \u2013 that is pointless, but do be prepared to always patiently explain your Christian position when opportunities come along. Study to know the differences.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know about your friend but I do know that if you help to bridge the gap for them to Jesus, YOU will be pleasing to God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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