A visible organization is out of harmony with God's divine plan. {WT 12/1/1894, p.1743}
"Beware of organization .. it is wholly unnecessary." {WT Sep 15 1895 1866}
A Christian must always be part of Jehovah's visible organization. {WT 1/1/1960, p.19}
1969 "We need to examine, not only what we personally believe, but also what is taught by any religious organization with which we may be associated. Are its teachings in full harmony with God's Word, or are they based on the traditions of men? If we are lovers of the truth, there is nothing to fear from such an examination." {TLEL 13, WT Mar 15 1969 166}
"Any person who wants to survive into God's righteous new order urgently needs to come into a right relationship with [Jehovah's]earthly organization now.. come to Jehovah's organization for salvation .." {WT Nov 15 1981 16-7/21}[compare with "For these same reasons that Jesus did not organize congregations while present with his disciples in the Jewish harvest, we do not consider expedient or necessary organizations even simple and unsectarian as those established by the apostles." {Watchtower Reprints Oct1883 536}]
"Can it be stated flatly that only baptized Witnesses of Jehovah will survive Armageddon? Yes, with a few exceptions. WT1/15/1971, p.63
{And what are these few exceptions?}
[Of those living at the time of Armageddon, only Jehovah's Witnesses will be saved] {WT Feb 15 1979 30}
1979 "PUT FAITH in a VICTORIOUS ORGANIZATION" {WT Mar 1 1979 1} [were the victories all invisible, like the Parousia, Angelic communication, End of time of the Gentiles, Christ's rule, etc.? Also compare with "For the same reasons that Jesus did not organize congregations while present with his disciples in the Jewish harvest, we do not consider expedient ornecessary organizations even simple and unsectarian as those established by the apostles." {WR Oct 1883 536}]
"identifying themselves with Jehovah's organization is essential to their salvation." {KMIN Nov 1990 1}
"We cannot take part in any modern version of idolatry - be it worshipful gestures toward an image or symbol or the imputing ofsalvation to a person or an organization." {WT Nov 1 1990 26} [The name of one of the centres for Jeroboam to worship goldencalves was "Bethel" (1 Kings 12:28-33)]
"If we hope to win eventual salvation, we must submit to a test of endurance as part of the necessary preperation for salvation." WT11/1/1991, p.9
"But if we were to draw away from Jehovah's organization, there would be no place else to go for salvation and true joy."WT 9/15/1993, p. 22 {What happened to God's son Jesus?}
"Jehovah's organization as directed by his 'faithful and discreet slave' class should influence our every decision also. How may we avail ourselves of this good influence? By doing personal research in the Bible publications of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society on whatever subject our decision concerns. This always proves to be a real aid in making clear to us the Bible principles involved and their application to our lives." {WT Oct 15 1998}
"The Bible is organization-minded and it cannot be fully understood without our having the theocratic organization in mind." WT9/1/1954, p. 549 {In other words, you are to stupid to understand the Bible with the help of God and the Holy Spirit, so you better listen to the WTorganization for accurate Bible interpretation}
"The world is full of Bibles, which Book contains the commandments of God. Why, then, do the people not know which way to go?Because they do not also have the teaching or law of the mother, which is light. Jehovah God has provided his holy written Word forall mankind and it contains all the information that is needed for men in taking a course leading to life. But God has not arranged for that Word to speak independently or to shine forth life-giving truths by itself. His Word says: 'Light is sown for the righteous.' (Ps.97:11) It is through his organization that God provides this light that the proverb says is the teaching or law of the mother. If we are to walk in the light of truth we must recognize not only Jehovah God as our Father but his organization as our mother." {WT May 11957 274} [Independent Bible reading is dangerous.. to the Society]
And what if the decisions the so called Faithful and Discreet slave class make are not in accord with God's plan? How many times has the Society needed to revise teachings with "New Light" ? New light never contradicts old light, but adds to it. WT 2/1881, p. 188 John 5:39-40 "You are searching the scriptures, because you think that by means of them you will have everlasting life; and these are the very ones that bear witness about me." 40 And yet you do not want to come to me that you may have life. {NWT}
Acts 4:12. "Neither is there salvation in any other for there is none other name under heaven given among men. whereby we must be saved."
Acts 16:31. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.'
John 5:24, "He that heareth my Word, and believeth on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."
John 3:16-"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."
Question: Does the Bible indicate that one's salvation is dependent upon his response to an earthly organization?
Answer: One's salvation is dependent upon his response to the person of Jesus Christ. No where in the Bible does it even hint that we should obey and respond to a religion or organization.
It is sad that so many Jehovah's Witnesses do not understand that obeying their religion is contrary to obeying God.
6 comments:
Exactly, a worldly organization, a corporation, with all the usual tax breaks, investments, legal team, etc...
Don't forget the BIG portion of pompus aragance, pride and self rightousness and greed.
once again a big lie.
in Matthew 24:14 Jesus said:
The good news of the kingdom will be preached for a witness to all the nations and then the end will come.
how will that be accomplish without an organization?
if you are honest you know the answer.
For 15 centuries before our Common Era, Jehovah God had a visible organization on earth. He used the prophet Moses as His mediator in organizing the nation of Israel after its deliverance from Egypt.
Later, when the Israelites increased in numbers and became millions, God did not let each one worship in his own way, separate from any organized arrangement. No, the Israelites were formed into a nation of organized worshipers. The nation of Israel was called “Jehovah’s congregation.” (Numbers 20:4; 1 Chronicles 28:8) If you were a true worshiper of Jehovah back then, you had to be part of that congregation of worshipers, not separate from it.—Psalm 147:19, 20.
When Jesus was on earth the nation of Israel was still God's people, one did not have to follow Jesus or become Jesus Disciple to worship God. but after Jesus death and Resurrection one had to be part of Jesus disciples to serve God because God Rejected the nation of Israel and gave his favor to the new form congregation.
An organization is “an organized body,” according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary.
With that in mind, we understand that because the apostles organized first-century Christians into local congregations under the oversight of a governing body in Jerusalem,(Acts 15 and 16) it is proper to speak of that “association of brothers” as an organization.
“An organization is an association of persons for the purpose of carrying out a formed design.
Heb. 10:24, 25: “Let us consider one another to incite to love and fine works, not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together, as some have the custom, but encouraging one another, and all the more so as you behold the day drawing near.” (But to where would a person direct interested ones so they could obey this command if there were no organization with regular meetings where they could gather?)
John 10:16: “I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.”
one flock and one shepherd, not 2 or 3 and the sheep will be gather together in unity not scatter.
(Since Jesus would bring such ones into “one flock,” is it not obvious that they could not be scattered in Christendom’s religions?)
1 Cor. 1:10: “Now I exhort you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you should all speak in agreement, and that there should not be divisions among you, but that you may be fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought.” (Such unity does not exist among the varied churches of Christendom.) only in the true organization.
Such unity would never be achieved if the individuals did not meet together, benefit from the same spiritual feeding program, and respect the agency through which such instruction was provided. See also John 17:20, 21.)
Believe it or not you cannot worship God the way you want you need to be part of God organization on earth to serve Him
Matthew 24:45-47 Jesus spoke about a faithful and discreet slave that will give proper food at the proper time, and that faitful slave will exist in the first century until Jesus come, then you need to identify that slave today.
that slave is not one person because it existed in the first century until today, he represents a class of persons.
so apostate good luck instead of obeying the instructions from the slave today you are acting like the evil slave beating up by words the true organization today.
you know it no need to tell you about the true organization.
SOOOOO GOOOD LUCK TO YOU.
"Heb. 10:24, 25: “Let us consider one another to incite to love and fine works, not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together, as some have the custom, but encouraging one another,...."and all the more so as you behold the day drawing near".” But wait a minute here...aren't the meetings being scaled back? Aren't you suppose to be gathering together EVEN MORE SO AS THE DAY DRAWS NEAR?????
Oh, that's right, it's new light, new direction from the faithful and discreet slave by way of a letter to all congregations.
defender, you say:
"so apostate good luck instead of obeying the instructions from the slave today you are acting like the evil slave beating up by words the true organization today.
you know it no need to tell you about the true organization."
WHAT???? First of all you should use the word "apostate" correctly. No one is saying they left the true God or deny him, rather, they choose as I do not to belong to the worldly organization under control of the Watchtower.
for your information we will still have all the meetings.
the book study will be together with the theocratic school and service meeting.
again good luck
why do you say "good luck"? that's not appropriate language for a JW. luck is magic and besides i do not wait or hope for luck, nor do i wish it on others.
you currently meet together 3x a week and saturday for field service. the change will be in january to meet 2x and no saturday field service. correct??
also, beware of who you call an "apostate". no one hear claims to have left the true God just the grip of the Watchtower.
Interesting that the defenders of this disgusting religion insist on visiting apostate sites, such as this, AGAINST the wishes of the said religion, making long and pointless posts - they're only fooling themselves.
I hope the owner of this blog never stops exposing this religion for the mindless cult that it is. You're doing a fantastic job, and there must be lots more people like myself who appreciate your efforts.
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