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Jehovah's witnesses blaspheme the holy Spirit by stating that those who give healing by imposition, according to Mark 16:18, Matt 10:8, Heb 6:1-2 and 1 Cor 12:9 do this with the aid of demons or evil spirits. (see also Matt 12:26) Jehovah's witnesses deny that Jesus was hanged on a cross and instead state that it was on a pole. 1 Cor 1:18 fits them well owing to that: "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." Jehovah's witnessess "anointed ones" are not filled with the holy Spirit, as Jesus was after his baptism and as the apostles were according to Acts 2:1-4. A book with Bible explanations, called "Aid to bible understanding", written by Jehovah's witnesses' "wise men in New York", shows some strange things in the faith of the witnesses. Regarding the covenant names of the Lord, seven in the bible, the interesting thing is not what is written, but what is not written in the "Aid" book. One of the covenant names, "Jehova-Rapha", means "the Lord who heals you". Some of the covenant names are explained in the "Aid" book, but not this (due to the Witnesses' denial of supernatural healing). Jehovah's witnesses have adjusted their version of the bible to make it meet with their conception. ("NW" = "New world" translation.) About Jesus in John 1:1 About death in Luke 23:43 Jehovah's witnesses take 1 Cor 14:33 as a pretext for the statement that their faith is the only true religion. If you start reading from verse 26 instead, you can see that this document part concerns the order of the Christian meetings. Jehovah's witnesses have no spiritually inspired preachers. Instead they have lecturers who are reading a written lecture, both uninspired and uninspiring. This is contrary to Rom 10:17, which says that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. According to Rev 11:15 the dominion over the world will belong to our Lord and his anointed ones, after the seventh angel has blowed in his trumpet. That will be far later than 1914. The third angel has just (1986) blowed his trumpet (see Rev 8:10-11). The name of the star is "Wormwood", it says. Besides, "Wormwood" is "Chernobyl" in Russian. According to Eph 1:20 the Father seated Jesus at his right hand side in heaven directly as he reached heaven, and not 1914. Jehovah's witnesses claim that Jesus Christ is the most distinguished of the angels, identical with Archangel Michael. This is opposed by Hebr 1:1-8, where it says in verse 4 "having become so much better than the angels …". Notice that it says "the angels" and not "the other angels". The same goes for verse 5 and 6. Verse 6: "let all the angels of God worship Him", not "all the other angels of God …". The verses 7 and 8 also oppose JW:s opinion. |
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Mikael Lillieros |