Hi
Its so encouraging to see how all have brought forth
facts to prove that Jehovah Witnesses are a cult and
for sure they r not Christians.
However so far I had not seen someone challenging the
authority of Bible to do so. The first point of Joseph
seems to question the Bible and speaks that Bible
asks us to follow traditions. Excuse me but both the
references given don't speak about traditions.
Traditions are not God made, but human made. We
Indians might have a different traditional way of
worshipping God, some others may have other
traditions. The way to worship God is in John 4:24.
WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.
We all are supposed to worship GOD the FATHER through
God the Son JESUS by means of God the HOLY SPIRIT.
That's TRINITY.
Please note that I'm not defending the JW's. I'm
defending the authority of the Holy Bible coz Bible
is the Word of God. I firmly agree that JW's are not
Christians.
Nick
Aamchi Mumbai.
Joseph C.C wrote:
Hai Joynetters,
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
There was a discussion about Jehovah's Witnesses, and
I read the replies also. It is great to know that many
know the truth. I thought that I should put in some
of the teachings of the Catholic Church regarding some
of the points raised in the male.
1) Bible is more reliable than tradition Matt. 15:3;
Col. 2:8 : As most of us know that our separated
brethren believe in Sola Scripture, in other words
only the Bible. But they forge the face that Sola
Scripture is Anti Scripture. In the Bible we see that
we must follow traditions 2 Thes 2:15 and 2 Thes 3:6.
2) Christ is God's Son and is inferior to Him Matt.
3:17 : But in the Bible we see in many places where
Jesus identifies Himself with the Father and calls the
great I am Jn 8:58. So He is not inferior to the
father.
3) Christ was first of God's creations Col. 1:15; Rev.
3:14: If we look into the Catechism of the Catholic
Church article 465 tells that Christ is Begotten and
not made.
4) Images should not be used in worship Ex. 20:4, 5;
Lev.: When the Scripture says images it does not only
mean making things, because we see in Numbers 21:4
God asking his people to make the Bronze snake. Again
in the case of the building of the temple we see God
asking his people to make images. What God tells us
id not to worship the images in which case they become
idols.
These are very simple explanations taken from the
Church, we can go deep into Theology and keep on
discussing the same. Lets remember one thing that
Jesus died for our sins. The Father, Son and the Holy
Spirit are one.
At this juncture I suggest that we can start a
discussion about the Holy Trinity. I believe this is
important because the Trinity is said to be the
central Mystery of our Faith.
Love and Prayers,
C.C.
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