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To: imardmd1
Where did you get this idea? “Jehovah’s Witnesses” are not considered to be Christian. They deny Christ as Deity.

But they worship the same God as Cathlics, muzlims and Mormons...

86 posted on 09/20/2014 4:32:01 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Iscool
Where did you get this idea? “Jehovah’s Witnesses” are not considered to be Christian. They deny Christ as Deity. (imardmd1)

But they worship the same God as Cathlics, muzlims and Mormons... (Iscool)

I believe we are on the same side, but your assumption needs a little correction.

(a) Catholics believe in a Triune Godhead, as do Biblical redeemed followers of Christ. But it is my opinion that their Christ is another Jesus, of the same kind as the Jesus of the Bible, but a Jesus who does not ask us to believe (alone) in Him (alone) on the basis of His Holy Scripture (alone), for Him to reconcile a human to the Father by His Incorruptible Blood (alone), apart from any works by the vile human He is redeeming. They believe that only the addition of last rites, and a surplus of good works, and a sufficient period of punishment in Purgatory for venal mishaps, will permit one to enter into God's Heaven. They also believe in and have practiced grossly carnal means to extend their idea of the dominance of their religion, by physical death, if necessary. In my opinion, they represent a false christ and a false "Christian" doctrine.

(b) The JWs believe in the God of the Bible, but do not accept that Christ Jesus is both Deity and Humanity indivisibly combined in one Being, Who as the executive of the Godhead, is the Jehovah of the Old Testament. Their Jesus, whom they admit as a human begotten (somehow) of God, but only human, is another Jesus of a different kind, thus a false christ. They have a completely different eschatology in which only 144,000 will enter heaven, graded by their works, especially of recruiting converts.

(c) Mormons do not believe in a Triune Godhead, AFIK. They believe that Jesus and Satan are brothers, and that the Father God has a body, whereas true believers, Catholics, and JWs believe He is Spirit, that only The Jesus is begotten of God in the flesh. The Mormon Jesus is another Jesus of a different kind, so that one is a false christ. Entrance into their scheme of the future demands good works and holiness as they define it (plural wives has been OK with them), and recreational use of coffee, tobacco, and ethanol definitely a no-no. Mormons are both anti-God and anti-Christ.

(d) The God of Islam, Allah, has no Son. Therefore, Allah is not and cannot be the God of The Bible. A Jesus they recognize is only a human, supposedly a good teacher and a prophet, but superseded by Mohammed in authority. They believe there is a messiah yet to come. They believe that only an acceptable surplus of good works can provide one's entrance to a paradise after physical death. Therefore, their god, their messiah, and the spirit behind their religion are all false.

(e) The Jews of today verus the Jews/Hebrews of the Bible believe in the same God and Father, but this otherwise too long a matter for this brief response.

In summary, I feel that the converted man discussed in this article has at least admitted to an important theological necessity for salvation, which is that the Jesus of the Bible is Deity personified, as well as being a perfect human in form, but I am far from convinced that the being the Romanists proffer is the same Father God's Begotten Jesus of His Bible account.

It is the Jesus of the Bible, who bore all my sins in His Body on the Cross, ans suffered the fire of Hell in my place, to Whom I bow in reverence and allegiance as my Savior, Redeemer, and Owner.

Respectfully --

98 posted on 09/20/2014 7:02:21 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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