Category: JW Beliefs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-9zWtm1YZY In today's video, we're going to visit jw.org and we're going to look at one specific article in there about why Jehovah's Witnesses don't go to war or they aren't allowed to serve in the military and we're going to see if it stands up to biblical reasoning. Jehovah's Witnesses don't go to war because: Obedience to God - The bible says that God's servants would beat their swords into plowshares and not learn war anymore. Isaiah 2:4 of the New World Translation “He will render judgment among the nations and set matters straight respecting many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation nor will they learn war anymore.” Joel 3:9-10 says “Proclaim this…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pie1MSuHsAY Jehovah’s Witnesses do not do blood transfusions. They are very adamant against that. Even if their loved one is dying, they would take the chances of their loved one dying than have them take a blood transfusion. It's really horrendous and sad but we will look at Leviticus chapter 17:12 “Therefore I say unto the children of Israel ‘No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.’” The Bible commanded you not to eat blood. The New Testament also said that in Acts 15. The Apostle says you're not supposed to eat blood. The Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that when you're doing blood transfusions, you're in a sense eating blood. We can't do that because that violates the Bible. That's why they…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT-Yd2_73JM In this episode, we will be discussing birthday celebrations. The rumor is that the Jehovah's Witness can be disfellowshipped for so much as sending a friend a birthday card. “Thou shalt not celebrate birthdays” says The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Why would someone be considered an outcast for celebrating another year of life granted by God? Jehovah's Witnesses are taught that we shouldn't celebrate birthdays because birthdays are referred to twice in the Bible and both people were evil men, who had someone executed on their birthday. Therefore, birthdays are evil and should not be celebrated. Are the Jehovah’s Witnesses correct here? Should Christians celebrate birthdays? How do the Christians respond? The Christian response to this argument from the Jehovah's Witnesses is they might say that one of…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lma9la6ca0 The Jehovah's Witnesses have a huge problem. The bible says in Deuteronomy 18:22 that if you predict something to happen in the name of the Lord God and it does not come to pass, then you are a false prophet and should not be listened to. Deuteronomy 18:22 specifically teaches us how to look out for false prophets and in this video we're going to be seeing how the Jehovah's Witnesses and their organization, the Watchtower, has led people astray and has tried to predict the end of the world many times over and has failed each and every time, making the religion of the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower, which is their governing body, false prophets, who should not be listened to. Everyone who is a Jehovah's Witness…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-7l4JhqxgE Who and what is a governing body? For Jehovah's Witnesses, they are eight men currently leading all 8 million JWs on planet earth. Every lesson, every action, every update, every Watchtower magazine is approved or created by them for Witnesses. These eight right here are God's only channel to mankind, tasked with dispensing the spiritual food, which is accurate knowledge and bible truths. Without them, you can't understand the bible, receive eternal life nor survive Armageddon. Obedience to their direction is a must for every Witness and failure to do so is apostasy. From a Christian perspective, this whole concept is bizarre and unbiblical. Not so for Witnesses. They claim there has always been a governing body. Just look at the early church. They had a group governing the…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qnaHd0hImA Today, we'll be looking into their second claim, that Jesus spoke prophetically of a small group of men that would act as modern day leaders of his people, called the “faithful and discreet slave”. The teaching of the faithful and discreet slave is really important in the organization. It is a teaching that Jesus, in a speech given to his disciples, spoke of a faithful and discreet slave that the master (i.e. Jesus) would use to feed his domestics - other Christians.  Jehovah's Witness’ leadership have interpreted this statement made by Jesus as a prophecy, one that would point to someone or some group leading the worldwide Christian congregation and providing spiritual food at the proper time. What does this have to do with the governing body?  For several…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9_ctbaMIfQ Today we will be looking into the organizational structure of Jehovah's Witnesses, specifically the leadership. Jehovah's Witnesses are organized in a hierarchy and led by a group of leaders that call themselves “the governing body”, also known as “the faithful and discreet slave”. Why is this important? Because the governing body is the ruling authority over the lives of all Jehovah's Witnesses. They create all of the doctrine, the rules and the policies that Jehovah's Witnesses around the world must follow or risk getting ostracized by the entire witness community. Where do these men get this authority? According to the book How to Remain in God's love, in the end notes it says this: The governing body is the group of men with the heavenly hope, who are used…

https://youtu.be/E-9zWtm1YZY Transcript of the video Is it wrong to join the military? JWs teach that this verse commands us not to go to war. Isa 2:4 They will beat their swords into plowshares  And their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, Nor will they learn war anymore. Christians believe that the above verse talks about the millennium period when Christ will reign on earth. It is talking about the last days as can be seen in the earlier verse of that chapter. Isa 2:2 2  In the final part of the days, The mountain of the house of Jehovah Will become firmly established above the top of the mountains, And it will be raised up above the hills, And to it all the nations…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9_ctbaMIfQ&t=0s Transcript of video above https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qnaHd0hImA Transcript of video above https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-7l4JhqxgE Transcript of the video JWs believe that the early church had a governing body to govern the believers. In Acts 15:1-35, the Bible describes an incident when the apostles were consulted as to whether gentiles could also obtain salvation through Jesus unless they first went through circumcision. Paul and Barnabas then consulted the apostles and elders in Jerusalem and a decision was made that the gentiles did not need to abide by the Mosaic law of circumcision. This decision was then read to the congregations that were affected.  However, this was a special incident that affected the church in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia. It was not the case of a governing body existing to decide on the lives and…

https://youtu.be/Pie1MSuHsAY Transcript of the video Does the Bible forbid blood transfusion? JWs teach that receiving blood transfusion is wrong and the logic goes like this: IV transfusion is the same as eating. The Bible says that we are not to eat blood. Therefore, the Bible teaches that we must not have a blood transfusion. The Bible teaches that we must not eat blood.  Gen 9:4 Only flesh with its life—its blood—you must not eat. Lev 7:26-27 “‘You must not eat any blood in any of your dwelling places, whether that of birds or that of animals. Anyone who eats any blood must be cut off from his people.’” JWs teach that intravenous (IV) blood transfusion is the same as eating because people can receive nutrients from intravenous drips and the…