| | How Much Does Jesus Love Us? 
All Christians, no matter what denomination, love Jesus. All Catholics and Protestants love Jesus sometimes even more than God! But it isn’t hard to figure out why: For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 1Corinthians 15:3) (New International Version) Bible Gateway All of Christendom’s ministers claim to represent God but they seldom bring up the fact that God has a name. We can study the Bible with them for years and they will usually refuse to acknowledge the existence of Jehovah mostly because they consider Jehovah to be the Jewish God and Jesus, the Christian god.
But what does the Bible say about Jehovah? 29 Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
(Romans 3:29) (NIV) -BibleGateway
Which God?5 I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me; 6 that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is none else.
(Isaiah 45:5,6) (American Standard Version) -BibleGateway
Yes, that is from the American Standard Bible. Most ministers refuse to use that Bible version because Jehovah’s name is restored to where it originally appeared in 6,000 places. But the popular King James Bible also has Jehovah’s name in it:
3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. (Exodus 6:3) (King James Version)-BibleGateway
18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. (Psalms 83:18) (KJV) -BibleGateway
So, should the ministers talk about God’s name to their congregations?
1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. (Malachi 2:1-2) (ASV) -BibleGatewayJesus is very important to us as God's son, but Jehovah’s Witnesses also believe that it is vital for us to know God Himself and God’s name because He promises to save us if we call upon Him and Him only: 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; (Joel 2:32) (ASV) -BibleGateway
Most people don’t care about Jehovah's Witnesses' beliefs and cling to the ones they like. People say things like, "I want to worship God my way!" and "Jesus is my God and I will worship him if I want to!" That doesn’t bother them. Noah truthfully told his people that the Ark was the only safe place to be when the rains came, but they scoffed at him too. In the end, they all drowned. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that this world, as we now know it, is also going to end soon but there won’t be an ark to save us this time. This time, faith in Jehovah is what it will take to survive: 2 I will say to Jehovah: "[You are] my refuge and my stronghold, My God, in whom I will trust." 5 You will not be afraid of anything dreadful by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, 7 A thousand will fall at your very side And ten thousand at your right hand; To you it will not come near. 8 Only with your eyes will you look on And see the retribution itself of the wicked ones.
(Psalms 91:2, 5, 7-8) New World TranslationTens of thousands will die? How bad will it get? "And those slain by Jehovah will certainly come to be in that day from one end of the earth clear to the other end of the earth. They will not be bewailed, neither will they be gathered up or be buried. As manure on the surface of the ground they will become." (Jeremiah 25:33) (Young's Literal Translation) -BibleGateway Most people say, "But Jesus loves us! He will protect us!" What does Jesus say? "...but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me." (John 14:31) (NIV) BibleGateway And what is his Father's plan? "But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who push the truth away from themselves. So God let them go ahead and do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other's bodies. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men and, as a result, suffered within themselves the penalty they so richly deserved. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, fighting, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They are forever inventing new ways of sinning and are disobedient to their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, and are heartless and unforgiving. They are fully aware of God's DEATH PENALTY for those who do these things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And, worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too." (Romans 1:18,24,26,27,29-32) (NLT) -BibleGateway What Death Penalty?
9 Don't you know that those who do wrong will have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, 10 thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers--none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God. (1Corinthians 6:9-10) (NIV) -BibleGateway Will these "good Christians" really be destroyed? Why won’t Jesus save them? "Not everyone who calls me their Lord will get into the kingdom of heaven. Only the ones who obey my Father in heaven will get in." (Matthew 7:21) (Contemporary English Version) -BibleGateway And what does Jesus’ Father require? ²³ "Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?" (Ezekiel 18:23) (ASV) -BibleGateway 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves [around], and live. (Ezekiel 18:32) (ASV) -BibleGateway Jehovah's Witnesses have to warn people that their beliefs are wrong so that they get a fair chance to correct them. Most people don’t like their beliefs and refuse to change. That is their decision. They do not make people change; they are just the messengers. They don’t tell people what they want to hear; they tell people what they need to know. "I have told you this, so that when the time comes you will remember that I warned you." (John 16:4) (NIV) -BibleGateway |