A Watchtower quote
"We will also increase our joy if we prayerfully and diligently study God's spirit-inspired Word and Christian publications prepared under the spirit's guidance." - Watchtower 1992 Mar. 15 pp.21-22
An elder once told me, "The Bible was not written for you" but he left off the words "to privately interpret."
In other words, one cannot understand the Bible without the Watchtower's guidance.
Really?
One might wonder, then, if all it's articles are written under God's spirit, do we find so many errors? And when brought to the editors' attention, the errors are rewritten so as to make corrections and then these corrections are called, "NEW LIGHT." What became of the 'old light', you know, THE LIGHT THEY SAID WAS FROM GOD? did it wane away into Darkness? It was never light to begin with! Then it was a lie.
Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
One might wonder, 'how many members of this religion were cast out because they raised questions about erroneous teachings they were being fed by the 'so called', 'faithful and discreet slave class?' We all make mistakes, this is true, but it is another thing how we treat one another.
God's spirit does not error, but man cannot guide his own step.
1 Thessalonian 2:2-4
"we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict. For our exhortation did not come from error or uncleanness, nor was it in deceit.
But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts."
Words from a disciple of Christ:
1 John 4:6
"We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error."
The above scripture is an excellent measuring stick, so to speak.
"We will also increase our joy if we prayerfully and diligently study God's spirit-inspired Word and Christian publications prepared under the spirit's guidance." - Watchtower 1992 Mar. 15 pp.21-22
An elder once told me, "The Bible was not written for you" but he left off the words "to privately interpret."
In other words, one cannot understand the Bible without the Watchtower's guidance.
Really?
One might wonder, then, if all it's articles are written under God's spirit, do we find so many errors? And when brought to the editors' attention, the errors are rewritten so as to make corrections and then these corrections are called, "NEW LIGHT." What became of the 'old light', you know, THE LIGHT THEY SAID WAS FROM GOD? did it wane away into Darkness? It was never light to begin with! Then it was a lie.
Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
One might wonder, 'how many members of this religion were cast out because they raised questions about erroneous teachings they were being fed by the 'so called', 'faithful and discreet slave class?' We all make mistakes, this is true, but it is another thing how we treat one another.
God's spirit does not error, but man cannot guide his own step.
1 Thessalonian 2:2-4
"we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict. For our exhortation did not come from error or uncleanness, nor was it in deceit.
But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts."
Words from a disciple of Christ:
1 John 4:6
"We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error."
The above scripture is an excellent measuring stick, so to speak.