Forbidding to Marry “However, the inspired word clearly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired statements and teachings of demons, 2 by means of the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, whose conscience is seared as with a branding iron. 3 They forbid marriage… (1 Timothy 4:1-3) […]
Insistence On Being the Final Authority on Everything According to the Watchtower society, Jesus returned invisibly in heaven in 1914 and at that time was given all authority on earth and in heaven. (Matt. 28:18) Shortly thereafter in the year 1919 he made an inspection of all Christians and was pleased with a small group […]
Multiplying Laws and Organizing Them into Books. In the previous article it was shown that the Watchtower society gave five examples that they claim demonstrate that the Catholic Church follows in the pattern of first century Christians that advocated an extremely authoritarian approach to worship. Thus by implication witnesses are given the impression that the […]
For through law I died toward law, so that I might become alive toward God. (Galatians 2:19) What did the apostle Paul mean when he said he had died toward law? Paul preached to the Galatians on his first missionary tour (Acts 13:14-14:23) Shortly after he left, a group of Jewish Christians arrived insisting that […]