Nov 15 1981 Watchtower
….. come to Jehovah’s organization for salvation.
What happened to Christ?
How come the organization can save you now and not Christ?
Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved."
Interesting that JW's can be saved [after they have done enough door to door recruiting] by coming to the society not Christ!!!
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There is no organization that can save you, nowhere in the bible can we find anyone but God and Christ as being able to give salvation.
For the society to say you need to go to them for salvation is making themselves equal to Christ but they teach that Christ is just a lowly archangel.
The message should read,"come to Jehovah’s organization for brainwashing".
OF INTEREST , is that through out Biblical & Secular history - people , group , organization, way has been alive in a religious way:
(Malachi 3:17, 18)
“17 “And they will certainly become mine,” Jehovah of armies has said, “at the day when I am producing a special property. And I will show compassion upon them, just as a man shows compassion upon his son who is serving him. 18 And YOU people will again certainly see [the distinction] between a righteous one and a wicked one, BETWEEN one serving God and one who has not served him.””
SO THEN, since there had, has, & are a people(organization) all through history even in modern times, IF you have knowledge other than us as witnesses for both Jehovah & Christ Jesus, show it:
What people do you have united earth wide in true worship individually & organizationally as to Jehovah & Christ Jesus that fulfill the stated:
(Isaiah 43:8, 9)
“. . .though eyes themselves exist, and the ones deaf though they have ears. 9 Let the nations all be collected together at one place, and let national groups be gathered together. Who is there among them that can tell this? Or can they cause us to hear even the first things? Let them furnish their witnesses, that they may be declared righteous, or let them hear and say, ‘IT IS THE TRUTH. . .”
NOTE HOW Christ agreed & supported the organization with the powerful statements:
(John 4:23, 24)
“23 Nevertheless, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the TRUE WORSHIPERS will worship the Father with spirit and truth, for, indeed, the Father is looking for suchlike ones to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit, and those worshiping him must worship with spirit and truth.””
Why not show your organization of witnesses to "tell the truth", will it have honesty , & the following qualities? This individually & organizationally:
(Galatians 5:22, 23)
“22 On the other hand, the fruitage of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, 23 mildness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
As Kelly, Gary, & Gary have pointed out, our organization is the Christian Congregation, of which Christ is the head. (Ephesians 5:23)
The asker also states: "Interesting that JW's can be saved [after they have done enough door to door recruiting] by coming to the society not Christ!!!"
Two points here:
1. We are not saved after doing so much door to door work, we do that in imitation of Christ and the first century Christians, and in obedience to Christ. (Matthew 24:14; 28:19, 20; Acts 20:20)
2. You have confused "the Society" with the Christian Congregation; the Society is simply one of a number of tools used by the Congregation to carry out our commission given by Christ.
Jesús Christ is the head of our organization as simple as that no wonder why we are so uinted ...to keep the unity of 117,000 congregations around the world only Jesús Christ can do that as he said in John 17 that his followers would be one.
Jesu Christ did enough door to door recruiting when he was here on earth we follow his example why others can´t preach as we do that all people acknowledge that?
we are titled "Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses" the organization doesn't claim to save any of us, we must stand on our own merits on judgement day, as you will also. they just keep us organized in over 117000 congragations in over 250 countries and 450 languages to understand the bible. www.jw.org
*** w81 11/15 p. 20 par. 13 ‘Stay Awake and Keep Your Senses’ ***
So, then, let us not sleep on as the rest do, but let us stay awake and keep our senses. For those who sleep are accustomed to sleep at night, and those who get drunk are usually drunk at night. But as for us who belong to the day, let us keep our senses and have on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet the hope of salvation; because God assigned us, not to wrath, but to the acquiring of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.”—1 Thess. 5:6-9.
This is from your source material.. next time read the whole article,
Our organization is Christianity.
You MUST be a Christian and live the Christian lifestyle in order to get salvation.
This is no different from what you teach. You MUST be your brand of Christianity in order to get salvation.
Jesus and his teachings (Christianity) is the ONLY way to the Father.