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@galveston75 saidSo one cannot be saved if one is not a JW?
Yes it is what I honestly believe. Probably the same way you believe in your church.
Is this seriously what you are saying?
@galveston75 saidSo one cannot be saved if one is not a JW?
Yes it is what I honestly believe. Probably the same way you believe in your church.
@suzianne saidNo. I know that is not the way it sounds. Only Jehovah knows who will gain the gift of life.
So one cannot be saved if one is not a JW?
Is this seriously what you are saying?
@galveston75 saidFair enough. But you'll remember the big debate we had where quotes from Watchtower were presented. Those quotes indicated that your organization's stance was: no one can be saved unless they are Jehovah's Witnesses.
But to be clear just being one of Jehovah's Witnesses does not mean at all that we are saved.
@kellyjay saidYou can provide no examples of this?
you can even agree with him and still get insulted.
@galveston75 saidBut will any of them pass judgement and be acceptable to the Lord?
At that time millions of resurrected ones will also be judged who are not and have never been JW's.
@suzianne saidYes. One has to remember that death wipes away all of ones previous sins. Ones sins are wiped clean by our death. Romans 6:23 says this: "For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord."
But will any of them pass judgement and be acceptable to the Lord?
@galveston75 saidWill a person be precluded from eternal life if they are not a member of the Jehovah’s Witness church?
No. I know that is not the way it sounds. Only Jehovah knows who will gain the gift of life.
The bible was given to us as a guide as to what Jehovah expects from humans especially if they are looking to have him in their life's and want to live the life he's asked of us and if we do the best we can we may be given that life the bible speaks of and that's eternal life. ...[text shortened]... At that time millions of resurrected ones will also be judged who are not and have never been JW's.
@galveston75 saidAside from people who lived before the JW organization was set up, what about people who are living at the time of the "tribulation"?
Many millions who lived in centuries past and who weren’t Jehovah’s Witnesses will have an opportunity for salvation.
@galveston75 saidWhat does "begun to serve God" mean? Have Catholics, Baptists, Anglicans, Pentecostals and other kinds of Christians "begun to serve God" or does your definition of who has and hasn't "begun to serve God" have something to do with the ideological beliefs that set Jehovah's Witnesses apart from other Christians?
Additionally, many now living may yet begin to serve God, and they too will gain salvation.
@galveston75 saidSimple honest question, asking for the third time:
For more info go to JW.ORG
Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Feel That They Are the Only People Who Will Be Saved?
No. Many millions who lived in centuries past and who weren’t Jehovah’s Witnesses will have an opportunity for salvation. The Bible explains that in God’s promised new world, “there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.” (Acts 24 ...[text shortened]... to judge who will or won’t be saved. That assignment rests squarely in Jesus’ hands.—John 5:22, 27.
@galveston75 saidWHAT?
Yes. One has to remember that death wipes away all of ones previous sins. Ones sins are wiped clean by our death. Romans 6:23 says this: "For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord."
So Jehovah and his son Jesus have made a very loving provision for all of us sinners in that if we should die before Armageddon, ...[text shortened]... Satan will be after he is let loose for a short time after the thousand years he has been confined.
@suzianne saidSo you don't agree with Romans 6:23 or just don't understand it?
WHAT?
"Death wipes away all sins."
No, the atoning and substitutional death of Jesus, the Christ, our Savior, is what wipes away all sins, for those who believe in him and follow him.
What you encourage with this is a life spent sinning without atonement, without guilt, without repenting. This is NOT what Jesus said or encouraged. What you say here would make Judg ...[text shortened]... Day useless in determining the worthy from the unworthy.
Do you even believe in Jesus as Savior?