![]() ![]() When Jesus was on earth he was a perfect human being, but he was not divine in any way.Jesus Christ is the Messiah predicted in the Old Testament.Jesus Christ rules as part of God’s heavenly kingdom.Jesus Christ is inferior to Jehovah but superior to the angels.So Jesus had a beginning and thus can not be eternal.Jesus Christ was created by Jehovah as his first creation.Jesus Christ never thought of himself as God or equal to God.Jesus Christ is not equal to God in power or eternity (i.e.Jesus Christ is a lesser and separate spirit being.Jesus Christ is a mighty being, but he is not God.Jehovah’s outstanding qualities are love, justice, wisdom, and power.Jehovah then created everything else through Jesus Christ.Jehovah is alone, and above all other beings.they also accept the name Yahweh and other transliterations.God is a single being whose personal name is Jehovah.The Jehovah’s Witness beliefs about God are outlined in detail below. The Holy Spirit is not a person it is God’s active force.Jesus Christ is his firstborn son, is inferior to God, and was created by God.God the Father (whose name is Jehovah) is “the only true God”.Charles Taze Russell’s books Studies in Scriptures are respected but are no longer circulated or relied upon. While they don’t regard them as scripture, Witnesses greatly respect the various doctrinal articles published in The Watchtower. They refer to the ‘New Testament’ as the Christian Greek Scriptures, and they call the ‘Old Testament’ the Hebrew Scriptures. The Witnesses have their own translation of the Bible – the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. Witnesses test any religious idea or teaching against the Bible – if an idea or teaching doesn’t agree with the Bible then they regard it as wrong. They see the Bible as the main way in which God communicates his will to human beings, and they interpret it literally (except for passages that are obviously meant to be symbolic or poetic). ![]() Jehovah’s Witnesses believe the Bible was inspired by God and is historically accurate. Like many reforming churches, the Witnesses base their lives and beliefs on the example of the early Christian Church and the words of the Bible. Because their beliefs, the way they’re organized and their hopes are based on what the Bible says.Īre Jehovah’s Witnesses Christians? Some say no because of their refusal of the trinity’s teaching but Christian means to be Christ’s follower that means accepting Christ as a leader and following His teachings and both of the things are done by Jehovah’s Witnesses so they can be indeed considered Christians Jehovah’s Witnesses Beliefs: What are the core Jehovah’s Witnesses Beliefs?įirst of all, to understand Jehovah’s Witnesses Beliefs, we must have a basic knowledge of the Bible. ![]()
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