i beg your pardon anointed of God means to have the Holy spirit in you. read romans 8
Are the ANOINTED only among the Jehovah's Witnesses?
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I think you're being kind. JW's attack our Bible just like Satan would.
The best term I've found that applies to Jehovah's Witnesses is "CULTIC".
As for being annointed, there are people called as Catholics, as Jews,
as Muslims or Buddhists because Jesus as God's perfect Authority of Justice
fulfills ALL laws both secular and sacred, laws of man and laws of God both.
Jesus represents the Authority and Spirit of Justice by which all people strive
regardless which "language" or religion or national/state law we may use to express right from wrong.
There are some Jehovah's Witnesses called, and Mormons and other groups
that are called cults by people of other groups.
Anyone can be called, and it just depends how we answer that calling.
to be anointed one must have the spirit in them. if a person is born again he has the spirit. if they are not born again they do not have the spirit
Some key areas I find JW so opposed that is causes conflicts:
1. refusing procedures that involve blood transfusions
but then also DENYING "Christian spiritual healing and deliverance"
that would ALLOW natural healing from God so that surgeries are either reduced or not necessary.
This causes a conflict by denying the natural healing of God that would actually
allow people to reduce the need for blood procedures.
2. Judging people for using terms like "God" "Lord" etc.
or especially "HOLY TRINITY" <-- which isn't in the Bible
although there is a reference that even JW agree to as
Baptizing all nations in the name of the "Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit"
A. but then insisting on using the DESCRIPTION or EXPLANATION of the Holy Spirit
as the "ACTIVE FORCE" of God when that reference only appears 1 or 2 times,
while REJECTING the more common NAMES of the Holy Spirit as
* Comforter
* Spirit of Truth
B. dividing into conflict over the term "Holy Trinity"
when we could all agree on the terms "Father Son and Holy Spirit"
and avoid argument over the other terms we don't all agree on
(like Holy Trinity or Active Force)
3. Not being able to follow Matthew 18:15-20 on sharing rebukes
and corrections between fellow believers in Christ, because the JW
members will say only their members or their elders are witnesses.
So they can't bring corrections to non-JW they don't consider to
be equal witnesses or neighbors in Christ.
The way I would resolve this is to bring rebukes to the JW elders
and seek reconciliation and corrections in Christ.
But it doesn't work the other way. the JW elders will not go approach
people outside their organization because they believe only they
are true witnesses.
Anyone with a rebuke would have to go to them, and respect their
Elders in order to invoke correction and unity in Christ.
I find that people are in varying stages of developing that more pure connection in spirit.
When my friends who are now fully engaged in embodying Jesus and the law by conscience
FIRST started, they received healing prayer and removed the barriers preventing that connection.
But it took steps and stages OVER TIME to work through and overcome changes to develop a more clear consistent focus
commitment and vision in keeping with God's laws and truth.
I would describe the steps of salvation as
A. First receiving a CHILD of GOD who comes in Jesus name as a witness,
so the first stage is working with and letting a believer into one's life and relationship
B. then by receiving a child who comes in Jesus name, one receives Jesus
C. and then by receiving JESUS one receives the FATHER who sent HIM
Keiw
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YHWH= the first and last God--Jesus= the first and last created direct, the first and last sent to the earth to buy back what Adam had lost,
Keiw
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No the anointed are special=Rev 1:6-Rev 20:6=Rev 14:3=144,000(little flock) the anointed bride of Christ--The great crowd no man can number of other sheep are not of that fold. As well only the little flock are allowed to partake of the emblems of the Last supper( Luke 22:29-30) A special covenant to those who will sit on thrones. Only members of the little flock were present at the last supper.
Keiw
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You must have missed Gods view of a cult=the only view that counts in the end= A house divided( trinity religionsssssssss) will not stand--You see they cant even understand this simple bible milk, let alone the meat=1Cor 1:10= a true mark of Jesus' 1 religion= Unity of thought( all of Gods 1 truth) no division--the JW,s accomplish that 100%
yes and no.
just being united among your select group, because you discount anyone else,
doesn't count as true and full unity in Christ with God.
True unity would mean ALL HUMANITY as the church body or bride of Christ is made one.
We are in process of fulfilling that ideal.
But currently no group can claim unity as we are fractured into smaller groups
until we can orchestrate all the organs of the body to function as one system.
You're even twisting what the NWT says! It also calls Jesus/God "Mighty God"! Nobody else! Jesus is God!
God/YHWH has many names/manifestations.
Jesus is unique as the manifestation/embodiment of God's JUSTICE to reconcile man with God.
I see you are both expressing truth of God.
God the father whose name YHWH was the answer "I AM WHO I AM" or God eternal/self-existence.
And Jesus as both the SON of God and ONE with God at the same time.
SEE JOHN 10:29-30 when Jesus, Himself,
expressed these at the same time:
that God the Father who sent Him as His Son
is GREATER THAN ALL (so Greater than Jesus)
while ALSO "Jesus and the Father are ONE."
These are not contradictory.
Both are true.
You are both right, and it's just the manipulation of our human perception
that distracts us from agreement and plays us against each other
to "divide and conquer" instead of unite us in Christ to establish God's truth.
Let God's true will guide us and be our Authority through Christ.
Let us not fall into stumbling block traps of the negative forces
that benefit from any failure to give these conflicts to God to resolve.
I try to help both JW and Christian believers, who may start off as attacking,
to seek correction and rebuke to RESOLVE the conflicts in Christ Jesus Authority.
See Matthew 18:15-20
I can forgive the fact that conflicts become attacks when people don't know the
other is sincere, and both people become defensive and go on the offense.
That is forgiveable because both people are trying to seek truth and justice
from the knowledge they already have. The correction and change will happen
mutually when both people receive from the other as much as they offer to give.
It's a mutual process of forgiveness and correction, where Christ Jesus governs
the relationship, and both people are equal neighbors giving and taking
so everyone can learn and grow from the exchange of experience.
Only God/Jesus are called "Mighty God" and "the first and the last" in the Bible. Jesus is God.
Keiw
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Unity of thought= ALL of Gods 1 truth--And Jesus promised the holy spirit would lead his real teachers into ALL truth-hundreds of trinity religions with hundreds of truths = a lack of holy spirit= a mass of confusion.
Keiw
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That's a LIE! The NWT calls God/Jesus "Mighty God"! NOBODY else is called "Mighty God" in the Bible!
