That is because you do not have the Holy Spirit in you (God with us). Not only do you not know Godly love, you do not have the unction of the Holy Ghost.
Why use such outdated language?......"unction of the Holy Ghost"? Seriously?
Who uses the word "unction" anymore? If you mean "anointing", then why not just say it?
But then you might need to inform people what an "anointing" is?
These are concepts foreign to the J.W.'s. This is why you rely on your works for your salvation, because somehow you think you can repay the debt you owe, and Love God the way he first loved us. Grace is the understanding that nothing we can do can repay the sacrifice of Christ on the cross, we can only receive that free gift of Grace and taking up our cross daily in submission to the will of God.
You know, when I hear people telling others what JW's believe, I really have to chuckle....that is not even close to what we believe.....so who on earth told you that?
Salvation is a precious gift paid for by the blood of Christ, and open to all. It cannot be earned or bought. Yet James tells us that
"faith without works is dead"....so is the Bible contradicting itself? What is "grace"? It seems to me that for some "grace" is a license to sin. That once you are saved, you cannot lose your salvation....but that is not true. Just as someone who was 'saved' from drowning can jump back into the water, so can someone who altered their sinful course to please God, relapse into that sin. This is what Peter described in 2 Peter 2:20-22. This shows how God feels about those ones who cannot do as he commands, and remain in a saved condition. God dictates acceptable conduct to us...we can't dictate to him.
Amazing love! How can it be,
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
Read that again and tell me please how an immortal God can die? Or how an immortal God can be killed by mere mortals?
If you understand the mechanics of the ransom (redemption) you will understand that the redeemer did not have to be "God" to pay for Adam's sin....all he had to be was"sinless". God's law was "a life for a life"...like for like, which is what "atonement" means..."at-one-ment"...one for one.
This means that an immortal God cannot give his life for what a mere mortal did. Another mere mortal had to pay for that. The son of God could therefore not be Almighty God because the overpayment would have been ridiculous! Like using 75 billion cans of bug spray for one mosquito.
Jesus, as God's most trusted son is a servant of his God, who was in a position to carry out this rescue mission. (Acts 4:27)
I was brought up in the church, born again at a young age, and indoctrinated this truth as part of my religion, when I became a young man the truth of this was revealed in fulness to me by the Spirit, When He knocked me off that pedestal of pride that indoctrinated church goers raise themselves upon, it was then that I knew the fulness of His Love for me and how intricately the love of God is tied to the deity of Christ. There is no way I can repay that love of the creator dying for His creation.
I was brought up in the church too...but which church, and with what beliefs...take your pick. There is no such thing as "the church" after the apostolic age. Apostasy was foretold after the death of the apostles, which would lead "the church" that Jesus and his apostles began, completely astray. History attests that this is exactly what happened. "The church" behaved in a most unchristian way and introduced all manner of foreign concepts that they wove into scripture, (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12).....like the trinity, immortality of the soul, and hellfire.....none of which originated from the teachings of Christ....all are adoptions from paganism.
It is important to note that the devil can do tricks with people's emotions, getting them to "feel" religious, rather that to use knowledge of the scriptures to discern the truth. The Bible contains all that we need to know......but unless we are taught the truth we will never find it on our own. If we could, that would render the preaching work commanded by Jesus, completely unnecessary. (Matthew 24:14; Matthew 28:19-20)
Who our teachers are.....matters, since there is only one truth...the rest are counterfeits, planted by the devil.
How can we tell? The fact is, it is God who chooses us, rather than us choosing him. He will "draw" right hearted individuals to his truth, and they will all become part of one global brotherhood who all believe and preach the same truth. (John 6:44; 65; 1 Corinthians 1:10)
When Jesus gave us his account of how it will be at the judgment, we can see that "many" are going to be utterly rejected, despite the fact that they assumed that they were 'Christians' in good standing. (Matthew 7:21-23) They will offer their excuses to their "Lord" but he isn't going to buy any of it. That is why "few" are on the cramped road to life. (Matthew 7:13-14) We are all on judgment.
