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Know Your Cults!

Know Your Cults!. Jehovah's Witnesses. History. Founded in 1870 by Charles Taze Russell He founded the Watchtower Publication in 1878 Watchtower and Tract Society incorporated in 1884

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Know Your Cults!

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  1. Know Your Cults! Jehovah's Witnesses

  2. History • Founded in 1870 by Charles Taze Russell • He founded the Watchtower Publication in 1878 • Watchtower and Tract Society incorporated in 1884 • Russel's "Studies in the Scriptures," written from 1886 to 1916 form the basis of the Jehovah's Witnesses' theology. • Joseph Franklin Rutherford, 1917-1942 • Under presidents Nathan Knorr, Frederick Franz, and Milton Henschel, Jehovah's Witnesses' expand from 113,000 in 1942 to over 6 million in 2000. • The current president is Don Adams.

  3. Why a cult? • A full denial of Jesus' deity. • Salvation not purely by grace alone. You must be a part of the WBTS and strive to be good, upstanding, active Jehovah's Witness.

  4. Oops! • The New World Translation, a horribly slanted version. • Jesus merely the first created being. • Anti-Trinity • Jesus' resurrection only spiritual, not physical. • Jesus was Michael. • Requirements of salvation • Two classes of saved people • A warped eschatology • No hell; just non-existence.

  5. Our Response • Try to connect through relationships, even though it may be very hard. • Focus on the person of Jesus, the divinity of Jesus, and your relationship with Jesus being your sole source of salvation. • Tell your story. • Know your beliefs (and theirs); know the Bible; and be ready to stand for your faith.

  6. The Final Word • Ephesians 2:8-9 • John 14:6 • Colossians 1:16-17

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