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John 17:3

NWT- “This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.”

Literal Greek Text- “This but is the everlasting life in order that they may be knowing you the only true God and whom you sent forth Jesus Christ.”

Notice the change? “They may be knowing you” has been translated into the NWT as, “taking in knowledge of you”. Witnesses will say that both wordings mean the same thing. However, this is not true. One may take in an abundance of knowledge about the president, for example, but never actually know him personally. The same is true of Christ. Many people know about Jesus but they don’t have a personal relationship with Him.

Jesus actually spoke about this in Matthew 7:22-23. He said, “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then I will profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity”. See also John 5:39-40.

Why would the Watchtower want to distort the meaning of this text? Because by saying that eternal life comes by “taking in knowledge”, the Society keeps the Jehovah’s Witness dependent on them for salvation. Studying their literature becomes a matter of life and death and therefore, the Witness remains under the complete control of the Watchtower. Sadly, one never knows how much knowledge he must take in to gain everlasting life.

Daniel

Jehovah Witnesses state that “accurate knowledge” is the “key” to gaining eternal life in a new world paradise.

Upon gaining this accurate knowledge of the scriptures they can then be baptized into the organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Although that organization may presently be under going a name change do to recent sex scandals plaguing the group.

Basing their doctrinal teaching of “accurate knowledge” from John17: 3 of the New World Translation. However, other translation put the verse this way: And this is eternal life; to know Thee, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent. The Berkeley Version.

Because of this doctrine Jehovah’s Witnesses are not truly baptized into Christ nor are they any longer baptized under the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit , but rather they are under the legal organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses. My contention is, they have elevated “accurate knowledge” to the place of Christ. Thus, the worship of “accurate knowledge” translates into eternal life by being a baptized members of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.

Thus, to survive the end of the world and go through Armageddon and receive eternal life comes through the “accurate knowledge” of scriptures rather then accepting Christ as our savoir. In other words, it is accurate knowledge that obligates God to protect the group through the Great Tribulation and Armageddon rather then faith in the blood of Christ. (correctly stated in Revelation: being washed in the blood of the lamb; which means salvation)

Jehovah’s Witnesses are dubiously required to put their faith in the governing body because according to their teachings the GB are the only group on earth that can accurately explain the scriptures. Thus, to disagree with the teachings of GB is equivalent of rejecting God and Jesus Christ.

Subsequently, if the governing body changes a doctrinal teaching or they fail in one of their many predictions it is devastating to the faith of those that worship the “god of accurate knowledge” . Where as bible Christian accepted Christ as the one and only savior and the Holy Spirit was to teach them to know God the Father and His Son.

However, for Jehovah’s Witnesses it is the end of their faith in “accurate knowledge” translated to mean the governing body.

This so called “accurate knowledge” set a standard for JW’s to teach all of mankind will be destroyed at the end of the world because they lack or don’t have this so called “accurate knowledge” processed by Jehovah’s Witnesses alone. This teaching is the moral equivalent of Hitler’s superior race.

In psychology 101 we learn of a study that was conducted with school children where one group of children wore a red ban on their arm and another group blue ban. They were told by some one in authority { in this case a school teacher] that the blue ban children where superior and that the reason they were given the blue ban. While the red ban children were inferior and that why they wore a red ban.

The out come made history and it showed how cruel people become when they believe they are superior to others due to knowledge allowing them to judge others harshly. There is no wonder why Jehovah’s Witnesses come under abject submission of the leadership of Jehovah’s Witnesses. To maintain a superior position over other groups they are force to defend and have an answer to every verse in the bible because their faith in eternal life depends on “accurate knowledge”. Where as early Christian lived by faith in Christ Jesus - fully understood God as love and had provided them away of coming into close personal association with the Father and the Son through the Holy Spirit. They did not worship at the altar of “accurate knowledge” which confounds Jehovah Witnesses as a lack of faith.

Thus, Christian of the bible concerned themselves with perfecting their faith in the living Word of God Christ Jesus which produced the fruits of God Spirit marked by love. The fruits of the Spirit proved they have come to “know” God and Christ intimately and accurately.

Daniel