Have you ever heard of the witness group? In Indonesia, this name seems familiar. Witness yourself being often referred to as a group of YAHWE's admirers. Regarding his teachings, when viewed separately, it is not too different from the teachings of Christianity. However, in fact these days there are many teachings of Christianity that your Witnesses oppose, even misled. So that as people who follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, we must be more careful and wise in dealing with it, otherwise we will easily get caught up in it, even get lost by it. The following are their main teachings, which we really need to be aware of, namely:
1. TEACHING ABOUT THE END-DAYS
· The witness believes that the End Times began when Jesus came to earth, in 1874.
· The witness believes that there is a preparation period of 40 years until 1914.
· Royal witnesses also believe that the 1000 year kingdom will occur before the war of Armageddon, and that is where the end of the eternal Paradise.
2. TEACHING ABOUT HELL
· When talking about Hell, the Witnesses believe that after humans die, they actually die totally, but only sleep spiritually until the end of time.
· The samurai also do not believe in the eternal torments of Hellfire.
· In the last days, Witness reveals that humans have 2 choices, namely whether to be destroyed at the battle of Armageddon or to have eternal life with the 144,000 elect during Christ's reign on earth.
· The witness of salvation himself does not receive the salvation that Jesus Christ did on the cross, but the salvation of humans is based on good work or charity through the activity of preaching the teachings of the Witness.
3. TEACHINGS ABOUT HUMAN
· The witness witness believes that humans are God's creation made of dust and God's breath.
· Witness also believe that humans are only souls that are a combination of dust and breath of God.
· They also believe that humans have an image that has an animal, which is a unique creation of Allah created in the "image" and "likeness" of God.
· If a human dies, his soul dies along with his dead humanity.
· Human life only ends when he dies, thus there is no life after death, this belief is them.
4. TEACHING ABOUT REDEMPTION
· In this case, the Jehovah's Witnesses reject the redemption from the blood of Jesus Christ as the redeemer of humans from their sins.
· In their concept, Jesus did not really redeem humans from their sins.
· Rather, eternal life is obtained by doing good deeds.
5. TEACHINGS ABOUT TRITUNGGAL GOD
· Regarding this teaching, it has a striking difference in Jesus Christ, namely that the Son / Jesus Christ is only a creation.
· Regarding the person of God as Father.
· Based on this view, the Holy Spirit is not believed to be believed to be a person but only as energy / spirit.
6. TEACHINGS ABOUT CHRIST
· For them, Christ is a God (god - John 1: 1, NW), meaning that it is not God, only the firstborn or the first created who is adopted by God as His Son. Thus Jesus is only a partner of the couple.
Therefore, as Christians, be careful and careful in studying the Bible more carefully, sincerely asking for the guidance of the Holy Spirit as the person of God who will faithfully guide our lives. That is my discussion, may the Triune God in Jesus Christ bless all of you.
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