by Striving for Eternity | Feb 19, 2018 | Islam
Islam often refers to Jesus as “the son of Mary”. This phrase displays that he is merely human not Divine. Jesus is a messenger of Allah, along with Abraham, Moses and Noah. And remember We took from the prophets their covenant: As (We did) from thee: from Noah,...
by Striving for Eternity | Feb 19, 2018 | Jehovah Witnesses
The Bible and the New World Translation The Jehovah Witness’s (JW’s) believe that the Bible is divinely inspired and accurately transmits God’s thoughts and will to mankind. There are many strand of evidence proving that the Bible really is God’s Word. Each strand is...
by Striving for Eternity | Feb 19, 2018 | Jehovah Witnesses, Preaching
JW’s believe that Jesus Christ’s death on the cross was to pay the penalty of Adam’s sin not the sins of all people. Once Adam’s original sin was taken care of it makes the opportunity for all people to be rewarded with eternal life for their faith and good works. ...
by Striving for Eternity | Feb 19, 2018 | Jehovah Witnesses
JW’s believe that Adam’s sin in the garden caused death and the condemnation is past on to all of his offspring. They would hold to a view of the original sin that is imputed to all people. JW’s teach that all men have a sin nature. By the disobedience of Adam sin...
by Striving for Eternity | Feb 19, 2018 | Jehovah Witnesses
JW’s believe that there are three classes of people; the “little flock” which after death will reside in Heaven, the “great crowd” that will reside on Earth and the rest that will be non-existent. Heaven JW’s believe that only 144,000, called the “little flock”, will...
by Striving for Eternity | Feb 19, 2018 | Jehovah Witnesses
The Triunity JW’s do not believe in a Triune God. They define Triunity as, “the doctrine, in brief, is that there are three gods in one: ‘God the Father, God the son, and God the Holy Ghost,’ all three equal in power, substance, and eternity” (Let God Be True, 1946...
by Striving for Eternity | Feb 19, 2018 | Jehovah Witnesses
Pre-existence of Jesus Christ Jesus Christ, before becoming man, preexisted in heaven as the first and only direct creation of God, known as Michael the Archangel. Before becoming man Jesus Christ was a mere angel. It was through this created archangel that God...
by Striving for Eternity | Feb 19, 2018 | Judaism
Judaism has four major sources of authority accepted today: Tanakh, Mishnah, Midrash and the Talmud. Tanakh The Tanakh is the Hebrew Bible containing 24 books. It is the Christian Old Testament with some books combined into one (i.e. 1 and 2 Samuel are one book...
by Striving for Eternity | Feb 19, 2018 | Judaism
Salvation from Sin? Salvation is through the Torah. This is the importance of the Torah for a Jew. A Jew has two issues to overcome: heritage (being born a Jew) and the belief that there is no sin nature in man and therefore, man can choose good on his/her own. ...
by Striving for Eternity | Feb 19, 2018 | Judaism
Pre-existence of man Judaism teaches that God created all the souls of man on the same day with the angels. ‘In the seventh heaven,Araboth, are stored the spirits and souls which have still to be created’ (Chag. 12b), i.e. the unborn souls which have yet to be united...
by Striving for Eternity | Feb 19, 2018 | Judaism
The World to Come Many incidental remarks occur in the Talmud declaring that the person who performs a certain action will, or will not, have a share in the World to Come. Note: As for those who are to be included, we are told: Who will inherit the World to Come? He...
by Striving for Eternity | Feb 19, 2018 | Judaism
The conception of God held by the Rabbis is monotheistic in the strictest degree. He created in the beginning one man only, so that heretics should not say that there are several Powers in heaven (Sanh. 38a). On the verse “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is...
