Post by Les Brewer on Jun 27, 2012 9:18:49 GMT
John Wolf
Calvary's Cross Ministries
Preaching Christ Crucified
From the Pastor's desk....
Good morning and God bless you today!
We will be continuing our study of the Watchtower and Bible Tract Society a.k.a. Jehovah's Witnesses,the seemingly dedicated followers of a man by the name of Charles T. Russell,founder of the organization know today as the "Pit Bull of all cults" simply because they are so tenacious in there prosylitizing techniques.
Today we will take a quick look at the FACT that the WT (Watchtower) claims to be a prophet from God,proclaiming things to come.
In order to recognize a true prophet of God from a false prophet is really not all that hard to do.I think that most of us will remember the debacle from last year,of the prophecied end of the world by an individual named Harold Camping.He predicted the end of the world for May 21st or the 23rd,2011,I do not specifically remember the exact day,but millions do remember it..He stated in no uncertain terms,that the LORD had told him that the end would be on this date.Well,as we all know,that day came and went,and here we are.No end to the world.If I'm not mistaken,that same day,he changed the date to October 2011.This day also,came and went.No end.
The WT is very quick to announce that this man is a false prophet.The irony of it is that they do not recognize this same problem in their own "Organization".By the way,Harold Camping is not affiliated in anyway with the WT to my knowledge,he does,However,claim that he is a true prophet and HIS organization,is the TRUE organization as well.Along with Ronald Weinland of COG-PKG (Church of God-Preparing for the Kingdom of God) cult.This is a splinter group from the Worldwide Church of God,which follows the peculiar teachings of the now deceased Herbert W. Armstrong,he too,prophecied an end to the world in 2008......I said all of that to say this.It is one thing to claim to be a true prophet from God,it is quite another issue altogether to be able to prove it.As I write this,I am reminded of the words in Proverbs 30:5-6,"Every word of God is pure:He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him.Add thou not unto His words,lest He reprove thee,and thou be found a liar."(KJV)
It is necessary to define what a true prophet is.A true prophet,such as the Bible prophets,Isaiah,Jeremiah,Ezekiel,Daniel and the rest,were true prophets not by any choice of their own.God chose them,they did not take this task to themselves voluntarily.As a matter of fact,Jonah refused to do what God told him to do,until God put him in a position to where he finally accepted the call.A true prophet speaks what God tells them to speak,but only under inspiration of the Holy Spirit.Which simply put,means that while under direct inspiration of the Spirit of God,these prophets are actually saying what God has said Himself.The prophets of the Bible were men and women just like us,they were sinners,just like us.They had faults just like us,however,while under the direct moving of the Spirit upon them,they could not make a mistake in the writings of the words of Scripture.While under inspiration,they penned the words God spoke to them without error.This is why we as Christians believe the word of God is without error in the original languages of Hebrew,Aramaic and Greek.
If a person today,speaks in the name of the LORD,a prophecy of future events to take place,he better well know what he is talking about.God will not lend Himself to error,nor does God make mistakes.If God said it,it WILL come to pass.Many times these false teachers after being proven to be liars,will try to shift the blame for their lies to a secondary issue,such as Harold Camping did.What we must understand is this.If ANYONE speaks in the name of the LORD,it must come to pass just as they speak it.Period.There can be no IFS,ANDS or BUTS about it.If it does not come to pass,it is not from God.
Getting back to the WT.Tomorrow I will show from the writings of the WT itself that they believe and teach,and have also predicted many times an end to the world and Armageddon,naming specific dates,just as Mr.camping has done,yet no end.
One note I'd like to say.If a person or person's predict a specific date for the end,you can pretty well rest assured that it won't happen on that date,for no man knows the day or hour,only God.Until tomorrow,God bless you all and take care of yourselves......love in Christ,John.
Calvary's Cross Ministries
Preaching Christ Crucified
From the Pastor's desk....
Good morning and God bless you today!
We will be continuing our study of the Watchtower and Bible Tract Society a.k.a. Jehovah's Witnesses,the seemingly dedicated followers of a man by the name of Charles T. Russell,founder of the organization know today as the "Pit Bull of all cults" simply because they are so tenacious in there prosylitizing techniques.
Today we will take a quick look at the FACT that the WT (Watchtower) claims to be a prophet from God,proclaiming things to come.
In order to recognize a true prophet of God from a false prophet is really not all that hard to do.I think that most of us will remember the debacle from last year,of the prophecied end of the world by an individual named Harold Camping.He predicted the end of the world for May 21st or the 23rd,2011,I do not specifically remember the exact day,but millions do remember it..He stated in no uncertain terms,that the LORD had told him that the end would be on this date.Well,as we all know,that day came and went,and here we are.No end to the world.If I'm not mistaken,that same day,he changed the date to October 2011.This day also,came and went.No end.
The WT is very quick to announce that this man is a false prophet.The irony of it is that they do not recognize this same problem in their own "Organization".By the way,Harold Camping is not affiliated in anyway with the WT to my knowledge,he does,However,claim that he is a true prophet and HIS organization,is the TRUE organization as well.Along with Ronald Weinland of COG-PKG (Church of God-Preparing for the Kingdom of God) cult.This is a splinter group from the Worldwide Church of God,which follows the peculiar teachings of the now deceased Herbert W. Armstrong,he too,prophecied an end to the world in 2008......I said all of that to say this.It is one thing to claim to be a true prophet from God,it is quite another issue altogether to be able to prove it.As I write this,I am reminded of the words in Proverbs 30:5-6,"Every word of God is pure:He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him.Add thou not unto His words,lest He reprove thee,and thou be found a liar."(KJV)
It is necessary to define what a true prophet is.A true prophet,such as the Bible prophets,Isaiah,Jeremiah,Ezekiel,Daniel and the rest,were true prophets not by any choice of their own.God chose them,they did not take this task to themselves voluntarily.As a matter of fact,Jonah refused to do what God told him to do,until God put him in a position to where he finally accepted the call.A true prophet speaks what God tells them to speak,but only under inspiration of the Holy Spirit.Which simply put,means that while under direct inspiration of the Spirit of God,these prophets are actually saying what God has said Himself.The prophets of the Bible were men and women just like us,they were sinners,just like us.They had faults just like us,however,while under the direct moving of the Spirit upon them,they could not make a mistake in the writings of the words of Scripture.While under inspiration,they penned the words God spoke to them without error.This is why we as Christians believe the word of God is without error in the original languages of Hebrew,Aramaic and Greek.
If a person today,speaks in the name of the LORD,a prophecy of future events to take place,he better well know what he is talking about.God will not lend Himself to error,nor does God make mistakes.If God said it,it WILL come to pass.Many times these false teachers after being proven to be liars,will try to shift the blame for their lies to a secondary issue,such as Harold Camping did.What we must understand is this.If ANYONE speaks in the name of the LORD,it must come to pass just as they speak it.Period.There can be no IFS,ANDS or BUTS about it.If it does not come to pass,it is not from God.
Getting back to the WT.Tomorrow I will show from the writings of the WT itself that they believe and teach,and have also predicted many times an end to the world and Armageddon,naming specific dates,just as Mr.camping has done,yet no end.
One note I'd like to say.If a person or person's predict a specific date for the end,you can pretty well rest assured that it won't happen on that date,for no man knows the day or hour,only God.Until tomorrow,God bless you all and take care of yourselves......love in Christ,John.
