Reasoning with Jehovah's Witnesses |
19. Sufficiency of Christs' Redemption |
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19. Sufficiency of Christs' RedemptionJehovah's Witnesses believe that: a. Christ's redemptive work alone is not sufficient for the justification of a believer. 24
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Q1. Is Christ's redemptive work fully sufficient for the justification of a believer? Acts 13:39-Through him everyone who believes is justified from EVERYTHING you could not be justified from by the law of Moses. Rom 8:1-2-Therefore, there is now NO condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. Col 1:21-22-Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation. Col 2:13-14-When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having cancelled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. Col 2:20-23-Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"? These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence. Heb 9:12-He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. Heb 10:10-And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 1 Pet 2:24-and He Himself bore our sins on His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
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Summary: a. Christ's redemptive work alone is fully sufficient for the justification of a believer.
Endnotes: 24. Watchtower, 12/1/85, p. 7 |
