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Escape from the Jehovah's Witnesses with Chiquie Estrada & Testigos de Jehova

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Channel: CAnswersTV · 2017 · Education

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Larry Wessels, director of Christian Answers of Austin, Texas/ Christian Debater (YouTube Channel CANSWERSTV at https://www.youtube.com/user/CAnswersTV; websites: http://www.BIBLEQUERY.org, http://www.HISTORYCART.com & http://www.MUSLIMHOPE.com) is joined in studio by Chiquie Estrada who was studying with Jehovah's Witnesses & seriously considering joining their religious cult. Fortunately, by God's intervention, Chiquie was made aware of numerous problems & shortcomings in Watchtower literature, prophecy & theology that made her change her mind about the JWs & believe in what the Bible actually taught instead. Chiquie gives her testimony of how she went from Bible studies with JWs in her home, attending Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Halls & almost becoming an official Jehovah's Witness to ending up repenting of her sin, believing the true Biblical gospel & in the true Biblical Jesus. 

“Who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time? Happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so. Truly I say to ​YOU, He will appoint him over all his belongings.” (Matthew 24:45-47. New World Translation, emphasis added).

As recently as 2007, the Watchtower taught that a select group of 144,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses comprised the “faithful and discreet slave” of Matthew 24:45. 

“Just as all members of ancient Israel formed one ‘servant,’ so also all anointed Christians on earth at any one time form one ‘faithful and discreet slave,’” (Watchtower, November 1, 2007, p. 30, emphasis added).

According to the Watchtower (i.e., the JW publishing corporation), these so-called “anointed Christians,” which number the 144,000 are unique in the following ways:

    They rule and reign with Jesus in heaven
    They partake of the bread and wine
    Jesus is their exclusive mediator
    They are born again

The Watchtower teaching argues that while the 144,000 were the “faithful and discreet slave” and responsible for dispensing “food at the proper time,” it is the “Governing Body” who represents the 144,000 and leads the worldwide organization of Jehovah’s Witnesses. 

As of July 15, 2013, this is considered to be “old light” (i.e., no longer true) by the Governing Body.  Rather than viewing the entire group of 144,000 as the “faithful slave,” it is the Governing Body alone who is the “faithful slave.” 

“Who, then, is the faithful and discreet slave? In keeping with Jesus’ pattern of feeding many through the hands of a few, that slave is made up of a small group of anointed brothers who are directly involved in preparing and dispensing spiritual food during Christ’s presence,” (Watchtower, July 15, 2013, p. 22).

This “small group” is the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses.  They demand absolute unquestionable obedience from all Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide.  Therefore, to question them is to question God. 

How does the Governing Body come to the conclusion that they alone are the “faithful slave” of Matthew 24:45? 

“That faithful slave is the channel through which Jesus is feeding his true followers in this time of the end. It is vital that we recognize the faithful slave. Our spiritual health and our relationship with God depend on this channel,” (Watchtower, July 15, 2013, p. 20).

Followers of Jesus agree that it is Christians who preach, teach, and admonish fellow believers (2 Tim. 3:16-17).  Therefore, we would not advocate the unscriptural idea that followers of Christ live the Christian life on their own (Hebrews 13:17). Christians differ with the Watchtower in identifying this “channel” as the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses instead of all those who faithfully preach and teach Scripture. 

The Governing Body concludes that they alone are the “faithful slave” by a supposed inspection that took place between 1914 and 1919.  During this inspection, Jesus and Jehovah inspected all Christians worldwide and found the “Bible Students” (now called “Jehovah’s Witnesses”) to be the only ones whose hearts were really with Jehovah and the Bible.  Therefore, Jesus selected a small group of anointed (i.e., among the 144,000) JW’s to be the “faithful slave.” 

There are many problems with this approach.  First, there is no biblical evidence that an inspection took place between 1914 and 1919.  While the Watchtower cites Malachi 3:1-3, there is no evidence that this refers to an inspection that would take place thousands of years after its “initial” fulfillment.

The Watchtower even admits that Malachi 3:1-3 is referring to Jesus’ cleansing of the temple during His earthly ministry (Matt. 21:12-13; John 2:14-17).  While there are other ways of looking at this prophecy, let’s say for the sake of argument that we agree with the Watchtower.  What does this have to do with an inspection between 1914-1919 where Jesus chooses the Governing Body as the “faithful slave”?  Nothing.

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