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From: usenet@christrose.news
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Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:52:34 -0500
Watchtower Heretic James wrote:
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>> I remain free of the delusion that your falsehoods and hypocritical
>> double standards have somehow escaped exposure and refutation ad nauseam.
> More damning opinions. Are you sure you want to continue going that
> path?
>
> "Love your neighbor as yourself", Jesus. (Mt 19:19)
> "Love your enemies" and "pray" for them, Jesus. (Mt 5:44),
>
> You profess to be a Christian. Then be one.
You've demonstrated no failure to love. Believers are supposed to love
the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:10), not damnable heresies and false
gospels such as you proclaim.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel
across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he
becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell
as yourselves. “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone
swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the
gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind fools!
For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the
gold sacred? And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is
nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar,
he is bound by his oath.’ You blind men! For which is greater,
the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? So whoever
swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. And
whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells
in it. And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God
and by him who sits upon it. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have
neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy
and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without
neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat
and swallowing a camel! “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate,
but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. You blind
Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that
the outside also may be clean. “Woe to you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which
outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s
bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear
righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and
lawlessness. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For
you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments
of the righteous, saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our
fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the
blood of the prophets.’ Thus you witness against yourselves that
you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then,
the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you brood of vipers,
how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?” (Matthew
23:15–33, ESV)
Notice also, that just because someone travels land and sea to proclaim
heresy, doesn't mean they are seeking the kingdom of God or proclaiming
the gospel by which men enter God's kingdom through faith in Christ's
death and resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:1-4; Romans 1:16-17; 10:17).
The Scribes and Pharisees had an outreach program, but it was to convert
people to their damnable heresy, not to the truth of Christ in the
gospel. That's how I know "Jehovah's Witnesses" deserve the kind of
stern rebuke Jesus gave the Scribes and Pharisees.
Paul also severely rebuked doctrinal error (Galatians 1:6-9), as well as
those who oppose the proclamation of the gospel of Christ's death and
resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:12-14; 2 Timothy 2:16-18):
“But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still
being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been
removed. I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate
themselves!” (Galatians 5:11–12, ESV)
“But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a
gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be
accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone
is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received,
let him be accursed.” (Galatians 1:8–9, ESV)
“But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel
other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally
condemned!” (Galatians 1:8, NIVA)
"But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a
gospel that is different from the one we preached to you, may he
be condemned to hell!" (Galatians 1:8, GNT)
“He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of
intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear
the word of God. But Elymas the magician (for that is the
meaning of his name) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul
away from the faith. But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled
with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him and said, “You son
of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit
and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight
paths of the Lord?” (Acts 13:7–10, ESV)
Notice, it doesn't say Paul "lost his temper and spoke too harshly". It
says he was "filled with the Holy Spirit" when he issued that rebuke.
--
Have you heard the good news Christ died for our sins (†), and God
raised Him from the dead?
That Christ died for our sins shows we're sinners who deserve the death
penalty. That God raised Him from the dead shows Christ's death
satisfied God's righteous demands against our sin (Romans 3:25; 1 John
2:1-2). This means God can now remain just, while forgiving you of your
sins, and saving you from eternal damnation.
On the basis of Christ's death and resurrection for our sins, call on
the name of the Lord to save you: "For 'everyone who calls on the name
of the Lord will be saved'" (Romans 10:13, ESV).
https://christrose.news/salvation
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* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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