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Daniel_Marsh
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Do today’s Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that they are indwelt by the person of the Holy Spirit? or was that only the 144,000? or was it only the apostles?
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jschwehm
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Daniel:
When I was a JW, we were taught that this applied only to those of the 144,000 class. Of course we were taught that the apostles belonged to the 144,000 class.
Jeff S.
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Daniel_Marsh
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Since they do not have the Holy Spirit indwelling them then they don’t have him illuminating the scriptures for them at all,
John 14:26
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
Exactly, how does a “force” teach people?
John 14:26
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
Exactly, how does a “force” teach people?
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mattharris
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*** w64 8/1 p. 480 Questions From Readers ***Do today’s Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that they are indwelt by the person of the Holy Spirit? or was that only the 144,000? or was it only the apostles?
Jehovah God’s command to all those dedicating themselves to him to preach the “good news of the kingdom” constitutes the terms of the ordination of the “great crowd” of “other sheep.” (Matt. 24:14) The command of God regarding the responsibility to preach is in the Bible for anyone to read, but this commission does not constitute anyone’s ordination until after one has studied God’s Word, gained accurate knowledge, dedicated himself to God, for the doing of his divine will, and then symbolized that dedication by water baptism. Thus the “great crowd” of “other sheep” have their ordination from God by virtue of his command to dedicated Christians to preach the Kingdom good news, and Jehovah also backs them up with his holy spirit, just as his spirit was upon the pre-Christian prophets and witnesses.
*** w60 2/1 p. 80 par. 18 Mildness and Self-Control Yield Peaceable Fruitage ***
So whether married or single, whether adults or juveniles, of the remnant or of the “great crowd,” overseers or not, one and all of Jehovah’s witnesses with the aid of God’s holy spirit, and by exercising mildness and self-control, are able to produce an abundant and never-ending crop of peaceable fruitage.
Of course JW’s don’t blieve the HS is a person so they don’t believe they are ‘indwelt’ by the ‘person’ of the Holy Spirit. I am unsure what the term indwelt means to a Catholic, so… I am not sure of the proper response.
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