The Watchtower Society's Memorial

The Memorial of Christ’s death that the Watchtower Society and Jehovah’s Witnesses annually commemorate is really a renamed and redefined version of a very significant event in the bible. This event is what is commonly known amongst Christians everywhere as “The Last Supper”, which was the final meal Christ had with his disciples before he gave up his life on the cross on behalf of mankind. The Last Supper is described in three of the four New Testament Gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke. Some of the details of the last supper as recorded in the gospels are as follows;

 First, Jesus predicts He will suffer soon after this meal and it will be His last meal prior to finishing His work on behalf of the kingdom of God (Luke 22:15-16). Second, Jesus gives His followers symbols of remembrance for His body and His blood sacrificed on behalf of all mankind. "And he took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19).

Third, Jesus provides a very important principle for living a Christian life: the greatest are those who serve others, not those who expect to be served (Luke 22:26). Finally, Jesus provides hope to his followers: "and I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel”(Luke 22:29-30).

For the last 2 millennia Christians throughout the world have been participating in this event. Some participate annually, some monthly and some more often than that. How often we do this is not really important as the bible says“For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes, (1corinthians11:26) Since no specific mention is made as to how often a Christian can do this, it is perfectly fine that the Watchtower Society has chosen for their followers an annual observance only. Their observance is usually during the same week as the Jewish Passover, which was when Jesus instituted this new observance for believers.

The problem with the Watchtowers observance of this event is in the “How” they carry out this observance. They have literally kicked the body of Christ out of the covenant with Jesus, forbidding the majority of them to participate in this meal by limiting the number of those who can participate to only 144,000 out of all the peoples who have ever lived since Christ’s first appearance on earth, until now. And they claim that number has been almost completely filled, thus almost no one at one of their memorial observance can partake of the bread and the wine.

This number has been taken from the highly symbolic book of Revelation and curiously, while the Watchtower Society claims the number is literal, they reject the description of the 144,000 who are all men, all virgins, and all from Jewish tribes. (See Revelation14:2-4). In addition to this, the number 144,000 was never mentioned by the Lord Jesus Christ or by any of the Apostles.

During the Watchtower’s Memorial of Christ’s death, they insist that almost the entire congregation merely pass the wine and bread around without partaking and thus they are In effect rejecting the blood and body of Christ!

Jesus Christ, the author of our faith tells us in his own words that there is no eternal life for us UNLESS we “drink his blood and eat his flesh”, which are symbolically represented at the memorial by the bread and the wine.  By partaking of these we are personally accepting Christ’s ransom which was paid by him on our behalf, by his death on the cross. And we are obeying his command concerning the New Covenant that we are to do this each year “in Remembrance of him” up until his return. (Luke 22:19)

The Words of Jesus regarding the last supper are strong; if you do not do this he says “you have no life in you”. This means you have NO everlasting life whether in heaven or on the earth, for you will not be raised up on the last day. Read Jesus’ words at John 6:52-56 and prayerfully consider them. In the end you need to decide if you will heed Jesus words or follow the false teachings of the Watchtower Society. Please ask yourself, WHOM does the Bible say has the words of eternal life? (John 6:68)

*The Kings Table Ministry has prepared a flyer that can be used to Witness about the Memorial to Jehovah’s’ Witnesses. For a copy of this flyer, please hit the link on this site that says “The Memorial Witnessing Flyer”. Peace be with you

Beware Of The Big Bad Wolf

Many people have read Jesus words at Matthew 7:15 which say “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.” But how many people have truly experienced Jesus words quoted here? I can honestly say having been one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, I experienced them.

Jesus warns us that these wolves are disguised as his sheep. They claim to represent him and may use his words to give you a false sense of security. They do not fully reveal themselves until they have you very deeply in their snares and then it is almost impossible to break free without some damage being done. For many people that have been ensnared by these wolves, the damage has been devastating, literally destroying their faith in God.

Jesus warns us about them because they falsely claim to represent him but are really part of the many cults of Christianity that came before them and since them. And, they preach a false God and a false truth. Their aim is to alienate you from Christ and his love and enslave you to their organization. Once you are deeply enslaved, broken down spiritually and believing in their lies that there is nowhere else to turn, and then you lose faith in them, well, then you may lose your faith in God completely. Because you may have believed the lie that their God was THE God and that you just couldn’t measure up to his standards. Spiritually at this point, this ravenous wolf has eaten you alive.

Has this happened to you? Like I said it happened to me. In my case though, the wolf was not able to devour me completely, though a lot of damage had been done. But by God’s Grace, his divine Son Jesus had already stepped in to take my hand and lead me to him. But this is not always the case and sadly, I am confronted daily by those who have lost complete faith in God and blame him for allowing the wolf to attack them.

But truth be told, it was not really God that was the blame in my case, and probably not in your case either. Sometimes, we cannot help but be attacked by these wolves, but most of the time, if we heed Jesus warning in Matthew 7; we can avoid any attack in the first place. Knowing that they will be in disguise, and are not really sent by Christ, we need to be on our guard against them.

Now, in my situation, all my life I claimed to be a Christian but yet, I did not fully understand Christian doctrine. Because of this, my defenses were down and I was an easy target. The Watchtowers’ wolves thus were easily able to convince me to believe in a False God, and a False Christ.  I did not read the bible enough to heed its warnings to “make sure of all things”, and “test everything”, If I had done this while studying with the Witnesses, I would have seen the lies and errors right off.  Perhaps some of you have a similar experience?

Besides testing all things and being sure our foundation is secure on the Rock, which is the Christ, God’s word clearly tells us how to identify the wolves in sheep’s clothing in Matthew 7:16, the Lord says “by their fruits you will recognize them. “Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles”?  Of course, this fruit is in reference to the fruit of the spirit mentioned in Galatians chapter 5. You simply cannot bear the fruit of love, joy, peace, long suffering, faith, patience, kindness and all these other “fruits” without God’s Holy Spirit.  To receive this Holy Spirit and bear the fruits of it, we MUST first be attached to the proper vine the fruits “grow” on which is none other than Christ himself.  

Sadly, we know Jehovah’s witnesses are not attached to the true vine nor bearing good fruit since they do not know nor accept the real Jesus. The real Jesus is God in the flesh, our reigning king, Lord of all things in heaven and earth. The head of the Church, all authority has been given to him. But the Jehovah’s Witness Jesus is Michael the Archangel, a lesser god, someone they give “lip service” to only but neither really lives in their minds nor their hearts.

The “fruit” of the Jehovah’s Witnesses are false teachings, being puffed up with pride by claiming that only THEY represent God, as well as strife (child molesters in their kingdom halls), no love for their members because they spiritually abuse, use and then toss people out of their organization if they dare question any of the Watchtower’s teachings. Due to the insidious nature of the Watchtower Organization, we need to heed Jesus warning and so we can beware of the Big Bad Wolf!

Scriptures for review; John1:1, 1Thessalonians 5:21, Matthew 16:18, 28:18, Galatians5:19-26,1John4:1

  

A Lesson Learned About the identity of the "True Church"

The reason I got involved with the Jehovah’s Witnesses is that I had been on a quest most of my life to find God’s True Church. The one that Jesus and his Apostles started back in the first century. I had longed to be part of this church since I was a young child. This quest took me into many different churches. But, I never felt they were the right one, or right for me. I would be either confused or disturbed by the things they were teaching, and that would eventually send me out the door and into another church.

For instance, most of my family is Roman Catholic. And I remember my Italian grandmother praying to several saints. Each saint had a specific function. There was a saint to ward off Satan, a Saint to heal your sick pet, another one to pray to sell your home. The list went on and on. I couldn’t wrap my head around all this praying to different saints even as a child. Instinctively, all I really wanted was to go directly to my heavenly father in prayer. I mean, why does God need all the middle men?

Since I was confused by my Roman Catholic Heritage; I decided to try other churches that my school friends attended.  One of the first other churches I went to was a Pentecostal church. This church is not for the faint of heart that is for sure. You know, they speak in tongues there? And let me tell you that can be really scary for a young child. Next, I tried the Baptist church, but that was even scarier with its “damnation to a fiery hell” sermons about every Sunday. After making my way through most of the Christian denominations, I am not ashamed to admit, I even read a pamphlet on the Hare Kristina’s. But, this religion's depiction of a blue, fairy like God reminded me too much of Aladdin. One of my favorite movies, but not a God I could really worship.

As I was saying, deep down I always knew there had to be one true church. The trouble was finding out where it was. The initial draw for me on getting involved with the Jehovah witnesses is they claimed they were the True church of the first century. And that they could teach me the pure simple Christianity of Jesus Day. Well, I just about thought I hit pay dirt!

Of course, I eventually and very painfully I might add, found that there was nothing “simple” about their brand of “simple” Christianity. That is because they imposed on their followers almost as many rules and regulations as the Mosaic Law did on the Jewish Nation. They had rules about holidays, blood transfusions, friendly associations, types of entertainment, saluting the flag, how you should dress at meetings, no beards for men, 5 meetings a week, 10 hours of field service per month (that was the national average) , and well if you’ve been there like me, then you know the rest. Again, there was nothing “simple” about it and their version of Christianity was certainly NOT like what Jesus started back in his day.

After leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses I decided to give up on my exhausting search for the true church and after much reflection on it, I decided to take an entirely different route instead. What was that? Well, I will tell you. It occurred to me that I had been going about the search all wrong. Instead of relying on myself to find it, I put it in Jesus hands to lead me to it. After all, it is HIS church I was looking for.

This is when I had one of the greatest spiritual awakenings of my life. After nearly 25 years of searching for the “true” church, which I thought was a correct building or denomination, the Holy Spirit revealed to me that it was literally right under my own nose all along! That is because I AM the church. And not only me, but all believers baptized by Holy Spirit make up the Church, which Christ likens to “his body”. He is the head of his body of believers and WE are all his body members.  (Ephesians 1:22-23)

We are part of a living, breathing entity, the temple of the living God, were the Spirit of God dwells in us. This is the TRUE Church of Christ.  And no particular creed or denominational view is necessary. When believers are gathered together, in Jesus name, he is among us. In actually, Jesus has NEVER left his church. This church was started at the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit was poured out onto believers, and continues on through the centuries, still alive and growing. (Acts 2:1-3, 16:5) Thanks be to God, that by his Grace, HE has finally made ME part of His True Church. 

Peace to all.

Scriptures for thought; 1Corinthians12:13, Matthew 18:20

From Watchtower Slave To Christian

Hello there,

My name is Lilly Cruz and I am a reformed Watchtower Slave. After nearly 12 years as a Jehovah's Witness, I was born again by the Lord Jesus Christ. Since that time, I have been on a spiritual journey of sorts. The Lord has been helping me to break down the old Watchtower teachings that were deeply ingrained into me and to build up the correct doctrine that he wants me have.

The Watchtower is always talking about their abundant spiritual table. However, the truth is that they serve  nothing on that table but their own brand of false, strange, and non-biblical junk food.  This food is not healthy for us, will make us spiritually sick and does not lead to everlasting at all, like they claim. It actually leads people away from the truth and away from God, and can ultimately lead us to spiritual death.

The purpose of the Kings Table Ministry is to help people find the true spiritual food from God, which comes down to us through The Lord Jesus Christ. It is Jesus whom the Bible calls "the true bread from heaven". He alone is the one who provides us with the correct food that will sustain our eternal lives. Some scriptures for thought are these;

John 6:50-51 "But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die.  I am the living bread that comes down from heaven.  Whoever eats this bread will live forever: This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."

John 4:13-15 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

The way to eternal life is not through any false organization but rather is through Jesus Christ. The bible calls Jesus "the author of our faith", "our mediator" and "The only High Priest" for Christians. It also says the only way to the Father is "thru the Son", And the Bible states that "all authority" as been given to the son.

More scriptures to read;  John 14:6, 1Timothy2:5, Hebrews4:14,5:15,5:10,7:26-27, Matthew28:18

May the Lord Jesus open your hearts and minds to the "real" truth, so that you may come feast at the table of The Lord Christ the King with me. Peace to all