#6 - Watchtower Beliefs: A Different Gospel – Part 1

“And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24:14, NWT)

‘This verse is one of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ all-time favorites. But they read into it a number of thoughts that go beyond what it says. They believe that Jesus Christ returned invisibly in the year 1914 A.D. and “established” God’s kingdom in heaven at that time, with the Watchtower Society as his visible agency on earth. So, in order to receive everlasting life, people need to “come to Jehovah’s organization for salvation” (The Watchtower, 11/15/81, pg. 21)

When Jehovah’s Witnesses preach their “gospel” or “good news” of the kingdom, they are actually preaching the doctrine of Christ’s invisible return in 1914. They freely acknowledge that the “good news” they preach is not the same as the gospel or Good News preached by Christians down through the centuries. But they think it is wonderful that they have different good news:

…the Kingdom witnessing of Jehovah’s Witnesses since 1914 has been something far different from what Christendom’s missionaries have published both before and since 1914. “Different”—how so?…What Jehovah’s Witnesses have preached world wide since 1918 is something unique…the preaching of this good news of the Messianic kingdom as having been established in the heavens in 1914….(The Watchtower, 10/1/80, pp. 28-29)

But the Bible plainly warns against the preaching of another gospel:

“However, even if we or an angel out of heaven were to declare to you as good news something beyond what we declared to you as good news, let him be accursed. As we have said above, I also now say again, Whoever it is that is declaring to you as good news something beyond what you accepted, let him be accursed.” (Galatians 1:8-9, NWT)

Ask the Jehovah’s Witness, “Did the apostle Paul teach the disciples in Galatia that Christ would return in 1914 and set up a visible organization with headquarters in Brooklyn, NY?” If not, then the Watchtower leaders’ “good news” is “something beyond” what the Galatians accepted—placing them under God’s curse for teaching another gospel.’[1] (Bold added)

“[The] disciples came to Him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?’ And Jesus answered and said to them: ‘Take heed that no one deceives you.’” (Matthew 24:3, NKJV) Unfortunately, someone has already deceived Jehovah’s Witnesses, and we as Christians must take care that they do not deceive us. DON’T BE FOOLED by these heresies of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Watchtower cult exalts its own publications above the Bible, just as Lucifer once exalted himself above God. Jesus was there as he “beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.” (Luke 10:18, KJV) Those who follow the Watchtower shall likewise fall!

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[1] JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES ANSWERED VERSE BY VERSE, David A. Reed; 1986; Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506’ pp. 55-56