Why Study the Bible?

Originally posted by whereu ↑

I posted:
Are you going to tell me that Jesus said that only those who associate with the Watchtower organisation in New York will be saved?
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You responded with
No I am not! You are the only one I know that has made that claim.

I simply do not believe you MrGordon, because this is based on what Watchtower published back in 1983.

To receive everlasting life in the earthly Paradise we must identify that organization and serve God as part of it." Watchtower 1983 Feb 15 p.12

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This is not the only lofty claim made by Watchtower for itself

Here are a few more "gems"

"Consider, too, the fact that Jehovah's organization alone, in all the earth, is directed by God's holy spirit or active force. (Zech. 4:6) Only this organization functions for Jehovah's purpose and to his praise. To it alone God's Sacred Word, the Bible, is not a sealed book." Watchtower 1973 Jul 1 p.402

"However, the Governing Body are appointed through the holy spirit under the direction of Jehovah God and Jesus Christ." Watchtower 1990 Mar 15 p.18

"These overseers faithfully seek to apply instructions received from Jehovah God and Jesus Christ by means of the faithful and discreet slave and its Governing Body." Watchtower 1990 Mar 15 p.20

"Christ thus leads the congregation by means of the spirit-anointed "faithful and discreet slave" and its Governing Body." Examining the Scriptures Daily2007 p.34

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and

"Jehovah’s visible organization can use you, but can get along without you too. But you cannot get along without it. Fruitless ones are eventually pruned off and never missed as new ones are grafted in. Pruned-off branches soon wither and die, being cut off from the circulating, life-giving sap." Watchtower 1950 Jan 15 p.26

That makes it pretty clear that Watchtower regards you as totally dependent on it (the Watchtower organisation) for your salvation.

So please do not come along with your feigned ignorance now or in the future that I am the only one that you know to make this claim. The claim comes straight from the JW governing body.

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Whereu, nowhere in the quotes you posted does it mention association with the "Watchtower" or "New York". That remains a claim you make. Of course Jehovah deals with people through just one organisation today as he always has in the past.
Congregation
A group of people gathered together for a particular purpose or activity. In the Hebrew Scriptures, it generally refers to the nation of Israel. In the Christian Greek Scriptures, it refers to individual congregations of Christians but more often to the Christian congregation in general.—1 Kings 8:22; Acts 9:31; Romans 16:5.