Becoming a Jehovah’s Witness and dedicating my life to serve Jehovah my God fulltime was not a decision I took lightly. Becoming a baptized Jehovah’s Witness is a life long dedication where you vow to serve Jehovah and remain faithful to him for the rest of your life. Many people in other religions get baptized when they are babies but that is not what the bible says we should do. I researched the bible and it says we must have full understanding of what God requires of us and make a decision to live a clean life and follow Jesus footsteps closely. It was not something I could do as a baby because I did not have the maturity or understanding to make such a weighty decision. I will let you know what steps I took to become one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. …show more content…
I read that in order to get baptized I needed to have a close personal relationship with Jehovah God. That involves heartfelt prayer daily and reading and meditating on the bible and living my life as closely by the bible as I can possible do. I also needed to make sure I was taking a full share in the preaching and teaching work that is outlined in the bible. This also had to be my own personal decision, not something my parents wanted me to do. I also needed to have accurate knowledge of the bible and what it teaches. The bible also taught me I needed to pray to ask for Gods Holy Spirit in my dedication. I also needed to repent from any wrong doing and turn around from my previous life
Jehovah's Witnesses. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear that name? Preachers? Church-dwellers? "The kingdom"? That's what many around the world first think of, however you may also have thought of: the bible. This may be because you know that every belief that Jehovah's Witnesses have stems from the bible. The bible is the foundation of the religion. Living the life of a Jehovah's Witness is one of the most fulfilling ways one can lead their life.
The first step was receiving Christ and the next step is to become strengthen in the faith so that the adversary cannot steal, kill, or destroy the good work that has been started in one’s spiritual life. There are afflictions that will occur, but with God’s help, we can maintain the righteous lifestyle. Even though hardship may arise, God will keep us in perfect peace, if we can stay focus on Jesus.
Baptism is another ritual that I feel is a sacred event to symbolize your commitment to the Lord. I feel that once you make the commitment to become a Christian, the next step is baptism. I don’t think it is something mandatory for salvation but it jus...
According to dictionary.com (n.d.), Jehovah witnesses are a part of a Christian Sect. Henslin (2012) states that a sect is like a cult, but larger than the cult. Dictionary.com (n.d) states that Jehovah Witnesses were founded in the late nineteenth century, which believes in the imminent destruction of the world’s wickedness and the establishment of a theocracy under God’s rule. Henslin (2012) says that there are one thousand, six hundred members in the United States; this is point seven percent of United States adults. Jehovah witnesses expect a millennium to begin in a couple of years (dictionary.com, n.d.). Jehovah is the only God of Jehovah Witnesses. According to dictionary.com (n.d), Jehovah Witnesses deny the Trinity and consider Jesus to be the greatest of the witnesses of Jehovah.
Here one can see the significance of baptism extending far beyond the momentary act that is the baptismal rite. Baptism is an act of birth; it gives an immediate and direct connection with Christ’s resurrection, and it lays the foundation for fellowship, which
Jehovah's Witnesses You may have heard them talked about, in a derogatory way most. probably. I will be able to do that. They may even have visited you once or twice, but does.
Jehovah's witnesses’ faith allows them to seek medical help; however, they do not accept blood transfusions. This belief arises from a biblical passage that states "Only flesh with its soul- its blood-you must not eat (Genesis 9:3-4), "You must not eat the blood of any sort of flesh, because the soul of every sort of flesh is its blood. I will set my face against that person who eats blood...Anyone eating it will be cut off” (Leviticus 17:10, 13-14). These passages are interpreted by Jehovah's witnesses as forbidding the transfusion of any blood products. The following presentation will address legal and ethical issues that can arise from this scenario.
The next discipline is prayer. James discusses “The Prayer of Faith”. He writes that one must pray and have faith. The Church is there for us and we can pray in fellowship. God will hear our prayers and we must have faith. Wright discusses prayer in chapter twelve. He writes that prayer is a way of bridging the gap between Heaven and Earth. Through prayer, Heaven and Earth are able to overlap. He also says that there is nothing wrong with using prayers from Christian tradition. We do not necessarily have to pray from the heart all the time. The Bible has many prayers that we can pray and still mean what we are saying. Wright ends the chapter by writing that there are many ways to pray. We can pray meditatively, out loud, and even in tongues. Prayer is not a rigid concept with an overwhelming amount of rules, it’s personal. Foster does not directly discuss prayer, but he does discuss the benefits of Spiritual Disciplines. He claims that we doubt our abilities to reach beyond the physical world and through Spiritual Disciplines, we are able to achieve this. We also do not know about exploring our inward
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
My first visit was a simple observation visit. I met with Gary and Dina at the Kingdom Hall for the 1pm Bible Talk service and the Wa...
For my diversity awareness paper, I have decided to investigate information about the religious group Jehovah Witness. My religious group would be non-denominational Christian. Even though Jehovah’s Witness is a type of Christian organization, they have certain beliefs and have different practices from what my in group does. Whenever I have heard of Jehovah’s Witness, I automatically think of the individuals who go from door to door in my neighborhood who want to talk to my family about religion and give us little booklets that talk about their religion believes in. I decided to choose this group of individuals because I know very little about them and have always been curious to know more about their practices and religion. For this paper,
White, Timothy, A People For His Name; The History of Jehovah's Witnesses and an Evaluation. New York: Vantage Press, 1967. Print
During Baptism, we are received into the church. Baptism is important as it represents a death to the old sinful life. and a rise to a new life as a Christian. Water is used to cleanse and during Baptism, an infant is cleansed of original sin or a believer is. cleansed of personal sin.
Baptism celebrates a family 's and a community 's love for the initiate who is welcomed into the community of believers. The candidate (infant or adult) is provided with a god-parent/ sponsor to help them with their initiation as a Christian. 'Baptise first the children, and if they can speak for themselves let them do so. Otherwise their parents or other relatives speak for them '.
During my seventh grade year, my church went to a youth rally at a local church on weekend. Because of this rally and the message it sent, I realized and wanted to give my life to Jesus through baptism. It was awesome, I got home as a young teenager and actually talked to my mom about what it really means to be a Christian and to pick up your cross and follow him. So that very next weekend, my dad baptized me in front of the whole church on Sunday morning. It was an awesome feeling knowing that because of Jesus’ grace and mercy, I will be with him one day and spend eternity with him. Although I was on top of the world at this point, I still didn’t know fully what I had gotten into. So the next few years, I live the typical Christian life. I was trying to be the perfect person by doing the right stuff, I would try not to cuss, I would try to wear as many WWJD bracelets as I could so that I wouldn’t have to talk to them about Christ and they could just see it on my wrist, I would not join in on conversations with my friends that I knew were not right, I was just living life on cruise control.