Jehovah Witnesses St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church Saint

Jehovah Witnesses St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church Saint Paul Servant Preparation Program June 6, 2004 • Charlotte, NC http: //www. coptic. org/stmarknc

Charles Russell • He is the founder of Jehovah Witnesses. • He was born in 1852 in Pittsburg, • • Pennsylvania. He rejected the doctrine of eternal torment. In the age of eighteen (1870), he organized a bible class which in 1876, elected him as a pastor. PRESENTATION TITLE • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

Charles Russell • In 1884, he incorporated the “Zion’s Watch • • Tower Tract Society”. In 1897, his wife left him and in 1903, she sued him for separation. He was involved in fraud litigation in 1913 in what he claimed the “Miracle wheat” ($1. 00 a pound). PRESENTATION TITLE • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

God • There is one solitary being from all eternity, the creator and the preserver of the universe. • They deny the Trinity holding it to be of pagan origin PRESENTATION TITLE • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

The Human Soul • Man does not have an immortal soul. • The soul is not separate from the body. • The soul dies with the death of the body. PRESENTATION TITLE • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

Jesus Christ • Jesus Christ: The “Word” or the “Logos” is a god, a mighty god, not the “Almighty God” • Jesus is the first creation of God “the first born” son of God (Col. 1: 15, Rev. 3: 14). • Jehovah God used Jesus as his “master worker” in creating all other things. PRESENTATION TITLE • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

Jesus Christ • Before coming to earth, He lived as a spirit person in heaven. • After Jehovah God resurrected Jesus, He returned to heaven (1 Pet. 3: 18). They deny His bodily resurrection. PRESENTATION TITLE • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

Jesus Christ • Jesus Christ returned to earth in 1914; He • • did not return in a physical form and is invisible as the Logos. Jesus was Archangel Michael and became man. Jesus, no more and no less than a perfect human, became a ransom that compensated exactly for what Adam lost. PRESENTATION TITLE • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

The Holy Spirit • The Holy Spirit is the invisible active force of the almighty God but not a person. • The Holy Spirit is not one of the Holy Trinity PRESENTATION TITLE • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

Hell • There is no hell or eternal punishment. • Those who do not measure up to Jehovah’s standards will annihilated (be no more). PRESENTATION TITLE • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

The Bible • The New World Translation of the Bible, the New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures. PRESENTATION TITLE • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

Human Government • They refuse to pay homage to the flag of any nation. • No bearing arms and they are not allowed to serve in the armed force. • They do not pay taxes. PRESENTATION TITLE • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

After Death and Eternity • The dead are unconscious as being like a sleep. • The Heavenly Kingdom: only 144, 000 of Jehovah’s witnesses go to heaven. • They are two classes. The majority are second class. They do not go to heaven. They will live in an earthly kingdom. PRESENTATION TITLE • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

Amazing • Blood transfusion is a sin. • The cross is a pagan symbol and should not be used. • The angels are not eternal creatures. PRESENTATION TITLE • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

Amazing • In the days Noah, many angels lost their purity and sinned. The angels may take flesh and may marry women (Gen. 6: 2). Heb. 1: 7 • The Christian Churches are Satanic and they are dwelled by the devils. PRESENTATION TITLE • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC