1Ronald M. Enroth, Churches That Abuse (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1992), 174.

2Heb 13:5.

3Isa 43:4.

4Isa 49:15-16.

5John 3:16.

6You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth (New York: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, 1982), 127.

7The Watchtower, February 1, 1991, 17. Strangely enough, while teaching that salvation is a reward for obe-dience, the Watchtower does, at the same time, unashamedly declare that it is a “free gift.” What this means is that the sacrifice of Christ has wiped away the sin inherited from Adam, and man has now been given the chance to work his way toward salvation. Without this “gift” (chance), there would be no hope of salvation.

8Rom 5:5-10.

9Eph 2:8-10. Jehovah’s Witnesses maintain that faith alone is not enough–works are also needed. James 2:14-26 is often given as scriptural support for this position. However, as Paul plainly declares in the second chapter of Ephesians, salvation is not by works but by grace through faith. Works are the result of a salvation experience, not a condition for receiving that salvation. Good works are necessary, not as a prerequisite to salvation, but as evi-dence of genuine faith.

10Heb 10:19-22.

11Eph 2:13-18.

121 John 1:3.

13John 15:4-7.

14Rom 6:4- 14.

15Rom 8:31-39.

16John 16:13.

171 John 2:27.

18John 10:28-29, 1 John 5:11-13.

19The Watchtower, September 1, 1994, 12.

20The Watchtower, November 15, 1981, 21.

21The Watchtower, October 1, 1994, 6, 8.

22The Watchtower, May 15, 1999, 15.

23The Watchtower, July 1, 1965, 391.

24The Watchtower, December 1, 1993, 13.

25The Watchtower, August 15, 1983, 23. It is note-worthy that in this article the average Jehovah’s Witnesses (who are not members of the “heavenly class” and therefore not branches of the Vine) are told that they must “prove themselves to be Christ’s disciples,” and also “keep bearing much fruit.” Christ Himself, however, states that “apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).

26The Watchtower, April 1, 1979, 31.

27The Watchtower, June 15, 1974, 376.

28Mark 7:13.

29In the December 1, 1974 issue of The Watchtower, Jehovah’s Witnesses are told what is and is not acceptable in their sexual relations and foreplay.

30The March 15, 1969 issue of The Watchtower declares that, “Jehovah’s organization. . . should influence our every decision” (p. 172).

31The Watchtower, June 1, 1985, 30 [Emphasis added].

321 Cor 7:23.

33Gal 5:1.

34Jas 2:8-12.

35Gal 5:13.

36John 3:3-5.

37Eph 2:1-6.

382 Cor 5:17.

39Reasoning from the Scriptures (New York: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, 1985), 77. The Scriptures clearly state that all who have faith in Christ are born of God (John 1:12-13, 1 John 5:1).

40You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth (New York: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, 1982), 132 [Emphasis original].

41Matt 23:25-28.

42See Rom 3:12.

43Luke 18:13.

44The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life (New York: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, 1968), 112-3.

45Life Everlasting in Freedom of the Sons of God, (New York: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsyl-vania, 1966), 398.

46Insight on the Scriptures (New York: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, 1994), 1:604-6.

471 John 3:2.

48Rom 5:1.

49Rom 8:1. The Watchtower’s New World Translation omits the word “now” in Romans 8:1: “Therefore those in union with Christ Jesus have no condemnation.”

501 John 5:11-13.

51John 5:24.

52John 6:47.

532 Cor 6:2.

54You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth (New York: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, 1982), 251.

55Rev 3:20.

56John 6:44.

57See Rom 10:13 and 1 Cor 12:3.

58Matt 11:28.

59John 7:37b.