Ten reasons they have the truth according to Jehovah.
1, Zechariah 13:9
This third I will bring into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'Jehovah is our God.' "
2/ They are not perfect and suffer from all the frailties of mankind but still condemning them under Gods instruction unlike other religions/groups that do not.
Mark 7:21
For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
Romans 13:13
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
Acts 15:20
Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.
3/ they use Bible prophecy as per instruction even if they need constant refinement on it. They do not ignore it.
NWT Matthew 24: 15 “Therefore, when YOU catch sight of the disgusting thing that causes desolation, as spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place, (let the reader use discernment,)
4/ They deal with but do not support authorities around them. Paul himself was a Roman citizen the UN/Disgusting thing of his day but did that mean he supported Rome?
Acts 22:27
The commander went to Paul and asked, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes, I am," he answered.
5/ They have been given pure Bible truths and through prayer and spirit guidance, all easily checkable against what the Bible actually teaches.
Acts 17:11
Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
6/ They do not worship idols.
Exodus 20:4
"You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.
7/ They do not worship false gods.
NWT Mark 12:28 Now one of the scribes that had come up and heard them disputing, knowing that he had answered them in a fine way, asked him: “Which commandment is first of all?” 29 Jesus answered: “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God is one Jehovah, 30 and you must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind and with your whole strength.’
John 4:23
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
6/ they allow themselves to be refinable.
Daniel 11:35
Some of the wise will stumble, so that they may be refined, purified and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.
a process that doesn't end until the appointed time. Mistakes being a natural human condition under sin and hense why we have the Bible in the first place.
7/ they do not expect signs/miracles from God.
Matthew 12:39
He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign!
8/ They put God's work through his son before men's, working to please Jehovah rather than men. That see only the physical not the spiritual goals we have been given first.
Mark 16:15
He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.
9/ They Pray to Jehovah our father.
Colossians 1:3
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
10/ what is love?
Proverbs 3:12
because Jehovah disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
Love is a word that doesn't mean excepting wrongdoing, unprincipled actions and hurt to others without correction rather it has strength to do right even when it seems hard and difficult. Like a parent needing to rebuke his child so he can recognise danger. Or Captain giving precise safety instructions to be followed in life-threatoning situations. We are accountable for our actions and those who are our shepherds are accountable not just for what they do/teach but for what they allow.
1 Corinthians 5:12-13 (New International Version)
12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? 13 God will judge those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you." [a]
