Holy Spirit - Links To Information

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HOLY SPIRIT - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)

God’s Active Force; Holy Spirit (Insight-2 pp. 1017-1027; Watchtower Online Library)

Holy Spirit (Search Results From the Watchtower Online Library)

The Truth About the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (What Does the Bible Really Teach? APPENDIX; JW.ORG)

What is the Holy Spirit? (Search For Bible Truths)

Holy Spirit 'proof' - texts debunked (i.e. Acts 5:3,4; Eph. 4:30; Mt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14, etc.) (Search For Bible Truths)

Is Acts 5:3, 4 - Lied to the Holy Spirit...lied to God? (Search For Bible Truths)

Quotes: Holy Spirit is a Force from God, Trinitarians Admit (Search For Bible Truths)

"Holy Spirit" in the Original Greek is Neuter - "It," "Itself" are Used in the Original New Testament Greek (Search For Bible Truths)

Comprehensive Research Concerning Why the Holy Spirit is Not God or a Person (Examining the Trinity)

Gender of article, pronouns for use with holy spirit discussions (Examining the Trinity)

"The Coptic text uses articles with the term 'holy spirit', proving conclusively that it was not regarded as a personal name by those early translators." (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers)

Bowman's Holy Spirit (Examining the Trinity)

What is the difference in the meaning of "ru´ach" (spirit) in Genesis chapter 1 and 2 in the Bible? (Search For Bible Truths)

Is the Holy Spirit really God? (Search For Bible Truths)

The Holy Spirit-Active Force or the 3rd Person of the Trinity? (quotedstatements.com)

What about scriptures that seem to show the Holy Spirit being personified? (Search For Bible Truths)

Do scriptures personifying the "Holy Spirit" mean that it is a person? (Search For Bible Truths)

If the Holy Spirit is God, then why isn't the Holy Spirit given equal description in the Bible? (Search For Bible Truths)

Did Jesus ever teach that the Holy Spirit was God along with the Father and Son? (Search For Bible Truths)

Is it true that the Bible describes the Holy Spirit as an "it"? (Search For Bible Truths)

Is the Holy Spirit really a thing that can be poured out into portions? (Search For Bible Truths)

Does the Holy Spirit have a personal name? (Search For Bible Truths)

Why is the Holy Spirit nameless and indistinguishable from all of the other holy spirits? (Search For Bible Truths)

Does Mt. 28:19 prove that the Holy Spirit is God? (Search For Bible Truths)

Does Acts 8:29 prove that the Holy Spirit is a person? (Search For Bible Truths)

How can the Holy Spirit be "grieved"? (Eph. 4:30) (Search For Bible Truths)

If the Holy Spirit is really a person, wouldn't the water and blood be persons too according to Trinitarian reasoning and 1 John 5:8? (Search For Bible Truths)

2 Cor.13:14 "Jesus", "God", "and the...Holy Spirit" (Search For Bible Truths)

If the holy spirit really is a person, then why is it sandwiched between a list of QUALITIES at 2 Cor. 6:6? (Search For Bible Truths)

What is indicated by the expression “the seven spirits”? (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers)

Questions for those who believe in the Trinity (Search For Bible Truths)

Last Days - Links to Information

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LAST DAYS - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)

LAST DAYS (Insight-2 pp. 205-207; Watchtower Online Library)

Are We Living in “the Last Days”? (bh chap. 9 pp. 86-95; Watchtower Online Library)

Are We Really Living in “the Last Days”? (w06 9/15 pp. 4-7; Watchtower Online Library)

The Last Days - When? (g 4/08 pp. 4-7; Watchtower Online Library)

Are we living in the last days? (Search For Bible Truths)

The Last Days (Pastor Russell)

Armageddon - What should we do while waiting for "the day of Jehovah"? (Search For Bible Truths)

Divorce - Links to Information

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DIVORCE (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)

DIVORCE (Insight-1 pp. 639-643; Watchtower Online Library)

Divorce (Search Results From the Watchtower Online Library)

Does the Bible Permit Divorce? (JW.ORG)

What If My Parents Are Divorcing? What you can do. (JW.ORG)

Four Things You Should Know About Divorce (AWAKE! 2010-02; JW.ORG)

Can Your Marriage Be Saved? (AWAKE! 2010-02; JW.ORG)

What Scriptural grounds are there for divorce allowing for remarriage? (Search For Bible Truths)

What circumstances allow for separation to be Biblically permissible? (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers)

St. Patrick's Day - Are It's Associations Pleasing to God?

There are many things or occasions where it is proper for a Christian to observe or commemorate. However, God does not approve of customs if they come from false religion or are against Bible teachings. (Matthew 15:6) If a holiday or custom is being deliberately used in worship by a Christian, it must have absolutely no known pagan religion associations or unscriptural teachings. (2 Cor. 6:16, 17; 1 Thess. 1:9)

Notice what the following source tells us about St. Patrick's Day:

"The doctrine of Three Gods in One, each separate and distinct, yet each totally God, is claimed by Christians to be a mystery and is accepted on faith. In trying to teach his converts about the Trinity, St. Patrick held up a shamrock explaining that the three leaves represented the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, while the stem was the Godhead itself from which they proceeded. This is said to be the origin of the use of the shamrock which is customarily worn on St. Patrick's Day.

"Scholars have discovered that the shamrock, or trefoil, was initially used in ancient Celtic fertility rites. It represented a triad of goddesses..." - pp. 79-80, Celebrations - The Complete Book of American Holidays, Robert J. Myers, Doubleday; Co., 1972.

Not only does Biblical and historical evidence clearly not support the Trinity, but Historian Will Durant said that

"Christianity did not destroy paganism; it adopted it. . . . From Egypt came the ideas of a divine trinity."

And Arthur Weigall stated that

"Nowhere in the New Testament does the word `trinity' appear. The idea was only adopted by the Church three hundred years after the death of our Lord; and the origin of the conception is entirely pagan." - The Paganism in our Christianity, pp. 197, 198.

(For more, see Why Don't Jehovah's Witnesses Believe in the Trinity?)
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Should we venerate "saints" as intercessors with God?

Notice what Peter's response was to a certain situation in the account of Acts 10:25, 26, JB:

"As Peter reached the house Cornelius went out to meet him, knelt at his feet and prostrated himself. But Peter helped him up. `Stand up,' he said `I am only a man after all!'"

Peter did not approve of such adoration when he was personally present. He understood what Jesus clearly stated in John 14:6, 14 that our approach to the Father can be only through Jesus and that our requests are to be made in Jesus' name:

"Jesus said: `I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through me. If you ask for anything in my name, I will do it.'" (JB)

1 Tim. 2:5: "For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." (NASB)

Note what Martin Luther wrote concerning the reverence of Roman Catholic Saints:

"The pity is that we are so blind that we do not leave the devil alone to play his tricks in his own way; rather, we support him and multiply them. I wish people would leave the saints in peace, and not mislead humble folk. What spirit was it that gave the pope authority to canonize saints? Who tells him whether they are holy or not? .... God is just in judging us with His wrath and in allowing the devil to lead us hither and thither, to institute pilgrimages, ... to set about canonizing saints and other foolish things." - p. 458, Martin Luther, Selections From His Writings, Dr. John Dillenberger, Anchor Books, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961.

For more, see:

What Should a Christian Look For When Deciding Whether to Partake or Not Partake in a Holiday or Celebration? (Search For Bible Truths)

Why is it Important Whether a Holiday Has Pagan Religious Associations? (Search For Bible Truths)

Research: Are Celebrating Holidays Acceptable to God? (Search For Bible Truths)

Disfellowshipping / Expelling

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What is expelling (disfellowshiping) and why is/was it used in the Christian congregation?

Is the practice of disfellowshipping (expelling) found in the Bible?

To what extent should Christians avoid fellowship with disfellowshipped ones?

What About Christians Living In The Same Household With a Disfellowshipped Family Member?

Can someone be reinstated back to the congregation after being Disfellowshipped / Expelled?


Articles from the WBTS:

Let Us ABHOR What Is Wicked

Discipline That Can Yield Peaceable Fruit


Y/A Question and Answer Regarding The Following Subject:

Do you have to be ignored if you are disfellowshipped in a Jehovah Witness Religion?

Depression - links to Information

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DEPRESSION (Mental) - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)

Depression (Search Results From the Watchtower Online Library)

Meeting Today’s Adversities with Courage (THE WATCHTOWER (STUDY EDITION) OCTOBER 2012; JW.ORG)

Why should I not end my life? (Search For Bible Truths)

Why does God permit suffering? (Search For Bible Truths)

Death - Links to Information

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Death - Links to Information (INDEX; Watchtower Online Library)

DEATH (Insight-1 pp. 596-599; Watchtower Online Library)

Life Beyond the Grave—It Is Possible! (AWAKE! 2008-09; JW.ORG)

A Closer Look at Some Myths About Death (w02 6/1 pp. 5-8; Watchtower Online Library)

What Happens After You Die? (Search For Bible Truths)

What does the Bible say as to what humans are and what becomes of them when they die? (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers)

What Hope for Dead Loved Ones? (Pastor Russell)

Does the Bible indicate whether the dead experience pain? (Search For Bible Truths)

Does the Bible Liken Death to Sleep? (Search For Bible Truths)

Does the Bible indicate that the soul survives the death of the body? (Search For Bible Truths)

When God’s will is done on earth, will people still get sick or die? (Search For Bible Truths)

What are some practical suggestions for those who have lost a loved one in death? (Search For Bible Truths)

Is there a hope of an afterlife for animals? (Search For Bible Truths)

After David and Bath-sheba sinned, why did their son have to die, since Deuteronomy 24:16 and Ezekiel 18:20 say that a son is not to die for his father's error? (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers)