SCRIPTURE INDEX FOR

QUESTIONS & RESPONSES - 2013

 

The following is a index of all the scriptures cited to in the

Questions and Responses posted on this site in the order

the scriptures appear.
 

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12/05/13 - The February 15, 2014 Watchtower’s ‘new light’ of a rapture                  for the Anointed.

John 10:27-30

11/22/13 - Response to a visitor to rejects the heavenly hope.

John 1:12                             John 6:53                       Colossians 1:24
John 14:2-3                          Matthew 10:37-39          Ephesians 1:3-5

Philippians 3:13-15               Matthew 7:7-8

11/20/13 - Who writes and reviews the articles on this site?  Isn’t this                    the feeding of many through the hands of a few?  

         
1 Corinthians 1:26-31           Roman 8:16                  John 16:12-15
Zechariah 4:10

11/5/13 - Why do we refrain from holidays that have pagan origins                      when we do so many other things in our daily lives that have                pagan origin?

Galatians 4:8-11                   John 4:24                     1 Peter 2:16-17
1 Corinthians 3:16                1 Corinthians 6:19        Matthew 14:6-10
Genesis 40:20-22                Romans 8:16-17           2 Corinthians 5:20

9/22/13 - Did we misstate the sign of Jonah so that The Ninevite                          Possibility is not consistent with what Jesus taught? 

Matthew 12:39-41                 Matthew 12:22-45        Matthew 12:42
Romans 15:4

9/21/13 - Isn’t it necessary to expose all of the errors of the Society’s                  teaching in order to make positive changes with Jehovah’s                  Witnesses? 

Matthew 23:15                      John 16:13                   John 17:15
Galatians 4:1-5                     1 John 2:27                  1 Corinthians 14:20
Hebrews 5:14                       Matthew 6:9-10            Matthew 22:37-40
Zechariah 4:6                       Revelation 22:17

9/13/13 - Can you introduce me to brothers who understand sonship                  in my area?

Acts 1:8                                2 Corinthians 5:18-20    John 4:21-24
Matthew 9:37-38 

9/12/13 - Was ‘obeisance’ the wrong word used by the Society at Acts                10:25-26?

John 1:1, 14                         Acts 10:25-26                 Acts 10:2
Acts 10:3-8                          1 Timothy 1:4

8/5/13 - Visitor asks a few questions about the authors’ status in the                congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses.    

1 Corinthians 2:16

7/28/13b - How do you understand Matthew 27:52-53? (The mass                          resurrection)

Matthew 27:50-54                 Acts 26:23                    1 Corinthians 15:42-44
Matthew 23:37-38                 Revelation 21:2            Hebrews 9:24

7/28/13a - We worship the Father, but do we pray to Jesus or the                          Father?

John 14:13-14                       Matthew 9:2-7              Philippians 2:9-11
John 10:30                            John 17:20-21              Matthew 17:5
Romans 8:26-27                   1 Corinthians 14:33      John 6:44
Psalms 103:14                      1 Corinthians 2:16        Matthew 22:37

6/28/13 - Visitor asks if we are going to write a letter to the Governing                Body denouncing the name calling at the 2013 District                            Convention.

Matthew 5:11-12                   Matthew 5:38-41           Matthew 5:22
Colossians 3:2                      Luke 9:60

6/21/13a - Elder who elected to step down from his position of                              oversight.

Matthew 10:16                      Philippians 4:7               Matthew 9:36
Matthew 9:37-38

6/14/13 - What is the agenda of demons and how to we handle                            demonic encounters?

Romans 8:28                       Matthew 28:18               James 4:7
1 John 5:4                            Colossians 3:1-2           2 Corinthians 3:17
Revelation 1:20-3:22           1 Corinthians 3:16          Acts 2:1-4
Genesis 1:2

6/5/13 - Regarding the article The Governing Body Myth, a visitor asks              why we characterize the letter from the Jerusalem                                    congregation as an apology rather than as a directive.

 

Acts 15:1-35                        Acts 21:17-26               Galatians 2:11-14
Hebrews 7:23-25                 John 14:15-17              John 16:12-15

5/20/13 - Visitor seeks help in facing problems of life

1 Corinthians 10:13            Matthew 11:28-30           Matthew 6:33-34

5/18/13 - Visitor asks why we refer to the Gospel Accounts as                              hearsay.

Romans 12:2                     John 14:26                      1 John 2:26-27
Matthew 9:22                     1 Corinthians 2:14-16

5/14/13a - Visitor asked how young can a person partake and what if                    one partakes and they are not anointed.

John 6:53-54                      Matthew 16:24

5/14/13 - Visitor asked about the difference between giving obeisance                and/or worship to Jesus. 

Philippians 2:9-11               Matthew 4:10

5/12/13 - Emails from visitors regarding whether we are to worship                      Jesus.

Revelation 5:13-14             John 14:7-11
Matthew 4:10                      John 14:12-14

5/11/13 - Visitor challenges the honor and glory we give to Jesus.

Philippians 2:9-11               John 14:6                       John 1:3
Colossians 1:15-16            John 17:17                     John 1:1-2
Matthew 17:5                      John 8:28                       John 10:30
John 12:49                         John 3:36                        John 6:40
John 11:25-26                    John 14:1                        Matthew 28:19-20 
Acts 1:8                              Acts 4:12                         Colossians 1:15-16
Isaiah 9:6                            Matthew 28:18


5/8/13 - Please clarify your comment in the article What is Truth where               you state that it does not matter what religion we belong to.

Acts 10:34-35

4/26/13 - What do I teach my young children ages 1 to 3?

Mark 10:13-16                  Colossians 3:1-4                 Philippians 4:8

4/11/13 - What do you think about the July 15, 2013 Watchtower                          explaining the new light?

Galatians 6:1                    Matthew 25:31-46.          Matthew 13:24-30, 37-43
Matthew 28:20                 John 16:12-15                 1 John 2:27

4/9/13 - If the Christian congregation represents the priesthood, then              wouldn’t the nations represent the earthly class with an                        earthly hope?

John 3:30                        1 Corinthians 15:24-28

3/19/13 - Since only 11 faithful apostles were invited to the first                             Memorial, does that prove only 144,000 may partake?

2 Peter 1:20                     Matthew 26:17-19           1 Corinthians 11:23-26

3/18/13 - Is one with an earthly mind set and hope also one of God’s                  sons?

2 Corinthians 5:18-20      Psalms 46:9                    Psalms 67:6
Psalms 72:16                   Isaiah 2:4                        Isaiah 11:6-9
Isaiah 33:24                     Isaiah 35:1, 6, 7              Isaiah 65:21-23
Hosea 2:18                      1 Timothy 6:19                Romans 8:15-17
Philippians 3:14-15           Psalms 146:4                 1 Corinthians 15:42-49
John 16:13

3/14/13 - Visitor shows that the number of sons of God are not                             limited to 144,000

1 John 5:1                          John 1:12

3/7/13 - Is the great crowd of Revelation 7:9 the same as the crowd of               people of Revelation 5:8-10?

Revelation 5:8-10               Revelation 7:9

2/23/13 - Visitor believes Revelation proves 144,000 will be co-rulers                    with Jesus over earth.

John 1:1-2                          1 Corinthians 2:9            Revelation 7:4
Revelation 14:1                  Revelation 14:3-5           Revelation 7:9
Revelation 7:13-14

2/21/13 - Visitor does not believe Daniel or John the Baptizer will be in                 heaven because they were not born again.

Ephesians 1:13-14              Romans 6:4                   Daniel 12:13
Luke 7:28                            Matthew 8:11                  Hebrews 1:1-2

2/15/13 - Visitor torn between the two conflicting visions of eternal                     life. [Is the heavenly calling supernatural?] 

Matthew 5:46-47

2/6/13 - Chastised for helping another accept the heavenly hope.

Matthew 28:18-20             Acts 28:23                      Matthew 23:13

2/1/13 - I still have doubts about whether there is only one hope for                  Christians.

Colossians 1:15-16

1/23/13 - Are you sure Daniel will be resurrected to the heaven? I                          don’t believe I am anointed.

Matthew 25:34, 41, 46      2 Corinthians 1:21-22     Romans 8:14-17

1/22/13 - Another request for clarification of the Governing Body’s                      “new light.”

1 Corinthians 14:33 

1/19/13 - Request for Clarification of the Governing Body’s “new                         Light.”

 
Matthew 24:45-47            Mark 13:37                         1 Corinthians 4:6

1/13/13 - Follow up to Question and Response, 1/9/13

2 Corinthians 3:4-6          Romans 7:6                        Matthew 27:62
Galatians 4:10-11            Matthew 23:23                    1 Corinthians 11:26
Luke 4:18                        Galatians 3:26-29                Mark 2:22
Matthew 13:44-46           Philippians 4:7

1/9/13 - On what specific date did Jesus institute the Memorial                           supper? 

   
Colossians 2:13-14            Matthew 27:62                1 Corinthians 11:26
Luke 22:19