SCRIPTURE INDEX FOR

QUESTIONS & RESPONSES - 2014

 

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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12/31/14 - Visitor who had lost faith in God questions the growth as                    stated in Kingdom Update - December 2014. 

Luke 18:8                         Matthew 10:30

12/11/14 - What is the difference between the spirit of truth and holy                    spirit?

Galatians 5:22-23 

12/8/14 - Visitor does not believe Jehovah’s Witnesses have unusual                  spiritual experiences.

2 Corinthians 12:1-7          1 Corinthians 2:11-16      1 Corinthians 1:26-31 
Matthew 7:1-5                   Matthew 5:21-22
      
12/6/14 - Do the writer of the website have special insight? 

1 John 4:1                         Acts 17:11                       Matthew 28:9-20
2 Corinthians 5:18-20       John 16:13                       Hebrews 5:14 
John 8:32

12/04/14 - Why do we keep calling the Father Jehovah?

Romans 8:15                     Galatians 4:6            
Matthew 6:9                       John 17:6

12/03/14 - Do ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses have the special overwhelming                  feeling of anointing?

Galatians 4:1-4                  Romans 8:16-17            Philippians 4:7
Matthew 25:31-46             Matthew 13:24-30           John 1:12
Ephesians 4:4-6                Matthew 23:13               Galatians 3:26-29
Philippians 3:14-15

11/06/14 - How should I understand 1 Corinthians 5:5 to hand a                            person over to Satan?

1 Corinthians 5:1-5 

11/2/14 - Why does the Revised New World Translation omit John 8:1-                11?

John 7:53-8:11                  John 21:25                        Matthew 7:7-8
John 10:14, 27

09/23/14 - Why don’t I hear about the numbers of Elders and traveling                  overseers stepping down on other blogs, and why do you                    have such a low count of activity on your site?

Philippians 3:13

09/22/14 - How can I wake my children up to the undue influence of                       the Watchtower organization on their lives and their                               thinking?

Matthew 7:15                     1 John 2:18                       Matthew 13:15
Luke 15:11-32                   Matthew 10:37-38             1 Corinthians 2:9
Matthew 15:14

09/21/14 - Didn’t Jehovah’s Witnesses lose Jehovah’s blessings back                   in the days of Rutherford when they first shut up the                             kingdom?

Matthew 13:24-30              Matthew 5:45                   Romans 11:33
Jonah 4:2                           Acts 10:34-35                  Matthew 23:38
Acts 5:39                           1 Corinthians 2:9              Matthew 24:37-39
John 3:16-17                     Daniel 5:1-31                    2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

08/29/14d - (1) Is our only grievance with JW.org the two-tiered                                      Christian Hope?

                    (2) Are we seeking to reform the organization or start a                                 new religion?

                    (3) Why did we demand the Governing Body acknowledge                           our site?  

                    (4) Shouldn’t we reconsider using the title “Elaia                                           Luchnia”?

1 Corinthians 3:10-15           John 14:6                     Matthew 16:24
John 13:35                            John 14:2                     Matthew 10:32-33
John 4:21-24                        Galatians 6:1                1 Peter 3:15

08/29/14c - Why aren’t the sons and new partakers being                                           disfellowshiped as apostates?

 

John 10:12-13                     1 Peter 3:15                   Philippians 2:3
Galatians 5:22-23                Hebrews 10:23             1 Peter 3:15

08/26/14 - Visitors is concerned at the sceptics about our report of the                   happenings at Bethel

Matthew 23:15

08/25/14 - Why did members of the Writing Department resign? 

Galatians 3:26                   Matthew 23:13                  1 Timothy 6:19
Acts 10:35                         Galatians 6:7-8

08/02/14 - Visitor intends to report us to the Governing Body if we do                   not close down this website and stop publishing Bible-                         based material.

1 John 4:1                         John 6:53-56                     Matthew 7:21-23
Psalms 23:4                      James 1:12                       Psalms 146:3-4
Acts 5:29

07/20/14 - If the end is imminent, why have Jehovah’s Witnesses                            switched preaching tactics to silently standing by literature                  carts? 

Matthew 24:14

06/29/14 - Is stepping down from a spiritual privilege in the                                    Congregation an act that is contrary to God's will? [WT                          4/15/14]

2 Timothy 2:15

06/02/14 - Should we not pay attention to Paul’s writings and are you                   encouraging us to read the aprocryphal?

Matthew 13:47

05/31/14 - What do you mean when you say the Governing Body will                     soon bedefunct?

Matthew 18:20                    Hebrews 5:12                    Acts 5:29

05/30/14 - Are you setting yourselves up to be a new governing                              body?

1 John 2:27                        Galatians 4:1-2                   John 4:21-23
2 Timothy 2:1-2                  Hebrews 5:14                     John 16:13

05/26/14 - Do you think there needs to be a reformation of Paul’s                           teachings?

2 Corinthians 12:2-4           1 Corinthians 3:16              1 Corinthians 6:19
Genesis 1:28                      Matthew 25:14-30              Matthew 11:30
1 Corinthians 1:13              Hebrews 12:2

05/18/14 - Will you eventually be explaining the background of the                         Urantia Book and its influence on you, if any?

Mark 10:27                          John 16:13                         Romans 8:14

05/17/14 - I have never experienced anything supernatural. Maybe the                  gospels are all that is left of God’s spirit on earth.

1 Timothy 6:19                    Hebrews 11:5

05/06/14 - What version of the Bible do you use?  Are you all in this                      for the money?

Hebrews 5:14                     Matthew 6:2-4                    Matthew 7:11
Matthew 10:42                    Luke 6:38                           Acts 10:1-2
Acts 28:10                          Acts 20:35

05/02/14 - Is your article Beyond A Friend just a quibbling over the                        words ‘sons’ and ‘friends’?

 Romans 8:15                    Galatians 4:6                       1 Timothy 6:3-5
1 Timothy 4:16                   Philippians 1:10                   Matthew 7:3

04/11/14 - What is the Kingdom of the Heavens? And over whom do                    the ‘kings-priests’ rule?

Colossians 1:13                     Ephesians 1:3-5

04/06/14 - What do I do if the elders try to disfellowship me for                              partaking?

John 6:53                               Luke 17:1-2

03/31/14 - Visitor believes we are trashing ‘Jehovah’s earthly                                   organization’

Matthew 7:1-5

03/24/14 - Do we really consider the Governing Body is as group of                      rebels?

Matthew 23:13                        John 6:53                        Mark 2:22
Galatians 1:6-9                       Matthew 25:40, 45          Matthew 7:21-23
John 10:1-16

03/10/14 - Do Jehovah’s Witnesses believe in Jesus? (WT 5/1/14)

John 6:53                               Matthew 10:32                 Romans 6:3
Philippians 3:14                      Colossians 1:24              1 John 2:18
Matthew 7:21-23                    1 Timothy 1:4                  Psalms 146:4

03/09/14 - Are those who are not anointed under the authority of the                     darkness? (WT 1/15/14 - Colossians 1:13)

John 1:12                               Matthew 15:14

03/04/14 - Should we discourage young ones from getting baptized                     until they reach an age of maturity? 

Matthew 11:30                      Matthew 19:13-14              Galatians 6:7

02/26/14 - Who is left on earth after the separating of the sheep and                     the goat?

Revelation 19:4                     Revelation 14:1                  Matthew 25:31-46
Matthew 13:24-30                 John 5:28-29                      Acts 24:15
Luke 23:39-43                      1 Corinthians 2:9                 Romans 8:38-39

02/24/14 - Since the scriptures indicate that we can celebrate the                           Memorial Supper whenever we get together, is there a                           need for an annual celebration?

1 Corinthians 11:26              Ecclesiastes 9:11               Romans 15:5-6
Matthew 28:18                      Revelation 1:20                  Hebrews 1:2
John 6:51                              Colossians 3:2                   Romans 6:3-5
Colossians 1:13

02/22/14 - Do I need to confess my sins to the Elders before I can                          partake at the Memorial?

John 3:16                             John 6:40                            John 6:47
John 5:24                             1 John 5:11-13                    Matthew 18:15
James 5:13-15                     Romans 3:23                      1 John 1:9
James 5:16

02/20/14 - What kind of meal should we serve at the Memorial?

Luke 10:38-42                       Matthew 6:25
Matthew 15:10-11                 1 Corinthians 10:25-31

02/12/14b - Can I partake at the Memorial if my life is not ‘in order’?

John 6:53-56                        1 Corinthians 11:27-29        Matthew 5:48
Hebrews 12:2                       Matthew 22:37-38               Matthew 11:30

02/12/14 - Why don’t we just count ourselves since the Governing                         Body will not?

Matthew 10:30                      Matthew 23:10                     John 1:3
Colossians 1:15-16              Philippians 2:10  

02/11/14 – Can I celebrate the Memorial alone? (How to invite others.)

Ephesians 1:22-23                 Galatians 3:26-29
Matthew 10:32-33                  John 6:53-54

02/08/14 - What sort of persons should we invite to our private                              Memorial Suppers?

Mark 2:14-17                         1 Corinthians 2:16              Romans 10:13-14
1 Corinthians 6:9-11              Luke 23:39-43                    Matthew 22:2-14
Matthew 22:10                       Matthew 22:11-14               Matthew 22:27-40
Matthew 5:48                         Matthew 7:1-5                     Matthew 5:16
1 Timothy 2:3-5                     Matthew 7:21-23                  Matthew 10:15

02/07/14b - Is it premature to suggest that people not attend the 2014                     Memorial hosted by Jehovah’s Witnesses?

Matthew 25:14-30                   John 7:32                         John 7:45-46
  
02/07/14 - When celebrating the Memorial at home, what kind of                             bread and wine should we use and can our children                               participate?

Matthew 19:13-14                   John 14:2                         Proverbs 22:6
Deuteronomy 6:6-9                 Hebrews 8:10-12

01/23/14 - Visitor is worried that we might be going ‘beyond the                            things written.

1 Corinthians 4:5-6                 1 Corinthians 4:1-5          1 Corinthians 4:8
1 Corinthians 4:5                     John 16:13                      John 16:12-13
John 21:24-25                         Hebrews 4:12                 Matthew 25:14-30
John 16:12                              Hebrews 10:16
   
01/22/14 - Visitor is unclear as to who inherits the earth.

Matthew 11:12                        Matthew 5:5                      Matthew 25:31-46
Matthew 13:24-30                   John 16:1-4                      Matthew 16:16
John 14:6                                Matthew 12:41-42            John 21:24-25
Matthew 28:19-20                   John 5:24                         Matthew 18:20
Luke 9:35                                 Isaiah 43:10                     Acts 1:8
2 Corinthians 3:15

01/21/14 - Anonymous email seeking forgiveness.

Luke 16:10                             Luke 23:43
 
01/20/14 - Visitor has different opinion of what Jesus’ ‘new                                    commandment’ is.

Galatians 6:10

01/15/14 - How should Christians flee from the antichrist leadership                     of the Governing Body?

Luke 4:16-21                          Romans 8:19                     Galatians 4:1-7
John 14:30                             John 17:6-19                      Matthew 24:15
1 John 2:18

01/14/14 - Have we changed our position on who is Babylon the                          Great?  Do we think it is time to formally leave Jehovah’s                      Witnesses.

Matthew 24:15-16                  2 Corinthians 6:15-18       Galatians 6:7
Matthew 21:37                       Matthew 24:15

01/09/14 - What do you think about the number of Memorial partakers                   in 2013?

Matthew 10:32-33                  Luke 22:19                      Ephesians 1:22-23
Colossians 1:24                     Luke 4:18-21                   Luke 19:41-44
John 4:21                               Matthew 24:23                John 4:23
 

01/08/14 - Why do we continue to support the Governing Body?

2 Peter 3:9