COMPARISON IN DOCTRINES
Between Jehovah’s Witnesses (started in1870) and William Sowders
(started 1914 - ?)
Disclaimer: I got
the information concerning the Jehovah’s Witnesses on their own Website and recollections
from studying with them and reading their books. The information concerning
William Sowders was taken from material in my possession that was given to us
by Lloyd Goodwin and from my own recollections from teachings from various
Gospel Assembly Churches through the years. If I’m wrong about any of this,
please advise so I can change it. My comparison is not
an acceptance or a denial of the truth or non truth of these doctrines but just
to see if they were direct NEW revelations as claimed or were taken from
other’s and claimed as original. In my opinion, it is not what a group believes
or teaches that makes it a destructive cult but the amount of control and
coerciveness that is used to hold people in bondage to man
made systems. Sincerely, Wanda Mason
Jehovah’s
Witness
Charles Russell
was born on Feb. 16, 1852 in Pittsburgh. He was raised in a
strict Protestant family. His later *study
of the Bible* led him to deny the existence of hell and the doctrine
of the
Trinity and etc…,
Christ is God's Son and is inferior to him and was first of God's creations. *Please refer to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Student_movement |
William
Sowders
William Sowders,
was born in Louisville, Kentucky on September 13, 1879, *(nine years after Russell started his
Bible Studies.)* His studies led him to deny the existence of hell and
the doctrine of the Trinity and etc.., Christ is God’s Son and is
inferior to him and was first of God’s creations.
*Please refer to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Student_movement |
HELL
The
doctrine of a burning hell where the wicked are tortured eternally after
death is false. |
HELL
The doctrine of a
burning hell where the wicked are tortured eternally after death is false. |
BABYLON
Believe that every religion outside the Jehovah’s Witnesses is false and part of Babylon the great whore of
Revelations of which the Catholic Church is part of.
|
BABYLON
Believe that
every religion outside the “Body of Christ” is false and part of
Babylon the great whore of Revelations of which the Catholic Church is part
of. |
|
Kingdom on
Earth God
will destroy present system of things in the battle at Har–Magedon
and the Kingdom under Christ will rule earth in righteousness and peace. |
Kingdom on Earth
God will destroy
the present system of things at the battle of Armageddon and the Kingdom
under Christ and the Bride will rule the earth in righteousness and peace. |
Number of Christ's Bride
Teach
that 144,000 elite Jehovah's Witnesses go to heaven (the "Israel of
God") and not for the "great crowd," the remainder of
Jehovah's Witnesses. Only a little flock of 144,000
goes to heaven and rule with Christ. The 144,000 are born again as spiritual
sons of God. |
Number of Christ's Bride
Taught that there
would be 144,000 in the Bride of Christ. The remainder or
“the number that no man could number, would live on the new earth, ruled over
by the Bride (144,000). The 144,000 are the only ones who will be
caught up in the rapture; the rest will be in the second resurrection.
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Eternal Judgment
Believes a person’s soul dies when the body
dies and there is no resurrection for the ungodly. |
Eternal Judgment
Believed a person’s soul dies when the body
dies and there is no resurrection for the ungodly. |
Godhead
The doctrine of the Trinity is "a
false, unbiblical doctrine" originated by Satan. "Who
ran the universe during the three days that Jesus was dead and in the
grave...? If Jesus was God, then during Jesus's death
God was dead and in the grave... If Jesus was the immortal God, He could not
have died." My
Father is greater than I.'... means `greater' not only as to office but also
as to person." "Being God's first creation, he
was with the Father in heaven from the beginning of all creation. Jehovah God
used him in the creating of all other things that have been created." The
Bible shows that there is only one God ... `greater than His son.'... And
that the Son, as the First-born, Only-begotten and `the creation by God,' had
a beginning. That the Father is greater and older than the Son is reasonable,
easy to understand and is what the Bible teaches." Jesus
was `the Son of God.' Not God Himself!"
"The
very fact that he was sent proves he was not equal with God but was less than
God the Father." "...The holy spirit is the invisible
active force of Almighty God which moves his servants to do his will |
Godhead
The
doctrine of the Trinity is "a false, unbiblical doctrine"
originated by Satan. "Who
ran the universe during the three days that Jesus was dead and in the
grave...? If Jesus was God, then during Jesus's
death God was dead and in the grave... If Jesus was the immortal God, He
could not have died." My Father is greater than I.'... means
`greater' not only as to office but also as to person." "Being God's first creation, he was
with the Father in heaven from the beginning of all creation. Jehovah God
used him in the creating of all other things that have been created." The Bible shows that there is only one God
... `greater than His son.'... And that the Son, as the First-born,
Only-begotten and `the creation by God,' had a beginning. That the Father is
greater and older than the Son is reasonable, easy to understand and is what
the Bible teaches." Jesus
was `the Son of God.' Not God Himself!"
"The
very fact that he was sent proves he was not equal with God but was less than
God the Father." "...The
holy spirit is the invisible active force of Almighty God which moves his
servants to do his will |
WILLIAM
SOWDERS & WILLIAM BRANHAM
SIMALARITIES IN DOCTRINE