CONTENTS

Foreword

I. An examination of your Watchtower writer's "Four Basic Shortcomings of Christadelphianism":

1st Claim -- Christadelphianism knows nothing of the issue of universal sovereignty and the vindication of Jehovah's name ... 1

2nd Claim -- Lack of unity among Christadelphian fellowships ... 3

3rd Claim -- Christadelphians do not recognize the New Testament preaching obligation ... 5

4th Claim -- The Christadelphian lack of hope for the dead ... 7

a) Christ's sacrifice for whole world ... 8

b) Examination of Rev. 20:13-15 "All will come forth" ... 9

c) Resurrection not limited to "responsible ones" Mt. 2:17, 18 and Jer. 31:15 babies ... 10

d) Destiny of "holy" children --1 Cor. 7:14 ... 11

II. An examination of the alleged "Products of Human Reasoning":

5th Claim -- The Prehuman existence of Jesus ... 12

a) Gen. 1:26 "Let us ... in our" ... 12

b) John 1 "In the beginning was the logos" ... 13

Colossians 1 "The first-born of all creation" ... 14

Genesis 1:26"Let us ... in our" -- conclusion ... 15

c) John 17:5. "The glory that I had Before the world was" ... 16

6th Claim -- The Personality of Satan and Demons ... 18

a) Use of "Satanas" and "diabolos ... 18

b) James 2:19 -- "The demons believe and shudder" ... 20

c) God a seducer -- Gen. 3 ... 20

7th Claim -- Christ's Sacrifice -- Substitutionary ... 21

8th Claim -- Spiritual nature of God's Kingdom ... 23

1. Christ will reign "over", not "on" the earth

2. "Spiritual nature" of the kingdom and "heavenly reward of the saints" ... 23

The Kingdom of God in outline form ... 25

a) Its parts

b) Its features

9th Claim -- The Jewish return to Palestine -- political and humanitarian ... 26

1. The contradiction of the Witnesses ... 28

2. Some questions ... 29

3. A vindication of the real Jehovah's Witnesses ... 29

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