What Does It Mean to Be Holy? - JW. ORG What Does It Mean to Be Holy? The Bible’s answer To be holy refers to a state of being set apart from defilement The Hebrew word translated “holy” comes from a term meaning “separate ” Thus, what is holy is separated from common use, or held sacred, especially by virtue of its being clean and pure God is holy to the supreme degree
What Is Baptism? Why Are Christians Baptized in the Name of the Father . . . Baptism with holy spirit Both John the Baptist and Jesus Christ spoke about baptism with holy spirit (Matthew 3:11; Luke 3:16; Acts 1:1-5) That baptism is not the same as baptism in the name of the holy spirit (Matthew 28:19) Why is that so? Only a limited number of Jesus’ followers are baptized with holy spirit These ones are anointed with holy spirit because they are called to serve
Holidays and Celebrations - JW. ORG Holidays and Celebrations The fact that Jehovah’s Witnesses do not participate in most holiday observances and other celebrations can be somewhat perplexing to a teacher We hope the following helps you to understand why we take the matter so seriously Perhaps to a greater extent than you may have realized, many holidays and the customs associated with them have a non-Christian religious
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