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Jehovah's Witnesses and salvation
Jehovah's Witnesses believe salvation is a free gift from God attained by being part of "God's organization" and putting faith in Jesus' ransom sacrifice. They do not believe in predestination or eternal security. They believe in different forms of resurrection for two groups of Christians. One group, the anointed, go to heaven while the other group, "the other sheep" or "the great crowd" will live forever on earth.
==Basis==
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that salvation is possible only through Christ’s ransom sacrifice〔''The Watchtower'' 6/1/00 p. 11 par. 6 Keep Your “Hope of Salvation” Bright!〕 and that individuals cannot be saved until they repent of their sins and call on the name of Jehovah.〔''The Watchtower'', March 15, 1989, p. 31 Call on Jehovah’s Name and Get Away Safe! “The Way of Salvation”〕 Salvation is described as a free gift from God, but is said to be unattainable without good works that are prompted by faith. The works prove faith is genuine.〔"James Urges Clean and Active Worship,", ''The Watchtower'' 3/1/83 p. 13, "Faith that does not prompt us to do good works is not genuine and will not result in our salvation."〕〔"Meetings to Help Us Make Disciples", ''Our Kingdom Ministry'', January 1979, p. 2.〕 Preaching is said to be one of the works necessary for salvation, both of themselves and those to whom they preach.〔''The Watchtower'', May 15, 2006 pp. 28-29 par. 12〕 They believe that people can be "saved" by identifying God's organization and serving God as a part of it.〔''The Watchtower'' 2/15/83 p. 12 You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth—But How?〕
The Witnesses reject the doctrine of universal salvation,〔''The Watchtower'' 4/15/60 p. 229 Does the Bible Teach What You Believe?〕 as well as that of predestination or fate. They believe that all intelligent creatures are endowed with free will. They regard salvation to be a result of a person's own decisions, not of fate.〔Awake! 5/07 p. 13 Is Your Life Predestined?〕 They also reject the concept of "once saved, always saved" (or "eternal security"), instead believing that one must remain faithful until the end to be saved.〔You Can Endure to the End ''The Watchtower'' October 1, 1999, p. 17.〕
Regarding whether non-Witnesses will be "saved", they believe that Jesus has the responsibility of judging such ones, and that no human can judge for themselves who will be saved. Based on their interpretation of Acts 24:15, they believe there will be a resurrection of righteous and unrighteous people. They believe that non-Witnesses alive now may attain salvation if they "begin to serve God".
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