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Jehovah's Witnesses and their false views?

The main false doctrines taught by the "JW's" ("Jehovah's Witnesses") are as follows: (1) that God is not a Trinity, (2) that Jesus Christ did not physically rise from the dead, (3) that there will be no literal and physical Second Coming of Christ, and (4) that there will be no place of eternal torment for the wicked. These are the major heresies taught by the JW's, we will examine the Trinity for now and in later times we will examine more of them.

IS GOD A TRINITY

According the Bible, God is a Triune Being. As all humans are a trinity (soul, body, and spirit--1 Ths. 5:23), God is also a Trinity. In Genesis 1:26, God said, "Let us make man in our image. . ." In Genesis 11:7, God said, ". . . .let us go down, and there confound their language. . ." The terms "us" and "our" obviously refer to the Holy Trinity. So the Trinity is found in the very early chapters of the Bible.

In the New Testament, we can see all three Members of the Trinity at the Baptism of Jesus in Matthew chapter three. God the Father is speaking from Heaven. God the Son is being baptized, and God the Holy Ghost is descending like a dove. When Jesus gave the Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-20, He said in verse 19, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." 1 John 5:7 tells us that there are THREE that bear record in Heaven: ". . . the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." (The "Word" is Christ according to John 1:1-3, 14, and 1 John 1:1-3.) God is a Trinity. He isn't three Gods, like the JW's accuse us of believing, but He is ONE Triune God. The pagans who worshipped three gods did so because they knew from observing the creation that God must be in some way associated with the number "THREE." They never fully understood the Holy Trinity, but you must admit that they came much closer than the JW's. The JW's believe that Jehovah is God the Father, and that Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are not God. They're wrong. The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are both Deity. Jesus Christ Is Deity

As the Second Member of the Trinity, Jesus Christ stands co-existent in Eternity with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. There are many proofs in the scriptures for the Deity of Christ. We will now list somel of them.

  • In John 1:1, John 1:14, 1 John 1:1, and in 1 John 5:7, Jesus is called "the Word," and John 1:1 says that "the Word was God."

  • Thomas referred to Jesus as "My Lord and my God" in John 20:28, and Jesus did not see the need to correct him.

  • Isaiah 7:14 gives us the prophecy of the Virgin Birth of Christ and states that His name would be "Immanuel." Matthew 1:23 tells us that this word means "God with us."

  • In John 10:30, Jesus says, "I and my Father are one." Jesus is not a lesser god; He is ONE with the Father.

  • In John 8:58, Jesus tells the Pharisees, "Before Abraham was, I am." He claimed to be the "I AM" of Exodus 3:14, which is God Almighty.

  • The Lord Jesus is also omnipotent (Rev. 19:6; Matt. 28:18). He has all power.

  • According to John 1, 1 John 1, Colossians 1, and Hebrews 1, Jesus Christ is the Creator of Genesis 1!

    The Holy Ghost Is Deity

    The JW's believe that the Holy Ghost is only "God's active force." They deny the scriptural teaching that the Holy Ghost is a Member of the Holy Trinity:

    The Jehovah witnesses deny that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity and denying the Holy Spirit attributes. It is very sad how can millions of people read the word of God and yet deny all the facts that are in the scriptures.

  • Only a person could SPEAK, which the Holy Spirit does (Acts 2:11; 13:2; Rev. 2:7).

  • Only a person could TEACH and COMFORT (Jhn. 16:7, 13).

    Only a person could have a MIND (Rom. 8:27).

  • Only a person could possess the POWER that the Holy Spirit possesses (Rom. 15:19).

  • Only a person could be INSULTED and GRIEVED (Heb. 10:29; Eph. 4:30).

  • So the Holy Ghost certainly IS a Person, but more than that, He is GOD, the Third Member of the Holy Trinity. There are several scriptural proofs for the Deity of the Holy Ghost:

  • In Acts 15:3 Peter accuses Ananias of lying to the Holy Ghost, and then in verse four Peter tells him that he had lied unto GOD. The Holy Ghost is God.

  • The Holy Ghost says in Acts 13:2, "Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them." GOD is the one who calls men to do His work (Rom. 8:28; Gal. 1:6; 1 Ths. 2:12; 4:7; 2 Ths. 2:13-14); so, the Holy Ghost is God.

    Only God could perform all the great wonders that the Holy Ghost performs (Psa. 104:30; Jhn. 14:16, 26; 16:8-14; Job 33:4; 1 Cor. 6:11; Eph. 1:13; 4:30). The Holy Ghost is God because blasphemy against Him shall not be forgiven (Mat. 12:31).

  • The Holy Ghost is God because He is ETERNAL (Heb. 9:14).

  • The Holy Ghost is God because He is OMNIPRESENT (Psa. 139:7-8).

  • The Holy Ghost is God because He has the power to give life (John 3:6; 6:63).

  • The Scriptures are God's word, and 2 Peter 1:21 says that the Holy Ghost INSPIRED the Scriptures. Therefore the Holy Ghost is God.

    The scripture is very clear on who Jesus is and it is a very sad truth that the Jehovah witnesses and others like them are missing the biggest part of the salvation. It doesn’t matter if you believe in Jesus, the question is do you have the right Jesus? There are many Jesus’ all over the world. The Mormons have a different one, The Cultists have a different one, and even the Muslims believe in Jesus but it is not the Jesus(GOD) FROM THE WORD OF GOD. Unless you get to know the real Christ from the scripture you will perish. Just believing in the name (JESUS) is not enough, all the cults and false religions believe in Jesus but, the only Jesus that is going to take us to heaven in His Grace is the true Jesus from the Bible. That is why Sola Scriptura is such an important and a very essential doctrine of a Christian. Because if you do not believe in scripture alone you will be swept in a cult or a false Christ.

    HUMAN REASONING is the final authority of all cults. Rather than to take God at His word BY FAITH, a cultist will always REJECT God's word and attempt to reason things out for himself. All cults will ADD TO, SUBTRACT FROM, OR IGNORE the written revelation of God. Either we trust in men or the WORD of God.

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