Jesus is Lord:
A Witness finds it difficult to accept Christ’s Deity because:
1 Cor.12:3 (NWT) “... nobody can say: “Jesus is Lord!” except by holy spirit.”
1 Cor.12:3 (NWT) “... nobody can say: “Jesus is Lord!” except by holy spirit.”
The Greek word for Lord is “Kyrios”. When the New World Bible “restored” the name “Jehovah” 237 times in its translation, it was usually translated from Kyrios. If the Society had been consistent they would have translated the above verse “Jesus is Jehovah!” Its context demands it!
It is a great truth which can only be fully understood by a person totally “led by God’s spirit” However, the Bible teaches in Rom. 8:14-17 that those who are “led by the spirit” are also “joint heirs” with Christ. Most Witnesses believe they do not belong in this “class” who are considered born again and heavenly.
So these people according to the Bible and the teachings of the Watchtower Society are completely unable to comprehend this truth.
For this reason it is best not to start your discussions with a Witness on the subject of the Trinity. When you do, then start on the Holy Spirit first. Only when they accept Him will they be able to exclaim in all its significance, “Jesus is Lord!”
It is a great truth which can only be fully understood by a person totally “led by God’s spirit” However, the Bible teaches in Rom. 8:14-17 that those who are “led by the spirit” are also “joint heirs” with Christ. Most Witnesses believe they do not belong in this “class” who are considered born again and heavenly.
So these people according to the Bible and the teachings of the Watchtower Society are completely unable to comprehend this truth.
For this reason it is best not to start your discussions with a Witness on the subject of the Trinity. When you do, then start on the Holy Spirit first. Only when they accept Him will they be able to exclaim in all its significance, “Jesus is Lord!”
1. THE MIGHTY GOD:
lsaiah 9:6. Jesus is called the Mighty God. A Witness is quick to point out that it does not say Almighty.
lsaiah 10:20-21. NWT Mighty God is the term used for Jehovah! Study the following texts in various Bible versions:
Isaiah 10:21 NWT. Only a remnant will return, The remnant of Jacob, to the Mighty God.
Jer 32:18. ...the true God, the great and mighty One, whose name is Jehovah of armies.
Deut. 10:17 NWT. For Jehovah your God is the God of gods a and the Lord of lords, the God great, mighty and awe-inspiring...
2. THE ALMIGHTY GOD:
The Witness will now explain that Jesus is only the Mighty God but the Father is the Almighty God! (The definition of “Almighty” is “having all power or authority”.)
Now there are two problems:
1. Two persons are God (Divine)
2. Jesus claimed to be Almighty:
Matt. 28:18 NWT. Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: “All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth.
Matt. 28:18 KJV. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Rev. 1:7,8 NWT: Look! He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those who pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in grief because of him. Yes, Amen. 8 “I am the Alʹpha and the O·meʹga,” says Jehovah God, “the One who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty.”
Rev 22:12,13 NWT: Look! I am coming quickly, and the reward I give is with me, to repay each one according to his work. 13 I am the Alʹpha and the O·meʹga, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Jesus claims to be the One who is “coming” also the “Alpha and Omega” and in Rev. 1:8 He claims this One (Himself) is the “Almighty”!
lsaiah 9:6. Jesus is called the Mighty God. A Witness is quick to point out that it does not say Almighty.
lsaiah 10:20-21. NWT Mighty God is the term used for Jehovah! Study the following texts in various Bible versions:
Isaiah 10:21 NWT. Only a remnant will return, The remnant of Jacob, to the Mighty God.
Jer 32:18. ...the true God, the great and mighty One, whose name is Jehovah of armies.
Deut. 10:17 NWT. For Jehovah your God is the God of gods a and the Lord of lords, the God great, mighty and awe-inspiring...
2. THE ALMIGHTY GOD:
The Witness will now explain that Jesus is only the Mighty God but the Father is the Almighty God! (The definition of “Almighty” is “having all power or authority”.)
Now there are two problems:
1. Two persons are God (Divine)
2. Jesus claimed to be Almighty:
Matt. 28:18 NWT. Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: “All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth.
Matt. 28:18 KJV. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Rev. 1:7,8 NWT: Look! He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those who pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in grief because of him. Yes, Amen. 8 “I am the Alʹpha and the O·meʹga,” says Jehovah God, “the One who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty.”
Rev 22:12,13 NWT: Look! I am coming quickly, and the reward I give is with me, to repay each one according to his work. 13 I am the Alʹpha and the O·meʹga, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Jesus claims to be the One who is “coming” also the “Alpha and Omega” and in Rev. 1:8 He claims this One (Himself) is the “Almighty”!
Rev. 4:8 NWT. As for the four living creatures, each one of them had six wings; they were full of eyes all around and underneath. And continuously, day and night, they say: “Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is coming.”
NOTE: No person has seen God the Father:
John 1:18. No man has seen God at any time.
1 John 4:12. No one has seen God at any time.
Genesis 17:1. When Aʹbram was 99 years old, Jehovah appeared to Aʹbram and said to him: “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and prove yourself faultless.Lo
Genesis 35:9-11. NWT. God appeared to Jacob once again while he was coming from Padʹdan-aʹram and blessed him. 10 God said to him: “Your name is Jacob. Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel will be your name.” And he began to call him Israel. 11 God further said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and become many. Nations and a congregation of nations will come from you, and kings will descend from you.
Exodus 6:1-3 NWT. So Jehovah said to Moses: “Now you will see what I will do to Pharʹaoh. A mighty hand will force him to send them away, and a mighty hand will force him to drive them out of his land.” 2 Then God said to Moses: “I am Jehovah. 3 And I used to appear to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but with regard to my name Jehovah I did not make myself known to them.
Genesis 48:3-4. NWT. 3 And Jacob said to Joseph: “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Caʹnaan and blessed me. 4 And he said to me, ‘I am making you fruitful, and I will make you many, and I will transform you into a congregation of peoples, and I will give this land to your offspring after you as a lasting possession.
Many Witnesses find this a real revelation. However, most initially reject the idea outright! They are overwhelmed by the thought that there could be two Beings who are “God”, and “Almighty” and yet there is still only “one true God”?
3. JESUS WAS THE CREATOR:
John 1:3 NWT “all things came into existence through him, and apart from him not even one thing came into existence.”
This text is clear Jesus created everything. Nothing that was created was created apart from Him. This means Jesus was not a created being! The Father did not create Him!
• See Heb. 1:2, then Col. 1: 16-17:
4. AN UNCREATED CREATOR?
NOTE: No person has seen God the Father:
John 1:18. No man has seen God at any time.
1 John 4:12. No one has seen God at any time.
Genesis 17:1. When Aʹbram was 99 years old, Jehovah appeared to Aʹbram and said to him: “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and prove yourself faultless.Lo
Genesis 35:9-11. NWT. God appeared to Jacob once again while he was coming from Padʹdan-aʹram and blessed him. 10 God said to him: “Your name is Jacob. Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel will be your name.” And he began to call him Israel. 11 God further said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and become many. Nations and a congregation of nations will come from you, and kings will descend from you.
Exodus 6:1-3 NWT. So Jehovah said to Moses: “Now you will see what I will do to Pharʹaoh. A mighty hand will force him to send them away, and a mighty hand will force him to drive them out of his land.” 2 Then God said to Moses: “I am Jehovah. 3 And I used to appear to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but with regard to my name Jehovah I did not make myself known to them.
Genesis 48:3-4. NWT. 3 And Jacob said to Joseph: “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Caʹnaan and blessed me. 4 And he said to me, ‘I am making you fruitful, and I will make you many, and I will transform you into a congregation of peoples, and I will give this land to your offspring after you as a lasting possession.
Many Witnesses find this a real revelation. However, most initially reject the idea outright! They are overwhelmed by the thought that there could be two Beings who are “God”, and “Almighty” and yet there is still only “one true God”?
3. JESUS WAS THE CREATOR:
John 1:3 NWT “all things came into existence through him, and apart from him not even one thing came into existence.”
This text is clear Jesus created everything. Nothing that was created was created apart from Him. This means Jesus was not a created being! The Father did not create Him!
• See Heb. 1:2, then Col. 1: 16-17:
4. AN UNCREATED CREATOR?
Some groups like the Watchtower Society likes to denigrate Jesus and teach He was a created being, a god John 1:1 (NWT) like the created angels and Satan. John 1:3 (see above) teaches differently and Col. 1: 16,17 is even more emphatic:
Col. 1: 16-17 NWT “by means of him all things were created in the heavens and upon the earth ... All things have been created through him and for him. Also he is before all things and by means of him all things were made to exist. “ (Emphasis all mine)
Unfortunately Col. 1: 16-17 as above is not how the New World Bible reads. Four times the word (other) has been added in between all things. This word does not appear in the Greek text at all. It is a wicked addition (see Rev.22:18) and it completely alters the great truth concerning Jesus Christ and His deity.
The inference is that Christ was created and then He created all other things. How can trusting Jehovah’s Witnesses ever find truth with such a dishonest New World Bible?
Buy a The Kingdom Interlinear and check how many other Bible texts dealing with the Godhead/Trinity subject have been tampered with.
5. WHO CREATED ADAM?
Gen.2:7 NWT “And Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground... “
Col. 1: 16-17 NWT “by means of him all things were created in the heavens and upon the earth ... All things have been created through him and for him. Also he is before all things and by means of him all things were made to exist. “ (Emphasis all mine)
Unfortunately Col. 1: 16-17 as above is not how the New World Bible reads. Four times the word (other) has been added in between all things. This word does not appear in the Greek text at all. It is a wicked addition (see Rev.22:18) and it completely alters the great truth concerning Jesus Christ and His deity.
The inference is that Christ was created and then He created all other things. How can trusting Jehovah’s Witnesses ever find truth with such a dishonest New World Bible?
Buy a The Kingdom Interlinear and check how many other Bible texts dealing with the Godhead/Trinity subject have been tampered with.
5. WHO CREATED ADAM?
Gen.2:7 NWT “And Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground... “
Was this the Father who came down in person to planet Earth and formed Adam from the ground or was it Jesus? From the previous texts it is clear it was Jesus. He was working of course in complete unity with His Father and the Holy Spirit.
• Jesus is called “Jehovah God”.
6. TWO JEHOVAHS?
Are there two Jehovah's? Yes!
Gen. 19:24 “Then Jehovah made it rain sulphur and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens, upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah. “
Gen. 3:22 (NWT) “And Jehovah God went on to say: ‘Here the man has become like one of us ... “
Gen. 11:6,7(NWT) “After that Jehovah said... Come now! Let us go down”
7. JEHOVAH AND ABRAHAM
• Jesus is called “Jehovah God”.
6. TWO JEHOVAHS?
Are there two Jehovah's? Yes!
Gen. 19:24 “Then Jehovah made it rain sulphur and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens, upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah. “
Gen. 3:22 (NWT) “And Jehovah God went on to say: ‘Here the man has become like one of us ... “
Gen. 11:6,7(NWT) “After that Jehovah said... Come now! Let us go down”
7. JEHOVAH AND ABRAHAM
