In the NWT, the comma is placed after the word "you" every time except in Lk 23:43, where the comma is placed after the word "today". Therefore, according to the Bible, whoever does the will of God is a brother of Jesus and a partaker of the heavenly calling. So he asked him, "Are you saying that they INTERPRET THE BIBLE FOR YOU?" If the translation of this phrase in Lk 23:43 was consistent with the translation of this phrase in all the other verses in which it appears (see concordance), and the comma was placed after the word "you", how would it read? Perfect for Sunday School Classes, Home Groups and Youth Groups, this seminar is divided into seven 20-35 minute segments and concludes with a question and answer period at the end. If so arn’t you accussing God of doing exactly what the demons did that got them kicked out of heaven!!! If Jesus really wasn't the Lord and THE God of Thomas, why didn't Jesus correct him for making either a false assumption or a blasphemous statement? You've got to feel sorry for the dear elder and especially the poor publisher who saw an elder bring a ton of UNINSPIRED printouts and couldn't just take the Word of God and answer the man's question. JW: That passage is teaching that there are no capital “G” gods. I am helping give a presentation on Jehovah's Witnesses in my college Religious Traditions class. Can't be "Jehovah's Witnesses", for God already used it 20 chapters earlier. SO THEN MY MAN said he asked the elder again, "Could you take me to the Inspired Word of God using either your Bible or mine and show me where it indicates 1935 as the year the door to heaven was shut? In the sermon on the mount, when Jesus was addressing the "great crowd" (Lk 6:17), why did he tell them in Lk 6:22-23, "...your reward is great in heaven ..."? And since the elohim over Israel were true elohim, Jesus, too, can be a true elohim even though he is not the one true elohim (Jehovah). Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Once again the poor elder couldn't do it. "How would you feel if proof is given that what you believe is wrong? Is there such a thing as an "uninspired prophet"? Some Questions JW's Can't Answer: 1:) Why did the Apostle Thomas say that Jesus was his God? How can this be since according to the teachings of the Watchtower Society, the only people who will go to heaven are the 144,000 spirit anointed who have been chosen from people who lived after Christ died? How can it be then, that the Bible repeatedly says that Jesus Christ is our savior (Lk 2:11, Phil 3:20, Tit 2:13, 3:6, 2Pet 1:1, 2:20, 3:18, etc.)? 20 questions jehovahs witnesses cannot answer Oct 07, 2020 Posted By EL James Publishing TEXT ID c45eea5f Online PDF Ebook Epub Library please retry cdn 713 cdn 713 hardcover cdn 2873 4 used from cdn 3011 5 new from cdn 20 questions jehovahs witnesses cannot answer sep 06 2020 posted by mickey JW: 1 Cor. Do you see the difference?”. Why would the disciples be instructed to baptize in the name of anybody or anything who was not God? The elder went into the talk that Rutherford gave in DC, and showed him all the articles that stated the door shut in 1935. Does that make sense? These questions have been read by thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses, but not a single one has tried to answer them! What follows is the line of reasoning Cetnar presented. The argument is that since elohim can refer to Jehovah or to human judges, it is not inconsistent to say that there is only one true elohim (meaning Jehovah) while at the same time saying there are many true elohims (meaning judges). follow-up question: "If the 12,000 is symbolic, then is the total number 144,000 (12 tribes of 12,000) literal or symbolic?" As for Ex. Alex, That makes sense, Alex! Heb 3:1 refers to "holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly calling". First, that since the underlying Hebrew for “almighty god” is El Shaddai, meaning God is sovereign, and “mighty god” is El Gibbor, meaning God is a hero or a champion, the distinction is not what the English would suggest at first glance. Why is the name "Jehovah's Witness" found nowhere in the New Testament, if that is God's divine name for His people under the new covenant? This is something I have never considered. The honest asnwer is “probably.” I have a slew of recordings. 8-9 the NIV translators have chosen to render ʾelōhîm as “judges,” a translation that in our opinion cannot be sustained. The non-JW was ready with his questions. THIS WAY HE COULD LEARN THE DEEEEPER THINGS IN the Bible; but first he needed to learn the basics. How would the verse read if the word "the" was not inserted? If Jesus was executed on a torture stake, with both hands together over his head, instead of on a cross with both hands outstretched, why does Mt 27:37 say that the sign "This is Jesus the King of the Jews" was "posted above his HEAD" instead of being posted above his hands? These questions have been put together using information from many different sources. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing down on his own head what he has done. If you ask these specific questions to Jehovah's Witnesses you will notice that they won't tell you the truth. JW: But the word “God” is just a title that can be used for those on the side of God. Was the Writer of those articles INSPIRED? Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Jehovah is referred to as "Mighty God" in Isa 10:20-21. In Lk 20:37-38, how could Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob be "all living to him (God)", since they all died hundreds of years before Jesus said this? 7:4-8 literal or symbolic?" How would this decision be accomplished? NO 2. I’m always reading your blog; I’m a chaplain in Brazil and I would like receive theological articles about deuteronomy. Because Jesus did not know everything God knew, according to Jesus words. This translates literally as "the Lord of me and THE God of me". So the non-JW told him that he had spoken to a former Bethelite who worked at the World Headquarters of JW's aka "1" who indicated to him that, "As JW's, we don't do interpretations since it only belongs to Jehovah." How can this be since by definition of these words there can only be one first and one last? Title: 20 Questions Jehovah's Witnesses Cannot Answer By: Charles Love Format: Hardcover Number of Pages: 116 Vendor: Xulon Press Publication Date: 2005 Dimensions: 9.23 X 6.33 X 0.54 (inches) Weight: 12 ounces ISBN: 159781508X ISBN-13: 9781597815086 Stock No: WW815080 In my faith, it's the Pope, who does it for you?" C: But I’m not asking about how many Gods you worship, I’m asking about how many Gods you think are true. I have noticed that when Watchtower literature addresses the subject of the Trinity, they almost always misrepresent it. My responses to questions posed by a Jehovah's Witness "Thank you for your PowerPoint presentation. I wrote a blog about it if you want to have a look-see: http://philochristos.blogspot.com/2009/10/jehovahs-witness-misrepresent-trinity.html. No. C: No, I’m pointing out that Jehovah’s Witnesses are polytheists who believe there is more than one true God, even though the Bible tells us there is only one true God. The Bible says that ONLY God is our savior (Hos 13:4, Isa 43:11,45:21, etc.). Why is it inserted? If Jehovah's Witnesses maintain that "Yahweh" is more proper, why do they misspell it "Jehovah"? Therefore, if "before the throne " means in heaven (Rev 7:11, 14:2-3), and the "great crowd" is "before the throne" (Rev 7:9, 7:14-15), where does that mean that the great crowd will be? If Christ was created by God and was the wisdom of God (Prov 8:1-4, 12, 22-31), then before Jesus would have been created, God would have had to have been without wisdom. I’ve used it ever since with Jehovah’s Witnesses at my door, with JW Greg Stafford and other JWs on my radio program, and with JW elders at Kingdom Halls (By the way, I was 16 the first … 10 Important Questions for the Jehovah's Witness Worldview | … It is no surprise that I have yet to hear a coherent answer. Therefore, the approach is to establish a friendly, non-confrontational atmosphere and never to argue doctrine. I have been studying about JW doctrine so that I can better reach out to my JW friends. If men edited out the name of God, "YHWH" when they copied the New Testament, as only the Watchtower organization claims, then how can we have any confidence in any of the New Testament? jehova witnesses claim also that jesus is michael the arcangle but hows that did he reincarnate hisself and died for our sins and was resurected. There’s only a contradiction if you say Jesus and Jehovah are gods in the same sense. Why is the word "other" inserted? The NWT translates the Greek words "ego eimi" as "I am" every time it appears (Jn 6:34, 6:41, 8:24, 13:19, 15:5, etc. Title: 20 Questions Jehovah's Witnesses Cannot Answer By: Charles Love Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 116 Vendor: Xulon Press Publication Date: 2005 Dimensions: 8.45 X 6.73 X 0.32 (inches) Weight: 7 ounces ISBN: 1597815071 ISBN-13: 9781597815079 Stock No: WW815079 If the great crowd is to have everlasting life on paradise EARTH, why does 1Thess 4:17 say, "...we the living who are surviving will, together with them, be caught away in clouds to MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR; and thus we shall always be with the Lord"? How would you respond to that? What is the difference between a Catholic appealing to "what the organization tells him" about December 25 being the date of Jesus' birthday and a Jw' appealing to "what the organization tells him" about the date 1935? If chapter 7 of Revelation is to be taken literally, where then does the Bible say that the 144,000 will come from? How can the Word (Jesus) be "a god" if God says in Deut 32:39, "See now that I-I am he, and there are NO gods together WITH me ..."? In Col 1:15-17, the NWT inserts the word "other" 4 times even though it is not in the original Greek (see Gr-Engl interlinear). Jn 1:3 says that Jesus created "all things", but in Isa 44:24, God says that he "by myself" created the heavens and the earth and asks the question "Who was with me?" The Watchtower Society teaches that the 144,000 of Rev 7:4 is to be taken literally. What if he, by referring to your own map, shows that you are on the wrong road? Jesus talked to his Father, not to himself. But suppose it is not? 4:10 and Mark 8:33, proving that he is different than Michael and that He had powers superior than angels. Heb 11:16, in speaking about some of the faithful people of the Old Testament (Abel, Noah, Abraham, etc.) Unless you eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves." If Christ will not have a visible return to earth, then how will he be seen by "ALL the tribes of the earth" (Mt 24:30) and by "EVERY eye" (Rev 1:7) when he returns? Since "all the angels" would certainly include Michael the Archangel, is it possible that Jesus could return with himself? It is not a disorder. When I was in seminary in the 1970’s, I took Cults from Walter Martin and he had former Jehovah’s Witness Bill Cetnar speak to the class. Maybe one of these days I’ll get around to it. The JW’s I’ve talked to have said Jesus is god in the sense that he is a powerful ruler or judge, not that he is divine. In Rev 1:17-18, Jesus, the one who "became dead, but, look! Thanks! Avoid the broad road to destruction; get on the narrow road to life. See Gr-Engl Interlinear. 43:10 doesn’t say “before me no Almighty God was formed and neither was there any Almighty God formed after me.” The Hebrew certainly could have said that but it doesn’t. If the spirit of a man has no existence apart from the body, why does Stephen just before his death in Acts 7:59, pray to Jesus to "receive my spirit"? Every time "proskuneo" is used in reference to Jesus, it is translated as "obeisance" (Mt 14:33, 28:9, 28:17, Lk 24:52, Heb 1:6, etc. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! So my friend asked him, "Since you can't take me directly to the Bible and show me this, unlike if I asked is stealing ok then would you agree that it calls for some form of INTERPRETATION?" Today the brother returned with one of the ELDERS. Why would God wait almost 2000 years to suddenly start using the name of God, and Isa.. The approach is to be asked point he MADE was that in our opinion can not be by! 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