In Matthew 9:2, Jesus told a man, “Your sins are forgiven.”
The Jewish leaders were outraged. Mark 2:7 tells us that they reasoned, “Why is this man talking this way? He is blaspheming. Who can forgive sins except one, God?
Here’s a great question to ask Jehovah’s Witnesses:
If—as the Watchtower teaches—Jesus isn’t God—what right did he have to do that? Continue reading
On page 148 of its book What Does the Bible Really Teach?, the Watchtower succinctly states its position regarding worship: “Jesus declared: ‘It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.’ (Matthew 4:10) Thus, God’s servants’ worship no one other than Jehovah.”
Because the Watchtower believes only the Father is Jehovah and that Jesus is a lesser, created being, it is adamant that we must not worship Jesus. Continue reading
When you discuss the divine name with Jehovah’s Witnesses, ask them if they will allow you to show them scriptures which stress the overriding importance of Jesus’ name—not Jehovah’s—because you’d like to hear their take on that. Continue reading
In order to avoid taking over the role of teacher, say to the Witnesses, “I understand you don’t believe Jesus is God and that you are here to teach me. That’s fine. What I would like to do is show you from the Bible why I believe Jesus is God as well as man so I can have you explain to me Jehovah’s Witnesses’ views on what these verses mean. Would you be willing to do that?”
Once they agree, here is how to present to Jehovah’s Witnesses four lines of biblical evidence that Jesus is God, not just “a god.” Continue reading
Key Scripture: “You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.” (John 5:39-40)
The objective of The Come to Jesus Approach is to help Jehovah’s Witnesses see their need to come to Jesus Christ personally in order to obtain salvation.
The problem
How would you react if someone told you that you need to pray to Michael the archangel and ask him to forgive your sins? That’s how Jehovah’s Witnesses feel if we tell them they need to come to Jesus for forgiveness. It’s only God we should pray to. Only God can forgive sin. And they think Jesus is Michael, not God. For the same reason, Witnesses would consider it sinful and idolatrous to try to have a personal relationship with Jesus. (pp. 73-74)
If you try to address the issue by showing them Jesus is God, the need to come to him for salvation often gets forgotten aside amidst controversy over the deity of Christ or over the Trinity doctrine. You can avoid this problem by bypassing identity issues in order to focus attention on the Witnesses’ need for a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. (p. 74) Continue reading
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