A biblical refutation of the jehovahs witnesses rotorua. Their leaders will not be able to refute what i am about to share with you. A theoretical application, pdf archive, 1997, pages 142 143. Box 8500, charlotte, nc 28271 phone 704 8878200 and fax 704 8878299 1 statement dj501 a beginners guide to witnessing to the jehovahs witnesses jehovahs witnesses come to your door with one main objective. Reasoning from the scriptures with the jehovahs witnesses is a thorough treatment of what jehovahs witnesses believe. New yorkafter six days of hearings over the last two weeks, the supreme court of the russian federation today upheld the claim submitted by the ministry of justice to liquidate the administrative center of jehovahs witnesses in russia and 395 local religious organizations lros used by witnesses throughout russia.
The fieldwork was carried out as part of a recent ethnographic study of the movement in the north west of england. Older watchtower publications have also been scanned and made available on the internet archive at. One person even shared online all the correspondence they had with the watchtower bible and tract society jehovahs witnesses main organization concerning the flood. History of the watch tower one of the most aggressive and fastest growing cults is the jehovahs witnesses. The faithful and discreet slave is it the governing body of. I know this because i presented this argument to several jehovah s witnesses, and. Watch tower society publications attempt to refute the theory of evolution, in favor. Below are 10 facts about this group which branched off from orthodox christianity in the late 1800s. Jehovah s witnesses are generally sincere, cleanliving people that devote their lives to serving jehovah in the manner prescribed by watchtower, through regular preaching and meeting attendance. Answering jehovahs witnesses walks you through the doctrines of the jws, revealing where and. The new world translation of the holy scriptures is an accurate, easytoread translation of the bible. In the 1870s he organized a bible study and by 1880 there were 30 congregations following his teaching.
Ris procite, reference manager, endnote, bibtex, medlars, refworks. In keeping with the teaching of arius in the early fourth century, there was a time when the word was not. The watchtower bible and tract society the watchtower. That might be a persuasive argument to young christians. The watchtower files by duane magnani and arthur barrett nb080. The study is a collection of 800 bible verses that objectively and soundly refute the teachings of jehovah s witnesses. Click or tap on the program you would like to watch. This number is increased dramatically by revelation 7.
How to witness effectively to jehovahs witnesses 4jehovah. What are the best arguments to use against jehovahs. Footnotes in the doorstep bible answering mormons and jehovah s witnesses help. Jehovahs witnesses in the twen tieth century, watch tower bible and tract soci ety of pennsylvania, c. Hardcover with removable dust jacket plain black cloth cover with bible on spine beneath removable dust jacket hardcover from publisher. Resolutions were adopted unanimously by all jehovah s witnesses worldwide reaffirming their submission to jehovah, the immediate end of the world, and their willingness to keep out this system of things that will soon disappear. Jehovahs witnesses bibliography witnesses in transition. On july 11, 2011, the grand chamber issued a ruling for. These documents are meant to be kept secret by the elders.
Numerous cases involving jehovah s witnesses have been heard by supreme courts throughout the world. A comprehensive critical analysis of doctrines and teachings of jehovah s witnesses. Specific topics as with the general works listed in part i, no attempt is made here to be exhaustive, either in the topics covered or in the works listed for each topic. Russell had been a presbyterian, a congregationalist, and an adventist before he formed the jehovahs witnesses. Im just wondering if anyone knows where i could find a pdf of the revelation book with the pictures included. Links labeled category contain links to information from. The organization refuses to give the names and credentials of those who translated it. Understanding these problems held by their followers in areas such as the resurrection of christ, the holy spirit, and false prophecies, prepares us to be more effective witnesses for christ to members of their faith. Why is creation the best place to start in witnessing to. The supreme courts of many states have established the rights of jehovah s witnesses and other faiths to engage in the practice of evangelism. The group reports a worldwide membership of approximately 8.
My brother had been contacted in their doortodoor work and he soon had me studying with them too. I studied with the witnesses for 3 12 years, and was baptized in the spring of 1981. How do i refute the jehovahs witness claim about the. Confronting religious doctrines with biblical teaching by gordon ferguson.
I thought it was interesting that the pharisees had the same, fanatical devotion to traditions of men that many religions including the jehovahs witnesses do. They are not to be viewed by anyone but themselves. Journal of contemporary religion, why the jehovahs witnesses grow so rapidly. Inside story of jehovahs witnesses internet archive. Would a jehovah s witness living in 19 have been disfellowshipped from the watchtower if he believed and taught that 1914 was not going to be the battle of the great day of god almighty or armageddon, as the society was then saying studies in the scriptures, vol. The watchtower and the awake magazines are distributed weekly to. Jun 09, 2009 if youre not adequately equipped to evangelize jws, you need to study. Jesus and the father are distinct persons, they say, but do not share the essential attribute of deity. Jehovahs witness and other patients who refuse blood transfusion while respecting their right to make. E category jehovah s witnesses and the date of 607 b.
Cant be jehovah s witnesses, for god already used it. Therefore i have included links to where they can be downloaded. This body was a manifestation similar to the way angels manifested themselves in the old testament. The witnesses of jehovah constitute one of the most vigorous and spectacular religious propagandist bodies of the present day. Index for this pdf file where did i get that for free. The study is a collection of 800 bible verses that objectively and soundly refute the teachings of jehovahs witnesses, in favor of orthodox, conservative, biblical christianity. Even though the jehovahs witnesses misidentify the holy spirit as a force, referring to him as an it rather than as a person, they recognize that the bible is divinely inspired 2 peter 1. I later wrote a shorter treatment titled most the 10 important things you can say to a jehovahs witness. How do i refute the jehovahs witness claim about the 144,000. Why are you called, jehovah s witnesses and not christians. For other manuals and textbooks, including branch guidelines, circuit overseer guidelines. A beginners guide to witnessing to the jehovahs witnesses.
Suppressing ambivalence the society has an extensive history of prophecy failure that has played no small part in defection. Disproving jehovahs witnesses using their own bible. The first impulse of a jehovahs witness, of course, is to place jesus in the category of all things that came into being because thats what their theology dictates. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was god. John miller c 1978 by presbyterian evangelistic fellowship and issued into electronic media for informational and educational purposes. If you have read one or more of my earlier books on the subject, you will quickly see that this book is not intended to replace the earlier books, but to complement them. Before they can put all their trust in the finished work of christ jesus, they have to understand they are not. The handbooks are mainly used for judicial matters. How do i defend a bible translation as accurate in comparison to the new world transation from the jehovahs witnesses. During my 7year involvement with the witnesses, i attended 5 meetings at the kingdom hall each week, partici. For additional information about this bible translation request the worlds most dangerous book.
If the watchtower is dishonest about its history, what does this say. Cris free resource list offers a varied assortment of the best books, tapes, and tracts to help you refute the watchtowers scripturetwisting and help jws find jesus. See scanned copy of the divine plan of the ages and the finished mystery with the sungod ra symbol. Dec 18, 2014 the third, that the distinct persons are each fully god, is denied by arians like jehovahs witnesses. The jehovah s witnesses society is best known to outsiders for its refusal of blood products, even when such a refusal may result in death. Debating with jehovahs witnesses can be one of the most difficult things a person can do. Jw filesresearch on jehovahs witnesses a site dedicated to research on.
When jehovahs witnesses come to your door offering watchtower and awake. Jehovahs witnesses state that gods true name is jehovah. They cant believe anything former jehovah s witnesses say, even if it s factual. The jehovah s witnesses deny the physical resurrection of jesus. They say, you see, it says that there is just one god, and it says that he is the father, and it distinguished god from jesus, who is only called lord. Historical watchtower publications recent publications appear on the watchtowers official site at wol. I m going to try to keep this short and to the point.
I would suggest first that you spend a significant amount of time familiarizing yourself with the basic doctrines of the jehovahs witnesses. Like many other cults, their zeal is not according to knowledge, as paul lamented of israel romans 10. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was a god. It has been published in whole or in part in over 160. Jehovah s witnesses is a millenarian restorationist christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream christianity. Face the facts and learn the only one way of escape pdf. Abrahamson richard e are jehovahs witnesses led by god. Questions that jehovahs witnesses do not like to be asked.
You should also take one or more classes to help you defend what you believe from the bible. Reasoning with jehovahs witnesses originated in the fall of 1984 as my attempt, through an independent bible study, to personally reinforce the teachings of jehovahs witnesses. Jw printables free printables for jehovahs witnesses. Jw leadership claims its victims by asserting itself to be the sole christian religion and. The book also shows 24 elders that surround the throne of god rv 4. They say that if the sacrifice of jesus were real, then the body had to stay in the grave. Now jehovah s witnesses jw use this verse against christians. Jw files, jehovahs witnesses beliefs, research, watchtower. The apostate doctrines of jehovahs witnesses who do not have the truth the deceptive quoting practices of jehovahs witnesses the jehovahs witnesses sectarian paraphrase called the. At this writing an estimated 1,500,000 jehovahs witnesses participate in distribution of literature every month.
Conversations with jehovahs witnesses harvest house publishers. At a superficial level, the jehovahs witnesses have a proper view of scripture. A free pdf file of copies of these false prophecies, as well as helpful information on the invention of the word jehovah, is available here. That jehovahs witnesses have refused life saving transfusions of certain. Jehovah s witness and watchtower doctrine analysis. Our official website provides online access to the bible, biblebased publications, and current news. The new world translation of the holy scriptures, the watchtower societys bible, is an unrecognized version. Jw files research on jehovahs witnesses watchtower bible. Most jehovahs witnesses have answered it by accusing me of equivocation.
Jehovahs witnesses have received criticism from mainstream christianity, members of the. The reason is that jehovahs witnesses are very well trained by the watchtower to make you look like you dont know what youre talking about. Jehovahs witnesses admit that the bible is the word of god, but they claim all orthodox translations are distorted. We answer the questions of how they got their start, what their core beliefs are, and how many people ascribe to this faith in the world today below. In fact they go so far as to say that unless one calls on the true name of god, jehovah, one cannot be saved. In the year 2000 in the united states alone, it was reported that 988,000 jehovah s witnesses spent more than 181 million hours in field service i. The holy spirit jehovahs witnesses teach that the holy spirit is an active force like radar. Supreme court cases involving jehovahs witnesses by. To christians involved in witnessing to jehovah s witnesses, i would like to offer this study as a thorough scriptural refutation of the teachings of jehovah s witnesses. Letter from a jehovah s witness addressed to another ministry in ohio regarding one of their tracts about jws friends, i read and noted your letter concerning the so called cultism of jehovah s witnesses. Jehovahs witnesses proclaimers of gods kingdom, 1993, pg 88, has a picture the books the finished mystery and pastor russells sermons with the symbol on it. Russias supreme court rules against jehovahs witnesses.
Jehovahs witnesses believe that salvation requires faith in christ, association with gods organization i. Once you are logged in, you will be presented with two options streaming and video on demand. All that is left now is a burning desire to help jehovah s witnesses. Non jehovahs witnesses and the disloyal jehovahs witnesses will be annihilated into eternal, unconscious soul sleep. They say the doctrine of the trinity is a pagan teaching, but they misrepresent it, saying that the father, the son, and the holy. Neither of us are jehovahs witnesses, nor do we profess to understand all of the nuances of being a jehovahs witness. Scripturenot only in the sample conversations, which demonstrate how to refute the false views. Revelation 11 1 and a reed like a rod was given me as he said. Jehovah s witnesses are directed by the governing body of jehovah s witnesses, a group of elders.
Jehovah s witnesses are unable to grasp the significance of jesus death and why they must be born again in order to have their sins forgiven. How do i refute the teachings of jehovah witnesses. What are arguments that jehovahs witnesses cannot refute. Reasoning with jehovah s witnesses originated in the fall of 1984 as my attempt, through an independent bible study, to personally reinforce the teachings of jehovah s witnesses.
Aug 30, 2014 jehovahs witnesses state that gods true name is jehovah. Answering jehovah s witnesses walks you through the doctrines of the jws, revealing where and why theyre wronggiving special attention to favorite verses and standard topics that a jw will use in rejecting the catholic faith. Get up and measure the temple sanctuary of god and the altar and those worshiping in it. Contents introduction meeting outline with explanations actual outline with scriptures to be used for refutation i. Permission granted by the author dated august 18, 2009 to distribute on the internet provided textual integrity maintained. The video on demand tab allows you to view recordings of programs. For permission to reprint this article, write to presbyterian evangelistic fellowship, director. Bible verses refuting jehovahs false witnesses new. When i meet them on the street i greet them and i long to talk with them. Thus, they have their own bible, the new world translation of holy scripture.
The jehovahs witnesses teach it is wrong according to the ot and still in the nt acts 21. How to use the back of a napkin to prove to a jehovahs. How to witness effectively to jehovahs witnesses breaking the watchtower barrier stepbystep. The bbc thinks jehovahs witnesses have some explaining to. The author spent 15 years as a fulltime worker and five years as a circuit overseer with oversight of several congregations of jehovahs witnesses and was imprisoned for following the witness teaching against military service. Since the introduction of the blood ban in 1945, jehovah. Read and listen to the bible online, or download free audio recordings and signlanguage videos of the bible. Jehovahs witnesses come to your door with one main objective. They do not believe jesus is god in the same sense that jehovah is god, so it is perfectly consistent to say that jehovah is the only true god while, at the same time, saying that jesus is a true god, but is not jehovah. Jehovahs witnesses and clergy privilege reclaimed voices. I realize that some people will want to know where i found the pdf books on this disk. But this i cannot do, for the watchtower society forbids all jehovah s witnesses.
Quite a few other ex jehovahs witnesses ive met had similar problems with the global flood. Disproving jehovah s witnesses using their own bible jehovah s witnesses are some of the hardest bunch to evangelize because they are trained from. Based on the story of jordan on his youtube channel jw rebuttal. Grrahnbahr acknowledges that jehovahs witnessesthe publishers of the awake.
The original scripture index has been replaced with one using the page numbers of this revision, rather than using the section and question numbers. Unless theyre an elder, jehovah s witnesses cant read this book, shepherd the flock of god 1 peter 5. View or download handbooks, manuals and textbooks used by elders of jehovahs witnesses. How to respond to jehovahs witnesses gospel outreach. Read doorstep bible free online, or download free pdf stealth from publisher standard from publisher. The 11 beliefs you should know about jehovahs witnesses. The first book i wrote on the subject was reasoning from the scriptures with the jehovahs witnesses, weighing in at a whop ping 464 pages. After that, i began to have more serious doubts about the age of the earth. The doctrine of jehovahs witnesses is challenging because it is an intricate and confusing maze of ancient and modern heresies, strung together in an illogical and often selfcontradictory manner. Conversations with jehovahs witnesses harvest house. Biblically, however, viewing obedience to rules as a requirement for salvation nullifies the gospel gal.
If possible, check these passages before having a discussion with a witness. To believe and teach such a doc trine, many bible passages hav e to be ignored that teach. Jehovahs witnesses say they are the only true christians, but they are neither protestant nor catholic. It is my prayer that this material will be put to use in the challenging work of leading sincere jehovah s witnesses to christ. I was told by a jehovah s witness that only 144,000 people enter heaven and that the rest will either live forever on earth or be annihilated. The author spent 15 years as a fulltime worker and five years as a circuit overseer with oversight of several congregations of jehovah s witnesses and was imprisoned for following the witness teaching against military service. Tips on witnessing to jehovah s witnesses the problem is that the watchtower society, the jehovah s witnesses organization, is notorious for overlooking details that prove their ideas wrong.
Mar 11, 2016 a person might immediately dismiss this information from jehovahs witnesses, wondering about the importance of an elders personal notes, meeting minutes, and so on, when certain information contained in the congregations confidential files are apparently still retained. Jehovahs witnesses 10 things to know about their beliefs. Jehovah s witnesses may object and say they have gotten away with doing some of the things on this list. Jehovah s witnesses are a people of faith that many of us likely dont know that much about. The fundamental doctrinal issue that distinguishes them from orthodox christianity is the trinity.
Throughout the world an army of persistent enthusiasts tramp from door to door, urging people to adopt their teachings as a matter of life and death. The streaming tab provides access to live programs. After giving a prepared introduction usually about the sorry and frightening state of the world your jw visitors will try to determine. Another effective avenue of witnessing to the witnesses is in the name of god. Caring for patients who refuse blood royal college of surgeons. They say the term god, is merely a title, and that the real name for god is jehovah.
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