JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES ARE BORN! On July 26, 1931, at a convention in Columbus, Ohio, Judge Rutherford, the Watch Tower Society’s Second President, introduced the Society’s new name, ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses,’ based on Isaiah 43:10: “You are my witnesses,” declares Jehovah, “Yes, my servant whom I have chosen, So that you may know and have faith in me And understand that I am the same One. Before me no God was formed, And after me there has been none.” (NWT).
JW’s promote the Name Jehovah but rarely mention the name Jesus.
In their book, Good News From God! pg. 4, Point 3. “Does God
have a name?. . . Although God has many titles, he has only one name. . . In
English it is usually pronounced ‘Jehovah.’”
On page 20, Point 3 “How can you recognize true worshippers?” “Consider these five identifying marks.” Mark #2 page 21, “Jesus’ true followers honor God’s name, Jehovah.” Mark #4. “Can you identify the true religion? Which religion bases all its teachings on God’s Word and honors God’s name.” The unspoken answer to the rhetorical question, “JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES.”
CONSIDER: Philippians
2:9-11. “For this very reason, God exalted him to a superior
position and kindly GAVE HIM (JESUS) THE NAME THAT IS
ABOVE EVERY OTHER NAME, so that in the name of JESUS every
knee should bend—of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the
ground—and every tongue should openly acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to
the glory of God the Father.” (NWT)
QUESTION—In
the Bible, what name does Jehovah want us to exalt above every
other name?
ANSWER—J E S U S !
CONSIDER: Acts 11:26, “It was first in Antioch that the disciples were BY DIVINE PROVIDENCE CALLED CHRISTIANS.”
QUESTION: God (Jehovah) wants his followers to be called “Christians,” not “Jehovah’s Witnesses.” If God wanted the name ‘Jehovah’ to be highly exalted, why did he, in his divine providence, have the early believers called ‘Christians’ instead of 'Jehovah’s Witnesses.'
CONSIDER: In the
following verses the name Jesus is highly exalted. Jesus when speaking,
emphasized his own name. He could have said “THE NAME JEHOVAH” instead of “MY NAME”. BUT HE DIDN’T!
Matthew 10:22: “And you will be hated by all people on account of MY NAME, but the one who has endured to the end
will be saved.”
Matthew 19:29: “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters
or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of MY NAME will receive a hundred times as much and
will inherit everlasting life.”
Matthew 24:9: “Then people will hand you over to tribulation and will
kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations on account of MY NAME.”
Luke 21:12, 17: “But before all these things happen, people will lay
their hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and
prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors for the sake of MY NAME… 17 and you will be hated by all people
because of MY NAME.”
Acts 9:15-16: “But the Lord said to him: ‘Go! because this man is a
chosen vessel to me to bear MY NAME to the
nations as well as to kings and the sons of Israel. For I will show him plainly
how many things he must suffer for MY NAME.’”
Rev. 2:3: “You are also showing endurance, and you have persevered for the sake of MY NAME and have not grown weary."
CONSIDER: John 5:22-23: Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to
the Son, that all may honor the Son JUST AS they
honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who
sent him.”
What does John 5:23 teach? The WT
would have you believe that the word ‘just as’ implies giving some honor to
Jesus but not equal to the honor given to the Father.
Look up John 5:23 in the WT’s own Kingdom
Interlinear Bible, 1969, Purple Cover. Look on the Greek side of John 5:23
and look at the Greek word translated ‘according as.’ It looks like this: καθως Its
root word looks like this καθ.
These two Greek words can be found
in the following verses:
II Cor. 11:12 – “Now what I am
doing I will still do, that I may cut off the pretext from those who are
wanting a pretext for being found equal (καθως) to
us in the office of which they boast.”
The Greek word καθως is translated on the English side (which is the NWT) of the KIT as “EQUAL.” At John 5:23, let us put in this alternative meaning for the word. John 5:23 now reads: “in order that all may honor the Son EQUAL as they honor the Father. He that does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.” DO JW'S DO THIS? Is the honor they give the Son EQUAL to the honor they give the Father.
Look for root word καθ at Acts 27:25 and 2 Cor. 3:18. It is translated EXACTLY on the English side (which is the NWT). At John 5:23, let us put in this alternative meaning for the word. John 5:23 now reads: “in order that all may honor the Son EXACTLY as they honor the Father. He that does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.” DO JW'S DO THIS? Is the honor they give the Son EXACTLY the same honor they give the Father.
At Philippians 2:9-11, Jehovah
(author of all scripture) gave Jesus a name that is to be “ABOVE
EVERY OTHER NAME.”
At John 5:22-23, Jehovah (author of
all scripture) wants believers to give Jesus the EXACT
SAME HONOR THAT THEY GIVE JEHOVAH.
Can the WT say that they honor the
Son and the Father EQUALLY, EXACTLY THE SAME. The
WT says the Father is Almighty God. Is the son? Does the WT honor the Son by
calling him Almighty? The Father is from everlasting to everlasting. Is the
Son?
If you are familiar with WT
doctrine, the answer to the above
questions is NO. The father is Almighty, the son only mighty. The father is
eternal, the son was created by the father and therefore had a beginning and is
not eternal.
Nowhere in the Bible does the word καθως or
its root word καθ mean anything other than TOTAL
EQUALITY.
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* The blog, “Getting Through to Jehovah’s
Witnesses,” was the inspiration for this
video and the source for information on this slide.
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