Answers To My Jehovah's Witness Friends



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Don’t turn JW’s away from your door. Learn how to reach them. This book exposes the errors of this religion and provides questions JW’s can’t answer. Covers the name "Jehovah," giving and receiving blood, eternal punishment and more. (Read More)



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Answers you need to witness effectively to Jehovah's Witnesses

When Jehovah's Witnesses come to your door, have you ever wished you could get them off their memorized scripts and show them what the Bible really teaches?

Have you ever wished you had the information necessary to lovingly show them why their religion is wrong?

Now you can!

Using many quotes from Watchtower leaders, this small book exposes the errors of this false religion, presenting thought-provoking questions Jehovah's Witnesses can't answer. Don't turn them away from your door saying, "I'm not interested." Learn the questions that will make them think, so you can effectively share the true gospel with them.

Did you know? - In 1889, Jehovah's Witness founder C.T. Russell predicted:

"...the final end of the kingdoms of this world, and the establishment of the Kingdom of God, will be accomplished at the end of A.D. 1914."

This is one in a long list of unfulfilled Jehovah's Witness Bible prophecies that are revealed in this book.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Salvation

  • Follow God's Word Because Men Make Mistakes
  • How To Be Born Again
  • Works?

Chapter 2: False Prophecy and Mistaken Interpretation of Scripture

  • 1872 - The Beginning of the Millennium
  • 1975 - Millennium to Begin
  • 1874 - Christ's Second Coming According to Pastor Russell
  • Christ's Second Coming According to the Bible
  • What Does the Bible Tell Us to Do when Someone Says Christ Has Come in a Secret Way That People Can't See?
  • 1914 and 1915 - "The End of the War Which Would Destroy the Kingdoms of this World, and Fully Establish the Kingdom of God"
  • The 1914 Prophecies Were Declared Wrong
  • Summary of Dates Set While Watchtower Teachings Were Being Established
  • So What?
  • 1918 - End of Gentle Times, Churches Destroyed
  • The 1918 Prophecies Were Declared Wrong
  • 1920 - Mountains, Republics, and Kingdoms Disappear
  • 1925 - Kingdom Established in Palestine, Faithful Men of the Old Testament Return Update
  • The 1925 Prophecies Were Wrong (Also 1914 and 1918)
  • 1929 - A House Was Built for the Return of the Old Testament Faithful
  • 1932 - The Overthrow of Christendom
  • 1975 - Beginning of the Millenium
  • Conclusion: False Prophecies Show Inability to Interpret Scripture
  • Brief Summary of Watchtower dates
  • What Comes Next?

Chapter 3: The Saved Go To Heaven

  • Passages on Heaven
  • Three of the Beatitudes in Matthew Chapter Five Promise Heaven
  • Believers in Christ Go To Be With Him and His Father
  • Where are Christ and His Father?
  • Which Should We Desire, Heaven or Earth?
  • While Our Eternal Home Is Not this Earth, We Have Two Types of Promises Regarding the Earth
  • The Objection, the 144,000
    • Who Are the 144,000
    • The 144,000 Are Not the Only Ones in Heaven
    • A Great Multitude in Heaven
  • God is Not Dividing the Saved into Two Groups

Chapter 4: Eternal Punishment

  • People Will Share the Eternal Punishment of the Devil
  • Many Other Passages in the New Testament Speak of Eternal Punishment
  • Eternal Punishment in the Old Testament
  • Hades, and How to Avoid Going There

Chapter 5: How to Interpret the Bible

  • Context
  • Interpret the Unclear in the Light of the Clear
  • Figurative Language

Chapter 6: Jesus Christ

  • Is Jesus Christ God?
  • Christ is called God in the New Testament
  • "And the Word was God"
  • Does "a god" Equal "Jehovah?"
  • Why Does the Bible call Christ Both God and Man?
  • Christ and the Father Are One
  • The Words "God" and "Christ" Are Used Interchangeably
  • "Lord of lords and King of kings"
  • Christ's Works
  • The Old Testament Foretold Christ's Divinity
  • Both Christ and His Father Were Called "I Am"
  • Jesus Christ is Jehovah
  • Only One Can Be the First and the Last, That One Is Called Both Jesus and Jehovah!
  • • Two Pairs of Passages in Revelation
    • The First Pair Is in Chapter One
    • The Second Pair Is in Chapters 21-22
  • John the Baptist Prepared the Way of Jehovah
  • There Is Only One Savior: Jehovah. This One Savior Is also Called Jesus
  • Arguments to the Contrary
  • Whose Witnesses Should We Be?

Chapter 7: The Resurrection of Jesus

  • Jesus Christ Stated That He Would Raise His Body
  • After the Resurrection, Jesus Claimed that His Body Had Been Raised and Proved it
  • What Should Our Witness Be?
  • What Was the Witness of the Apostles?
  • Your Salvation Depends on Christ's Resurrection
  • Arguments to the Contrary
  • How Did Christ Raise Others?
  • How Can Your Body Be Raised?
  • Jehovah's Witness Leaders Believe in Bodily Resurrection

Chapter 8: The Holy Spirit

  • • The Holy Spirit Is a Person, Not Just a Force
    • He Does All the Things That Distinguish a Person from a Force
    • Forces Don't Know and Teach, The Spirit Does
    • The Spirit Has Emotions, Forces Don't
    • The Spirit Speaks
    • The Spirit Gave the Ability to Speak in Foreign Languages
    • The Spirit Guides
    • The Spirit Ordains
    • What Else Might a Person Do?
    • Arguments to the Contrary
  • The Holy Spirit is God
    • His Divinity is Stated
    • His Divinity Is Demonstrated
    • The Spirit of God Is the Spirit of Christ, and Only Those in Whom He Dwells Are Saved

Chapter 9: The Trinity

  • When the Bible Puts the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit on the Same Level in the Same Scripture, It Shows Us the Trinity
  • Christ and the Father Are Not Separate Gods, They Have the Same Spirit
  • The Attributes (or Characteristics) of God Belong to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
  • The Words of God Are Likewise Attributed to All Three Persons
  • God Speaks in the Plural
  • Each of the Three Persons Is God

Chapter 10: The Name "Jehovah"

  • The Significance of "Jehovah"
  • "I Am" and "Jehovah" Used Interchangeably
  • Jesus Identified Himself with Jehovah
  • Old Testament Prophecies Equated Jehovah with Christ
  • It Is Not Wrong to Call Jehovah by His Other Names
  • "Jehovah" May Be Translated
  • The Exception, Jehovah in Psalm 34:8 Is Christ in I Peter 2:3
  • What Name Is Above Every Other?
  • Conclusion

Chapter 11: Should We Give Blood?

  • Blood Was Prohibited Primarily to the Jews
  • Gentiles Who Lived with the Jews Were Also Prohibited from Eating Blood
  • Other Gentiles Could Eat Blood
  • Which Are You?
  • The Reason for the Law about Blood
  • May We Eat Blood Now?
  • The Decision of the Apostles
  • Before the Law
  • Transfusions
  • Love Fulfills the Whole Law
  • Be a Good Neighbor

Chapter 12: Your Key to the Kingdom

  • Good Works Don't Save. The Savior Saves!
  • A Second Chance?
  • The Reason We Cannot Earn Any of Our Salvation Is That It Is a Gift of God
  • We Receive God's Gift of Salvation through Faith in Jesus Christ
  • A Purified Life Is the Result, Not the Cause of Salvation
  • Act!

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Salvation

  • Follow God's Word Because Men Make Mistakes
  • How To Be Born Again
  • Works?

Chapter 2: False Prophecy and Mistaken Interpretation of Scripture

  • 1872 - The Beginning of the Millennium
  • 1975 - Millennium to Begin
  • 1874 - Christ's Second Coming According to Pastor Russell
  • Christ's Second Coming According to the Bible
  • What Does the Bible Tell Us to Do when Someone Says Christ Has Come in a Secret Way That People Can't See?
  • 1914 and 1915 - "The End of the War Which Would Destroy the Kingdoms of this World, and Fully Establish the Kingdom of God"
  • The 1914 Prophecies Were Declared Wrong
  • Summary of Dates Set While Watchtower Teachings Were Being Established
  • So What?
  • 1918 - End of Gentle Times, Churches Destroyed
  • The 1918 Prophecies Were Declared Wrong
  • 1920 - Mountains, Republics, and Kingdoms Disappear
  • 1925 - Kingdom Established in Palestine, Faithful Men of the Old Testament Return Update
  • The 1925 Prophecies Were Wrong (Also 1914 and 1918)
  • 1929 - A House Was Built for the Return of the Old Testament Faithful
  • 1932 - The Overthrow of Christendom
  • 1975 - Beginning of the Millenium
  • Conclusion: False Prophecies Show Inability to Interpret Scripture
  • Brief Summary of Watchtower dates
  • What Comes Next?

Chapter 3: The Saved Go To Heaven

  • Passages on Heaven
  • Three of the Beatitudes in Matthew Chapter Five Promise Heaven
  • Believers in Christ Go To Be With Him and His Father
  • Where are Christ and His Father?
  • Which Should We Desire, Heaven or Earth?
  • While Our Eternal Home Is Not this Earth, We Have Two Types of Promises Regarding the Earth
  • The Objection, the 144,000
    • Who Are the 144,000
    • The 144,000 Are Not the Only Ones in Heaven
    • A Great Multitude in Heaven
  • God is Not Dividing the Saved into Two Groups

Chapter 4: Eternal Punishment

  • People Will Share the Eternal Punishment of the Devil
  • Many Other Passages in the New Testament Speak of Eternal Punishment
  • Eternal Punishment in the Old Testament
  • Hades, and How to Avoid Going There

Chapter 5: How to Interpret the Bible

  • Context
  • Interpret the Unclear in the Light of the Clear
  • Figurative Language

Chapter 6: Jesus Christ

  • Is Jesus Christ God?
  • Christ is called God in the New Testament
  • "And the Word was God"
  • Does "a god" Equal "Jehovah?"
  • Why Does the Bible call Christ Both God and Man?
  • Christ and the Father Are One
  • The Words "God" and "Christ" Are Used Interchangeably
  • "Lord of lords and King of kings"
  • Christ's Works
  • The Old Testament Foretold Christ's Divinity
  • Both Christ and His Father Were Called "I Am"
  • Jesus Christ is Jehovah
  • Only One Can Be the First and the Last, That One Is Called Both Jesus and Jehovah!
  • • Two Pairs of Passages in Revelation
    • The First Pair Is in Chapter One
    • The Second Pair Is in Chapters 21-22
  • John the Baptist Prepared the Way of Jehovah
  • There Is Only One Savior: Jehovah. This One Savior Is also Called Jesus
  • Arguments to the Contrary
  • Whose Witnesses Should We Be?

Chapter 7: The Resurrection of Jesus

  • Jesus Christ Stated That He Would Raise His Body
  • After the Resurrection, Jesus Claimed that His Body Had Been Raised and Proved it
  • What Should Our Witness Be?
  • What Was the Witness of the Apostles?
  • Your Salvation Depends on Christ's Resurrection
  • Arguments to the Contrary
  • How Did Christ Raise Others?
  • How Can Your Body Be Raised?
  • Jehovah's Witness Leaders Believe in Bodily Resurrection

Chapter 8: The Holy Spirit

  • • The Holy Spirit Is a Person, Not Just a Force
    • He Does All the Things That Distinguish a Person from a Force
    • Forces Don't Know and Teach, The Spirit Does
    • The Spirit Has Emotions, Forces Don't
    • The Spirit Speaks
    • The Spirit Gave the Ability to Speak in Foreign Languages
    • The Spirit Guides
    • The Spirit Ordains
    • What Else Might a Person Do?
    • Arguments to the Contrary
  • The Holy Spirit is God
    • His Divinity is Stated
    • His Divinity Is Demonstrated
    • The Spirit of God Is the Spirit of Christ, and Only Those in Whom He Dwells Are Saved

Chapter 9: The Trinity

  • When the Bible Puts the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit on the Same Level in the Same Scripture, It Shows Us the Trinity
  • Christ and the Father Are Not Separate Gods, They Have the Same Spirit
  • The Attributes (or Characteristics) of God Belong to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
  • The Words of God Are Likewise Attributed to All Three Persons
  • God Speaks in the Plural
  • Each of the Three Persons Is God

Chapter 10: The Name "Jehovah"

  • The Significance of "Jehovah"
  • "I Am" and "Jehovah" Used Interchangeably
  • Jesus Identified Himself with Jehovah
  • Old Testament Prophecies Equated Jehovah with Christ
  • It Is Not Wrong to Call Jehovah by His Other Names
  • "Jehovah" May Be Translated
  • The Exception, Jehovah in Psalm 34:8 Is Christ in I Peter 2:3
  • What Name Is Above Every Other?
  • Conclusion

Chapter 11: Should We Give Blood?

  • Blood Was Prohibited Primarily to the Jews
  • Gentiles Who Lived with the Jews Were Also Prohibited from Eating Blood
  • Other Gentiles Could Eat Blood
  • Which Are You?
  • The Reason for the Law about Blood
  • May We Eat Blood Now?
  • The Decision of the Apostles
  • Before the Law
  • Transfusions
  • Love Fulfills the Whole Law
  • Be a Good Neighbor

Chapter 12: Your Key to the Kingdom

  • Good Works Don't Save. The Savior Saves!
  • A Second Chance?
  • The Reason We Cannot Earn Any of Our Salvation Is That It Is a Gift of God
  • We Receive God's Gift of Salvation through Faith in Jesus Christ
  • A Purified Life Is the Result, Not the Cause of Salvation
  • Act!

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Thomas Heinze

Thomas Heinze served for 34 years as an evangelical missionary in Italy with WorldVenture, first in evangelism and then directing the publishing house, Edizioni Centro Biblico.

Since retiring in Portland, Oregon, his love for souls and experience in publishing led him to prepare several gentle, but powerful witnessing tools for the various cults that he had dealt with. He has written five books and two mini-books published by Chick Publications.

He has a Bachelor's Degree from Oregon State University and a Masters in Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary.

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