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@@MyYT62 because this bloke is just like the rest, he just wants subscribers, probably doesn't even believe in there being a creator of all things and is a closet evolutionist
Hello! A lovely married JW couple used to visit me frequently during my agnostic days. We’d read the Bible together, but we’d mostly read from their own JW-approved literature. They gave me one of their Bibles and I used to look forward to our weekly studies so much so, that I started considering converting to their religion, until one day, I had this overwhelming urge to read The Gospel According To John. I would never read the Bible until we were all gathered, but this day as already stated, I had to read John’s Gospel from the start and in the JW Bible it says that “…The Word was with God and The Word was a God…” Well this had a very profound affect on me. How could this be? Did they believe in two gods?!? When I asked them about this verse, the wife thought somebody had put me up to this type of questioning and they were very vague with their answers. In the end, they told me not to worry about it and they basically tried to sweep it under the rug. Now to me, this was a huge deal and caused great suspicion, so I started looking more into the JW belief system and what the non-jw Bible actually teaches and to this day, I truly believe the Holy Spirit was showing me to avoid this religion. This was during a time when I was extremely vulnerable and all praise goes to The Almighty One who saved me that day. It was also the same day that I learned that everything we think, say and feel outside of Christ, is sinful. My mind was completely blown and He still amazes me every day. I thank God for Himself. He is my comforter and protector, amen.
Amen! The small miracles that nobody else notices. He is right there. And, yes, I sincerely believe the Holy Spirit was warning you of the JWs. You were receptive. You were reading the Bible. You were on the cusp of believing. And then the Lord acts. It is unexpected, but we reflect back. In Jesus’s name! Hallelujah! Thank you for sharing your amazing story!
@@Mr.DC3.1914 Heb 1:8 BSB But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. (Is there one true God or two?) Heb 1:3 BSB The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. (Are angels exact representation of God's nature?) Heb 1:5 BSB For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”? (The answer to this question is: None.") 1Co 1:24 BSB but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. (God's power and his wisdom is the Christ. They are part of each other.) The NWT is a false translation by unknown people with no real Greek/Aramaic/Hebrew skills. Exegesis of the Bible does not consist in taking a word dictionary, which was created after the fact, and applying it to every instance of a word saying they have the exact same meaning. Hebrew is a contextual language with only 6,700 words whereas English has around 217,000. So even the Hebrew word Yom has multiple meanings depending on the context. The information you gave is from the Watchtower society. Try using Christian references outside of the Watchtower.
@@Mr.DC3.1914I see your comments all over RU-vid arguing for JWs. I am praying for God to open your eyes to the truth about the Lord and the only means of salvation.
Good to hear how you interacted with them Matt👍it’s very hard to get through to them with the gospel ! My dad died from cancer years ago he wasn’t very old and my mum had a few visits from them and she became a witness none of my family were Christian at that time ! But through my wife’s friend we was asked to church to listen to an American couple visiting ! Well we both that night gave our lives to Christ 🙏 and we prayed for my mum for two years and after many conversations and frustrations and hurt after been disowned because we were born again Christians my mum gave her life to Jesus because she had a vision of Jesus telling her he was the way the truth and the life !! My two brothers were jws too but have both come out and are born again ! Thank you lord ❤
@@lesburnett1065 So very glad to hear that!!! Praise God!!! That was my main concern since you didn't mention it, but only his death. I'm Bobby by the way.
One of my neighbors is a JW. He converted from Catholicism. He approached me one day in my yard while I was walking my dog. At first he was talking about God but I sensed that something wasn’t quite right and then I started asking questions. But I immediately felt unprepared to handle the conversation, which made me feel ashamed. So I started studying what they believe. Meanwhile he was preparing to confront me again with a fellow Jw in order to convert me. I knew that I had to stand firm on my faith in the Trinity. But once I did that (however politely I went about it) he refused to ever speak with me again. He won’t look at me, speak to me, or acknowledge my existence. I really wish that I could’ve had another chance to speak with him & give him the gospel.
@@karenrollins9578 indeed that is sad! One of my friends was a Jehovah's Witness, and although he wouldn't be converted, he was a great guy, but unfortunately he was very sick and he passed away. I really liked him. They had a service for him at the church and I was the only born again Christian in there and they knew I was not a Jehovah's Witness. In fact if you do go to one of their churches, you will be seated in a special area to denote that you are new and not a practicing Jehovah's Witness. You're not allowed to sit with the other Jehovah's Witnesses, but I didn't care I sat right down in the middle of them, since he was a close friend and I knew someone else in the congregation.
I was raised Catholic, later I studied with JW's . my spirit never right. I dabbled in my Bible for years without really reading it. I married a metalhead, started going to huge metal festivals. It was there, at the festival, that the Holy Spirit spoke to me to look around at my brother's and sisters who I would spend eternity with in hell.. I struggled big-time, knowing it was true, knowing my marriage would be over, I'd lose my house, animals, money / alot!!! Now, divorced, I have read my Bible several times and belong to God only. I now feel home. The prodigal daughter.
Dear Matt, I think you handled the situation perfectly. The JW's aren't prepared for someone who knows exactly what the Bible says and teaches. You were polite and ready to uphold what you believe in a good and loving manner. Congratulations.
Hi Matt I was more than extremely excited when u told me they came to the door. You have been waiting years for that. Congratulations. As we know the read from a script, and as soon as you divert from that scrip they are lost. Well done. Love it. 🙏❤️
I've enjoyed talking with the Jehovah Witnesses and Mormons. At least they are willing to get into spiritual discussions unlike many. They have really helped me to solidify my faith as their questions always drive me to study Scriptures to refute their ideas.
My people perish from lack of knowledge! We should all be ready to defend the faith and allow The Holy Spirit to guide us on how/what scriptures to quote! You did great! God Bless!!❤
Thank you for sharing this. My son married a JW girl and he’s been one for over 22 years. Please pray for Eric and his wife Kristen. They are very nice people but very lost. The more I learned about JW’s the more crazy it got. I knew it was a cult and prayed for them. My son is very high up and is an elder also. We only see them, mostly him a few days a year. I love my daughter-in-law she and her family are very good people but very lost. The only reason we can even see each other is because/c we were never JW’s if we had been and left we would be as dead to them. They call it disfellowshiped. My name is Toni and I live in Florida
Same here with my brother and mother. I never got baptized, but my nephew did, they have nothing to do with him anymore. It’s sad that this cult has destroyed many families. I pray The Most High remove the scales from their eyes, allow HIM to show them the real TRUTH of Christ, and the governing body deceivers in Jesus Mighty name!!!
Hey Toni , if you to questions that Jehovah's witnesses can but will not answer on YT there is some questions in the description you can print off. If they are willing to sit down with you and have a discussion this will help. Praying for ya ❤
On the last occasion when a couple of JW's visited as they were about to leave I asked if I could pray for them and bless them in the name of Jesus. I've never seen anyone leave the place as fast as they did!
@@nigelmcculloch3746 Find just one verse in the New testament where the name Jehovah is mentioned being translated from the Greek. The New testament was originally written in Greek. The name Jehovah does not appear in the Greek. The Greek word for Lord and God are used countless times.
@@bobbyadkins6983 ok, At Revelation 19 vs 1,3,4,6 the divine name is embedded in the word "Hallelujah. This comes from a Hebrew expression that literally means "praise Jah". "Jah" is a contraction of the name Jehovah. Many names used in the Christian Greek Scriptures were derived from the divine name. In fact.,reference works explain that Jesus's own name means "Jehovah Is Salvation. Note the conversation between Jesus Christ and the scribe at Mark 12 vs 28-34, here Jesus was quoting from Deuteronomy 6 vs 4,6
This reminds me of them. I myself have met them many, many times since I was a kid. They came to my grandma's, to my mom's and to me and to some colleagues at the office. Mostly, they did the preaching about Jesus, the second coming, and that we need to repent. As my grandma was always busy, so was my mom, and I also was just having babies, I didn't recall any deep conversation further. There used to be visits from "Salvation Army" or they are known as "Bala Keselamatan", here in Indonesia. They just made a stop to deliver bulletin. No conversation took place. Also later I think many representatives of the Mormons, but I never had a direct contact. Thank you for sharing the story, Matt. God bless you 🙏🏻🎉
The Mormons ride bicycles, backpacks at times, wear white shirts and black pants and are easily recognizable from the JWs. The JW's will park at the head of a street and walk down door to door while carrying a Bible and a ton of other paperwork like they just got out of the library. I cringe at both of them.
The seventh day adveventists came to my house and I was busy, so I told them that I was busy and I looked at both of them in the eyes, and said you don't have to worry about me I know the Lord. I did quote a couple of scripture and then we said good bye.
I used to get regular, frequent visits from JWs. There was a Kingdom Hall only a few streets away from my home. It has closed now. There numbers are shrinking in my area. But that is true for most non RC churches in my area and nationally. The RC church is thriving because and the illegal immigrant tragedy. The JWs used to leave their literature in my door, but they rarely work my neighborhood any more. I'm glad of this.
Thank you for this. I haven’t engaged them, although I have gotten letters, and have written back with Scripture about the deity of Christ. They are very faithful to have members at the pond in the center of my town. So many times, I have wanted to stop to engage them, but didn’t as I was by myself. I pray for them.
@@sgame82 No, with all love in Christ you are wrong. Paul warned very severely about people teaching a "different" Jesus. Jesus is God.......the second part of The Godhead: Father, Son, Holy Ghost. He was born FULLY GOD, FULLY MAN. So, not the same and I know because someone I know VERY WELL is a Jehovah Witness and ..... one last thing. This is not about "religion" but only about Jesus Christ. Get Him right......know Him, have a relationship with Him and you "got it". John 3:16 God bless!
@@Nov111805 The different Jesus is the Godhead you are talking about. The trinity is not actually biblical and the first Christians never mentioned it. The trinity doctrine was pushed into the Christian belief hundreds of years later under Constatine. The witnesses believe Jesus is the savior and the Son of God. They study the Bible and follow Jesus teachings. They go door to door preaching about Gods Kingdom. That sounds pretty Christian to me.
And a blind man wears sunglasses doesnt he; i ask you why does he if he cant see? I know the answer so dont pretend i am asking you as if youre the teacher.
Jehovah's Witnesses also have their own bible. Once when I was talking to a couple of ladies they tried to prove a point (that Jesus was not God) by showing me a scripture in their bible which had a word in brackets to make it mean what they were saying. I told them that is not in any of my bibles.
I pull out a Greek Interlinear and prove it's not in the Greek. Also I'm still waiting for their list of New World Translation translators. The Watchtower does not provide anybody a list of who translated their awful translation.
The head of their translation department is Geoffrey Jackson. He dropped out of highschool when he was 15 years old. That information is from his own mouth during the Australian Royal Commission on child abuse. He testified for the JW organization. That's pretty much all you need to know. @@SpaceCadet4Jesus
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus the head of their translation department is Geoffrey Jackson. He dropped out of school when he was 15. This was from his own mouth during the Australia Royal Commission on child s** abuse. He testified on behalf of the organization. I doubt he knows how to translate anything.
I was raised JW, I didn't realize how much they changed the Bible until a few years ago, I'm still so angry from all the lies...they stole Jesus and Grace from us in it too...they are AntiChrist in reality.
I have a friend who is Jw we have gone back and forth led by the Holy Spirit I have pointed out contradictions in their own Bible which add and takes away so much. Now I am just praying that God remove the scales Salvation belongs to the Lord I think you handled this great you never know how Jesus will use even the smallest gesture word etc..
Well done on being respectful and having a conversation. I've been a JW for a long time and it's very rare that I've met anyone willing to engage or defend their own faith in this way. I hope you don't mind but I'll have a go at addressing one point. Your first point about Jehovah alone being the creator. The Bible in a few places does make comparable statements, but then includes others as being involved. We would argue that Jehovah alone is the source of the activity but it's carried out by others, hence it wouldn't be contradictory. So if I say that I sold my house, this wouldn't exclude agents being involved in the process, but I had initiated it and been in charge of it. Biblically when talking about leading the Israelites out of Egypt: Deuteronomy 32:12 _"The LORD alone led him."_ But we know from Exodus that Moses was instructed to lead the Israelites with an angel: Exodus 32:34 _"Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin."_ There are other examples, one more. When discussing the rebuilding of Israel, Ezekiel says that Jehovah would do it. However, the work was done by his people under his direction. Ezekiel 36:36 _"Then the nations around you that remain will know that I the Lord have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.'"_ We would argue that this is the same for Jehovah and Jesus. Jehovah, created things *through* Jesus, so Jehovah is the source and Jesus is the agent. 1 Corinthians 8:6: _"yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live."_ Indeed Jesus said that he cannot do anything by himself, but instead only what he sees the father doing and Jesus life was granted by the Father: John 5:19: _"Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does."_ John 5:26: _"For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself."_ Isaiah discusses Jehovah's involvement in creation as active, whereas Jesus involvement is described as passive. The context of Isaiah is the Jews being in exile and comforted by Jehovah, that he is the only true God, and all the other Gods they see around them in Babylon are false. Jehovah needed no assistance from these false Gods create. Christ’s involvement in creation is never described as acting independently.
@nwtdefended I am an ex JW and I now read and research the Bible for myself and am finding out many things, Jehovah has been blessing me with true lightbulb moments and it has increased my faith and joy. Sadly much has been going on in WT for decades and Jehovah is uncovering it all bit by bit so my conscience will not allow me to be a part of what is just “another religion” with its snares and rackets. I speak every day with others who have woken up to the fact that WT do not have the monopoly on truth, in fact like all other religions, they are part of Babylon the Great and as such every true Christian needs to heed Rev 18:4 where Jehovah says…”Get out of her MY PEOPLE…..” 🙏🏻
Nwt defended. How can you defend an organization that has no clue what they are talking about? Jehovah's Witnesses are as lost as Mormons or atheists or anyone else who denies the truth of God's word. It's sad that you have let a group of men sitting in a NY high rise control your mind and blind you to the truth. Charles Russell was as satanic as Joseph Smith and Muhammed.
you got really no idea who deny who and how . You triniterians trying to convince yourself that you got the God right ...but are you ? I never was JW but listening to them and you - you both have a lot of traditional false believes .....
I used to admire Jehovah Witnesses for being so devoted to God going door to door, dressing so nice and being so friendly... Until I realized how deceived they were and that they HAD to do all that for their "works" to earn salvation. 😮 Sad. 🤔 Maybe we should be that devoted to sharing the true gospel of Jesus!! ✝️
Very true, I have the same thought. Let's forget for a minute that their scriptures are wrong, but they are nice people, dress nice, and preach door to door as the bible says; but the problem with the JW organization is that they have to preach to earn salvation like you said. Apparently they needed to fulfill 40-60+ hours per month and reporting it to the elders which feels forced. No wonder why many JWs waste time while preaching and most of the time they don't have the motivation to preach as they used to.
@juliofloresjr.368 😯 Wow, it really makes you appreciate God's GRACE and the relationship we can have with our Father... no fear, no rules or requirements! 🥰 Obedience and holiness out of love. ❤ God bless you! 😇
They don't do it because they want to, they're forced to. If they didn't do the door to door thing they would be disfellowshipped. Lately they've changed things and they don't have have a time card anymore but they're still earning their way to heaven with magazine carts.
@rhondahart2416 as a JW myself I can categorically declare everything you wrote there is false.. (besides the time thing but that served its purpose). Regardless, I absolutely love sharing the good news of the kingdom with all I meet, at work, or in The door to door work. Not sure where you got such a negative perspective on it. It's a task Jesus told all his followers to do, right up until his return matt28:19,20, matt24:14. You should try it. People need good news.
@MrMore470 What good news do you share, sir? That Jesus is God and became the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world? 🐑 Or John 1:1-3 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word WAS GOD. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. 14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us... Or 1John 5:20 - We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true by being in His Son Jesus Christ. HE IS THE TRUE GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE. ❤ Ephesians 2:8-9 - For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- NOT BY WORKS, SO THAT NO ONE CAN BOAST. 🎁 Jesus died on the cross, taking our punishment for our sins even though he was sinless. ✝️ He shed his precious, holy, innocent blood for us so that we could be forgiven. ❣️ He rose from the dead, ascended into heaven after 40 days, and is preparing a place for his followers, those who put their faith and hope in his finished work on the cross! And, we look forward to his return to take us to be with him forever! 😇 THAT IS GOOD NEWS!! 😃
I have not watched all of your vids, but this is probably the best one. I am going to go back through this vid and make a "cheat sheet". This is what I needed today. It is not a coincidence, it is the Holy Spirit at work.
I’m so glad that you were blessed by this video. I do plan to mix in some theological teachings within my videos at times. Thank you for watching. You might be interested in another video that I did this week (on my other channel) called: Ten Things I Was NEVER Told As a NEW Christian... (But Wish I Was) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1pGBAKDTgXc.htmlsi=jNgR9QdGPP6Y9aC4
We had a visit from JW’s years ago and when I asked them if I could pray for them they very quickly made excuses and left. They aren’t allowed to have anyone other than other JW’s pray for them.
Matt, you nailed it when you said JWs do not comprehend the theology of the Trinity. I am a former JW. I was introduced to the faith from the age of 11. Although I had a solid relationship with Christ pre-JWs, I had not had much scriptural training or deep theological understanding at that age. JWs told me that they had the "True" understanding of the Bible, and practiced "True Religion." Spiritually eagar and appropriately niave, I, of course, believed them! The point I'm aiming for is this: I did not have an understanding of the Trinity when I began Bible study with JW. They had to teach me what they believe about the Trinity, in order to then teach me why it isn't true - according to Watchtower. Consequently, to this day (I am 63) I still do not have a very good grasp of the theology. (You did catch my ear when you said that the difference lies in the meaning of "person" verses "being.") It is very difficult to break through to JWs. Their entire religion revolves around their faith in and loyalty to the Governing Body being the one and only way to salvation into God's Kingdom. (I know, I know. The irony is completely lost on them.) Despite that, more JWs are waking up to the fact that they've been misled than are staying in the religion, and their numbers just keep shrinking. In addition, there are large numbers of practicing JWs who no longer believe. They stay only because if they leave, they will be cut off from all family and friends who are believers. Matt, one last thing I wish to share with you. EXJW Analyser just re-posted a Video which has been instrumental in waking up JWs by clearly exposing Watchtower's fallacies. And it's done through using Watchtower's own teachings. As you have a heart to bring JWs to Christ, I encourage you to view it. (32 min.) I will try to post a link. In case I don't succeed, you can easily find it on the channel (EXJW Analyser.) The video title is, "Father WAKES UP Son From Cult of Jehovah's Witnesses."
Bless you, brother, for standing strong on God's Word. I live in a secured building now, so I don't have to deal with it anymore. It never mattered how polite and respectful I was when declaring that I was a Born Again Christian, and that we would have to just agree to disagree, because they are relentless. They are very convinced that they can change your mind. Nope. Not happening. ✝️
Thanks Matt. I had 2 JW’s come to my door, and I gave them scripture where Jesus said, ”Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am, you will die in your sins.”“ John 8:24 NASB One of the women got very angry when I said this, and the other woman had to calm her down.
exmarine268 May I ask? Who are you to tell others they will die in their sins?? What about you and your sins?? Are you going to die in yours ? If you think so you are being deceived . Seems like you Christians are more than Happy to declare people are going to Hell for Eternity with no chance of redemption. I want no part of the being you claim is the Most High. Please find Truth !!
I thank God that Jesus has proved himself reliable to answer all the big questions of life: origins, destination, morality, and meaning. Attempts to undermine the veracity of the Bible have failed for millennia. The Bible has been proven reliable historically and archaeologically, and fulfilled prophecy proves its Divine origin. The historic resurrection proves that Jesus is in fact, God. He fulfilled numerous specific prophecies, claimed to be God in the flesh, and then backed it up by rising from the dead. When anyone claims that we can’t know the answers, or something is not possible, they don’t realise that the answers have already been revealed. All of this truth is well-established, and even a cursory look on the Internet will reveal the evidence for this. The problem is that they don’t want to believe. They set up an arbitrary, objective standard of evidence, (which means nothing), so in their minds they feel justified in not believing. But all the evidence is there 😃
@exmarine268 you made an excellent point there. If they do not believe in who Jesus really is, as portrayed in the whole of scripture, they will die in their sins. And if we follow to the end of John 8, that includes one of his many claims to Deity in verse 58, - "before Abraham was born I am!".
@@Mr.DC3.1914yes but is it the same Jesus of the Bible? Jw believe Jesus is a Angel, they believe Jesus was created, Jesus Is not GOD, Jesus is dead forever dead ( in their teachings book ( reasoning the scriptures)
Yes, I have had JW coming to my house. The last two that came I told them of Gods grace and that we are all sinners and deserve to die, that Jesus Christ paid the price for our sins so that we would be saved.
They believe that we are all sinners and Jesus is our savior. The one difference is they beleive Jesus is the Son of God who was sent by his Father and not a triune God
Usually I avoid the JWs, tired of debating them over and over for decades, but I did entertain them the last time they came to my door. I asked them if they were trying to evangelize people that were already Christians, they said No! Then I asked them if they were trying to pull people away from their existing churches to come to their Church, they said No! Then I said "Well then, I'll let you go so you can talk to non Christians or those that don't have a church". Goodbye. Edit: For the record, my final response was after 15 minutes of back and forth through the scriptures. I also invited them back to learn the truth of non Watchtower Christianity. They never took up the invite.
Same thing happened to me!! There were two women knocked my door, quickly I knew them, then I told them I’ve been reading my Bible, from cover to cover 8 times, everyday seven chapters, and now I’m in the 9th time reading in the book of Isaiah. They left after listened to me, saying have a good day. They were nice to me and of course I got be nice to them too. We said good bye !!!
This is really interesting Matt. I am never so confident when I speak to Jehovah Witnesses. Matt I would be really interested if you could let me know how you have studied scripture so well, and also how you memorised it. I try various memory techniques some better than others. I know it is valuable .You have such a good bible knowledge. Thankyou as it has given me some insight in how the Jehovah’s Witnesses think, brilliant
I spent four years studying their doctrine and reading a book called How to witness to a Jehovah Witness also Kingdom of the cults, both books are good for knowledge. I highlighted scripture and everything I read about the verse I made notations by that verse. Like the person below, go over the verses repeatedly. I'm amazed at being five years a Christian I have learned an amazing amount of scripture by heart. Another great idea for dealing with the JW's that I heard from Mike Winger was this, take one thing that they believe and learn everything that you can about it and dial down on that one subject. For instance for me it would be their belief in everyone gets a second chance after they die in the 1000 year period and they are working to clean up the world and telling everyone about Jehovah then if they are loyal and do good enough then they get to live in paradise on earth forever. This is a huge deal to these people and the WT dangles this carrot in front of their faces all the time. Jesus as Michael the arch angel is another one to do. Just become really good at one subject. Blessings on your day!
I had two gentleman come to my door. As soon as they said who they were, the Holt spirit in me took over. I hammered them with scripture and there response was “ oh you really do know the Bible” they tried to tell me that we must put our hope in the world. I said “ this world does not have any hope. We are to put out trust and hope in the promises of Jesus and that we will be raptured b4 this world ends, so why put your hope in a dying world” they were gobsmacked. Then they said “what’s Gods name”. I laughed and said “he has many”, but I call Him Father God. They changed the subject away from anything to do with the Bible and started talking about my house, as we built it ourselves and one guy was a carpenter. Oh it was such fun to have the right answers and make them feel inadequate.
I'm pretty sure my address is on the notice board at the Kingdom Hall as one to avoid; a shame as I have a soft spot for them. They are losing younger members now due to access to the internet. They have a lot to lose if they come out of the cult, but even more if they stay. Thankfully even their NWT can't hide the truth of who God is, they just need directed to the right scriptures, something the Watchtower doesn't want them doing.
I think it’s a little bizarre that you think there is a notice board in a church you don’t attend as a person to avoid. I’m worried that you think that and I’m worried why you would be on a list.. As for it being a shame and your soft spot.. “More commonly Pity is a negative judgement of others and their situation. An example of pity is how most people feel about the homeless. Pity and compassion are closely related words but have subtle differences. The difference is that compassion usually involves some commitment to help.”
@@DJevnikar-xl5sx And my address is on their national list of "cannot be converted, don't waste your time." Nancy did not say or mean pity. You did and then you reduced it to a judgmental attitude on her part. Wrong interpretation, dude.
I heard a testimony of a JW who became a born again believer and left the JWs with her husband who also was born again. It was the grace of God in Jesus that convinced her that she and her family were on the wrong path. I asked some JWs at my door what they understood about grace and they were speechless and didn't know what I was talking about. I pointed out the the whole of the new testament is about the grace of God. It was an interesting chat but they haven't been back!
JWs are arguing against modalism, which is because that's the way it has been explained to them by the WT Organization. They don't know it's called modalism and that there are several heretical versions of the Trinity throughout history. When someone explains the true Trinity to them, they think you are just an unusual case and that you don't know it yourself. Good job with those verses! I never thought of the one in Isaiah. I am a former JW (jw for 34 yrs and God made me a new creation in 2020 ❤).
I also try to be polite, and I love the Isaiah 44;24 reference, but I also quote them this warning-" But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!" Galatians 1.
I decided last year that if they come to my door I would talk to them. I used to alway tell them I wasn't interested. My experience with them is if you know scripture they leave very quickly. I had two women come to my door a few weeks ago. They came to the door claiming to be a neighbor checking in on how everyone is doing. They said their church wanted to check in with everyone. I asked what church. The kingdom hall is 20 miles from me. they are very distant neighbors lol. The women were really focused on Jesus being in the image of God but not God. He was a created being. I recently found a great scripture to bring up to them in John 14: 8-11 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. I'm in the process of watching Billy Crones series on the Jehovah witnesses so I can be better prepared the next time they come to the door.
Genuine question because it gets very confusing for us... if Jesus says "the father dwellith in me" , do you think he is the father? Many do. But the guy making this video believes they are one god but separate persons. I think there are several versions of the trinity, according to the people I speak to
@joycefinney2735 thanks. Meaning? I talk to people that think Jesus is actually THE Father. They use isa9:6 "everlasting father". Then others, like this video, say Jesus is a separate person yet one in essence with the father. There are several versions of the trinity that I come across. When you say "these three are one"... do you mean united? The reason I ask is because Jesus said his followers would also be "one" with his father and himself (john17:21)
@@MrMore470 That is a oneness Pentecostal , they believe Jesus and Holy Spirit are the Father as manifested into these forms. A trinitarian believes in One God within are three persons. Think of it this way if you grew up in a biological family and your last name was Smith, the dad would be a Smith , the mom would be a Smith and you would be a Smith but you're three persons within one family with the same name. Genesis 2:24 And the man and woman become one(Echad) same word is used for God in Deut.6:4 Hear oh Israel YHWH is our Elohim YHWH is echad. Echad in Hebrew means unity, togetherness, one whole, it does not mean singular that is another word Yahid and it's not used of God.
Christian means follower of Christ. The trinity teaching was not practiced by first Christians. It was validated by Constantine hundreds of years later
Last year my faith was poor and i ended up having the same JWs come to my house for 4 Saturdays in a row. They nearly talked me into going to their memorial of Jesus death.
The most egregious error JWs make when celebrating the Lord's Super, is that they refuse to consume the emblems. Only a very few believe that they have the right to partake. The rest are taught to believe that they are not entitled to receive the very symbol of Salvation on the merit of Christ's sacrifice.
My Aunt is a JW and I can say that it would only be the Holy Spirit and divine intervention that would make her even look away from the doggma of their brain washing.
As a former JW I can attest to the Holy Spirit having to do the work! I had close jw friends that started getting upset with how the Organization was pushing for donations and stirring people up when covid started. The wife went down the RU-vid rabbit hole secretly and eventually the whole family of 4. I am so grateful one of the adult children was close enough with me to slowly send me a video here and there to wake me up from the indoctrination. It was devastating bc I had been in the religion since I was 9. Praise the Lord that when I finally fessed up to my non-JW Christian husband, he calmly told me to start reading the book of John in a Bible of my choice other than the new world translation. It took a month and a half for my eyes to fully be opened by the Holy Spirit. I struggled with the details of the Trinity but I could definitely see that Jesus wasn't Michael the archangel and that he wasn't created. 4 years later and I am a strong Christian, certain of my salvation, and trying to help other JWs and exjws know the Lord. Praise God! ❤
Hi Matt, I enjoy the videos and they are helpful for me. Not sure about inviting JW's inside ( 2John 10-11) I usually just talk to them on the front verandah. If you ask them what the Gospel is they dont know. They will say something like "do you mean the teachings of Jesus '? I always take the opportunity to tell them what the Gospel is and how Jesus dramatically changed my life. Keep up the good work. Geoff
Your a very smart man I couldn’t argue with them they told me I was too wishy washy to be part of their organization so I left and they don’t celebrate thanksgiving or Christmas and my family wants me too
I left the witnesses eons ago. My son and I were comparing KJV to the New World translation bibles. He kept reading in the KJV things I couldn't see. I said wait son, there's a dash instead of words. I asked my mom when she went to the hall to question the dashes and the words taken out. She was told the wrong scriptures were taken out and that's what the dashes meant. I threw the witness bible away. One problem with discussing the bible with them is they attend weekly "ministry school" which trains them how to evade anything they can't prove. It's a sad cult. They start you out with the thought of paradise and once you're in the fear mongering begins. You abide by their rules from "mother society" in Bethel in NY or you're dead in God's eyes. Then they scare you that your loved ones are going to die if they don't convert. It's terrible. I'm so glad I'm out.
I’m also glad that you are out. I’m going to make another video soon about a conversation I had with some Jehovah’s Witnesses yesterday. It’s pretty crazy how they interpret things. But like you said, they are controlled by the watchtower.
Helpful. I was in a coffee shop today and about 8 JWs came and sat down having just stood near our railways station with their materials. I hope next time to engage them a bit more - especially on Jesus. My last conversation I had with some a few weeks back was on John 20 and Thomas' words addressed to Jesus "My Lord and my God." They weren't quite sure what to do with that - one suggested that Thomas was uttering words of shock rather than a statement of faith in Jesus (which was weird given how Jesus responds to Thomas). We also talked about there being more than one God. In Isaiah 64:9 God declares "I am God and there is no other." Obviously there are "gods" which are denounced as not the true God, so we can assume they are false. But that leaves us with a very binary option - either Jesus is God (as much/fully as the Father is God) or he is a false God. Thanks again, Andrew (Chesham, UK)
I heard JWs are a tough nut to crack! The threat of disfellowshipping is very strong. If they become a Christian, they will likely give up the only friends and family they know. However, I think you did an awesome job talking to them. Only He can give us the wisdom on what to say. Only He can keep us calm, and prevent us from arguing or getting angry. In Jesus’s name!
Great information. Thank you! I will take some notes for the next time I encounter JW’s. I think the group of people who most look forward to having Jehovahs witness’ knocking on their door are Bible believing Christians who want to share the gospel.
Well done Matt!! ✝️🙏🏻We took notes on this video! 😊 We also have the Evidence Study Bible from Ray Comfort/Living Waters - that has lots of helps and answers to these types of questions. God bless you, brother, Zebedee and Chrisanne
As an exJW, you are absolutely right about them not understanding the trinity. They are taught that trinitarians believe in what is essentially modalism. Thats where you will be them trying "gotcha" questions like "If Jesus IS God then who was he praying too?" The unfortunate thing is I knew several former christians (both catholic and protestant) who converted and told me a big reason was they asked the pastor to explain the trinity and he would give the old three forms of water or the egg analogy, or say its a mystery with no real scriptural support to help see the hermeneutics of the trinity. A lot of christians I feel take things like the trinity for granted and can be caught off guard when someome shows up confidentiality showing them scriptures that seem to refute their base beliefs. A church and pastor who puts its people on solid foundation is so critical against cult lies.
Similar JW status in Poland. They also usually jumps to another topic when the current subject is difficult for them. Two times I was accused for being aggressive (?) while not letting them to escape to give me the answer, finally they just turn out and walked away. Poor people, lost self in pride to be the teacher, I think.
Attend their Kingdom Hall on Sundays. I go and speak to the members afterwards. I just tell them I have a lot of questions and searching for the truth.
I always talked to JW they talk about what they believe and I talk about my beliefs with questions to their beliefs without anger until/unless they say I'm wrong without scripture to back it up. Then righteous indignation kicks in.
Nice video As a natural and spiritual Jew Ive found that most Christians dont take the time needed to know the Languages of scripture and have little or no idea the meaning of words The word God is such a word If your interested in what I know about it, let me know
@@lionoffireraw Yet at 2:43 you say "So I went to Isiah Chapter 9, and I said, you see here Jesus is called 'Mighty God'." How could you go to that chapter, and show it to them, if you didn't have your bible? I do not believe for one minute that the JW were ever at your door.
I was raised to always treat people with respect and to listen to people with different opinions to myself. So after a few visits from a very nice father and daughter I invited them in so that we could talk in comfort. The conversation didn't last as long as I had expected. They finished their tea and left. When they left my wife asked me, why I sat them where I did . I explained that I sat them in the most comfortable chairs. "Come and sit down where they were sitting, and tell me what you see." She said. A bit mystified I sat down and right in my line of sight I saw several science books, including some on evolution and a copy of the God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. We haven't had any visits from JWs since.
I wish I could memorise scripture references like these. I have tried to speak life to these people but I always seem to stumble around and get bogged down. I have recently changed by approach to merely stating that I know I have salvation because of John 3:16, Joel 2:31-32 and Roman 10:9. I refuse to be diverted into irrelevant verses that they try to use and tell them that I have a personal relationship with Jesus, and the ‘works‘ that I do are as a result of that salvation and my love for Him and not a prerequisite.
It’s worth noting that Jesus was ethnically Jewish. Judaism is a monotheistic religion worshipping one God, YHWH. There would be no such teaching of anything Trinitarian in likeness (we know the word Trinity doesn’t even occur in the bible) The Jehovah’s Witnesses seem to have the main basic doctrines right, and are not the only ones who don’t believe in the Trinity doctrine. Many Christians have seen the falsehood of this blasphemous teaching that directs worship away from God, and obscures him from the centre of it. Many Christians are aware of the pagan ancient cultures who had divine triads, like the Egyptians (Osiris, Isis, Horus) or Romans (Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto). The Romans tainted pure worship with their beliefs, like the celebration of Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, the Roman holiday that celebrated the birthday of the unconquered sun (Sol Invictus) on December 25th, which many Christians now celebrate as Jesus’ Birthday, which is ironic as Jesus never celebrated it being a Jew, and wasn’t born anywhere near December time. Then we have the pagan Spring Equinox Celebrations when pagan cultures celebrated renewed life and fertility around the spring equinox. These celebrations involved symbols of rebirth, like eggs and rabbits, which found their way into Easter traditions. Many Christians today, ignore the fact their celebrations are based on paganism and have no part of Christianity. The JW’s along with some other Christians have got these basics right. Scoffing at a couple of JW’s who came to your door and didn’t know how to respond to your randomly plucked scripture which you’ve applied to your mind, doesn’t mean they don’t know what they’re talking about, it means they want to go away and do research so they can give you bible truths as opposed to musings of their own. The Bible is a big book - no man knows and understands it fully. However, God gives understanding to the meek. Psalm 25:9 A few scriptures to consider on why Jesus isn’t God. Here are just a few, however, there are hundreds more. There is no confusion on this matter, when you consider all the scriptures in context and use truthful translations as well: Mark 10:18: "And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.” Here, Jesus separates himself from being God himself. Matthew 24:36: "But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only." This verse shows limitations in Jesus' knowledge if he, unlike the Father, doesn't know the day of judgement. John 14:28: "You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.” Here, Jesus explicitly states the Father's greater status. John 17:3: "And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent." This verse emphasises the Father as the one true God, with Jesus separate. Deuteronomy 6:4: "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one." This core principle of Judaism contradicts the idea of three persons in one God.
Great post, some wonderful scriptures used. Keep in mind, JWs are generally zealous and God fearing people, but have been misled by the organisation, run by men. Typically, they will use scripture out of context (especially through their Watchtower magazines which have their Sunday study article the whole congregation does), and follow the Bible as if still under the law, not by grace. Thank you again for sharing. Take care.
I've had them at my place many times, and when I take them through the Greek ie: "WORD" meaning..Revealed will/ Expression of thought, does generate good discussion. But they always get stumped on Acts 4:12...Salvation is found in no one else, for no other name under Heaven is given to man by which we must be saved. So I ask, why then the emphasis on Jehovah..don't know...
@Mr.DC3.1914 Why do you use the made up Latinization name Jehovah..He is YHWH THE I AM. While ever you remain under the influence of the watchtower society you are no different than catholicism with a "WE" believe construct to your belief system. A number of years after I became a Christian, I went back critically over every doctrine that I had initially accepted independent of any outside influence..with a number of different bible translations. I studied Greek and Theology indepth to determine my own doctrine..I would suggest considering the same path. Most people I have met that are either catholic, seventh day adventists, mormons, Jehovah witnesses...were born into them, and of course they "ALL" believe they are the only path to eternal life with God.
@Mr.DC3.1914 John 14:8-9...Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father also. If you can't grasp that you are one person, yet your thoughts and words that emanate from your mouth have no physical structure, but are an expression of who and what you are as a person. Which is why when God's spoken Word was within the body that took on the name of Jesus was expressing the WILL and NATURE of God. John 1:18 The WORD became flesh. If you can't see this then your religion is controlling you and not the LORD.
That’s great. If the shoe was on the other foot and you were at their door, they would be rude and condescending to you. I know this because I have knocked on their door.
I thank God that Jesus has proved himself reliable to answer all the big questions of life: origins, destination, morality, and meaning. Attempts to undermine the veracity of the Bible have failed for millennia. The Bible has been proven reliable historically and archaeologically, and fulfilled prophecy proves its Divine origin. The historic resurrection proves that Jesus is in fact, God. He fulfilled numerous specific prophecies, claimed to be God in the flesh, and then backed it up by rising from the dead. When anyone claims that we can’t know the answers, or something is not possible, they don’t realise that the answers have already been revealed. All of this truth is well-established, and even a cursory look on the Internet will reveal the evidence for this. The problem is that they don’t want to believe. They set up an arbitrary, objective standard of evidence, (which means nothing), so in their minds they feel justified in not believing. But all the evidence is there 😃 If you can believe this, there are actually people today (and I mean full grown adults!!), who believe that our ancestors are fish and bacteria!! I’m not joking 🤦🏼♂️
I work with JWs and they don't really like to talk much with me. I always ask questions about what they say along the lines of, the Bible says this, why is that different from what you're telling me? Once they get one or two questions like that they don't want to talk anymore and I end up disappointed because I'm hoping they'll be open to hearing the gospel. I've invited a coworker that I work with directly on a daily basis to talk about his beliefs, not even a debate but just sharing, and he said he doesn't do that at work. Witnesses who don't witness because they're afraid to hear something that might possibly change their minds. How about that.
@@Mr.DC3.1914 this is off topic. But tell me your address and I will send you my book, The Great I AM. I go through the whole Bible showing the connection between the I AM God of the old testament and Jesus's assertion that he is the same I AM. Jesus is God, was called Lord and God in the new testament and is worshipped as God by the angels. Angels do not worship other angels. You need to actually read what the Bible says in context. And maybe watch Dr. Michael Hieser, Sam Shamoun and chicken scratch apologetics to gain an understanding of how wrong JW theology is. It isn't even a false gospel, since it makes no claims to offering a way of salvation in light of the fact that JW doctrine teaches only some go to heaven. But all who confess that Jesus is Lord and believe he was raised from the dead shall be saved.
Before I moved, I had the same 2 Jehovah's Witness guys come to my door a few times a month. They became friends after while. My sense was that in a seemingly acceptable way they loved God with all their heart, they hungered and thirsted after righteousness, they prayed without ceasing.... They embraced Jesus as their Savior.... they clearly were loving and friendly people... sure they had some different points of view about things than standard Christianity but do I think God the Loving Father's place for them in eternity is going to be hell? Probably I don't. Or almost certainly I don't. Of course I believe Jesus is God. if someone is following Jesus in just the same way that I am but their understanding can't quite get to a place of embracing him as that it doesn't feel like a guarantee that for that reason Jesus will be excluding them from this: "When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we first begun." ...
My father was sitting on his porch when a young man said he wanted to talk about religion. My father said fine what denomination? The boy said Jehovah Witness and my father said well you can forget it. The young man asked why and my father asked him if he fought for his country? The young man said no but that his religion was one of peace and then inquired as to if he had something against his religion well my father did. My father had fought during WW2 and had he not fought and many others like him had not fought we would be ruled by Nazis. Passifist religions including JW's are for the birds in my opinion.
Do you know what the nazis were doing to Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany at that time for remaining neutral? If religious people had not fought for hitler, would he have had an army? If the priests had told their flock to imitate Jesus and return evil for evil to no one, would there have been a conflict? Instead they blessed the bombs they were about to drop on people of the same faith in a different country.
What are your thoughts on the investigation into Jehovah’s Witnesses by the Australian Royal Commission? The New Zealand Royal Commission into Abuse in Care?
Yep, gotta plant those seeds! But most importantly, pray that God will remove the scales from their eyes! and that He will Reveal to them who He really is!They are blind to the Truth of the Bible, but yet they believe that their the only TRUE RELIGION!!
I had jw come to the door yesterday. He talked a bit about hope, climate change etc then I said I believe in a coming rapture and millennial reign of Christ (which they believe in that 1000 years also) and then I said the earth is going to made new, it will melt with fervent heat, all man’s works destroyed, heavens will roll back- all he could say was “I don’t think you’re suppose to take that literally “ WHAT!!! I spoke of Jesus being God and he actually says “well we both have hope, just a different hope” I asked how can he explain John chapter 1. He rattled off a couple of verses. But soon changed the subject of religion and wanting to leave. I didn’t get to talk more. Like Thomas calling Jesus “My Lord and my God” Jesus didn’t rebuke him and say oh no I’m not God. Jesus said he will raise himself, Jesus said to the apostles if you know me, you know the Father. Jesus called himself I AM. Jesus blood referred to as Gods blood, Goes on and on and on. JESUS IS GOD!!! Jehovah Witnesses are against the word of God, their demonic theology falls apart easily and they worship a different Jesus, a false made up Jesus.
All I was doing was quoting a few scripture from the KJV and the jw was like I don’t want to debate you, I wasn’t even debating, just quoted a few verses, THEY ARE AGAINST THE TRUE WORD OF GOD, they have their corrupted new world translation. One of the head JW sites in America when viewed from above is set out exactly like the illuminati symbolism, triangle all seeing eye and it’s a massive property, all done on purpose and also I think it was the Denver airport illuminati illustrations are eerily similar to JW illustrations. I’ll send a link if I can find info for you. I also came across a channel who did a short 2min video on beliefs of JW, I’ll attach a link for you, that way you can focus on certain points etc
@Mr.DC3.1914 Totally asinine!!!! Jesus is God. Go ahead keep twisting, worship your fake made up Jesus, see how that goes for you? You worship a different Jesus, one that doesn’t save. John knelt down before an angel and was told to only worship God/Jesus, stop the blasphemy of worshipping your angel. 22:8-9 Jesus IS God. I worship the God, manifested in flesh, precious God’s blood shed on the cross, Jesus all the way through the whole bible, claimed to God, why Jews wanted him dead. Same names as God, I AM, Alpha and Omega. Even Thomas knew and said my Lord and my GOD.
The JW's usually do have a 'pat' answer for everything -- they've actually put together a book for that purpose. "When the Christian says this, you say that.' But pat answers are usually one-inch deep. They don't have to be good answers; they just tell the JW that their church has heard the objection before, and they still think they're on solid ground over it. Two things are needed to go further. first: a generous attitude, where I think you did great; and second: follow-up questions, as you said. If you can get them past their pat answers, you may get them thinking.
It's hard to give them kudos for being out there sharing what they believe when what they're actually doing is spreading a different Jesus and a different gospel.
Yes, " polite but firm.. ". You were right to point to the divine nature of Jesus. The Jehovah's Witnesses teach that the Lord Jesus Christ is Michael the Archangel- the Watchtower cult is a misleading, dehumanising and unchristian organisation. Be compassionate but know Christ and the scriptures. Keep up the good work- the Jehovah's Witnesses need to hear the gospel and who Jesus is.
Praise GOD, brother. I belonged to the adventist church before I got saved, and the truth of GOD set me free. I had to go through a lot of backlash from my family because I stopped adhering to their religioustic beliefs. It would be so helpful if you could make a detailed video exposing the Adventist church, which is actually a cult, and help spread the truth.
They are a cult. They have other problems too. They consider the writings of Ellen G White (a proven false prophet) to be authoritative. They believe in investigative judgement, which is a clear false doctrine. They also have many other false teachings.
When they asked if you were a Christian, I thought you were going to say that you were the local bishop.😀 That would probably have ended their visit. I had a colleague who was a JW so I know that they don't celebrate Christmas but I thought it was just because it most probably isn't his actual birthday. I learnt something new there. In my experience organised religion is all about getting their hands on their followers' money.
Birthdays were celebrated by pagans. That is why JWs and Jesus' first century followers never celebrated a birthday. Only two birthday celebrations are mentioned in the Bible. Both were of pagans. BTW No collections of any kind are taken by JWs.
We shouldn’t try to win an argument, nor are we capable of saving anyone. I like Matt use scripture to put a pebble or stone in their shoe. A metaphor of course! Let them leave and let the word give them no relief until they acknowledge the truth.
