117. JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, the TRINITY and THE ... - Answers

32. No hell for the wicked. JWs believe the wicked will be annihilated. (Ezek.32:21,30,31)
33. JWs are not trained to answer the Christ-centred testimony of one who has been born
again. They are trained to argue about denominations, but are NOT trained to argue
successfully against the Gospel of Christ.
34. JWs purpose is to get people out of churches where they are individuals, and into the
WT organisation where they will be automatons.
To a JW, to be yourself is ‘worldliness’ and ‘false religion’.
35. The organisation:
a) replaces the need for Christ’s blood to gain favour with God, in favour of itself.
b) stands in the place of Jesus Christ as Mediator between God and man.
c) has become the saviour instead of Christ, who to them is just a fellow creature.
d) makes the WT authority greater than the Bible, as seen in how they change verses
to suit their doctrines.
e) has pontifical authority. Disputers are cast out as heretics.
36. What is the effect of this on a JW’s mind?
a) He no longer thinks of himself as a God-fearing individual but WT fearing.
b) All piety and reverence have been removed from belief.
c) All faith in the individual Christ has gone. It now becomes a matter of conducting
business.
d) It no longer involves worship. It has degenerated to a system of works and
rewards.
e) WT runs like a business. Statistics are kept on everything. They mock everything
but the organisation.
f) They do works to prove themselves faithful and to earn everlasting life. They
believe it was the life of Christ, not His death, that really mattered. They think it
was Christ’s obedient life, not His blood that saves.
37. A person changes thoroughly to become a JW in 6-12 months. How?
a) Initial house-to-house visiting. The purpose is to get literature into the person’s
hands so they can read it in their homes and to arouse interest.
b) Return visits. The purpose is to improve interest and to start a home Bible study.
c) Home ‘Bible’ Studies for 1 hour. They then attend the theocratic ministry school
(speech class) to give short talks before an audience.
d) Training new ministers door-to-door. ‘The secret of success is to start training
these new ones from the very earliest. Take them with you as soon as possible. It
is the backbone of our ministry’.
e) Baptism by immersion, not in the name of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, but in
nobody’s name at all. This makes him a minister and an official JW. It means,
‘You give up your old life and begin a new life, dedicated (sins and all) to serve
Jehovah.’
Average conversion takes place in 6-12 months because of persistent follow-up.
38. You must know your Bible and know it well. Challenge them on the Deity of Christ
and stick to it as the most important doctrine. Be firm, polite and loving. Hatred will
beget hatred.
39. The WT Organisation places much emphasis on class distinctions, eg ‘the 144,000
anointed heavenly class’, the ‘great crowd earthly class’, and the ‘Queen of Sheba
class’ of men of good will. This is a fantasy of the governing body of JWs.
6. EIGHT ISSUES JWs ARGUE AGAINST
JWs say that clergy should call themselves ‘servants’ instead of using flattering titles.
JWs forget John 15:15 ‘Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what
his lord doeth: but I have called you friends.’
The close relationship between Christ and the Christian does not exist for the JW, so he sees
himself as a slave of the WT organisation. A Christian should give a logical, clear testimony
of what Christ has done for him. The main issues JW’s argue against are as follows:
1) Arguing against the Trinity. This involves the deity of Christ, and the Holy Spirit’s
deity and personality.
2) Arguing against Hell. They reason hell to be unbiblical, unreasonable, unloving and
unjust.
3) Arguing against the soul. They believe the soul is a living physical body. They quote
Ezekiel 18:4 ‘The soul that sinneth, it shall die’. This refers to physical death of a
person, not spiritual death, as seen from Ezekiel 18:27 ‘When the wicked man turns
away from his wickedness...he shall save his soul alive.’ Body, soul, spirit (IThes 5:23)
4) Arguing against Christ’s ransom. To JWs, Christ is only a man who gave them a
chance to work out their own salvation. They believe Christ only atoned for Adam’s
disobedience, though not for Adam himself. JWs do not believe that Christ atoned for
our personal sins, but only for our disobedience in Adam.
5) Arguing against Christ’s visible return. JWs believe that Christ returned invisibly in
1914, thus marking the end of the times of the Gentiles. Then how is it that Jerusalem
is still trodden down of the Gentiles? (Luke 21:24),’Every eye shall see Him’
(Rev1:7).
6) Arguing against judgment after death. JWs believe that the coming judgment will be
the millennium. They are not aware of the four judgments of:
a) Christ judged on the cross for our sins; (I Peter 2:24; 3:18).
b) The judgment seat of Christ in heaven for believers’ rewards; (II Cor.5:10).
c) The sheep and goat nations judgment early in the millennium;(Matthew 25:31-46).
d) The Great White Throne judgment of unbelievers raised after the 1000 years.
(Rev.20:11-15).
They think that ‘those who meet with God’s favourable judgment will be granted
everlasting life.’ (Let God be True, p 292). They believe that they will be judged
favourably because of works they performed in this life.
7) Arguing against regeneration and the Holy Spirit. They degrade the Holy Spirit to an
‘active force’ and they put the Watchtower organisation in his place.
‘His theocratic organisation......to help us understand that Word’ (Let God be True, p 306)..
Their salvation is never sure, so they keep selling books to earn salvation by good
works.
7) Arguing against all piety. JWs do not worship God. There is no reverence or awe of
God in their hearts. It is forbidden to worship Jesus Christ because to them He is
created. In their hymn book ‘Songs to Jehovah’s Praise’, they extol the works of the
organisation and of individual JWs. No adoring words to God or Christ, just praise to
the organisation. JWs will never kneel to pray, nor have any prayer meetings. They
will never hold public debates because they realise that no JW can stand up against
anyone who knows the Bible really well.