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

7. ‘all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and
ours.’ (I Corinthians 1:2)
8. ‘Thou holdest fast my name....’ Jesus said to the Pergamos church. (Revelation 2:13).
JWs have not held fast Christ’s name, nor have they called upon Christ’s name, nor do
they name the name of Christ, nor is Jesus Christ precious to them, because they do not
have saving belief in Him. ‘Unto you . . . which believe He is precious’.(I Peter 2:7).
Ask: Where does the NT tell us to name the name of Jehovah?
9) The New Testament always lifts up Jesus Christ’s name, not Jehovah’s name. Why?
Because Jesus Christ is Jehovah God on earth. Christ is 100% God and 100% man.
Q1: In whose name should we meet together?
‘Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of
them.’ (Matthew 18:20)
Q2: Demons were cast out by the authority of whose name?
‘Paul.....said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come
out of her.’ (Acts 16:18)
Q3: In whose name should we preach repentance and forgiveness of sins?
‘And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among
all nations. And ye are witnesses of these things.’ (Luke 24:47,48)
Q4: In whose name are we to believe and receive forgiveness of sins?
‘....through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.’
(Acts 10:43, John 1:12)
Q5: By whose name, and no other, do we obtain salvation? Acts 4:10,12 says:
‘by the name of Jesus Christ ... Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is
none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.’
Q6: In whose name should we pray? John 16:23,24; 14:13,14; 15:16 says:
‘Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.’
Q7: In whose name is the Holy Spirit sent?
‘But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my
name......’ (John 14:26)
Q8: In whose name and authority did the disciples heal the sick?
‘His name through faith in his name hath made this man strong’ (Acts 3:16; 4:30)
Q9: Whose name did Paul say that we are to call upon?
‘ all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.’ (I Cor 1:2)
Q10: Whose name is above every name?
‘God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every
name .... that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.’(Phil 2:9-11)
Paul’s quote about Christ is from Isaiah 45:22-24 where every knee will bow to
Jehovah. What is true about Jehovah, is also true of Christ, the Lord of all mankind
Q11: According to Acts 1:8, of whom are we to be witnesses?
‘Ye shall be witnesses unto me (Jesus)’
Q12: In whose name were believers baptized?
‘they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus’. (Acts 8:16; 2:38)
Q13: In whose name were believers designated?
‘the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch’. (Acts 11:26)
Q14: In whose name did the apostles speak?
‘Commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus’ Acts 4:17,18
Q15: In whose name did early Christians suffer? Acts 15:26 says:
‘Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.’
‘rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name’Acts
5:41;9:16
Q16: Whose name was Paul to carry?
‘Lord said: He is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles,
kings, and the children of Israel.’ (Acts 9:15)
Q17: In whose name did Paul deliver a man to Satan?
‘In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ...to deliver such an one to Satan.’ I Cor 5:4,5
Q18: In whose name did the apostles teach? Acts 5:28; 8:12 says:
‘Did we not straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name?’
10) Why does WT break their own rule (where the OT speaks of Jehovah), that they do
not insert Jehovah in the NT, when the quote clearly refers to Christ?
Answer: They do not want Christ to be God, due to their theological bias. Consider three
examples:
1) Psalm 102:24,25 (NWT) Hebrews 1:10 (NWT)
‘O my God . . . long ago you laid the
foundations of the earth . . .’
‘with reference to the Son: . . . You at the
beginning, O Lord laid the foundations of
the earth itself . . .’ (v 10)
The Psalm unquestionably speaks of Jehovah God laying the foundations of the earth.
The writer of Hebrews applies it to Christ as Jehovah God laying the foundations of the earth.
Yet, if JWs translate ‘Lord’ in the NT as ‘Jehovah’ elsewhere, why don’t they translate
‘Lord’ in Hebrews 1:10 as ‘Jehovah’?
Answer: Because Hebrews 1:10 refers to the Son, and this would make Christ to be Jehovah,
which they refuse to accept. The NWT is biased against the Trinity.
2) Isaiah 8:13 (NWT) I Peter 3:15 (NWT)
‘Jehovah of armies - he is the One whom ‘But sanctify the Christ as Lord in your
you should treat as holy . . .’
hearts . . .’
Peter paraphrases Isaiah 8:13 and applies it directly to Christ, saying that we are to sanctify
Christ as Lord (Jehovah) in our hearts. The NWT committee has shown bias in not
following their own rules, by refusing to insert ‘Jehovah’ into I Peter 3:15.
The WT Kingdom Interlinear, p 11 of the Foreword (1985 Edition) states their rule:
‘How is a modern translator to know when to render the Greek words ‘κυριος ’ or ‘θεος ’ as
‘Jehovah’? By determining where the inspired Christian writers (NT) have quoted from the
Hebrew scriptures (OT). Then he must refer back to the original (Hebrew OT) to locate
whether ‘Jehovah’ appears there.’
Even the Kingdom Interlinear footnote (p.1016) shows that 8 modern Hebrew Bibles have
‘Jehovah God’ in I Peter 3:15 reading as ‘sanctify the Christ as Jehovah God in your hearts’.
The NWT committee could not be consistent with their rule.
3) Joel 2:32 (NWT) Acts 2:21, 38 (NWT)
‘Everyone who calls on the name ‘Everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah (v.21)
of Jehovah will get away safe; ‘Peter said, Repent and be baptized in the name of
Jesus Christ.’ (v.38)