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TRINITY & OTHER DOCTRINES OF GOD:<br />
PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />
God (the Father):<br />
• God is a single being whose personal name is Jehovah<br />
o they also accept the name Yahweh and other transliterations<br />
• Jehovah is alone, and above all other beings<br />
• Jehovah created everything that exists<br />
• Jehovah has a son called Jesus Christ<br />
o Jesus is not God<br />
o Jesus is not equal to God<br />
o Jesus was God's first creation<br />
o Jehovah then created everything else through Jesus Christ<br />
• Jehovah's outstanding qualities are love, justice, wisdom, and power.<br />
Jesus Christ:<br />
• Jesus Christ is a mighty being, but he is not God<br />
o Jesus Christ is a lesser and separate spirit being<br />
o Jesus Christ is not equal to God in power or eternity (i.e. age)<br />
o Jesus Christ never thought of himself as God or equal to God<br />
• Jesus Christ is the son of God<br />
• Jesus Christ was created by Jehovah as his first creation<br />
o So Jesus had a beginning and thus cannot not be eternal<br />
• Jesus Christ is inferior to Jehovah, but superior to the angels<br />
• Jesus Christ rules as part of God's heavenly kingdom<br />
• Jesus Christ is the Messiah predicted in the Old Testament<br />
• Jesus Christ came to earth from heaven<br />
o When Jesus was on earth he was a perfect human being, but he was not<br />
divine in any way<br />
• Jesus Christ gave his human life as a sacrifice to make human salvation possible<br />
• Witnesses believe that Jesus did not die on a cross but on a single pole or stake<br />
• Witnesses believe that Jesus had a spirit resurrection, not a bodily one<br />
• Jesus Christ has been appointed by God to judge each human being and decide on<br />
their fate<br />
• Jesus Christ will be used by God to resurrect the dead<br />
The Holy Spirit:<br />
• The holy spirit is Jehovah's active force that he uses to accomplish his<br />
will<br />
• The holy spirit is not a person<br />
• The holy spirit is not part of a <strong>Trinity</strong><br />
The <strong>Trinity</strong>:<br />
• The traditional Christian idea that God is a '<strong>Trinity</strong>' of Father, Son and Holy Spirit<br />
is false and based on pagan ideas<br />
• The doctrine of the <strong>Trinity</strong> is inconsistent with the Bible<br />
• The doctrine of the <strong>Trinity</strong> contradicts what the prophets, Jesus, the apostles, and<br />
the early Christians believed and taught<br />
The cross<br />
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus did not die on a cross but on single stake.<br />
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