One
God
Not Two
Nor Three
But
ONE GOD
And His
Precious Gospel
Pastor Edmund DeSoto
Please keep in mind
that the word LORD when translated into the English language from
the Hebrew is Jehovah.
Also. . .
Please keep in mind that
the word God
in Genesis 1:1 when translated from the Hebrew language is Elohim.
Elohim whenever it
is used in scripture by Hebrew writers, is always used and refers to in
the plural form.**
About The Author
Edmund
DeSoto
As an ex-member
of the Watchtower Society known world wide as Jehovah's Witness, it was
hard for me to fully understand the glorious identity of our Creator Jehovah
God.
Although I was constantly
indoctrinated to understand and to know "this wonderful God," I never really
came to know Him fully on a personal level until I finally received Jesus
Christ as my personal Lord and Saviour.
All I really had with the
Watchtower was false indoctrination, lies and a false sense of salvation.
I know for a fact that it
will be a rare thing for any of you not to have encountered someone who
hasn't had a Jehovah's Witness come knocking on your front door.
Most present Jehovah's Witnesses
involved with the Watchtower Society in Brooklyn New York, come from a
Roman Catholic background.
The reason for this is because
there is little or no knowledge of scripture in their lives of this poor
Roman Catholic what so ever.
In the other hand, whenever
a Jehovah's Witness runs into a Born Again Spirit Filled believer
during their so-called "door to door" work for the Watchtower Society,
they get a run for their money.
And I mean this literally.
This Spirit of God sends
them running like cowards. There is no way that any of them could ever
stand next to a true believer of the Living God we call Jehovah.
They literally do run for
their lives unless what they heard preached to them at the door bares witness
in their spirit Roman 8:16 and
they receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour becoming "Born Again"
of the Spirit of God according to what Scripture says or in fulfillment
of the Scriptures.
John 3: 3 KJV
My question to you reading this
article is the following.
Are you aware and are you
taking advantage of the fact that this might be the only opportunity that
this particular Jehovah's Witness at your door might EVER
have to listen to the True Gospel of Salvation?
The Jehovah's Witnesses are
notorious for their aggressive door-to-door evangelistic strategy.
They always come by twos
and most likely one is in training.
And while many people might
view the Jehovah's Witnesses at their door as an annoyance because they
come full of questions for their own prepared answers, they are literally
a mission field at our doorstep.
Take advantage of the situation.
You can be of great use to
the Kingdom of God if you know exactly what to ask them, instead of having
them ask you their prepared and pre answered questions.
You can be used of God to
plant real seed of the Kingdom of God and awaken in them that Great Sleeper
that has been put to sleep by satan the devil himself.
Therefore, I try to encourage
Christians to view the Jehovah's Witness visits at the door as an opportunity.
Yes, as an opportunity to
open their eyes to the truth and to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with
them.
Once the Jehovah's Witness
go out in the field, or the "door to door" work service as they
call it, they begin to count the hours they spend out there, that they
might report them at the end of the month to the Watchtower Society of
Brooklyn New York.
When you engage them in conversion,
you can become a potential "return visit" and that too is reported.
Allow the Spirit of God to
deal with them and to use you the next time the Jehovah's Witnesses comes
to your front door.
Instead of simply turning
them away, why not spend five minutes and sow some simple seeds of truth
into their lives?
You may not convert them
to true Christianity right there at your doorstep, but you can give them
some important truths to consider.
These truths will
eventually bear genuine fruit of repentance and conversion in their lives.
For the Word of God declares
that His Word will not return void nor without fruit.
"So shall my word be
that goeth forth out of my mouth:
it shall not return unto
me void,
but it shall accomplish
that which I please,
and it shall prosper in
the thing whereto I sent it."
Isaiah 55: 11 KJV
These are the same truths
that bore fruit in my life. Because someone took the time to talk to me
at the door when I was doing the "door to door" work I am able to write
this article now that you are reading.
The basic and major error
of the Watchtower Society in Brooklyn New York known worldwide
as Jehovah's Witnesses
is the “theology of denial”.
Jehovah's Witnesses basically
deny ALL of the central doctrines of the Judeo - Christian faith.
Theirs is a religion of denial
and Anti Anointing or Anti-Christ.
They deny the existence
of the Holy Spirit.
They deny the existence of
hell.
They deny the existence of
the soul and the human spirit.
But most significantly, they
deny the Deity of Jesus Christ.
Jehovah's Witnesses wrongly
believe that. . .
Jehovah alone is God Almighty,
That men may know that thou,
whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
Psalms 83:18
KJV
And boy, do they make use of
this one scripture.
Jehovah's Witnesses wrongly
believe that. . .
Jesus is only a god.
1 In [the] beginning
the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god.
John 1:1
New World translation Of
the Holy Scriptures
So in reality the Watchtower
Society of Brooklyn New York, teaches its members that there are two
gods
and not One God, Eternal and Sovereign
like the Scriptures teach in the Shama of Israel found in Deuteronomy 6:4.
Hear, O Israel: The Lord
our God is one Lord:
Oh Yes, this is a far cry
from the true biblical doctrines that God is ONE from the Hebrew Torah
Deuteronomy 6:4
The Watchtower Society of
Brooklyn New York teaches its members known as Jehovah's Witnesses that
Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God is a created
being.
They actually and very actively
teach that he is the archangel Michael.
They also teach its members
that the Holy Spirit of The Living God is simply an active
force.
Proof That
God Is One GOD
Now, if you only have five
minutes to spend with a Jehovah's Witness, try walking them through the
following passages of scripture, passages that bear witness to the reality
of the Deity of Jesus Christ.
The beauty of sharing these
passages is that you can even use the Jehovah's Witness’ false version
of the Bible, the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures.
1) Begin
by reading with the Jehovah's Witness from
Revelation 1:8.
“I am the Alpha and the
Omega,” says the Lord or (Jehovah God) God, “Who is, and who was,
and who is to come, the Almighty.”
After reading this verse
together, ask them the following question
“Who is the Alpha and
the Omega?”
They will respond by saying
something like. . .
“Well, it says right there.
. .
the Alpha and the Omega
is the Lord God
(or Jehovah God in their
translation).”
** Please keep in mind that
the word LORD when translated in the Hebrew is Jehovah and that
God when translated into the Hebrew as well is Elohim.
2) Next,
ask them if they will read another passage of scripture with you, and read
from
Revelation 22:13.
“I am the Alpha and the
Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End”
After reading this verse
with them, ask them,
“Now, who exactly is
the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last?”
And they will probably respond
by saying something like. . .
“We just saw who the
Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, he is the Lord God.
(or Jehovah God in their
translation).
3) Lastly,
ask them if they'll look at one more passage with you, and read with them
from
Revelation 1:17-18.
"When I saw him, I fell at
his feet as though dead.
Then he placed his right
hand on me and said:
“Do not be afraid. I
am the First and the Last.
(stop here and ask again,)
(‘Who is the First and
the Last?’).
I am the Living One;
I was dead,
and behold I am alive
for ever and ever!”
Revelation 1:17-18.
After reading this last passage
of Scripture with them, ask the Jehovah's Witness,
“So, when exactly did
the Lord God, or Jehovah God in their translation, die?”
And most Jehovah's Witnesses
will just look at that passage in bewilderment, for you have just shown
them conclusively, even from their own translation, that Jesus is the Lord
God (or Jehovah God).
If you want to demonstrate
this reality even further, read with them from. . .
Revelation 22:13
& 16
Where the Alpha
and the Omega
says. . .
“I,
Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches.”
This series of passages can
be a powerful tool when witnessing to a Jehovah's Witness.
These passages demonstrate
that Jesus Christ is the Lord God, or Jehovah God.
Scriptures declare that.
. .
Now the Lord is that Spirit:
(or Jehovah Is That Spirit
)
and where the Spirit of
the Lord is, there is liberty.
2 Corinthians
3: 17 KJV
"Now Jehovah
is the Spirit; and where the spirit of Jehovah
is, there is freedom."
2 Corinthians
3: 17
New World translation Of
The Holy Scriptures
** Keep in mind that the
Watchtower Society teaches that God's Holy Spirit is
an active force and nothing else.
9
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which
is above every name:
10
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and
things in earth, and things under the earth;
11
and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2
9-11 KJV
Now Let's read The Watchtower's
New World Translation
of the Holy Scriptures
9
For this very reason also God exalted him to a superior position and kindly
gave him the name that is above every [other] name,
10
so that in the name of Jesus every
knee should bend of those in heaven and those on earth and those under
the ground,
11
and every tongue should openly acknowledge that
Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of
God the Father.
**
Please keep in mind that
the word LORD when translated into
the English language from the Hebrew is Jehovah.
Please keep also in mind
that the word God in
Genesis 1:1 when translated from the Hebrew language is Elohim which
is always in the plural or Gods.
So. . . .
In the beginning God
created the heaven and the earth.
The Word God in Genesis
1:1 is translated from the Hebrew Elohim into English which is plural
in Hebrew.
This means that the literal
translation into the English or any other language would read as follows.
. . .
In the beginning [Gods]
created the heaven and the earth.
Still scripture declares
very clearly that GOD IS ONE GOD
in Deuteronomy 6:4.
Jesus Christ is not simply
a
god,
or a created being;
Jesus Christ or Yeshua Ha-Meshiach
is GOD.
He is the eternal Lord God
of the Hebrews come in the flesh.
1
In the beginning was
the Word,
and the Word was with
God,
and the Word was God.
2
The same was in the beginning
with God.
3
All things were made
by him;
and without him was not
any thing made that was made.
4
In him was life;
and the life was the
light of men.
5
And the light shineth
in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended
it not.
14
And the Word was made
flesh,
and dwelt among us,
(and we beheld his
glory,
the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father,)
full of grace and truth.
John 1: 1-5 and
14 KJV
The next time the Jehovah's
Witnesses come to your front door, instead of simply turning them away,
why not try sharing these passages with them?
God could use you to powerfully
impact the life of a Jehovah's Witness… and it only takes five minutes!
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Edmund
DeSoto / Shout of Victory Ministries LTD.
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