Are Jehovah Witnesses a CULT or part of Christianity?

Are Jehovah Witnesses a CULT or part of Christianity?

What Jehovah's Witnesses believe:
1. Jesus is really the archangel Michael.
2. Jesus is not to be worshipped.
3. Jesus was not resurrected with a physical body but as a spirit being.
4. Jesus’s second coming has already occurred. It took place invisibly in 1914.
5. The Holy Spirit is not a person.
6. There is no Trinity. There is only God, Jehovah.
7. Salvation is by faith and especially by works.
8. Only 144,000 saved people will go to heaven. They will have spirit bodies, not physical bodies. Everyone else who belongs to Jehovah will stay in paradise on earth in a physical body.
9. Humans do not have an eternal, immortal soul. When you die you cease to exist unless and until God resurrects you.
10. There is no hell.

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Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:39 - The origin of Jehovah's Witnesses
3:01 - Russel's failed predictions of 1914
What Jehovah's Witnesses believe:
4:50 - 1. Jesus is really the archangel Michael
5:22 - 2. Jesus is not to be worshipped
6:00 - 3. Jesus was not resurrected with a physical body but as a spirit being
7:34 - 4. Jesus’s second coming has already occurred. It took place invisibly in 1914
8:43 - 5. The Holy Spirit is not a person
9:56 - 6. There is no Trinity. There is only God, Jehovah
11:09 - 7. Salvation is by faith and especially by works
11:56 - 8. Only 144,000 saved people will go to heaven
12:47 - 9. Humans do not have an eternal, immortal soul
15:19 - 10. There is no hell
17:12 - Final thoughts

What does the Bible say?
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[lastofsevenCyndiStone]

I was a Witness for 27 years! It took about two minutes for me to learn how wrong they are. I gave my life to Christ about 11 months later. Let the name of the Lord Jesus Christ be praised forever!!!

[luxolomoshoeshoe]

I had been with JW's for three years, but deep in my spirit I always knew something was wrong, especially how they viewed and minimized Lord Jesus Christ.

[DS]

I spent over 30 years in this organization. Happy that I woke up and left this cult! Jesus Christ is the truth, the way and the life, not a man made organization!

[staciekellogg]

This cult stole a large part of my life from me. They covered for my stepmother who was beating me. She inflicted so much emotional damage and trauma. They are wicked. They are heretical. They cover for abuses within their church because involving authorities means involving "worldly". I needed so much deliverance and healing because of them. They stole my childhood. They'd stand over me as adult men and force me to lie to CPS when the school would call about my withdrawn behavior and bruises. They cover up rape and marital abuse. They teach absolute heresy. If you're reading this, please stay away from this wicked cult. If it wasn't for Jesus, I'd be dead because of them.

[warrenpizarro]

I pray for my father to be saved and delivered because he's been a Jehovah witness for a long time. I pray for my father to realize that Jesus is the way, and no one comes to the Father except through Him

[judithbormann]

They are absolutely a false cult. John 1.1. John 1.1. In the beginning was the word and the word was a God.. according to their belief.

[Berean_with_a_BTh]

It seems this video has attracted the attention of some JW Trolls.

So let's start with John 1:1-3, the JW goto passage for trying to prove Jesus isn't God:
_In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made._
The first thing to mote is that this passage alone totally destroys the JW claim that Jesus is a creation, since he has been with God since the very beginning.

Neither is Jesus some sort of demi-god. The third clause of John 1:1 in Greek reads καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος (kai theos ēn ho logos), literally meaning "and God was the Word".

JWs make much of the lack of the article ὁ (ho) before Θεὸς (theos) in the third clause of the Greek text, saying its absence means the Word was only "a god". But they are inconsistent: John 1:18 & 8:54, Romans 8:33 & 9:5 and 1 Corinthians 8:4 & 8:6, 2 Corinthians 1:3 & 5:19, Galatians 6:7, Ephesians 4:6, 1 Thessalonians 2:5, and Revelation 21:7 all lack the article ὁ (ho) before θεὸς (theos) with exactly the same accenting, but the New World Translation (NWT) has no trouble omitting the indefinite article there and translating θεὸς (theos) there as 'God'. 2 Corinthians 1:3 even has the exact same καὶ θεὸς (kai theos) wording as John 1:1 following ὁ πατὴρ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν (ho patēr tōn oiktirmōn) - an unambiguous reference to God the Father! On the JW's translation 'principle', 2 Corinthians 1:3 in the NWT should be translated as:
_Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and a god of all comfort, _
thus differentiating between God as _the Father of mercies_ and Jesus Christ as _a god of all comfort, _ but they failed to do so. Oops!

In all, there are 282 instances of the anarthrous θεός (theos) in its various inflections in the Greek New Testament, but the NWT only translates it as 'a god', 'god', 'gods' or 'godly' 16 times, demonstrating a mere 5.7% (1/17.6) commitment to their translation 'principle'.

The next paragraph is for nerds 
Unlike English, Greek Grammar lacks the indefinite article and the Greek article functions differently from the English definite article. Plus the Greek article isn't needed for a noun to be definite. Nouns lacking the article are anarthrous. In Greek Grammar, θεός (theos) in the third clause of John 1:1 is what is known as a pre-verbal anarthrous nominative predicate noun. That is, the noun precedes a verb, lacks the article, and is the subject of and qualifies the object of the clause. In the New Testament, this form almost always denotes a quality. What this tells us is that the Word is qualitatively God. Put another way, the Word is distinct from but has the same nature or essence as God. There are very few cases in the New Testament where this form is indefinite. Thus, the onus is those arguing for the indefinite sense to explain why it has to be so here. Had John inserted the article before θεός (theos), that would mean the Word is identical with God (Unitarianism).

The NWT even goes so far as to have Mark 12:27 say "He is not a God of the dead, but of the living" and to have Luke 20:38 say "he is not a God of the dead, but of the living" - note the quite unnecessary _a_ before God. Matthew 22:32 creates a problem for them, though, because that verse has the article - ὁ Θεὸς (ho theos) - which explains why the NWT translates the other two as 'a God' in spite of the lack of the article. The NWT translates Matthew 22:32 as "He is the God, not of the dead, but of the living".

Translating καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος (kai theos ēn ho logos) as "and the Word was a god", as in the NWT, is polytheistic - a stance the NWT's treatment of Matthew 22:33, Mark 22:27, and Luke 20:38 reinforces.

That Jesus is fully God (not just 'a god') is confirmed in:

*John 8:58*
_Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."_
The Judeans' response in John 8:58 demonstrates that they fully understood the implications of what Jesus was saying.

*John 10:30*
_I and the Father are one_
The Greek adjective ἕν (hen), meaning 'one', being in the neuter - not the masculine εἶς (heis), which would say the Father and Son are one person - asserts unity of essence, not merely being in communion, or unity of will or of power. That this is the correct understanding is confirmed by the Judeans’ reaction at John 10:31-33. Jesus’ statement denies both Sabellianism (Unitarianism) and Arianism (JWs). The same sentiment is found in:

*John 17:11*
_Holy Father, keep them in thy name, which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are one._
and
*John 17:22*
_The glory which thou hast given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one_
Note that there is no suggestion Christians will attain the same essence or nature as God but that, as God's sons, Christians will ultimately share the one essence or nature - as Christ's bride.

*John 20:28*
_Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"_
Note that Jesus accepted Thomas' acclamation.

*Romans 9:5*
_to them (the Israelites) belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed for ever. Amen._

*Philippians 2:5-11*
_Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father._

*Colossians 1:15-19*
_He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities - all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent. For in him all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell_

*Titus **2:11**-13*
_For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world, awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ_

*Hebrews 1:2-8*
_in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has obtained is more excellent than theirs. For to what angel did God ever say, "Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee"? Or again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"? And again, when he brings the first-born into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him." Of the angels he says, "Who makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire." But of the Son he says, "Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever, the righteous scepter is the scepter of thy kingdom"_

*2 Peter 1:1*
_Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ_

*1 John 5:20*
_And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, to know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life._

Additionally, for JWs to argue there are two gods in John 1:1 makes them polytheists. In which case they have a real problem with their failure to truly worship Jesus in light of:

*John 5:22-23*
_The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him._
Note how the Son is to be given the same honor as the Father and the Father isn't honored by those who refuse to do so. The greatest honor we can give God is to worship him "in spirit and in truth" (John 4:23). Indeed, we are commanded to do so:
*Deuteronomy 6:5*
_You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might_
So, anyone who fails to honor the Son by giving him the same worship the Father is due both dishonor the Father and breaks the greatest commandment. 

*2 John 1:7*
_For many deceivers have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist._
The same sentiment is found in 1 John 4:2-3. Note the clause _"the coming of Jesus Christ"._ This says far more than that Jesus was born; it points to his pre-existence as the divine λόγος (λόγος). And it tells us that anyone who denies that pre-existence _"is the deceiver and the antichrist"._

JWs would do well to reflect on how someone who denies Jesus’ divinity and refuses to give him the same worship the Father can attain salvation

The NWT, as might be expected, mistranslates most of the above Christological passages for the sake of their dogma and contrary to Greek grammar and/or context.


Now watch the JW Trolls respond with their obsfucations, specious nonsense, and sophistry...

[MirandaMartin-jwqs]

Thank you so much. I was raised a JW and just now I am discovering the beautiful truth of Jesus

[kristinapilorz]

Thank You Pastor Vlad! 🎉 Praise God for Jesus and his work on the cross!

[justinhorn]

Read your Bible every day, EVERY BOOK of it, Pray to our Father Who art in Heaven, Shed the Traditions of man made religion, distance yourself from Earthly things and believe, believe in the Messiah Yeshua, Jesus, and walk humbly with God.

[isabellarosa]

Thank you for this information 🙏🙏🙏I am adding it's direct to the point message very valid to teach my students🙏🙏
Many Blessings to you and Family in Christ

[BabyDoll-fsbu]

I’m so grateful and happy that I know what’s really going on in this world. I’m not blind! Thank you Jehovah for allowing me to know you and what our purpose here on earth is! 💜 Start prayer with Jehovah and end it “in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ, Amen. 💫

[caitlyndoss]

I grew up as one of Jehovahs witnesses, and was baptized in 2012 they actually refer to the holy spirit as Gods active force. And I do not agree with the doctrine; half of my family on my moms side follow full throttle blindly. And I respect their decision, but I’m going to follow Christ not an organization. Peace and blessings to you.❤

[Ladybhive]

I started noticing the hypocrisy and judgemental attitudes and the lack of love they had.

[eesmith]

As a former JW, I appreciate and approve of this video message. Thank you and God bless.

[ClivatteMubonde]

Thank you for the video ❣️
I will share to my witness friends

[MsEloiseg]

My mom was and still is someone who is and always has been so close to God. She’s 72. About 20 years ago she asked my sis and I if she could join them and we said yes because she never stopped us from moving from one church to another to find “our place” at a very young age. My dad just passed at the time too. So I went full into the Anglican Church, being an altar server. Got saved and baptised and the joined what I would call a “Christian” church. I still have a very close relationship with my pastor as I followed her.

In those years she found comfort and friendship in the JW. I will never forget the day I saw the change in my mom. Probably a year or two in to JW. She was chanting around the house “the truth, oh the truth” and something seemed off.
She remains a devout JW to this day and I support her where I can but do not want engage since I hold Romans 14 & 15 very close.

I still honour my mom and love her so much

[mariantracy]

I used to be a Witness, so glad I am now in the real TRUTH! I pray daily for the rest of my family that are still in it.

[PeeTx]

It's also important to pray before and after reading the holy scriptures, in order God to protect you from wrong interpretations that satan could incept in your brain