Transcript What to do

Ready Reference Facts/Questions
for When the Doorbell Rings.
Preliminary Strategies
• Do not panic. “Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the
world.” (1 John 4:4).
• Don’t pursue a conversation if you are unable to devote some time
to your guests.
• If you are not comfortable speaking by yourself, get their number
and call a more knowledgeable person and set up a time where you
and your friend can share Christ with them. Remember, God
allowed them to knock on your door and our steps are ordered by
God. We are told in Scripture “always be prepared to give an
answer.” (1 Peter 3:15).
• Focus on the identity of Jesus Christ.
• Take control of conversation. Keep control. You determine
subject. There are more important subjects than present conditions.
• Be patient and do not get frustrated.
Jesus of the
Jehovah’ Witnesses
"The Word or Logos is not God or the God, but is the
Son of God and hence is a god." (New World
Translation, 1950 ed., p 775). "Michael (arch-angel) is
actually the Son of God" (Aid to Bible Understanding,
p 1152).
“At the time of his beginning of life he was created by
the everlasting God, Jehovah, without the aid or
instrumentality of any mother. In other words he was
the first and direct creation of Jehovah God.” (The
Kingdom Is At Hand, pp. 46-47).
Was Jesus “the first and direct creation of Jehovah God”?
There is God and His Creation. If Jesus made “all things” then
He can not belong to the category of Creation. Use a coin to
represent Jesus and place it in the category below that best
corresponds to John 1:3 in the N.W.T.
God
Jehovah God created “all things.”
N.W.T. teaches Jesus created “all things.”
Therefore, Jesus is Jehovah.
Cross reference Rev. 4:11, N.W.T., “You are
worthy Jehovah, even our God, to receive
the glory and the honor and the power
because you created all things…”
Creation
All things came into
existence through him, and apart from him
not even one thing came into existence.
John 1:3 NWT
Some questions for Jehovah Witnesses
Would you read my literature especially if it came from
members who left your group?
The Watchtower has said “We need to examine not only what we
personally believe, but also what is taught by any organization with
which we may be associated. Are its teachings in full harmony with
God’s Word, or are they based on the traditions of men? If we are
lovers of the truth there is nothing to fear from such an
examination.” The Truth that leads to Eternal Life, p. 13.
The Watchtower published a book “Make Sure of All Things.” How
can one “Make Sure of All Things” if one only reads Watchtower
literature?
New World Translation
Jehovah’s Witnesses
God the Father
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May you have undeserved kindness and peace from God the Father… 2 Thess 1:2, N.W.T
1984.
God the Son
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But when he again brings his Firstborn into the inhabited earth, he says, “And let all God’s
angels worship Him.” (Hebrews 1:6 N.W.T of the Christian Greek Scriptures, 1950).
Jehovah the Father is clearly commanding the angels to worship Jehovah the Son. Jesus
said, “It is written, ‘It is Jehovah your God you must worship, and it is to him alone you
must render sacred service.’” (Luke 4:8 N.W.T 1984). The same Greek word for
“worship” is used for both verses. Therefore, Jesus the Son who received worship must be
Jehovah.
God the Holy Spirit
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Now Jehovah is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:17, N.W.T 1984).
As they were publicly ministering to Jehovah and fasting, the holy spirit said: “Of all
persons set Barnabas and Saul apart…” (Acts 13:3 N.W.T 1984). A force cannot speak.
In Acts 5, the Holy Spirit is lied to by Ananias and Sapphira. One cannot lie to a force.
Mormonism
How do Mormons define Jesus
Christ?
Jesus is the spirit brother of Lucifer. Brigham Young,
concerning the fall of man, said, "Who will redeem the earth,
who will go forth and make the sacrifice for the earth and all
that it contains? The eldest son [Jesus] said: ‘Here I am; but
he did not say 'send me.’’ But the second one, which was
Lucifer son of the morning, said, 'Lord here am I, send me, I
will redeem every son of Adam and Eve that lives on the
earth....'" (Journal of Discourses. Vol. 13, p. 282).
The appointment of Jesus to be Savior of the World
was contested by one of the other sons of God. He
was called Lucifer, son of the morning. Haughty,
ambitious, and covetous of power and glory, this
spirit brother of Jesus desperately tried to become
the Savior of mankind.
Milton R. Hunter of the First Council of the Seventy
The Gospel Through the Ages, p. 15.
Some key questions for Mormons
• How can Jesus be the spirit brother of Lucifer when the Bible
teaches Lucifer is a created being and that Jesus created
everything? Colossians 1:16-17 says, “For by him all things
were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all
things were created by him and for him.
• Please interpret, “Is there any God besides me, or is there any
other Rock? I know of none.” Isaiah 44:8
• What if I have a burning in my bosom that Mormonism is
wrong?
• Why do you believe the Bible verses that differ with
Mormonism have been mistranslated? If you believe there are
errors in the Bible, then why do you cite it?
Some key questions for Mormons part 2
Brigham Young said, "take up the Bible, compare the religion of the Latter Day
Saints with it and see if it will stand the test" (Journal of Discourses Vol. 16, p.
46).
• If what Brigham said is true, please explain Lorenzo Snow’s statement, “As man
is God once was, As God is man may become” in light of Psalm 90:2 “Before
the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the
world, even from EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING, THOU ART GOD.”
• Did Joseph Smith contradict Psalm 90:2 when he stated, “I am going to tell you
how God came to be God. We have imagined and supposed that God was God
from all eternity. I will refute that idea, and take away the veil, so that you may
see. (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 345). And that, “God Himself
was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits in enthroned in yonder
heavens! (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 345). Either the Psalm
90:2 is true, or Joseph Smith is correct.
Appendix A
Overview of major world religions
All religions are not ultimately saying the same thing.
Moses: One personal God. The universe is not eternal, but was
created by God (Gen. 1-3; Deut. 6:4; etc.).
Krishna: Mix of polytheism and impersonal pantheism. The
universe is eternal.
Zoroaster: One good god and one evil god (religious dualism).
Buddha: God not relevant; essentially agnostic.
Confucius: Polytheistic (belief in many gods).
Muhammad: One personal God who cannot have a Son.
Jesus Christ: One personal God who does have a Son
(Mark 12:29; John 4:24; 5:18-19; etc.).
Baha'u'llah: God and the universe, which is an emanation of
God, are co-eternal.
Doctrinal Dictionary
• Monotheism: Belief in one true God.
• Pantheism: A world view. The belief that only the
spiritual dimension exists. Pantheists refer to the
perception of a material reality as “maya”, which
means illusion.
• Polytheism: The believe that there are many
different deities, both co-equal or in hierarchy.
Please visit, www.geocities.com/apologetics315
Reliability of the Bible
Of the 5,300 Greek manuscripts "only about one-eighth of all the
variants had any weight, as most of them are merely mechanical
matters such as spelling or style. Of the whole, then, only about onesixtieth 1/60th rise above trivialities or can in any sense be called
'substantial variations.' Mathematically this would compute to a text
that is 98.33 percent pure.” Geisler Norman and William Nix, General
Introduction to the Bible p. 365.
Sir Frederick Kenyon the director and principal librarian of the British
Museum and second to none in issuing authority on manuscripts said,
"no fundamental doctrine of the Christian faith rests on a disputed
reading.” Frederick G. Kenyon. Our Bible and the Ancient Manuscripts. New
York: Harper &Brothers, 1941, p. 23
Mormon “prophets” contradict
each other
• Behold, David and Solomon
truly had many wives and
concubines, which thing was
abominable before me, saith the
Lord (Jacob 2:24).
• Adam was made from the dust
of an earth, but not from the
dust of this earth (Journal of
Discourses, Vol. 3, p. 319).
• I the Lord, justified…David and
Solomon…as touching the
principle of their having many
wives (Doctrine and Covenants
132:1).
• Adam’s body was created from
the dust of the ground, that is,
from the dust of this ground,
this earth (Joseph Felding
Smith, Doctrines of Salvation ,
Vol. 1, p. 90).