Do the Jehovah Witnesses really believe they have the Holy Spirit?

Answer 1

i don't know but the guy under the banyon tree in Lahaina. Maui does.

Answer 2

Does the Catholic Church have the holy spirit or the greedy spirit and how many other church leaders have the same problem? Do they love the people or their money? Money is needed to take care of the needed bills but how much are we to pay for waters of truth from Jehovah's word the Bible? Does he not tell us at Revelation 22:17? Jehovah's Witnesses will preach the truth for free and with their own time and money bring that truth to you at your own home. How long would your paid preachers do that? We have seen some try but not for long! Why? Because they do not have the power of the holy spirit in them to keep up the good work Jesus give true Christians to do at Matthew 28:19 that says "Go therefore...and teach" GLOBALLY until the end of wicked mankinds rule! ALL signs show we are just about there!
See what the big mother church is doing right NOW! Blind faith will not save anyone! Paying greedy clergy will not give us life forever! They con people out of their money and life! They put on a show of being holy and having holy spirit but their true acts show otherwise! Fact of history! Time Magazine has exposed the facts of our own day! See for yourselves!

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1590435,00.html

Answer 3

Yeah they think they do. They say it's God's active force.
It is active but, the Holy Spirit is a gentlemen. Not a force.
And where in the Bible does it say God's active force?

What are the clear signs of the presence of the Holy Spirit?

Acts 2:4
And they were all filled (diffused throughout their souls) with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other (different, foreign) languages (tongues), as the Spirit kept giving them clear and loud expression [in each tongue in appropriate words].
Acts 2:3-5 (in Context) Acts 2 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 4:31
And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak the Word of God with freedom and boldness and courage.
Acts 4:30-32 (in Context) Acts 4 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 8:17
Then [the apostles] laid their hands on them one by one, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:16-18 (in Context) Acts 8 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 8:18
However, when Simon saw that the [Holy] Spirit was imparted through the laying on of the apostles' hands...

Acts 19:6
And as Paul laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke in [foreign, unknown] tongues (languages) and prophesied.
Acts 19:5-7 (in Context) Acts 19 (Whole Chapter)

This never happens in any "Kingdom Hall"
They've never received the Holy Spirit, they don't know how to. They don't know what it like to be filled with the Holy Spirit. If they did they wouldn't be in a cult.

Answer 4

What does it mean to be baptized “in the name . . . of the holy spirit”? It means acknowledging the function and activity of the holy spirit. And what is the holy spirit? It is Jehovah’s active force, with which he accomplishes his purposes. Jesus told his followers: “I will request the Father and he will give you another helper to be with you forever, the spirit of the truth.” (John 14:16, 17) What would this enable them to do? Jesus further told them: “You will receive power when the holy spirit arrives upon you, and you will be witnesses of me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the most distant part of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) By means of the holy spirit, Jehovah also inspired the writing of the Bible: “Prophecy was at no time brought by man’s will, but men spoke from God as they were borne along by holy spirit.” (2 Peter 1:21) So we acknowledge the role of the holy spirit when we study the Bible. Another way we acknowledge the holy spirit is by asking Jehovah to help us produce “the fruitage of the spirit,” which is “love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness, self-control.”—Galatians 5:22, 23.

Answer 5

They believe that the Holy Spirit is not a person. They think it is the power or force of God.

Answer 6

I have talked to some and from what I understand they believe that the Holy Spirit is God's power, but they do not believe that it is active in us today- they do not beleive in healing, speaking in tongues, prophecy, etc. I have asked a few JW's questions about these things but what I am told does not line up with the Bible and often these things are explained in circles and make little sense.

As far as not celebrating birthdays, christmas and easter- one cannot truly read the word of God and call someone misguided because they do not celebrate these things. Though I beleive JWs are off track on many things, I believe they desire to understand and be obedient to God. They are one of the few who have the holiday thing partly right at least.
Messianic Jews - Jewish people who have accepted Jesus as their Messiah- do not celebrate Chritmas - it is not Biblical and they recognize that Jesus was born at the time of the feast of tabernacles, they do not celebrate Easter , or Ishtar- the feast of the goddess of fertility which glorifies child sacrifice- they celebrate the Biblical feast of Passover-
though the JWs do not celbrate the Biblical holidays, they do have very good Biblical reasons for not celebrating the pagan holidays Christians ignorantly claim as their own

Answer 7

Yes we do. Jehovah blesses us w/ holy spirit, why would any human think that holy spirit is a human? WOW lol. Holy spirit is his active force not another human being, so you mean i can go out and find someone named holy spirit?
Where in the bible does it say that holy spirit is a human being?

Answer 8

Yes and If you wanted it to be proved We as Jehovahs witnesses are more then happy to show you from the bible why we are true christians.We preach door to door as Jesus did him self Matt 24:14 ,Matt 28:19 Acts 5:42.We accept Gods kindom as mans only hope for permanant end to wickedness.Daniel 2:44
We teach things from the bible that are not from tradition of men but what the bible has to say.(col 2:8)For example the bible The subject of baptism.Baptism means youve come to the true knowledge of god and have chosen to serve him as well as forgiveness of sins.Can a baby make this decision for himself about who he is going to serve?? 1 Joh 4:1 tells us false prophets have gone into the world.What is said about Jehovahs Witnesses is false and how could you critisize what you dont know based on word of mouth.Any Jehovahs witnesses in your are would be happy to answer all your questions cause we can prove anything you ask using the bible not tradition of men.Men only look for whats convient to them they pick and choose.We have to get that accurate knowledge of Jesus And god(John 17:3)If anyone who reads this has any question i can use the bible to prove anything you have questions to.

Answer 9

Actually we know we have God's holy spirit.

Without it we could not go door to door.
Without it we could not understand Jehovah's Word.
Without it we could not stand firm against all the persecution
we face.

These are just a few of the reasons why we know we have it.

Answer 10

They seem to represent all the qualities found in a religion that has the blessing of the Holy Spirit.

Answer 11

Their Doctrine teaches that the Holy Spirit is God's active force- like his super powers and that none of us posess Him. They also deny Trinity and Divinity of Jesus Christ.