Why do Jehovah's Witnesses use this verse to think Jesus is not God?

Question

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. (Colossians 1:15) If you stop here and listen to what you are told this means you could fall trap to this think of jesus is not God. if you keep reading what the bible says after this verse you will not think you will know Jesus is God.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. Colossians 1:15-17
Here is the big verse you are missing to Think Jesus was Born and not God: And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. Colossians 1:18 This verse tells us that Jesus was firstborn from the dead and Jesus is the beginning.

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. (Colossians 1:15) So, this verse just means Jesus is first born of the dead. It proves He was God and was risen from the dead in verse Colossians 1:18

Amen! Jesus is God!
And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:

KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 19:16

Yes this is terrible. They are not even allowed to veiw other material that is not what they believe. I love the Jehovah's Witnesses. I just believe they are misguided.

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; Genesis 1:26.
The eternal God is your refuge,Deuteronomy 33:27
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 Corinthians 5:1

The above verses prove we are eternal. When Jesus died on the cross his body died and His Spirit did not. This is because He is eternal. Jesus waited 3 days and joined His body again to rise from the grave. So to answer your question God (Jesus Christ) raised Jesus from the grave.
If H20 can be water, ice, and steam all at the same time and still be H20, then why can God (who created everything be) Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?

You say God had no beginning and End. The bible says Jesus had no beginning and end>
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8
This verse is talking about God. God is Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
So when did God die? Check out this verse.
And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death. Rev 1:17-18

Jesus is Almighty God manifest in the flesh.

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 nothing was made that was made. John 1:1-3

And the Word became 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 1:14

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. Colossians 1:15-17

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:

God was manifested in the flesh,
Justified in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles,
Believed on in the world,
Received up in glory. 1 Timothy 3:16

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. Philippians 2:5-7

Answer 1

1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Jesus said to satan to worship God only.
Who will all knees bow to?:
Jesus

Isaiah 45:20-24
Romans 14
Phil 2
Rev 18-22
Matt 24-25

Answer 2

Does the Bible teach that all who are said to be part of the Trinity are eternal, none having a beginning?

(Colossians 1:15) You say, So, this verse just means Jesus is first born of the dead. It proves He was God and was risen from the dead in verse Colossians 1:18, my ??? to you is, if Jesus is God, & He is dead, who brought him back to life?

“He [Jesus Christ] 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.” In what sense is Jesus Christ “the first-born of all creation”? (1) Trinitarians say that “first-born” here means prime, most excellent, most distinguished; thus Christ would be understood to be, not part of creation, but the most distinguished in relation to those who were created. If that is so, and if the Trinity doctrine is true, why are the Father and the holy spirit not also said to be the firstborn of all creation?
But the Bible applies this expression only to the Son. According to the customary meaning of “firstborn,” it indicates that Jesus is the eldest in Jehovah’s family of sons. (2) Before Colossians 1:15, the expression “the firstborn of” occurs upwards of 30 times in the Bible, and in each instance that it is applied to living creatures the same meaning applies, the firstborn is part of the group. “The firstborn of Israel” is one of the sons of Israel; “the firstborn of Pharaoh” is one of Pharaoh’s family; “the firstborn of beast” are themselves animals. What, then, causes some to ascribe a different meaning to it at Colossians 1:15? Is it Bible usage or is it a belief to which they already hold and for which they seek proof? (3) Does Colossians 1:16, 17 (RS) exclude Jesus from having been created, when it says “in him all things were created, all things were created through him and for him”? The Greek word here rendered “all things” is pan′ta, an inflected form of pas. At Luke 13:2, RS renders this “all, other”; JB reads “any other”; NE says “anyone else.”
In harmony with everything else that the Bible says regarding the Son, NW assigns the same meaning to pan′ta at Colossians 1:16, 17 so that it reads, in part, “by means of him all other things were created, All other things have been created through him and for him.” Thus he is shown to be a created being, part of the creation produced by God.

God directly created his Son and then “by means of him,” or “through him,” created other things, much as a skilled workman might have a trained employee do work for him. Those things created “by means of him” did not include Jesus himself, for God had already created him. Thus, he is called the “firstborn,” the “only-begotten.” When a child is the firstborn, the only-begotten, it never means that the child is the same as the father. It always means that there are two different personalities involved, father and child.

Answer 3

Funny only one of the following translations says he is the first born OVER all of creation. Not even the King James Version makes that statement.

Col 1:15

(ASV) who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

(BBE) Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;

(ISV) He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

(KJV+) Who3739 is2076 the image1504 of the3588 invisible517 God,2316 the firstborn4416 of every3956 creature:2937

(KJVA) Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

(LITV) who is the image of the invisible God, the First-born of all creation.

(YLT) who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation,

This is only one of the many verses that teaches that Jesus is not God.

Here are a couple more:

John 14

17 Jesus said to her: “Stop clinging to me. For I have not yet ascended to the Father. But be on your way to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and YOUR Father and to my God and YOUR God.’”

28 YOU heard that I said to YOU, I am going away and I am coming [back] to YOU. If YOU loved me, YOU would rejoice that I am going my way to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

1st Corinthians 11

3 But I want YOU to know that the head of every man is the Christ; in turn the head of a woman is the man; in turn the head of the Christ is God.

Answer 4

Sorry, I've lost count of how many scriptures you misquoted.

To begin with, It is 'firstborn of all creation.'

'over all creation' is a wish, a mistranslation of the original.

And people accuse JW of changing scripture.

First born according to Harper's Bible Dictionary means 'oldest or eldest.

Which translated Col 1:15 as 'He is an image of God, the eldest of all creation.'

2 Cor 4:4 says that if we believe Jesus is more than an image of God, we are being blinded by Satan.

Answer 5

Jehovah’s first creation was his “only-begotten Son” (Joh 3:16), “the beginning of the creation by God.” (Re 3:14) This one, “the firstborn of all creation,” was used by Jehovah in creating all other things, those in the heavens and those upon the earth, “the things visible and the things invisible.” (Col 1:15-17)

John’s inspired testimony concerning this Son, the Word, is that “all things came into existence through him, and apart from him not even one thing came into existence,” and the apostle identifies the Word as Jesus Christ, who had become flesh. (Joh 1:1-4, 10, 14, 17)

As wisdom personified, this One is represented as saying, “Jehovah himself produced me as the beginning of his way,” and he tells of his association with God the Creator as Jehovah’s “master worker.” (Pr 8:12, 22-31)

In view of the close association of Jehovah and his only-begotten Son in creative activity and because that Son is “the image of the invisible God” (Col 1:15; 2Co 4:4), it was evidently to His only-begotten Son and master worker that Jehovah spoke in saying, “Let us make man in our image.”—Ge 1:26.

Answer 6

IT does not make a difference where one stops.

Jehovah created Jesus. Thus Jesus is the image of Jehovah.
Jesus was the firstborn of creation.

Then it was by him that all physical things were created.

Answer 7

We are also the image of the invisible God, since the Bible says at genesis 1:26, "Let us make man in our image according to our likeness" so, does that makes us God too?

Anyone that says that Jesus is God ought to have his head examine, Jesus always refer to his father when teaching the people and his disciples, he said "all I say to you is not from my own originality but from the one that sent me" !!!!!

Answer 8

YHWH GOD is a distinct Person, the Great Spirit Creator.
Jesus was His only-begotten son, another distinct person and FYI, the Arch Angel Michael in heaven. Jesus Christ was his human name, the Christ translated means Messiah.
YHWH God is so Great and Glorious and Divine that NO human body could EVER contain Him.
The head of the woman is the man, the head of the man is the Christ and the head of the Christ is God, the Creator of ALL life. 1 Corinthians 11: 3

Answer 9

We are also created in the 'image' of God.

The Witnesses firmly believe Jesus was instrumental the the creation of all things.

The Bible is quite clear, there is only One True God.
And it is commanded in the Bible not to put no other gods before this One True God, which is named Jehovah in most Bibles printed before 1987.
In a lot of Bibles printed after such, God's Name is removed for it conflicts with Christendom doctrines.
Jesus is not equal to Jehovah and he stated such by saying what he did in John 20:17

Joh 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

Answer 10

well keep reading the whole bible.
like the scripture that says, concerning that day nobody knows, not the angels NOR the son but only the father.

and when jesus prays to his father about his apostles, that they may become one, just as we are one. he wasnt saying the apostles were all going to be the same person!