I once heard that Jehova's witnesses do not believe that Jesus, God and The Holy spirit are one. Can anyone explain?
2007-07-03 08:53:30 · 12 answers · asked by Stranger In My Heart 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jw's so not believe in any of the essential Christian Doctrines that the bible teaches......TRinity...Hellfire ....immortality of the Soul......Rapture....Salvation through Grace and not works....I could go on and on...I was a Witness for 22 years until Christ brought me out of it.
2007-07-03 15:35:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
No Jehovah's witnesses do not believe in the Trinity. They believe in Jehovah God, Jesus is a creation.. Michael the Arch Angel to be exact and the Holy Spirit is merely God's active force (impersonal)
2007-07-03 15:57:49 · answer #2 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in the trinity. They believe in Jehovah God, the creator. Jesus is the highest of all created beings ( he was "a god") and the Holy Spirit is an impersonal force. I hope that this helps.
2007-07-03 16:02:18 · answer #3 · answered by Scott B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am not a JW - but I will give you a preliminary answer since I have read up a little on it.
JW's believe that Jesus is an angel. They don't believe in the trinity. I don't know what they believe about the Holy Spirit. If you go to www.wayofthemaster.com and click on the tab that says "Get Equipped" and go down to where it says Answers for 100 Common Questions - when you get to that page, there is a section on JW's
2007-07-03 16:05:02 · answer #4 · answered by artbyheather04 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
www.watchtower.org
This website and/or an active Witness are the only ways you can guarantee an accurate answer.
Having established that, no we do not believe that the 3 are 1 because that is contrary to what is taught in the Bible.
Jehovah is God Almighty, who always was, is, and will be.
Jesus is the first of Jehovah's creation, and the only 1 to be directly created by him. He is Jehovah's spokesperson and chief agent; all other things came into existence from God's command by means of Jesus.
The Holy Spirit is God's active force. it is what God and Jesus implement to accomplish God's purposes.
The trinity concept stems from ancient Babylonian religion.
Jesus never claimed to be God. He always said that he was the Son of God. Furthermore, the Holy Spirit is never given a name and never referred to when Jesus said that he and his Father were "one" (meaning unified in thought deed and purpose).
2007-07-03 15:57:01 · answer #5 · answered by DwayneWayne 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
1 Cor 11:3 -Â "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."
Therefore, Jesus father is God, not himelf. Jesus is the son of God, a created deity.
Col 1:15 "the firstborn of all creation".
Rev 3:14 "the beginning of the creation by God"
Pro 8:22 “Jehovah himself produced me as the beginning of his way, the earliest of his achievements of long ago."
2007-07-05 00:47:45 · answer #6 · answered by keiichi 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The first answer on your list has a VERY good web site listed to find out the truth about what JW's believe. Unfortunately..you are correct that they do NOT hold to the fact that the Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit are ONE.
They have come to this conclusion based on many things...& sadly many do NOT seek to know the FACTS about this religion's origins or it's basic foundational beliefs.
Many people are basically "lazy" and just dont want to seek the TRUTH,..they just want to "cover the bases".
2007-07-03 16:07:09 · answer #7 · answered by maranatha132 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jesus said, I am God's Son.
Jesus said, 'My God' or literally 'the God of Me' some 7 times in the bible, starting at his death, prior to going to heaven, and after he went to heaven.
John says 'his (Jesus) God and Father' (Rev 1:5,6)
Peter says 'the God and Father of Jesus' (1 Pet 1:3)
Paul says 'the God and Father of Jesus' (Rom 15:5,6)
Finally you have Jehovah saying 'This is my Son, the beloved'
Who are you going to believe?
If you believe Jesus is more than the image of God, then you are being blinded by Satan.
2 Cor 4:4in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Christ's glory is that of an image of God.
Do you want to believe Jehovah? or Satan?
Your choice.
As for me and my household we shall serve Jehovah.
2007-07-04 13:16:29 · answer #8 · answered by TeeM 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians; they teach that Christ was and is divine and of the same nature as God.
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe!
Jehovah's Witnesses love and respect and honor Christ. However, Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Scriptures quite plainly demonstrate that Jesus and the Almighty are separate distinct persons, and the Almighty created Jesus as His firstborn son.
(Colossians 1:15) the firstborn of all creation
(Mark 10:18) Jesus said to him: 'Why do you call me good? Nobody is good, except one, God.
(Revelation 3:14) the Amen says, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation by God
(Philippians 2:5-6) Christ Jesus, who, although he was existing in God's form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God
(John 8:42) Neither have I come of my own initiative at all, but that One sent me forth
(John 12:49) I have not spoken out of my own impulse, but the Father himself who sent me has given me a commandment as to what to tell and what to speak
(John 14:28) I am going my way to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am
(1 Corinthians 15:28) But when all things will have been subjected to him, then the Son himself will also subject himself to the One who subjected all things to him
(Matthew 20:23) this sitting down at my right hand and at my left is not mine to give, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father
(1 Corinthians 11:3) I want you to know that the head of every man is the Christ; ...in turn the head of the Christ is God
(John 20:17) I am ascending to my Father and your Father and to my God and your God.
(Deuteronomy 6:4) Jehovah our God is one Jehovah
(1 Corinthians 8:4-6) There is no God but one. For even though there are those who are called "gods," whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many "gods" and many "lords," there is actually to us one God the Father, out of whom all things are, and we for him
Thanks again for an opportunity to share what the bible actually says about the distinct persons of Jesus Christ the Son and Jehovah God the Father!
Learn more!
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_05.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20050422/
http://watchtower.org/e/20020515/
http://watchtower.org/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_03.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/lmn/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/pr/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
2007-07-03 16:53:23 · answer #9 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My dad, who is a preacher, said that they believe that the messiah has not come yet. They think that Jesus was a real person but they think that he is just a profit and not the proclaimed messiah in the Old Testament
2007-07-03 15:59:14 · answer #10 · answered by JP 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋