What have you witnessed?
2007-07-04 23:45:11 · 14 answers · asked by Ketsuban 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well Rangedog has the verses correct, but they are not actually witnessing what it says:
Isaiah 43:10-12
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. (ie - there is ONE GOD therefore Jesus is NOT a god.)
11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. (ie - Yahweh says HE is the Savior, there is none other but Him)
12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. (there was no god among us because it was GOD!)
We are called to be witnesses that Yahweh became man, our salvation, in Jesus Christ. JWs do not even believe that to be true.... so they are not really witnessing anything.
2007-07-05 13:38:15 · answer #1 · answered by ~♥Anna♥~ 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Jehovah’s Witnesses? Yes, that is the way they refer to themselves. It is a descriptive name, indicating that they bear witness concerning Jehovah, his Godship, and his purposes. “God,” “Lord,” and “Creator”—like “President,” “King,” and “General”—are titles and may be applied to several different personages. But “Jehovah” is a personal name and refers to the almighty God and Creator of the universe. This is shown at Psalm 83:18, according to the King James version of the Bible: “That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.”
The name Jehovah (or Yahweh, as the Roman Catholic Jerusalem Bible and some scholars prefer) appears almost 7,000 times in the original Hebrew Scriptures. Most Bibles do not show it as such but substitute “God” or “Lord” for it. However, even in these Bibles, a person can usually tell where the original Hebrew text uses Jehovah because in those places the substituted words are written in large and small capitals, thus: GOD, LORD. Several modern translations do use either the name Jehovah or the name Yahweh. Hence, the 'New World Translation' reads at Isaiah 42:8, “I am Jehovah. That is my name.”
The Scriptural account that Jehovah’s Witnesses draw on for their name is in the 43 chapter of Isaiah. There the world scene is viewed as a courtroom drama: The gods of the nations are invited to bring forth their witnesses to prove their claimed cases of righteousness or to hear the witnesses for Jehovah’s side and acknowledge the truth. Jehovah there declares to his people: “Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.”—Isaiah 43:10, 11, "American Standard Version."
Jehovah God had witnesses on earth during the thousands of years before Jesus was born. After Hebrews chapter 11 lists some of those men of faith, Hebrews 12:1 says: “So, then, because we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also put off every weight and the sin that easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” Jesus said before Pontius Pilate: “For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth.” He is called “the faithful and true witness.” (John 18:37; Revelation 3:14) Jesus told his disciples: “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.
Hence, over 6,300,000 persons today who are telling the good news of Jehovah’s Kingdom by Christ Jesus in over 230 lands feel that they properly refer to themselves as Jehovah’s Witnesses.
If you would like further information, please get in touch with Jehovah's Witnesses at the local Kingdom Hall. Or visit their official web site - http://www.watchtower.org
2007-07-05 10:57:47 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Cal 5 · 8⤊ 2⤋
Jesus illustrated that in a future time the congregation would be infiltrated with goats and a separation from the sheep would take place.
His chosen people would take up his father's name.
Isaiah 62:2 foretells: "And you will actually be called by a new name, which the very mouth of Jehovah will designate."
2007-07-05 09:52:52 · answer #3 · answered by keiichi 6 · 9⤊ 2⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses both witness personally and bear witness to others regarding God's personal name, his majestic personality, and Kingdom purposes. In doing so, they align themselves with Jesus Christ and the prophets.
(Isaiah 43:10) “You are my witnesses,” is the utterance of Jehovah
(Isaiah 43:12) So you are my witnesses,” is the utterance of Jehovah, “and I am God.
(Hebrews 12:1-2) Because we have so great a cloud of [Jehovah's] witnesses surrounding us, let us also put off every weight and the sin that easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, as we look intently at the Chief Agent and Perfecter of our faith, Jesus
(Revelation 1:5) Jesus Christ, “the Faithful Witness”
(Acts 5:38,39) Do not meddle with these men, but let them alone; (because, if this scheme or this work is from men, it will be overthrown; but if it is from God, YOU will not be able to overthrow them;) otherwise, You may perhaps be found fighters actually against God.”
Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/
http://jw-media.org/people/ministry.htm
2007-07-05 06:51:27 · answer #4 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 8⤊ 3⤋
It's Bibllical.
God said his people would carry his name.
American Standard Version
Isa 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Isa 43:11 I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.
Isa 43:12 I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God.
2007-07-05 07:04:33 · answer #5 · answered by rangedog 7 · 9⤊ 3⤋
16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren .Proverbs 6:16-19 (KJV)
2007-07-05 12:06:55 · answer #6 · answered by babydoll 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Isaiah 43:10,11 - “YOU are my witnesses,” is the utterance of Jehovah, “even my servant whom I have chosen, in order that YOU may know and have faith in me, and that YOU may understand that I am the same One. Before me there was no God formed, and after me there continued to be none. Â I—I am Jehovah, and besides me there is no savior.”
'Nuff said?
2007-07-05 06:58:51 · answer #7 · answered by SisterCF 4 · 8⤊ 2⤋
They are witnesses of Jehovah. Witness meaning:
to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception; give or afford evidence.
I heard Jehovah was an improper translation of Yahweh the name for God. Does anyone know more about that, is it true?
2007-07-05 06:53:16 · answer #8 · answered by sweetazhunny316 2 · 4⤊ 6⤋
Because it describes the people.
It is not that we witnessed anything but that we are testifying for God.
2007-07-05 10:02:39 · answer #9 · answered by sklemetti 3 · 6⤊ 2⤋
You've received some truthful and powerful answers.
Mr. Cal--Can I vote for Best Answer?
Keiich-- ;~) good one..
2007-07-05 11:45:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋