I didn’t think they did. But a while ago, I had one of their pamphlets in my door with Jesus on the front of it! So now I wonder why people say they don’t believe in Jesus.
2007-08-21 09:57:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, adherents of the Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses believe in Jesus Christ.
Sadly, trinitarians repeatedly pretend that Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christian, or do not believe in Jesus. Trinitarians use an artificial, trinity-specific definition of the term "Christian" which excludes anyone who does not believe that Jesus is God Himself, rather than the Son of God. Interestingly, pagans in the first century pretended that Christ's followers were Atheists(!) because the Christians had a somewhat different idea from the pagans about the nature of 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! Both secular dictionaries and disinterested theologians acknowledge that Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian religion.
The Trinitarian arguments are intended to insult and demean Jehovah's Witnesses, rather than to give a Scripturally accurate understanding of the term "Christian".
In fact, the bible most closely associates being "Christian" with preaching about Christ and Christ's teachings. Review all three times the bible uses the term "Christian" and note that the context connects the term with:
"declaring the good news"
'teaching quite a crowd'
'open eyes, turn from dark to light'
"uttering sayings of truth"
"persuade"
"keep on glorifying"
(Acts 11:20-26) [The early disciples of Jesus] began talking to the Greek-speaking people, declaring the good news of the Lord Jesus... and taught quite a crowd, and it was first in Antioch that the disciples were by divine providence called Christians.
(Acts 26:17-28) [Jesus said to Paul] I am sending you, to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God... Paul said: “I am not going mad, Your Excellency Festus, but I am uttering sayings of truth and of soundness of mind. ...Do you, King Agrippa, believe the Prophets? I know you believe.” But Agrippa said to Paul: “In a short time you would persuade me to become a Christian.”
(1 Peter 4:14-16) If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy... But if he suffers as a Christian, let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God in this name
So why do anti-Witnesses try to hijack the term "Christian" and hide its Scriptural implications? Because anti-Witnesses recognize that it is the preaching work that makes it clear that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are by far the most prominent followers of Christ:
(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded
Learn more!
http://watchtower.org/e/ti/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20050422/article_02.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/pr/index.htm?article=article_04.htm
2007-08-22 09:29:41 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Short and to the Point:
JWs believe in Jesus, but most people say that they don't because they simply do not know much about them.
That is a major reason why many turn down JW, because they are ill informed about this believe in Jesus. Once they do realize that JWs believe in him, then many actually accept the message and become JWs themselves.
2007-08-22 02:51:10 · answer #2 · answered by Vic the Poet 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
yes we do believe in the son of Jehovah God. we have this beautiful book about The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived and it tells about Jesus Christ life and resurrection. it is a beautiful book. we follow Jesus Christ command at Matthew 28 verse 19 and 20. Jesus is the Head of all kingdom halls in 236 lands. learn what Jehovah Witnesses are about at www.watchtower.org
2007-08-25 06:55:34 · answer #3 · answered by lover of Jehovah and Jesus 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jehovah God is the Sovereign Almighty God of the universe.The Creator of all things.
And they believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and NOT God the Son.They believe that Christ came to earth as a perfect human and gave up that perfect human life as a ransom sacrifice in order that those whose exercise faith in that ransom may have the opportunity and hope of eternal life.John17:3,3:16.
People may feel that because we are called after the name of God,that we somehow only believe in Jehovah?
2007-08-23 17:48:08 · answer #4 · answered by lillie 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we believe that Jesus is God's Son and the Messiah. Our example to follow.
2007-08-23 03:47:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Often people think we don't do to miscommunication or misinformation. IE, Aunt so and so, heard we don't. We recognise Jesus Christ as the only begotten son of Jehovah God.
2007-08-25 03:15:17 · answer #6 · answered by Ish Var Lan Salinger 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"merely" , "merely" ? No. particular we've faith Jesus is Michael the Archangel, yet he's larger than basic angel. he's the Son of God. the 1st of His introduction. Jesus grew to become into reported as the apostle and messenger interior the bible. yet we in no way use the word "merely a messenger" or "merely an apostle." by way of fact Jesus had countless titles.
2016-10-08 23:48:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
And they do believe he is a deity. - John 1:1
2007-08-23 02:45:41 · answer #8 · answered by keiichi 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋