If Jehovah is God, aren't we all Jehovah's witnesses?

Answer 1

No.

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.”

Interestingly, Jehovah's Witnesses' own statistics count about 1 million active Witnesses in the United States, but about 2 million associate themselves by meeting attendance. Secular surveys generally note that about 1% (or 3 million) Americans identify themselves with Jehovah's Witnesses. In summary:
...1 million practice
...2 million attend
...3 million identify

Clearly, there are many who identify themselves as Jehovah's Witnesses while having little or no formal connection with the religion. This questioner is to be commended for seeking information about Jehovah's Witness beliefs, but should be cautioned that such information may be of limited use in understanding those who are only tangentially committed to the faith.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/jt/
http://jw-media.org/people/ministry.htm
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/20050508/article_01.htm
http://jw-media.org/beliefs/membership.htm
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/20060401/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.co.uk/e/rq/index.htm?article=article_08.htm

Answer 2

I find it interesting that most trinitarians when backed into a corner will admit that they should witness about Jehovah.

They usually make a comment such as:

"I witness about Jehovah, but I am not a Jehovah's Witness"

Unfortunately their witness is usually false, since they really don't believe in the one true God that Jesus taught. (John 17:3)

They say they follow the 10 Commandments, and yet they have another God before Jehovah.

They worship Jesus, Jehovah's firstborn (oldest, Harper's Bible Dictionary) of all creation. (Col 1:15; Rev 3:14)

When Jehovah's name is mentioned, it is lowered below Jesus, and Jehovah is placed as just a secondary God of the O.T.

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Answer 3

The first Kingdom proclaimer mentioned in the Gospels is John the Baptizer. (Matthew 3:1, 2) His primary purpose was “to bear witness,” and he did so with heartfelt faith and with the hope “that people of all sorts might believe.” Indeed, some to whom John preached became disciples of Christ. (John 1:35-37) Hence, John was a preacher as well as a disciple maker. Jesus too was a preacher and a teacher. Not surprisingly, then, Jesus commanded his followers not only to preach the Kingdom message but also to help individuals who accept it to become his disciples. Our work today is thus a combination of preaching and teaching.
Of those in the first century C.E. who heard Paul preach and teach, “some began to believe the things said; others would not believe.” (Acts 28:24) Today, the response is much the same. Sadly, most Kingdom seed falls on unreceptive soil. Even so, some seeds still fall on fine soil, take root, and sprout, just as Jesus foretold. Do you see yourself as a Kingdom Proclaimer?
Have you responded to the Kingdom seed? If not, then ask Yourself Why Not.

Answer 4

The name Jehovah's witnesses comes from Isaiah 43:12
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12I 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.
^^^^^^^^

Thus no Christian denomination may claim this name for themselves. All Christians are supposed to be this. All Christians are supposed to preach the Good News about the Kingdom, about Christ, about the ransom.

It would be a fine thing if all Christians started preaching and called themselves Jehovah's Witnesses.

Answer 5

No.

Jehovah’s Witnesses 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.

The Scriptural account that Jehovah’s Witnesses draw on for their name is in the 43rd 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."

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

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Answer 6

Interesting point. However while we all set a witness, it is not always a good one. One could say that Satan sets a witness for God, but is it a good witness?? Is he truly offering a witness for God, or against Him.

Answer 7

Yes, why not, if the premise also mean that if YHWH is God aren't we all YHWH's witness also.

Do refer to encyclopedia if there is distinction to JEHOVAH and the YHWH.

Answer 8

I am Momon and I am a witness of Jehovah. So you have a point.

Answer 9

Sad to say, most aren't. :)

Answer 10

I'm not prepared to testify for him in the court of law. Sorry...