1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,960 Welcome to the Liberty Baptist Sermon Archives. 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,040 The message you're about to hear was preached at Liberty Baptist 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:13,040 Church in Easton, MA. You can find out more about us 4 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:17,280 or contact us at my libertybaptist.org or just look 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,760 us up on Facebook. And now we hope that this 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,080 message from God's Word will be a blessing to you. 7 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:26,000 Well, why don't you turn to John chapter 1. 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,120 This morning we're going to be looking at our final lesson on 9 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,240 the Jehovah Witnesses as we have this kind of miniseries on the 10 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:37,000 JW's while we continue to look at our larger series on world 11 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,520 religions and cults. By God's grace, next week we're 12 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,000 going to introduce the Mormon. So we're basically going out of 13 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,520 the frying pan into the fire to be able to look at another cult. 14 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,600 And so we're finishing up on looking at the Jehovah Witnesses 15 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,080 this morning, and then we'll be starting our study, Lord 16 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,720 willing, on the Mormons next week. 17 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:55,680 I would ask to turn to John chapter 1. 18 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,200 And I want you to be able to look in your Bible as we also 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,400 will be looking through the New World Translation. 20 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,840 As a reminder to you. The New World Translation may 21 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,960 say Holy Scriptures on it, but there's neither anything holy or 22 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:10,000 scriptural about it. It is not the Holy Scriptures, 23 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,240 but we are going to use it today for a very particular reason, 24 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:17,160 because there are opportunities for us to be able to share the 25 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:23,080 gospel with Jehovah Witnesses by using their own copy of what 26 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,160 they consider to be the Bible. Not because we consider it to be 27 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:31,320 the Bible, but to show that even their own version of the Bible, 28 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:34,920 if you will, will show the deity of Christ if you know where to 29 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,600 look. And so we're going to look 30 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,960 through this today so that if someone is at your door or 31 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:41,680 you're interacting with someone at one of those literature racks 32 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,400 that we looked at last week, that there are certain places in 33 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,800 their Bible. Again, not the Bible, but what 34 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:51,080 they believe to be the Bible to be able to show them how Jesus 35 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:55,040 Christ is God the Son as well as the Son of God. 36 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,000 So we're going to show our last video this morning. 37 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,560 And before it gets queued up, I want to just tell you exactly 38 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:03,120 what you're going to look at. The first half is about a 39 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:08,320 Jehovah Witness video showing their desire to be able to go 40 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,760 out and to give the gospel. And I've never seen the side of 41 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,640 it before because the video actually deals with how they 42 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:18,080 keep statistics and really the fact of that they are, as 43 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:19,960 they're publishing the Word of God, remember, they call 44 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,480 themselves publishers as they do so they have to keep very strict 45 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,160 statistics to make sure that they are doing exactly what 46 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,240 they're told to do. Again, this is not out of the 47 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,840 benevolence of their heart that they're going out to be able to 48 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,800 share the gospel like we would, but rather they are really 49 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,080 acting within fear, fear of the Governing Body as well as fear 50 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,120 of not achieving eternal life. So I want you to see that 51 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,640 juxtaposition because I hope hopefully will show you that 52 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:48,760 when you do interact with them, that there's going to be some 53 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:53,040 opportunities for you to talk to them and their weary heart 54 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:54,920 because they're trying to achieve salvation. 55 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:57,560 And we know that they never will with the Jehovah Witnesses. 56 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,760 But then the second part really deals with a gentleman who is 57 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,440 talking with a Jehovah Witness at one of those literature racks 58 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,680 and asking him, if I have two minutes to live, will you tell 59 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:09,720 me in those two minutes how I can be saved? 60 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,560 Now you and I understand if we know Jesus Christ our Savior, 61 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,560 that we can give someone the gospel very clearly in just a 62 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,000 few sentences, can't we? Now, the gospel is very deep. 63 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,840 The gospel is certainly not a shallow sub, but it can be 64 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,920 summarized very quickly that you're a Sinner, that Jesus 65 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:28,640 Christ died for your sins, and only Jesus Christ can save you, 66 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:30,160 right? I mean, that's really the basics 67 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:32,800 of the gospel right there. But I want you to watch the 68 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,920 struggle that this gentleman has to be able to articulate how 69 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,600 someone can enter the Kingdom. And again, I think those will 70 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,840 both be illustrative to you as we look at using the New World 71 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:46,000 Translation to be able to give the gospel to these lost souls. 72 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,240 So let's go ahead and run that footage. 73 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:53,440 When did we begin reporting field service activity? 74 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,760 Prior to 1920, only coal porters, as pioneers were then 75 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,600 called, were asked to submit reports. 76 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,440 But beginning in 1920, everyone in the congregation who 77 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,320 participated in the witness work was asked to turn in a weekly 78 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:25,840 report. The 1920 Annual Service Report 79 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:29,400 for the United States was the first to include the activity of 80 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:33,600 congregation publishers. That report revealed that there 81 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:40,480 were 8052 class workers or publishers and 350 pioneers 82 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,000 active in the preaching work. Twice a year during the late 83 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,760 1920s, one week was designated for a special worldwide 84 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:52,760 witnessing campaign. Pioneers had a goal of 40 hours 85 00:04:52,760 --> 00:05:00,880 for that special week. In January 1939, a suggestion 86 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:05,800 was placed before Congregation publishers, a goal of 60 hours 87 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:10,800 per month. Early on, Congregation field 88 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:16,520 service reports were thorough. Over the years, the forms used 89 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,240 to report Publishers field service activity have been 90 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,880 simplified. Reports have consistently 91 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,720 included back calls or return visits, Bible studies, 92 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,400 publication placements, and hours spent in the disciple 93 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,680 making work. As was the case back then, 94 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:37,000 there's always a story behind a field service report. 95 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:42,040 The first time I walked into a Kingdom Hall when I was 16, I 96 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:47,360 saw this chart on the stage and I realized this organization is 97 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:53,400 concerned about what we do, what we say, and how much we say 98 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,960 about Jehovah. I realized that from the start, 99 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,400 so that after the third month of studying, when I started going 100 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:04,120 out in field service, I wanted to turn my time into and they 101 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,920 showed me how to do it and I've been turning it ever since. 102 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,880 Ellen and I were invited into the Special Pioneer service in 103 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,840 1966. The monthly requirement was 150 104 00:06:16,840 --> 00:06:20,360 hours and 50 return visits. It was a good incentive. 105 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:25,040 Well, we had a quota back then of 150 magazines, one for every 106 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,800 hour as special pioneers or missionaries. 107 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:32,560 And one day we run into our fellow missionary and his wife 108 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:35,720 on the way to the movies. They went every Saturday, every 109 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:37,440 Saturday. But this particular said, he 110 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,360 says I can't go to the movies because I don't have my 150 111 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,720 magazines. So I've got five more to go and 112 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:45,600 then we can go to the movies. Let's. 113 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:52,360 Start in 1961 when we were sending special pioneers, start 114 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:57,920 pioneering in a trailer of five hours of service every day, 115 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:02,200 every day, and getting our time was no problem. 116 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,440 Living for a month on $100, that was a problem. 117 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,240 So Dave said I'm I'm going to go out and get a job. 118 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,680 About that time they had put a new store in town, beautiful. 119 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:21,320 He went down to that store and told him I'm going to work one 120 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:25,400 day a week, what are you going to do the rest of the time? 121 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:32,000 So he said, well I knock on doors and tell him about God's 122 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:37,640 Kingdom. It's really, this is my door. 123 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,000 Knock on it. He came in the truth. 124 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,600 His wife came in the truth. Children are in the truth. 125 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:50,400 And they had a secretary. She had seven children. 126 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:56,480 And she said, well, I'd like to study the Bible too, and we 127 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,760 would study with 7 after they had supper. 128 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:02,840 The beauty of it is that they did so well. 129 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:09,000 Yeah, After that we studied with the parents, so by the time we 130 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,640 got through it, it was probably almost midnight and we took our 131 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:17,920 circuit overseer there, he said I'm too old for this midnight 132 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,280 shift. I never felt it was a question 133 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,280 of getting the hours in. I always try to make them 134 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:28,480 quality calls, you know, try to say something with the people, 135 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:32,679 not just go there and get the the magazines placed or my Bible 136 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:34,840 studies. I would try so hard to really 137 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,240 get to know the people. But it was never just a question 138 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,760 of getting in hours. We're trying to save lives. 139 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:55,810 So which religion is true? Upon my research upon my my 140 00:08:55,970 --> 00:08:58,850 biblical doc. Like the way I've been studying 141 00:08:58,850 --> 00:09:00,090 the Bible. Jehovah's Witnesses. 142 00:09:00,090 --> 00:09:02,090 Are correct. So you're a Jehovah's Witness? 143 00:09:02,330 --> 00:09:04,090 Indeed I am. So how do I get everlasting 144 00:09:04,090 --> 00:09:09,800 life? You live your life choosing good 145 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:13,280 and learning what that is. So if I've got a knife on my 146 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,680 back, 3 minutes to live, how can I enter the Kingdom? 147 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:18,880 I'm dying. I know I've sinned. 148 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,680 I've committed adultery in my heart by lusting after a woman. 149 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:24,160 I've lied and stolen. I'm under God's wrath. 150 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:26,480 How can I enter the Kingdom? 2 1/2 minutes. 151 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:36,080 Honestly, the Kingdom of God, God is not so petty as to 152 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,600 begrudge you those small, inconsequential things, this 153 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:51,840 vast infinite universe of ours, this infinite possibilities that 154 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:55,480 there are. In a minute and a half, how can 155 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:56,720 I enter the Kingdom? Help me. 156 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,760 In the end, I believe it's the choices you've made in your 157 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,920 life, committing adultery, doing things like that. 158 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,080 Looking with lust, that's committing adultery in the 159 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,920 heart. So how can I be saved? 160 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:16,560 How can I enter the Kingdom? At that point, honestly, 161 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:19,720 Jehovah's Witnesses, we believe that in the end of days. 162 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,280 I've got one minute. I'm pleading with you. 163 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,320 Please, Brian, help me. How can I enter the Kingdom? 164 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:27,000 What can you do for me? What can you say? 165 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:41,000 I suppose I don't know. It's a cherry pick video of 166 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:45,320 someone that that is actually a representation of the doctrine 167 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,200 and theology of the Jehovah Witness. 168 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,400 What you saw was not an exception. 169 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,840 What you just saw was the rule. And could you imagine somebody 170 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,280 in their dying moments asking a Jehovah Witness, what must I do 171 00:10:56,280 --> 00:11:02,440 to be saved? And the answer would be, well, I 172 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,080 don't know. I mean, could you imagine the 173 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:09,160 jailer in Philippi? What must I do to be saved? 174 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:14,600 And Paul and Barnabas said, well, we don't know. 175 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:17,760 No, there certainly was very clear what needed to be done. 176 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:21,160 And So what you just saw there is graphic and certainly very 177 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,440 sad to be able to think that there would be this line of 178 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,600 doctrine that someone would give their entire life to. 179 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:28,440 And in the end, when you ask them, can you summarize all of 180 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,000 your beliefs in 3 minutes or less? 181 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,600 And the answer is I can't. Again, I will remind you that 182 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,920 when I've gone on to jehovahwitness.org, and I hope 183 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:39,960 they don't track my computer because I think they might think 184 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,360 I'm becoming a Jehovah Witness as much as I've been on their 185 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:47,120 website the last several weeks. But if you were to search How 186 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,840 can I enter the Kingdom, you try to find articles on these kinds 187 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,480 of things. It's like the pot of gold at the 188 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,800 end of the rainbow. It's like the Oasis in the 189 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,120 desert. You go further and it's just a 190 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:58,720 little bit more and you go further. 191 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,200 It's just a little bit more. And the answer is so elusive 192 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,160 when the answer of salvation according to the Word of God is 193 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,680 so simple. So simple that a child could be 194 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:08,320 saved. In fact, what did Jesus call it? 195 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:11,480 Childlike faith. And so I want us to be able to 196 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,640 talk to those Jehovah Witnesses, those ones even that are The 197 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:18,480 Pioneers. 150 hours a month. Can you think about that? 198 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,440 Five hours a day, 30 days, A 150 hours. 199 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:24,440 You saw they're recording everything. 200 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,920 They say everything. That woman, the first woman 201 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:28,400 seemed to make that sound like such a positive. 202 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,600 They record everything we say and everything we do and 203 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,280 everything. I'm thinking that's the very 204 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:36,800 definition of a cult to be able to record absolutely everything 205 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:38,800 that's done living. No stone unturned. 206 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,440 And not that we, when we go out witnessing here at Liberty 207 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,160 Baptist Church that we want to give you resources to be able to 208 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,320 show you how to show someone to be saved. 209 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,120 But you can see the level of micromanaging there really is 210 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,040 down to this, that it's not about eternal life at all. 211 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,760 It's really about something much more sinister at those higher 212 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,360 levels. Those circuit leaders that were 213 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,760 mentioned as well as the governing body and those who are 214 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:04,840 the rank and file don't understand this and they have no 215 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,240 idea what's going on at these higher levels. 216 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,320 So we're going to go to a few different places here this 217 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,080 morning that I hope will be a help to you. 218 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,680 And maybe even you can write these down, keep these near your 219 00:13:13,680 --> 00:13:16,360 door or keep it in your purse or in your or something like that 220 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,760 as verses that can help you if you ever encounter A jovial 221 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:20,520 witness. And so you should be in John 222 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:24,280 chapter 1 already. And I want us to be able to look 223 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:30,040 at perhaps the most compelling way that we can use the false 224 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,640 translation of the Word of God, the New World translation, but 225 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,280 then also take someone to the Bible and show them how they can 226 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,240 be saved. Now, I'm going to maneuver all 227 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,720 of this up here this morning to make sure I give you the word of 228 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,480 God, but then also the Jehovah Witness translation. 229 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,760 So just kind of bear with me as I get all this set up here 230 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,600 today. But I believe probably what 231 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,160 we're about to look at here in just a moment is the most 232 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,960 compelling. So you see it up there, what the 233 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,360 Jehovah Witness New World Translation says up on the 234 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:58,560 screen. If you're at home, you're 235 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:00,520 watching that on your screen as well. 236 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,600 And so as we pull it up, your Bible says the King James Bible 237 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:08,480 says in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God 238 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,320 and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning 239 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,040 with God. All things were made by him, and 240 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,240 without him was not anything made that was made. 241 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:22,740 A very compelling case of Jesus Christ being God himself and pre 242 00:14:22,740 --> 00:14:25,280 existent. Now we can look at verse 14 in a 243 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,080 second. If you're not sure that the word 244 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:30,200 is Jesus Christ, it's very clear in verse 14 that we'll see in a 245 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:34,240 moment that he is Jesus Christ. Now compare what we just read to 246 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,520 the New World translation. It says this in the beginning 247 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:41,360 was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was what's 248 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:45,440 that next word? Hey, God meaning this, that 249 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:50,440 Jesus Christ was just one of many gods, that he was not God. 250 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,920 They have taken away the deity of Christ and again that he was 251 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:58,400 a God in their wording with that lowercase G meaning this that he 252 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,600 was just a leader, He was a God, He was a Lord, but certainly he 253 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,480 was not Jehovah. He certainly was not a triune 254 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,040 God. And they continue, this one was 255 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,160 in the beginning with God, all things came into existence 256 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,640 through Him, and apart from Him not even one thing came into 257 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,360 existence. Now again to show you that this 258 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:21,120 is talking about Jesus Christ, the Word go to verse #14 in your 259 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:25,200 Bible it says this in your Bible it says, And the Word was made 260 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:29,440 flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as 261 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,640 of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 262 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,880 Is there any doubt in your mind that this is talking about Jesus 263 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:37,280 Christ? The answer is no. 264 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,200 Well, the Jehovah Witnesses would even agree with that as 265 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,000 well, because it does say in verse 14. 266 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:47,040 So the Word became flesh and resided among US and we had a 267 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,480 view of His glory, a glory such as belongs to an only begotten 268 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:54,440 Son from a Father, and he was full of divine favor and truth. 269 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,240 Now again, we're looking at the Word of God being altered and 270 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:00,960 changed. And this is not the Word of God 271 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,760 that you read up there. But again, I I do want to show 272 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:07,920 you that even the Jehovah Witness Bible will show that 273 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:11,080 when it's talking about the Word in John chapter 1, it is 274 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:14,120 speaking about Jesus Christ. Now what I want to show you over 275 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,240 the next few minutes is perhaps again, the most compelling way 276 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,480 that you can talk to a Jehovah Witness about Jesus Christ using 277 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:22,840 the New World Translation. And all you need is a piece of 278 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:27,760 paper, a pen, and a coin. That's all you need is a piece 279 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:32,960 of paper, a pen, and a coin. Going back to verse #1 for many 280 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:35,720 years, John chapter 1, verses one through 3. 281 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,480 For many years I focused on verse #1 When I would talk to 282 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,880 Jova witnesses, I would say, well, the Bible says that the 283 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:46,720 Word was God, not a God. And pointing out the difference 284 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:50,000 between the Bible and the New World Translation. 285 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,120 But I've also found that to be very ineffective. 286 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:55,000 And the reason why is because they believe our Bible is 287 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,640 corrupt and they believe the New World Translation is true. 288 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,720 So just by saying to them, well, the Bible actually says he was 289 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,280 God, not a God, they say, well, your Bible's wrong, our Bible's 290 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:05,800 right. And we could talk to them about 291 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:08,720 the fact that the Greek has no support for their translation of 292 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:10,880 that whatsoever. They don't know, they don't 293 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,960 care, they don't want to know. Remember the translators, the 294 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:17,079 anonymous translators of the New World Translation didn't know 295 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:20,119 either Hebrew or Greek when their names were found out. 296 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,760 So talking to them about the languages and how they have 297 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:27,880 changed the word of God without any type of looking at what the 298 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,400 what the word of God should actually say that that is going 299 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,000 to be ineffective and talking to them. 300 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,120 And I found that to be the case as well. 301 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,960 But really the focus can be on verse #3. 302 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:41,960 Verse #3 is really where it's at in the New World Translation. 303 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:46,080 It says all things came into existence through Him and apart 304 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,000 from Him, not even one thing came into existence. 305 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:53,360 Now who is the Him there in verse #3 it's Jesus Christ. 306 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:57,080 And So what you can do is this, and I've been looking at this 307 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,840 for the last few weeks and I've really, I've been excited to be 308 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,840 able to show this to you. And I hope that this makes sense 309 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:04,640 to you as we go through it. And I'm actually looking forward 310 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,400 to using it with a Jehovah Witness myself at some point. 311 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:10,760 You can take a piece of paper and you can take it into two 312 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,200 squares like this. And on the top you can say 313 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,160 everything that exists. So everything that exists is 314 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:20,320 going to be represented in these two squares that you have right 315 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:22,960 here. You'll see on one side you have 316 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,880 the left uncreated things, and on the right side you say things 317 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,760 that came into existence because that's what's mentioned in verse 318 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:34,040 #3 isn't it? It says once again, all things 319 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:38,560 came into existence through him, and apart from him, not even one 320 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,480 thing came into existence. So when talking to a Jehovah 321 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:44,480 Witness, you can make this little bit of a chart here and 322 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:48,120 you can ask them, well, as far as uncreated things on the left 323 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:52,160 side of this paper, what are some things that we can put that 324 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,640 are uncreated? Well, what is the only thing 325 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,640 that we can put on that side that is uncreated? 326 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,200 God. God is the only thing that is 327 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:02,080 uncreated. Why? 328 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:05,720 He is the pre-existing 1. He has always existed. 329 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,760 He has always been. You say, pastor, I don't know, I 330 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,320 can wrap my head around that. Well, I don't know that I can't 331 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:11,840 either because we're very linear, aren't we? 332 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,440 But I do know what the Word of God says that in the beginning 333 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,480 he was already there. So there really is no debate 334 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,840 about this. And you could even go to verse 335 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,080 #1 where it says in the beginning was the word. 336 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,400 And so you can even show them that's the case. 337 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,640 And that's a different argument. But uncreated things is God. 338 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:29,520 No, What things came into existence? 339 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,160 You could ask Joe Witness now what things were created? 340 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,840 Can you give me some names of some things are created? 341 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,960 They may name all kinds of things like humans and plants 342 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:41,560 and animals and stars and et cetera, even even created the et 343 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:43,920 cetera. All right, but what I'm saying 344 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:48,920 is anything else that you can name is in that right hand 345 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:50,600 column, isn't it? In that right hand box? 346 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,760 Because everything else came into existence. 347 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:58,400 Now again, I want to remind you, verse #3 says all things came 348 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:02,880 into existence through Him, and apart from Him, not even one 349 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,440 thing came into existence. So, so far we use the paper. 350 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,680 So far we use the pen. We're making this little chart 351 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,760 with them in our door, and that's where the coin comes in. 352 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,480 So let's just say for a moment to our Jehovah Witness friend, 353 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,960 we say this coin represents Jesus Christ. 354 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:23,520 Now where would you put Jesus Christ on this chart? 355 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,880 Now their first temptation would be to put him on this side. 356 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,440 Why would they put him there? Because they believe that he is 357 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,320 a created being. They do not believe that Jesus 358 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,880 Christ is God. They believe that before the 359 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,600 incarnation that He was Michael the Archangel. 360 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,040 They believe that he spiritually resides as Michael the Archangel 361 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:47,760 even today, and that just for that time of his 33 year history 362 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,200 here on this earth that he was Jesus Christ. 363 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:54,200 And so they will be very tempted to put him onto this side and 364 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,960 say, well, Jesus Christ came to existence because that's what 365 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,880 their doctrine teaches. However, again, may I remind you 366 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:05,320 what verse #3 says in the New World Translation, it says this 367 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:09,720 all things came into existence through him, and apart from him, 368 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,200 not even one thing came into existence. 369 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:17,560 So meaning this Jesus can't be on this side because he was the 370 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:22,360 one who created everything. Not one thing came into 371 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:24,840 existence. Well, He created himself. 372 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:31,400 How can something that is not create itself and then be there 373 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:36,400 is no way for Jesus to be on this side because he created 374 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,920 everything and not one thing was uncreated. 375 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,800 So what do we see that really? Oh, we see that that was the 376 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,120 wrong thing that I forgot to put what's next? 377 00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:46,480 And I still put the wrong way going back, going back, all 378 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,920 right, technology. But we see that Jesus Christ has 379 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,560 to be in the uncreated things, which means what? 380 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:56,160 He is God. There is no refutation to that. 381 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:00,240 There is no argument for that whatsoever, that Jesus Christ is 382 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:01,760 God. Now, they'll try to worm their 383 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:03,560 way out of it. They will try to get into 384 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:06,680 semantics of what's being said, but I can't see that it'll be 385 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:11,000 any more clear than this that Jesus Christ was not the 386 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,320 creation. He was the creator. 387 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,080 And if he is the Creator, then he must be God. 388 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,600 There is no argument for that. And you find that right in their 389 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,920 New World translation. And so that's a great place for 390 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,600 you to be able to to start in something that is just really 391 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,120 easy to just sketch out and talk to them about and have a back 392 00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:33,400 and forth and be able to have that back and forth conversation 393 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,120 with them. The next place, if I was to be 394 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:39,360 able to put it correctly, there we go, is Hebrews chapter 1. 395 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:48,440 So turn your Bible to Hebrews chapter #1 Now again, are there 396 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,080 all kinds of places in our Bible where we can find the deity of 397 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:52,200 Christ? Absolutely. 398 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,840 Why? Because Jesus is God, so you 399 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,160 find that all over the word of God. 400 00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:58,280 But we're trying to show you places where you can take a 401 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:02,080 Jehovah Witness within their New World translation and really 402 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,840 start to plant seeds of doubt within their minds. 403 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:13,720 So Hebrews chapter #1 and let's read in our Bibles from verses 8 404 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,360 through 12. It says this. 405 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,280 But unto the Son he saith, thy throne, O God, is forever and 406 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,720 ever. A scepter of righteousness is 407 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,920 the scepter of thy Kingdom. Now that verse alone proves the 408 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,760 deity of Christ, doesn't it? Because it says unto the Son, he 409 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,120 saith, Thy throne, O God, is forever. 410 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,800 So who is the Son? The Son is God. 411 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:38,640 That that seems pretty simple, doesn't it? 412 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:40,160 But you're going to see in just a moment the New World 413 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,240 translations go scrub that, because they do not want the 414 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,400 Jehovah Witnesses to be able to see that verse. 415 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,080 But reading on, it says in our Bible, it says Thou hast loved 416 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:49,680 righteousness and hated iniquity. 417 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,160 Therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil 418 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,880 of gladness above thy fellows, and thou Lord, in the beginning 419 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,680 has laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the 420 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,200 work of thine hands. They shall perish, but thou 421 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:06,120 remain us, and they shall wax old as doth A garment. 422 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:09,360 Now if we were to start in verse #5 you will see that the writer 423 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:12,640 of Hebrews is using a lot of Old Testament verses to teach New 424 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,480 Testament truths. Psalm chapter 2, Second Samuel 425 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,480 Chapter 7, Psalm one O 4. And we'll see just a moment. 426 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,880 Psalm 5045 and Psalm 102. Why? 427 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:26,400 Because the Old Testament only just teaches what we learned in 428 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,120 the New Testament. Remember, Old Testament, New 429 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:30,040 Testament are in harmony with one another. 430 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,440 And so the writer of Hebrews, I believe it's Paul, but I won't 431 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:33,640 argue with you if you don't believe that. 432 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,640 But the writer of Hebrews is basically saying, listen, the 433 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:39,560 Old Testament is Speaking of Jesus, and I want you to be able 434 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,200 to see the connection of that because he's writing to the 435 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,040 Hebrews. So what does the New World 436 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,120 Translation say about what we just read? 437 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:51,160 It says this, but about the sun, he says, says God is your throne 438 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,920 forever and ever, and the scepter of your Kingdom is the 439 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,840 scepter of unrighteousness. You love righteousness. 440 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:00,000 You hated lawlessness. That is why God, your God, 441 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,560 anointed you with the oil of exaltation more than your 442 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,680 companions. And at the beginning, O Lord, 443 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,560 you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the 444 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,240 works of your hands. They will perish, but you will 445 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,640 remain just like a garment. They will all wear out and you 446 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,240 will wrap them up just as a cloak, as a garment. 447 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,480 They will be changed, but you are the same and your years will 448 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,000 never come to an end. So again, you kind of look at 449 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,200 that and you say, well, how am I able to show a Jehovah Witness 450 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,320 that Jesus Christ is God from these verses? 451 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:33,280 Well, really it's by taking them to the verses that the writer 452 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,520 Hebrews is quoting. He's quoting two different sets 453 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,480 of verses. I just mentioned Psalm 45 is 454 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:43,040 verses 8 and 9. Psalm one O 2 versus 25 through 455 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:48,960 27 are verses 1011 and 12. So let's see who's being spoken 456 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:52,160 of here. So if we look at Psalm 45-6 and 457 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,440 seven, you don't need to turn there right now, but in the New 458 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:58,120 World translation, it says God is your throne forever and ever. 459 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,320 The scepter of your Kingdom is as a scepter of uprightness, 460 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,200 your loved righteousness. You hated wickedness. 461 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,640 That is why God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of 462 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,440 exaltation more than your companions. 463 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:15,640 So it is very clear that who is being spoken of in Psalm 45 is 464 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,640 God. So when they look at Hebrews 465 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:24,480 chapter #1 Jesus, who is being spoken of here is who God? 466 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,160 Because the Old Testament is affirming that and the writer 467 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,800 Hebrews is making that point here in the text. 468 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:35,280 So now Psalm 102, this is going back to verses 1011 and 12. 469 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,840 Long ago you laid the foundations of the earth. 470 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:39,640 The heavens are the work of your hands. 471 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,800 They will perish, but you will remain just like a garment that 472 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,920 will wear all wear out, just like clothing. 473 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,160 You will replace them and they pass away, but you are the same 474 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,760 and your years will never end. Well, who existed before the 475 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:53,800 beginning and who will exist after the end? 476 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,640 God. So what does that mean? 477 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,720 That the writer of Hebrews is talking about Jesus Christ once 478 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:02,160 again being God. He's using verses from the Old 479 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,200 Testament to prove that Jesus Christ is God. 480 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,880 And the Jehovah Witnesses are praying that those who are their 481 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:11,720 publishers and showing these verses don't ever find out what 482 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,760 the Old Testament actually says. They don't want them to go back 483 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:16,640 and check their Bible. They don't want to compare 484 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:18,160 Scripture with Scripture. Why? 485 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,640 Because if they compare even their own copy of the 486 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,480 Scriptures, which is not the Scriptures, it still points to 487 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,600 the fact from the Old Testament to the New Testament that Jesus 488 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:31,400 Christ is God. So let's go now to John chapter 489 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:36,360 #20 John chapter #20 I mentioned this one to you a few weeks ago, 490 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,440 and this is a wonderful one for you to be able to use as well. 491 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:45,520 It's a very, very simple one to remember John chapter 20 because 492 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:48,280 it talks about Thomas again doubting Thomas faithless 493 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:57,600 Thomas, John chapter #20 and we'll look at verse #28 so we 494 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,160 can look at verse #27 it says, then he said to Thomas, reach, 495 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,480 hit her thy finger. Behold, my hands, reach, hit her 496 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,600 thy hand and be thrust into my side. 497 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:07,440 And be not faithless, but believing. 498 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,280 It's one of the reasons I like to call Thomas not doubting 499 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,840 Thomas, but faithless Thomas, because Jesus said don't be 500 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,840 faithless, but believing. So how does Thomas respond to 501 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,240 that? He sees the wounds of Jesus that 502 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,200 were inflicted upon him, and how does he respond? 503 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:25,840 He says this, my Lord and my God, one of my favorite just 504 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:29,280 quick little proofs of the deity of Christ, that Thomas in that 505 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,680 moment says, My Lord and my God. Now inexplicably, the New World 506 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:38,680 Translation says in verse #28 in answer Thomas said unto him, My 507 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,640 Lord and my God, it's still there. 508 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:46,520 Now if you read Jehovah Witness literature, you will find that 509 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,840 they turn themselves into a pretzel to try to explain why 510 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,680 Thomas didn't actually mean that Jesus Christ was God. 511 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:58,360 In fact, they will point back to earlier in the text in verse #17 512 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:02,760 go to verse #17 in your Bible. It says this Jesus saith unto 513 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,800 her, Touch me not, for I'm not as yet ascended to my father, 514 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,720 but go to my brethren and say to them, I ascended to my father, 515 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:11,920 and your father to my God and your God. 516 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,280 And the Jehovah Witnesses point to that verse, say, well, see, 517 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,240 even Jesus said that Jehovah was his God. 518 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:23,840 So Thomas was just confused or Thomas was just very upset, or 519 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:28,200 Thomas was just was so excited that he spoke in a way that was 520 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,480 not really saying who Jesus was because even Jesus admitted that 521 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,440 Jehovah was his father. And when I look at this verse, 522 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,800 especially in conjunction with what Thomas just said, what do 523 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,040 we see? We see the fact of the Trinity 524 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:45,840 more than anything, Father and Son and that there is a unity 525 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,120 between them. We don't see here Jesus saying I 526 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,120 am not God. He is just talking of the Father 527 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:55,160 and that he is accepting Thomas and again in our text here, you 528 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,920 can keep reading. When he says my Lord and my God, 529 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,840 Jesus Christ never says, well, you're being a little sloppy 530 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,880 with your words. Don't, don't say that I'm not 531 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,640 God. He receives worship as God. 532 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,840 Well, who receives worship? God? 533 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,760 Remember all the times in the Bible, and this happened several 534 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,640 times where angels were a point of worship because people were 535 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,720 so overwhelmed by a moment. This happened a couple times to 536 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,640 John in the Book of Revelation. And every time John gave what 537 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,240 seemed to be worship, that created being. 538 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:25,840 There we go. That created being said, hey, 539 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:30,360 don't worship me, worship God. I can't accept that Jesus 540 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:35,000 accepted this as truth, and the Jehovah Witnesses have to accept 541 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,320 this as truth as well. What the Jehovah Witnesses need 542 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,080 to do, well, they need to do verse #31 according to their 543 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:41,560 Bible. But these things have been 544 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,040 written down so that you may believe that Jesus is the 545 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,920 Christ, the Son of God, and because of believing, you may 546 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:50,360 have life by means of his name. The Jehovah Witness on that 547 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:54,640 video couldn't even express the verse #31 that it's through the 548 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,440 name of Jesus that someone saved. 549 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,040 And he says, well, I don't know that God would be so petty. 550 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:00,640 And I don't know that God would do this. 551 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:03,200 And I don't know that it would be this or be that. 552 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:04,760 And finally he says, well, I don't know. 553 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,080 Well, there's the answer right there. 554 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:10,720 The one who is Lord and God is the one who you need to call 555 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:14,040 upon to be able to save you. So John chapter 20, if you 556 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:18,160 remember doubting Thomas and you remember his exclamation, it's a 557 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,640 great way to be able to take someone in the New World 558 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,240 translation and say, listen, why do you think Thomas said that? 559 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,360 Now they will try to have these very slippery explanations, but 560 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,760 you can't get past what is very clear in the Word of God. 561 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,880 And again, no rebuke from Jesus Christ whatsoever. 562 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,600 In fact, in essence, if he received worship and he was not 563 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:40,440 God, then he would have been a Sinner because he would have 564 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,400 been wrong to be able to accept something of which did not 565 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,200 belong to him and only belong to God. 566 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:49,560 A great proof of the deity of Christ and still preserved in 567 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:50,720 the New World. Translation. 568 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,040 Let's do one more. Go to John chapter 5. 569 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:58,840 All right, John chapter 5, and we'll look at verse #16. 570 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:15,240 John chapter 5, verse #16 And therefore did the Jews persecute 571 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:18,720 Jesus and sought to slay him, because he had done these things 572 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:23,360 on the Sabbath day. And Jesus say, answered them, My 573 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:26,080 Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 574 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,760 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not 575 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:34,400 only had broken the Sabbath, but also said also that God was his 576 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,880 Father, making Himself equal with God. 577 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,040 Well, if He's equal with God, what does that mean? 578 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,960 He is God. I mean, again, you don't have to 579 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,560 go to several years of Bible college to figure out if Jesus 580 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:48,120 says that He is God equal. If you knew with God, then that 581 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:49,960 would mean He is God. Well, what does the New World 582 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,480 Translation say about this? For this reason, the Jews were 583 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,200 persecuting Jesus because He was doing these things during the 584 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,480 Sabbath. But He answered them, My Father 585 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,960 hath kept working until now, and I keep working. 586 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:03,320 This is why the Jews began seeking all the more to kill 587 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,760 him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was 588 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:10,800 also calling God his own Father, making Himself equal to God. 589 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:14,840 Well, it does not say here that the Jews just simply thought 590 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,160 that he was God. No, no, it is saying that this 591 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,560 is the claim of which He made that He was God. 592 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:23,000 And again, it does not say that he made that claim an error. 593 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:26,320 It says that He made the claim that He was equal to God. 594 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:30,400 And look at verse #23 it says that all men should honor the 595 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,360 Son, even as they honor the Father. 596 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:36,040 He that honoreth, not the Son, honors not the Father which hath 597 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:37,760 sent him. Again, what is he saying? 598 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:42,040 If the Father is honored by worship, then what can He 599 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:43,320 receive? Worship. 600 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,920 Whatever you do for the Father, you can do to the Son. 601 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:48,720 Well, who's the only one that can make that claim? 602 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:52,280 Jesus Christ, God himself, Godfather, godson got Holy 603 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,160 Spirit that they are the only ones in their try unity that 604 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,840 could accept worship and there is no one else. 605 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:00,840 So they can try to say, well it's just the Jews thought that, 606 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:02,720 but that's not they were mistaken. 607 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,880 Well then why did Jesus affirm just a few verses later? 608 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,880 So that they may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. 609 00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:12,000 Whosoever does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father 610 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,000 who sent him, you can literally say to Jehovah Witness, well, 611 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:19,920 because you are not honoring him, Jesus Christ as the Father 612 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:24,440 Jehovah, then you are being deceived and you're not saved. 613 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,600 So you see over and over you can find these little Nuggets that I 614 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,000 believe. I don't know why they're still 615 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,560 there. You would think that they would 616 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,760 have scrubbed them all, but I almost have to wonder if God 617 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,239 just blinded the minds of those translators who are putting that 618 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:40,199 there to just be able so that you and I, when we can witness 619 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,960 to these people, to be able to show them within their own 620 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,400 perverted copy of the Scriptures to show them. 621 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:47,120 And by the way, when I say perverted, I mean that in the 622 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:48,960 very literal sense that they have perverted, they have 623 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:52,679 changed the word of God from what it is to what they want it 624 00:34:52,679 --> 00:34:56,360 to be to be able to support their very wrong doctrines. 625 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,880 But what do we see that have given you four ways that you can 626 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:02,400 show the deity of Christ? Some more complex, some more 627 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,360 simple, some visual, some that you would just need to read 628 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,320 verses to. But every, every single one of 629 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,360 them, you could take them with their New World Translation, 630 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,640 whether they have their own copy of the New World Translation or 631 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:14,960 whether they use their tablet, which many of them have now, 632 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:17,560 which is where they'll show you the magazines as well as a New 633 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:18,960 World Translation. They'll pull it up on their 634 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:22,040 tablet and then open it and show it to you to be able to read 635 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:23,720 yourself. But you can take them to these 636 00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:26,840 verses. Now, would I be able to use 1/4 637 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:30,160 and a piece of paper and a pen and be able to lead a Jehovah 638 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,000 Witness to Christ? It's possible. 639 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:36,800 Is it likely? Maybe not, but you know what I'm 640 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,360 trying to do. If nothing else, I'm trying to 641 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,880 sow doubts in the mind of Jehovah Witness. 642 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,560 Listen, they have been so deceived that they are very 643 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,800 unlikely. Now listen, are we going to 644 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,000 shorten the arm of God to say that he cannot save? 645 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,520 We will not. But I will say this, they are so 646 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,720 deceived. It will likely take more than 647 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:57,040 just one proof text to be able to show them how much error they 648 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,560 are in. But what you can do is show them 649 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:03,160 a little bit of error and get them to wonder, well, if that's 650 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,520 an error, where else are there errors in the New World 651 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:09,400 Translation? So as we close this section of 652 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,840 our series, I just want to give you some other ways that you can 653 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:16,120 talk to Jehovah Witnesses once you start to open the door, as 654 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,000 you may have with some of these verses. 655 00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:20,400 First of all, as I mentioned last week, you can share your 656 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,400 testimony. One of the greatest ways you can 657 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,160 witness to somebody is just to say what Jesus Christ did in 658 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,160 your life. Remember, some of the greatest 659 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,840 people who witnessed in the Bible were not people who've 660 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,040 been saved very long. There were literally people that 661 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:33,640 said this is what Jesus did for me. 662 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:36,440 You got to come meet him. I think of the woman at the well 663 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,200 over and over again. John Chapter 4. 664 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,600 She did not know the theology. She did not understand all the 665 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,040 things that I imagine she would have understood later. 666 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:45,520 But in that moment she said this. 667 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,200 There's a man who knows everything about me, and you 668 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,360 need to meet him. And she told everybody she 669 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,000 could. Well, what do we need to do to 670 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,920 share our testimony? Well, I was lost, but Jesus 671 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,200 Christ saved me. And this is what the Bible says 672 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,040 about that. You can share your testimony. 673 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,040 Why? Because you lift your testimony. 674 00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:04,800 You should be able to share it. You might have an opportunity to 675 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,480 be able to do that. Ask them pointed questions. 676 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,280 Once the door is open, ask them pointed questions. 677 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:11,760 Well, how do you enter the Kingdom? 678 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:13,440 We saw that question here this morning. 679 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,400 If you have peace, what is it founded on? 680 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,120 Why are you so afraid of Armageddon? 681 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:20,960 I'll be honest, I'm not afraid of Armageddon. 682 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:22,880 I'm not afraid of it at all. Why? 683 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:24,440 Because, well, I'm not going to be there. 684 00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:29,240 And so it's going to be our Lord and Savior's victorious moment 685 00:37:29,240 --> 00:37:32,760 where he speaks and all the nations that have opposed him 686 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:34,760 fall slain. I'm not worried about that at 687 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:36,240 all. But when you're asking these 688 00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:38,640 questions, ask open-ended questions. 689 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:42,080 And literally anytime you've you, you witness to somebody as 690 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,880 much as you can ask open-ended questions, meaning this don't 691 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:48,080 just ask yes or no questions. Are you afraid of the end times? 692 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,200 A Jehovah Witness will say yes, Why are you afraid of the end 693 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:52,800 times? What are you so afraid of? 694 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:56,680 Why don't you have peace? Ask questions that you can take 695 00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:59,520 cues from what they're saying and be able to give them Bible 696 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:00,720 truth. That's another way that you can 697 00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:03,520 talk to them, bring up other topics once they've been 698 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,280 softened. I would always, unless the Lord 699 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,720 leads you differently in the way the conversation goes, it's 700 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,160 typically best to start with the deity of Christ with Jehovah 701 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,360 Witness. But then once maybe you have 702 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:16,120 them listening, you can talk about things like the Trinity, 703 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:19,560 the failed prophecies, the New World Translation, their beliefs 704 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,440 about Jesus being Michael the Archangel. 705 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:24,360 These are things you can talk to them maybe if the door is open, 706 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,520 if they are willing to read your Bible, which is unlikely, but 707 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,720 one of the great places you can take him is Philippians chapter 708 00:38:30,720 --> 00:38:32,480 2. Take the Philippians chapter 2 709 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,240 and help them to realize who Jesus Christ really is, that 710 00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:40,000 great glimpse of who he is and that he is the image of God and 711 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:46,080 that he is not just a, you know, a a demigod, if you will, as the 712 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:49,160 Jehovah Witnesses would look at him, but he is the triune God. 713 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:52,520 Philippians chapter 2 is a great place for you to go bring up the 714 00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:55,960 fact to them, the the fact that they are so afraid to be able to 715 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,840 take a copy of the scriptures from you. 716 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,680 You know, why won't you take a track from me? 717 00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,160 I'm willing to take the Watchtower magazine. 718 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:06,240 I'm willing to read the Watchtower magazine and I am I, 719 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,920 I have kept my word to Jehovah Witnesses before where I told 720 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,480 them, if you give me this, I will read it from cover to 721 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:12,720 cover. Now listen, I'm gripping my 722 00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:14,920 teeth all the way through, but I'm going to read and I'm going 723 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,600 to keep my word that I did because it's the right thing to 724 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:19,160 do. But it doesn't scare me. 725 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,880 I'm not opening it at Page 1 and say, boy, I hope I'm still a 726 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:24,560 Christian by the time I get to the end. 727 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:28,000 I'm I'm very confident that I'll make it through to the end and 728 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:29,800 I'm going to be right where I need to be. 729 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,960 Why are they so afraid to be able to read something from us? 730 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,400 Why would they be so afraid to read a track? 731 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,760 Ask them that. What do you have to fear? 732 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,160 I again, I've mentioned to you before, I read widely. 733 00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,200 I read things I disagree with on purpose. 734 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,120 Why? So I can better mentally think 735 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,320 about how I can answer the truth by reading error. 736 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:48,160 I don't want to be influenced by error. 737 00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:50,520 You want to be careful how much of it you take in, but you 738 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,400 shouldn't be afraid of it to the point where you don't know what 739 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,160 the other side is thinking so that you can bring Bible truth 740 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,000 to the other side when you come in contact with him. 741 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:00,880 Well, I'm not afraid of the Watchtower. 742 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:03,440 I'm not afraid of the New World Translation. 743 00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:05,120 I keep this in my office. I don't. 744 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,800 Look at it. I mean, it's not something I 745 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,200 consult with on a regular basis, but I'm not afraid of it. 746 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,640 Listen, greater is He that's in us than He that's in the world. 747 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,080 I'm not afraid of this falsehood. 748 00:40:15,240 --> 00:40:17,640 But why are they so afraid of the Bible? 749 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,600 Why are they so afraid of a conversation? 750 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,440 And so ask them those types of questions to try to give them to 751 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:26,360 a place where they can talk. Will it be profitable? 752 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:33,640 Maybe not, Likely not. Will you get to see them trust 753 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:35,480 Christ your Savior during the conversation? 754 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,600 I would say the odds are probably not, but you know what 755 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,880 you can do. If you take time to love them, 756 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,760 you don't lose your cool. Just talk to them as friendly 757 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:49,440 and as compassionate as you can. You might sow some seeds of 758 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:54,680 doubt, some plant some water and God gives the increase. 759 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:59,440 May I remind you that one of the most beloved men in our church 760 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,880 who just moved away in the last year with his family, one of the 761 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:06,680 most beloved men of our church, a trustee of our church, was a 762 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:09,920 Jehovah Witness growing up. He's not the only one that's 763 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:11,680 been influenced by that group over the years. 764 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:15,080 And people who are Jehovah Witnesses can come to the truth. 765 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:19,760 What do we need to do? Just lovingly, patiently just 766 00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:22,120 show them the truth of the Word of God, kind of like what people 767 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,640 need to do to you before you got saved. 768 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:26,880 So I was a job witness. Well, someone had to lovingly 769 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,520 and patiently breakthrough your wall, whatever it was. 770 00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:32,560 Because remember, there's unbelief and there's belief. 771 00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:33,920 That's really what everything comes down to. 772 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,360 There's God and there's not God. That's what everything comes 773 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,720 down to. You were in a place where you 774 00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:41,800 did not believe in the Lord and someone lovingly and patiently 775 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:43,760 gave you the truth. And it probably wasn't just the 776 00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:45,600 one person who worked with you from beginning to end. 777 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,000 It was a process of a lot of people chipping away at that 778 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,240 unbelief. And finally, you listen to the 779 00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:51,680 Holy Spirit as He worked in your life. 780 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,720 So don't give up on these people, love them. 781 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:57,280 Again, we are attacking not the adherence. 782 00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:00,320 We are attacking the articles of faith and authorities of those 783 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:03,160 who believe these things. We want to win these adherence 784 00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:05,280 to Christ and that means we got to interact with them. 785 00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:07,560 And hopefully this will help give you some of the tools and 786 00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:11,000 how you can do so. Thank you for listening to the 787 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,600 sermon from the pulpit of Liberty Baptist Church. 788 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:17,200 If this message was a blessing to you, or if there's any way we 789 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,320 can serve you, please let us know by contacting us at 790 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:25,200 info@mylibertybaptist.org. Or you can visit us this Sunday 791 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:29,120 at 800 Washington St. in Easton, MA. 792 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,160 May the Lord bless you as you grow in His Word.