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. POSITIVE PROOFS ● Acts 1:1-3 . .The first account, O Theophilus, I composed about all the things Jesus started both to do and to teach, until the day that he was taken up, after he had given commandment through holy spirit to the apostles whom he chose. To these also by many positive proofs...

. CONNECTING WITH GOD THRU A HIGH PRIEST ● Ps 110:4 . . Jehovah has sworn (and he will feel no regret): You are a priest to time indefinite according to the manner of Melchizedek Melchizedek's only personal appearance in the Bible occurs at Gen 14:18-20. The letter to Hebrews in the New...

. SPIRITUAL BODY vs SPIRIT BODY ● 1Cor 15:44 . . It is sown a physical body, it is raised up a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual one. Watch as I misquote that passage because the difference, though subtle. Is significant. "It is sown a physical body, it is...

. CHRIST IN HEAVEN Q: 1Cor 15:50 clearly testifies that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Wouldn't that fact alone preclude the possibility of Christ's crucified dead body returning to life? A: First, and foremost; it was essential that Christ's crucified dead body be returned...

. MEDIATION ● 1Tim 2:5 . . For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus. On page 1129 of the Watchtower publication Aid To Bible Understanding a mediator is defined as one who interposes between two parties at variance to reconcile them: an intercessor...

. THE IN CROWD ● Rom 8:9 . .You are in harmony, not with the flesh, but with the spirit, if God’s spirit truly dwells in you. NOTE: The Watchtower Society does not acknowledge God's spirit as a sentient being, rather: "The holy spirit is the active force of God. It is not a person but is a...

. THE FAITHFUL AND WISE STEWARD ● Matt 24:45-47 . .Who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics, to give them their food at the proper time? Happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so. Truly I say to YOU, He will appoint him...

. I do not recommend toying with the Watchtower Society's missionaries coming to our doors. Many of them are honestly, and sincerely, hoping to enter the kingdom of God; which is why Christians really ought to know something about New Testament hope before engaging JWs in a conversation about...

. RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD ● 1Cor 15:36-42 . .What you sow is not made alive unless first it dies; and as for what you sow, you sow, not the body that will develop, but a bare grain, it may be, of wheat or any one of the rest; but God gives it a body just as it has pleased Him, and to each of...

- Nowadays they go door to door with tablets, thus taking control of the interview by getting people to watch one of the Watchtower Society's videos. _

. GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY ● 1Thess 4:16-17 . .The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a commanding call, with an archangel's voice and with God's trumpet, and those who are dead in union with Christ will rise first. I'm going to revise a portion of that passage slightly in order to...

. THOMAS' GOD(S) ● John 20:28 . . Thomas said to him: "My Lord and my God!" "God" is from the Greek word theós Many moons ago; I asked some door-to-door missionaries to explain to me why the Society translated theós with an upper case G in Thomas' statement seeing as how in Watchtower...

. UNDESERVED KINDNESS ● John 1:14 . . So the Word became flesh and resided among us, and we had a view of his glory, a glory such as belongs to an only-begotten son from a father; and he was full of undeserved kindness and truth. The ancient Greek word from which "undeserved kindness" is...

. FAIL SAFE According to John 8:29, 2Cor 5:21, Heb 4:15, and 1Pet 2:22; Jesus committed no sins of his own. The Watchtower Society is of the opinion that Christ didn't sin because he "chose" not to sin. In other words: he could have failed...

. Q: Was it really necessary for Joseph to adopt Mary's baby? A: It was essential because God selected Jesus to inherit David's throne. (Luke 1:32) Mary was directly related to David; but the monarchy passes down through David's son Solomon (1Kgs 1:16-39). Jesus' mom wasn't directly related...

. MATTERS OF CONSCIENCE Some of the Watchtower Society's ethics rub people the wrong way. For example they don't celebrate birthdays, observe Christmas, participate in Halloween, serve in the military, nor allow blood transfusions. Their feelings about special days are protected by the...

. HO THEÓS Q: Why does the Watchtower Society translate the Word in John 1:1 as a god in lower case instead of God in upper case? A: The Watchtower Society's translation is based upon an imaginary grammatical technicality. The common Greek word for "god" is theós. When it's modified by the...

. ● Luke 1:31-32 . . Listen carefully: you will conceive in your womb and bear a son . . and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father. In order for David to be Jesus' father, he had to be Mary's father too because her pregnancy wasn't man-made. Stay with me because I'm going...

. THE LIVING GOD(S) ● Jer 10:10 . . Jehovah is in truth God. He is the living god. The Hebrew word for "living" in that passage is chay (khah'-ee) which first appears in the Bible at Gen 1:20 where it speaks of aqua life and winged life. Then it appears at Gen 1:24 where it speaks of life on...

. ● Matt 1:24-25 . . When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord commanded. He brought Mary home to be his wife, but she remained a virgin until her son was born. The couple didn't marry right away. According to Luke 2:1-7 they journeyed to Bethlehem as an engaged couple rather than...