Therefore, if a doctrine contradicts God's Word, if it is a lie, then believing it and teaching it discredits Jehovah and brings us into opposition to him. So we need to examine the Scriptures carefully to distinguish truth from falsehood. This is taken from the JW site, https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1988404
They quote Acts 17:11.Now these were more noble minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things are true.
The Apostle Paul is telling us to check out what people say as it relates to the Bible to see if what they are saying conforms to what the Scriptures say and teach. (Acts 17:11).Again, I could not agree more.
The Jehovah Witnesses teach in their NWT of the Bible that Jesus Christ is "a god" at John 1:1.
At Isaiah 7:14 is a prophecy
Therefore, Jehovah himself will give you a sign: Look! The young woman* will become pregnant and will give birth to a son,+ and she will name him Im·manʹu·el
(Immanuel meaning literally "God" or "Jehovah with us." since Jehovah is the only God).The Apostle Matthew at Matthew 1:23 quotes Isaiah 7:14,
“Look! The virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they will name him Im·manʹu·el,”+ which means, when translated, “With Us Is God.”+
Isaiah also says at Isaiah 43:10-11,"You are My witnesses, declares the Lord, And my servant whom I have chosen, In order that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He, Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me. vs11, "I, even I, am the Lord; and there is no savior besides Me."
I believe since there is no other God except for Jehovah, which even the Jehovah Witnesses attest too, that Jesus Christ and God the Father are one and the same being who are equal in nature/essence, power and eternal yet distinct in persons.Then there is Isaiah 9:6
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace."
The Son, Jesus Christ in this verse is identified as "Mighty God."Isaiah 10:21 says,
Only a remnant will return,
The remnant of Jacob, to the Mighty God.+
Also Jeremiah 32:18.O great and mighty God, The Lord of hosts is His name."
Obviously there cannot be two mighty Gods because for the Witnesses there is only one true God as Isaiah 45:22 and of course John 17:3 inform us.Which viewpoint of "ACCURATE" knowledge of God and His Son does not contradict God's word?
Is it Matthew 1:23 which says “God with us?"
Or is it John 1:1 in the NWT that teaches "a god" is with us in the form of a created creature known as Jesus Christ and His role as Michael the arc-angel?
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