The God of Creation
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The Word Created
The Word Created
Jesus we established Is God
who has no beginning / or end
Jesus came to teach us about God
To open up the windows of love
V 3 says he is the agent of creation
God the Father created through the Son
Although God spoke long ago in many parts and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets, in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the world,
because all things in the heavens and on the earth were created by him, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers, all things were created through him and for him,
Through, The Father does it using someone else, God The Son
Now all this happened in order that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying,
Example of through
God does a lot through
So What do You do With?...
So What do You do With?...
when a JW tells you that Jesus is equal to satan?
Jesus is a created being?
Satan wants to trap you with scripture
we need to know what the Bible says
First Born
First Born
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,
Jesus is born of The Father, a beginning (according to JW)
Jacob and Esau
Esau was the first born but through trickery and deceit Jacob got the blessing of firstborn, from his father Issac
firstborn is a title/ rank, and not necessarily a position
He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.’ I will also make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
The Deity of Jesus
The Deity of Jesus
because what can be known about God is evident among them, for God made it clear to them. For from the creation of the world, his invisible attributes, both his eternal power and deity, are discerned clearly, being understood in the things created, so that they are without excuse.
For in those days there will be tribulation of such a kind as has not happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will happen.
John 1 3 all things - if Jesus created all things, Jesus can’t be created
and he himself is before all things, and in him all things are held together,
the universe, our homes and lives are held together by Jesus
Yahweh = Jehovah = LORD
Yahweh = Jehovah = LORD
I lift up my eyes to the mountains; whence will my help come? My help is from Yahweh, maker of heaven and earth.
most of the time in the Old Testament the word LORD is Jesus of the New Testament
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
Have you not known, or have you not heard? Yahweh is the God of eternity, the creator of the ends of the earth! He is not faint, and he does not grow weary! There is no searching his understanding.
Malachi has prophesied that someone would prepare the way
“Look! I am going to send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you are seeking will come suddenly to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you are taking pleasure—look!—he is about to come,” says Yahweh of hosts.
Fulfilled in New Testament Talking about Jesus
And so you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go on before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the forgiveness of their sins,
Here's a very familiar passage, Joel 2:32: "And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of [Jehovah] Will be [saved]." Both Acts 2:21 and Romans 10:13 quote that passage, applying the title Jehovah to Christ.
Jay Adams in an article entitled "Outwitnessing the Witnesses" gives a suggestion for making a tract to hand to JW's -
Pastor, how have you equipped your people to handle Jehovah’s Witnesses when they come to the door? Sure, you have some members who can take them on. But probably most of your members can’t. So, what do they do? They close the door saying, “No thanks.” Or, worse, they allow them in to peddle their wares. Neither of these responses is acceptable. I’m offering an alternative. It’s a brief tract that you can reproduce for your people to have on hand to give to them when they call.
On the cover are the words: You are NOT Jehovah’s Witness!
Then, as the Jehovah’s Witness opens it, on the left hand page are these words: You are NOT!
There are good reasons for saying this.
Consider just two:
1. Scripture shows that Jesus is God.
In Isaiah 43:10 we read,
Before me there was no God formed, and after me there continued to be none. I–I am Jehovah, and besides me there is no savior.
The verse appears in the context of God putting idols and false gods on trial (v. 9). He calls them to witness to their true existence. They fail. Then, He calls His people to take the stand and witness for Him (v. 10). In doing so, He not only refers to Himself as Jehovah, but says that no god was formed before or after Him. Yet, YOU SAY JESUS IS “A GOD.” So He must be Jehovah since there is no other. Also, in verse 10, Jehovah says that He is the only Savior. But Luke 2:11 plainly calls Jesus the Savior!
[On page two he reads:]
2. According to Isaiah 44:6, Jesus is Jehovah.
Jehovah said … I am the first and the last, and besides me there is no God.
In Revelation 1:18, and in 22:13, 16, Jesus referred Isaiah 44:6 to Himself. Clearly, then, this indicates that Jehovah died and rose from the dead as the passage indicates!
Instead of spending time discussing John 1, try to focus on these pivotal verses from Isaiah, verses from which you took your name! Having considered them, can’t you see that you have been led astray since these verses refer to Jesus’ Deity?
(The verses cited are quoted from your New World Translation).
Well, pastor, there you are. A short thrust aimed at the very passages they claim to believe in so strongly. It’s short because it goes to the heart of things, and because they probably wouldn’t read much more. If your church member can wring a promise out of them that if he reads their literature, they will read his—all the better. But, at any rate, if you prepare your members with a tract that you run off on your computer and printer, you will prepare them for the next onslaught of the Jehovah’s Witnesses best wishes! (The Journal of Modern Ministry, Volume 6, Issue 1, Winter, 2009)