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Though the Old Testament does not fully reveal thedoctrine of the Trinity, it does teach that God is aplurality. It is left for the New Testament to open up thisrevelation more fully.Genesis 1:1. The Hebrew word for God here is elohim.This is a plural noun, but the verb is singular, teachingthat there is one God in a plurality.Genesis 1:26. Again God is spoken of as plural, elohim,yet we know from other O.T. passages that God is one(De. 6:4).Genesis 11:6-7. Here again God is spoken of in the pluraland in the singular at the same time.Deuteronomy 6:4. This verse could be translated,“Jehovah our elohim is a united Jehovah.” The word“one” refers to a unity. The same word for one is used inGen. 2:24, speaking of the oneness of a husband andwife. This verse summarizes the Bible’s teaching aboutGod. He is one but exists in three Persons.Psalm 45:6-7. According to Hebrews 1:8-9, God theFather is speaking in Psalm 45, and He is referring to theSon as God. Sometimes people ask, “If Jesus Himselfwas God, why did He address the Father as God?” The22
answer is that Jesus addressed the Father as God for thesame reason that the Father addressed the Son as God—because they are both God!Isaiah 48:16. Here the Lord Jesus, the Son of God, isspeaking and referring to God the Father and the HolySpirit (compare Jn. 18:20).About Jesus Christ1. According to the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jesus is notGod but was created by Jehovah God. He is “a god” anda “mighty God” (Is. 9:6), but he is not Almighty JehovahGod.“One’s being in the image of God and according to hislikeness would never mean that one was the equal ofJehovah God. An ‘image’ is not the real thing” (God's“Eternal Purpose” Now Triumphing For Man’s Good,1974; p. 37).2. Jesus was supposedly Michael the Archangel beforeHe came to earth.“There is Scriptural evidence for concluding thatMichael was the name of Jesus Christ before he leftheaven and after his return” (The Watchtower, May15, 1969, p. 307).3. While on earth Jesus was a perfect man but not God.23
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Page 12 and 13: AN UNSHAKEABLE FAITH: A CHRISTIANAP
Page 14 and 15: HistoryThe Jehovah’s Witnesses ar
Page 16 and 17: In 1931, Rutherford changed the nam
Page 18 and 19: In 2000, Jehovah’s Witnesses spen
Page 20 and 21: They teach that no one can be saved
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Page 26 and 27: Jesus claimed to be God (Jn. 5:17-1
Page 28 and 29: 1. The Holy Spirit is called a pers
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Page 40 and 41: About the Return of ChristAccording
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