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What does the Bible say about jehovahs witnesses?

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The Bible does not speak of Jehovah's Witnesses as a modern organization, but it calls all Christians to bear witness to the one true God and to Jesus Christ. Isaiah 43:10-12 declares that the Lord's people are His witnesses, while Acts 1:8 commissions believers to testify about Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. Scripture also teaches that Jesus is eternally divine, not a created being, as John 1:1 affirms, and that eternal life is knowing the Father and the Son, John 17:3. Matthew 28:19-20 commands disciple-making in the triune name, and 2 Timothy 3:16-17 establishes Scripture as the sufficient rule for faith and obedience.

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  • Acts 1:8

    But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."

  • Isaiah 43:10

    You are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

  • Matthew 24:14

    This Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

  • Isaiah 43:10-12

    [10] You are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. [11] I, even I, am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior. [12] I have declared, and I have saved, and I have shown; and there was no strange [god] among you: therefore you are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and I am God.

  • Matthew 28:19-20

    [19] Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

  • John 1:1

    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

  • John 17:3

    This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

  • Revelation 7:9-10

    [9] After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. [10] They cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"

  • 2 Timothy 3:16-17

    [16] Every writing inspired by God is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction which is in righteousness, [17] that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

  • Acts 15:14

    Simeon has reported how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

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