Proving that Jesus Christ is God in the Jehovah’s Witness Bible

and whoever sees me sees also the One who sent me. ―John 12:45

The Holy Bible has been changed in various places to suit the erroneous belief that Jesus Christ is not God. The result of these changes is the New World Translation (NWT). In this teaching, we’ll use only the Jehovah’s Witness Bible to prove that Jesus Christ is God, and that God exists as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

We know that Jesus Christ is God in human form. When we say, “The Father,” we are talking about the infinite, invisible God. When we say, “The Son,” we’re talking about God as a man. Jesus is the Son of Man and the Son of God, and there is only one God. But who is this man Jesus?

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; (Colossians 1:15)

Didn’t God create us in his image?

And God went on to create the man in his image, in God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27)

God’s image from Colossians 1:15 is Jesus Christ. The Jehovah’s Witnesses argue that a father and son are not equal. Let’s prove they are equal with the following scripture:

This is why the Jews began seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath but he was also calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God. (John 5:18)

The Jehovah’s Witnesses also use Jesus’s baptism in Luke 3 as an argument that God and Jesus can’t be the same. Let’s look at the scriptures:

21 Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus too was baptized. As he was praying, the heaven was opened up, 22 and the holy spirit in bodily form like a dove came down upon him, and a voice came out of heaven: “You are my Son, the beloved; I have approved you.” (Luke 3:21-22)

In verse 2, it says the Holy Spirit in “bodily” form came down upon Jesus “like” a dove, that is, in peace. So, we have the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit represented in this one scene. Now let’s go to the famous scripture from John 1:1, as it’s written in the NWT:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. (John 1:1)

The correct translation is “the Word was God.” When we see the little “g” god in Scripture, we know it’s talking about an idol or Satan. Let’s listen to the apostle Paul:

among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through. (2 Corinthians 4:4)

When Paul says, “The god of this system of things,” he’s talking about Satan. Let’s prove that when the apostle John says, “The Word,” he’s talking about Jesus:

12 His eyes are a fiery flame, and on his head are many diadems. He has a name written that no one knows but he himself, 13 and he is clothed with an outer garment stained with blood, and he is called by the name The Word of God. (Revelation 19:12-13)

Where else do we see eyes of fiery flame? Let’s go to Revelation 1, in which we get a description of Jesus in his glory:

14 Moreover, his head and his hair were white as white wool, as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame, 15 and his feet were like fine copper when glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth a sharp, long, two-edged sword was protruding, and his countenance was like the sun when it shines at its brightest. 17 When I saw him, I fell as dead at his feet. And he laid his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, 18 and the living one, and I became dead, but look! I am living forever and ever, and I have the keys of death and of the Grave. (Revelation 1:14-18; see also Luke 9:32 and Exodus 24:17)

Jesus says, “I am the First and the Last, and the living one, and I became dead.” Let’s compare this to Isaiah:

This is what Jehovah says, The King of Israel and his Repurchaser, Jehovah of armies: ‘I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me. (Isaiah 44:6)

Revelation 1:15, which we just read, also says that Jesus’s voice was “like the sound of many waters.” Let’s go to Ezekiel:

There I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters; and the earth was illuminated by his glory. (Ezekiel 43:2)

Let’s look at the transfiguration of Jesus, in which he appears in the glory of the Father:

And as he was praying, the appearance of his face changed and his clothing became glitteringly white. (Luke 9:29)

Some have a hard time understanding how Jesus can be referring to God as his Father and praying to the Father while he’s on earth. Let’s look at these scriptures:

41 So they took the stone away. Then Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but I spoke on account of the crowd standing around, so that they may believe that you sent me.” (John 11:42)

Jesus says, “I spoke on account of the crowd standing around.” Let’s compare this to the following scriptures:

28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came out of heaven: “I have glorified it and will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that was standing there heard it and began to say that it had thundered. Others said: “An angel has spoken to him.” 30 Jesus answered: “This voice has occurred, not for my sake, but for your sakes. (John 12:28-30)

Jesus says, “This voice has occurred, not for my sake, but for your sakes.” In John 14:28, Jesus says the Father is greater than he is. This is true. How can any man be as great as God? We can try to better understand our Father by looking at the following scripture in Jeremiah:

“Can any man hide in a concealed place where I cannot see him?” declares Jehovah. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? declares Jehovah (Jeremiah 23:24)

God fills the heavens and the earth. Let’s imagine for a moment that God is a vast, never-ending ocean and we’re little fish inside that ocean. Well, God became a little fish too, Jesus, and swam with us, but the ocean is still there, isn’t it? We know there’s only one God, and he exists as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. When we pray to God, it feels personal, like we’re alone with the Lord. But the Holy Spirit can listen to and speak to millions and millions of believers around the world all at the same time. God is infinite; and he can do these things. In the following scripture, the Holy Spirit speaks:

Therefore, just as the holy spirit says, “Today if you listen to his voice, (Heb. 3:7; see also Acts 21:11)

Paul mentions the Spirit, the Lord, and God in three verses:

4 Now there are different gifts, but there is the same spirit; 5 and there are different ministries, and yet there is the same Lord; 6 and there are different activities, and yet it is the same God who performs them all in everyone. (1 Corinthians 12:4-6; see also Ephesians 4:4-6)

In verse 5, how do we know that Paul is talking about Jesus when he says “Lord”? We know from the following scripture:

But God raised up the Lord and will also raise us up out of death through his power. (1 Corinthians 6:14)

In the following scripture, Jesus Christ says “I”, “the Holy Spirit,” and “the Father” in one verse:

But the helper, the holy spirit, which the Father will send in my name, that one will teach you all things and bring back to your minds all the things I told you (John 14:26)

Let’s read the following scripture:

Jesus replied to them: “Tear down this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” (John 2:19)

Jesus says “I will raise it up,” and we know from verse 21 that Jesus is talking about the temple of his body. We also know that after three days, God raised Jesus from the dead. In the following scriptures, we again see the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit:

3 how will we escape if we have neglected so great a salvation? For it began to be spoken through our Lord and was verified for us by those who heard him, 4 while God joined in bearing witness with signs and wonders and various powerful works and with the holy spirit distributed according to his will. (Hebrews 2:3-4)

God has woven the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit into the three synoptic gospels in parallel scriptures. In Matthew, Jesus says “Father.” In Mark, Jesus says “Holy Spirit.” In Luke, Jesus says “I”. Let’s go to the Olivet discourse in Luke 21 first. This is Jesus speaking:

14 Therefore, resolve in your hearts not to rehearse beforehand how to make your defense, 15 for I will give you words and wisdom that all your opposers together will not be able to resist or dispute. (Luke 21:14-15)

In verse 15, Jesus says “for I will give you words.” Now let’s go the to Olivet discourse in Mark 13. Here’s Jesus again:

And when they are taking you to hand you over, do not be anxious beforehand about what to say; but whatever is given you in that hour, say this, for you are not the ones speaking, but the holy spirit is. (Mark 13:11)

In this verse, Jesus says that the Holy Spirit is speaking. In Matthew, the parallel scriptures aren’t in the Olivet discourse, they’re in chapter 10:

19 However, when they hand you over, do not become anxious about how or what you are to speak, for what you are to speak will be given you in that hour; 20 for the ones speaking are not just you, but it is the spirit of your Father that speaks by you. (Matthew 10:19-20)

In verse 20, Jesus says “your Father.” Let’s read some more scriptures from the NWT proving that Jesus is God. This is Jesus speaking again:

“Go back home, and keep on relating what God did for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city what Jesus had done for him. (Luke 8:39)

Here’s the apostle Paul in the introduction in his letter to Titus:

3 but in his own due time, he made his word known through the preaching entrusted to me according to the command of our Savior, God; 4 to Titus, a genuine child according to the faith we share: May you have undeserved kindness and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. (Titus 1:3-4; see also 3:4-6)

Paul calls God our Savior in verse 3 and calls Jesus our Savior in verse 4.

 I—I am Jehovah, and besides me there is no savior.” (Isaiah 43:11)

There is only one God. Here’s Jesus again:

Jesus said to him: “Even after I have been with you men for such a long time, Philip, have you not come to know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father also. How is it you say, ‘Show us the Father’? (John 14:9)

The apostle Thomas is talking to Jesus in the following scripture:

In answer Thomas said to him: “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28)

In this scripture, the NWT uses a capital G when referring to Jesus. In John 1:1, it uses a lowercase g. Let’s go back to Isaiah:

Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called. I am the same One. I am the first; I am also the last. (Isaiah 48:12)

Now let’s go back to Revelation:

“And to the angel of the congregation in Smyr’na write: These are the things that he says, ‘the First and the Last,’ who became dead and came to life again: (Revelation 2:8)

Again, the First and the Last “became dead and came to life again.” Let’s listen to Jesus:

12 “‘Look! I am coming quickly, and the reward I give is with me, to repay each one according to his work. 13 I am the Al’pha and the O·me’ga, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. (Revelation 22:12-13)

We know that God is the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega, and the Shepherd and the Lamb.

20 Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, with the blood of an everlasting covenant, 21 equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us through Jesus Christ what is well-pleasing in his sight, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (Hebrews 13:20-21)

The Jehovah’s Witnesses also teach that hell is simply a person’s grave after they die:

God has set death, not torment in a fiery hell, as the penalty for sin.

This is probably the most harmful teaching and might lead many to destruction. Let’s prove there is a lake of fire, which the Bible calls the second death:

Furthermore, whoever was not found written in the book of life was hurled into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:15)

Let’s go back to the following scripture, in which we read earlier:

and the living one, and I became dead, but look! I am living forever and ever, and I have the keys of death and of the Grave. (Revelation 1:18)

Notice the word grave has been capitalized. This is odd. Jehovah’s Witnesses teach there is no literal hell, a place of eternal judgment. Let’s read this scripture from Hebrews, which is in the context of basic teachings:

the teaching on baptisms and the laying on of the hands, the resurrection of the dead and everlasting judgment. (Hebrews 6:2)

This scripture says there is everlasting judgment.  Let’s go to Hebrews 10:

26 For if we practice sin willfully after having received the accurate knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left, 27 but there is a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a burning indignation that is going to consume those in opposition. (Hebrews 10:26-27)

Verse 26 says that if we keep deliberately sinning, we could face a fearful expectation of judgment, and the sacrifice mentioned, also in verse 26, is talking about Jesus’s once-for-all sacrifice on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins. We have to turn from evil for the forgiveness of sins. When the apostle Paul speaks of life and death, such as in Romans 8:13, he’s speaking in the context of eternity.

God’s word has been changed by men to fit a preconceived idea. This isn’t good. At JW.org, they have a three and a half minute (3:36) video about the making of the NWT Bible. Using discernment, we can see that the NWT testifies in its own condemnation. At 58 seconds into the video, it shows a random page of scripture. It’s a verse from 2 Kings 22.

As soon as the king heard the words of the book of the Law, he ripped his garments apart. (2 Kings 22:11)

We know from Genesis 1:26 that God created us in his image, and we know that God’s image is Jesus Christ. Jesus, the Light of the human race, is the firstborn of all creation and the firstborn from the dead. Jesus Christ defeated death through death, and we can only be saved through him. God has reconciled the human race back to himself through Jesus Christ our savior. He is our once-for-all intercessor to God.

Furthermore, there is no salvation in anyone else, for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must get saved.” (Acts 4:12)

There’s no other name given to the human race in which we are to be saved. This is the blessed name Jesus. Let’s listen to the apostle Paul:  

For this very reason, God exalted him to a superior position and kindly gave him the name that is above every other name, (Philippians 2:9) 

That name above every other name is Jesus, not Jehovah. Let’s listen to Jesus:

“I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, watch over them on account of your own name, which you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. (John 17:11)

Jesus says, “Your own name, which you have given me.” What is this name? This is the name Jesus, and it’s the last name we read in the Bible:

May the undeserved kindness of the Lord Jesus be with the holy ones. (Revelation 22:21)

Ultimately, God will judge the heart. So, let’s pray for those in error and pray that God grants them a knowledge of the truth. If the Jehovah’s Witnesses have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and savior, believed in their hearts that God raised him from the dead, and repented of wrongdoing for the forgiveness of sins, will they be saved?

So flee from youthful desires, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a clean heart. (2 Timothy 2:22)

Peace to all, and may our Lord Jesus Christ return soon.

For yet “a very little while,” and “the one who is coming will arrive and will not delay.” (Hebrews 10:37)

All scriptures are taken from the New World Translation.

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