Wow, this is for me. Yesterday I entered a Jehovas Witness seminary yesterday and handed out tracts on Jesus' redeeming blood and they WOULD NOT accept the truth. They kicked me out! God bless
From experience, i went through the book of John (well, first quarter or so) looking at the Jehovah witness version (NWT) and the original greek interlineary. It was rather stunning how much they twisted things. I will say they were accurate on most words, very literal translation, but as soon as it came to things concerning the gospel and scripture, they replaced words, put in the wrong meaning in order to fit their theology. Just take the first couple chapters, use online interlinear.
KALOS = GOOD THEY TRANSLATE AS “FINE”. As calling Jesus the GOOD Shepherd is problematic for their theology. Because they do this it means they have to translate KALOS Elsewhere in scripture as FINE, and unfortunately it’s problematic because often the syntax does not work in the varying context they render the word FINE.
@@HiThereHeyThere Matthew 24:3, 23, 37 changed Jesus’ “coming” to “presence” John 1:1 added “A” in front of ‘god’ There are many more, these are what I remember right now
When my boy was little I dressed him as a wedge of Swiss cheese. In a box cut out with holes and painted yellow, though I know Swiss is white. The words I wrote on it were Be ye Holy as I AM Holy. We passed out tracts from door to door.
Hi!!! We gave out the dollar bill tracts last night for the first time!!! Ray, you were right, kids love those big 100 dollar bills! and we also passed out one of the smaller bills in bags of candy. Thank you for that idea from God!
“Occ” (okw-) means “to see” and more specifically what is hidden or not obvious to others. “Cult” means “to worship” and isn’t specifically made to in reference to Christianity because the word “culture” doesn’t imply a Christian culture. However, one could argue that cult is rooted in worship to God (and a Christian would argue the Holy One of Israel is God). The argument could be applied. Occult is defined in modern day as “mystical, supernatural and magical” and is COMMONLY and USUALLY applied to new-age doctrines, magical arts or witchcraft but that’s just common usage. Popular usage doesn’t define something, the truth does. But I love your videos. ☺️
It's sad because I have a very dear friend to me who is a JW. They even believe that Jesus was Michael the archangel. They make absolutely no sense. Even their altered Bible shows flaws with their beliefs.
i love you,,,i am learning so much on how to go out in the world and help bring people home to Jesus!!! on these videos,,why do you guys laugh sooo much,,i love to laugh, but it seems every 5 seconds something is funny,,yes laugh,,but put more time in what you are teaching k,,,or dont,,still love you of course,,thanks sooo much for the teachings,i am gonna order the cds, and get going out in the world!!!!! FOR JESUS CHRIST!!!! thanks so much again,,love your videos with Kirk to,he should be on
Amen I have prayed for understanding with this, for i had ran into a woman who belongs to such . I was lead by the holy spirit on the book of John with her and got to share a lot of things as what's really important to follow God word and what we are thought lines up with his word then them not believing in holidays,,, it was about the heart that God truly sees a heart after him.
The trinity tracks back to Babylon, and is not explicitly taught in the bible. It's true that some scriptures in some translations seem to suggest that Jesus and God are the same person, but even in non nwt translations, there is no reference to the Holy Spirit in many of the pertinent scriptures. The trinity is supposed to be a core doctrine from the bible, so why is it not explicitly mentioned over and over again, even though there are probably thousands of places where it could be clearly described?
Jesus Christ said he and his father ARE ONE that means they are one as there are 3 in 1 GOD the father, Jesus the son and the Ho;y Spirit all three are one.
The Godquestions org quote seems closer to an assumption of why the nwt was translated and revised, rather than a reasoned explanation of the point they want to make.
Ephesians 5:3-4 “But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.” Jesting, as written, is something said for amusement (joking), and your program testifies to the inconvenience it poses when people come to your counsel for knowledge concerning the Christian world perspective. I’ve prayed for you, because you’re my brothers, that you abstain from jesting and find your security in living the word of God. Galatians 1:10 “For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.”
But Romans typically crucified victims on a horizontal plank of wood called a "stauros" that was nailed to scaffolding (I've never heard of the Romans crucifying people on upright stakes). A sign was placed directly over the head of Jesus, indicating that his hands were not above his head.
Isaiah 43:10 “You are my witnesses,”+ declares Jehovah, “Yes, my servant whom I have chosen,+ So that you may know and have faith in me* And understand that I am the same One.+ Before me no God was formed, And after me there has been none
If surgery was needed to be performed on me, I would want to know the qualifications of the surgeons. How much more would I want to know the qualifications of those who were the shepherds of my soul?
How can christian are celebrating and thinking is so funny to be celebrating Halloween like is just a simple holiday!!!... To me is not and i dont even participate on it at all....
funny that this was uploaded the day it was. This was the same day some JW's came to my door. Because of previous encounters with Jehovah Witnesses, I really started digging into scripture to find verses verifying that Jesus was God. But what they said in this episode about the JWs inconsistent translating with the word theos and the indefinite article into God and a god was right on time. Next time I'll know what to say and how to defend the faith.
But that is not the Christian Churches definition of cult. A cult as Dr. Geisler said is a group that CLAIMS to be Christian but deny 1 or more of the essentials of the Christian faith.
I chose this definition because dictionary dot reference is a source that The Way of The Master, and other UA-cam Christians like Mike Winger use. Cult is not, by definition, a bad word. Christians would better positioned if they reclaimed this word, which does represent them.
I hate to be that guy but am I seriously the only one who noticed the joke they made about 33? what is in the heart will spill over out of the mouth.... 33rd degree Stone Mason...
"As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Acts 13:2 Can you tell me who is speaking in this verse?
How do we learn about God?we learn about him through his word in the bible.When we learn the truth about what the bible REALLY TEACHES that God encourages and instructs us to use his name and reveal's his actual personality to us in the bible church leaders of so called christianity are supposed to be the very ones that are in charge of our spiritual welfare but they conceal the truth from all that put their trust in them Please people read and find for yourself,your spiritual life depends on it
please provide references to your "many scholars". As a student of the Greek language, I can assure you that it is more of a version of the bible, but nowhere near a translation of the bible. I would advise you to study Greek without the use of the society. They are educationally clueless and intentionally misleading. These are the facts.
Please is there 1 single human out there that can give me 1 valid answer as to the so called dangers to becoming involved with a God that has the knowledge to successfully unite humans from every single walk of life, colour,country, class,young and old?? Why would any logical human being try to argue with and try to rubbish such a good thing? Or is there some other force at work here other than just simple objectivity? There is no denying truth but alway's people thinking they can prove it wrong
This is how it is explained in the Oxford dictionary. Sheol ; Hebrew hades. Hades ; abode of departed spirits. Gehenna; hell, place of torment. Tartarus; place of torture in hades.
Look it up for yourself. I cannot name a religious organization that is not, by definition, a cult. Dictionary Dot Reference: cult [kuhlt] Show IPA noun 1. a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
You say the witnesses have changed all scripture to suit their own beliefs? please compare any normal bible scripture with this one from Isaiah ok. ANYBODY? please because i've been doing it for years now. I have come to realise that these very argumentative and picky people are usually the same ones that don't want to or think that they just can't live up to godly principles and morals wrongly thinking that Jehovah's law's will be some sort of a burden rather than a fresh lease on life
All of you are missing the most important and the most obvious point about Jehovah and his follower's because you spend so much time trying to argue and constantly mull over trivialities. HHmm i wonder how it comes about that despite thousands of years of trying, no human government has ever been a success but following Jehovah's counsil has proved to be a complete success in uniting 12 million witnesses from all walk's of life and from all nations each of us with the exact same common goal
If they wanted to define the word occult, they should have researched it before hand, rather than rely on such a shoddy presentation of the definition.
all how you look at it. some call it a world religion. i call it a cult because it is so close to the truth adn they hold to many things that are true but when you start to read the catechisms and writings of the Popes, you find out, it is pretty whacked. Some Catholic theologians even beleived and taught that we could become gods and that is a Mormon belief.
the sign placed above Jesus was placed over his head - not over his hands. IN addition, Thomas asked Jesus to see the "marks of the NAILS in his hands (plural) Do your research - otherwise you are taking space and wasting time.
Marry only in the Lord (Jesus) Feed MY Sheep (Jesus Sheep) Many will persecute you on account of MY name (Jesus name) When is the last time YOU were persecuted b/c of the name of Jesus? Who will judge you on judgement day? Who will the angles bow down to? Whose voice will those in their memorial tombs hear and come out? All authority was handed to whom? Why did Stephen say "Lord Jesus receive my spirit? So that ever eye shall see and every knee will bend...to whom? You are wrong. Fact.
Jesus speaks to his father in 3rd person and subjects himself to his father many times in the scriptures. Its because Jesus is the son of God and the father has a name too that is edited out of their Bible to follow the Roman Catholic doctrine of the trinity, despite Living Waters disagreeing on catholic belief. So why take Jehovah's name out of the Bible and fit "LORD" in there instead? It would be like me referring to Ray as "Man" and not his own personal name. Can you build trust if you censor the name Jehovah that is part of the old hebrew tetragrammton? It is translated into english as Jehovah from the hebrew symbols of interpreted as YHWH. If the name Jehovah or YHWH exists in older bible texts than the King James version, why was the name edited out and substituted as "LORD" instead? This goes all the way back to medieval times. The church had total authority over the population, and anyone that tried to translate the Bible into their modernized language and give it out to other people was jailed and burnt in a public square. This was the dark side of so called "Christianity." The church heavily believed in trinity doctrine and the non trinitarian christians were thrown into the pits of wild animals or burnt and hung in public squares. Yes, Jehovah's Witness' did not exist back then but non trinitarian christianity was its precursor and the tyrant churches would persecute non trinitarian christians to death. The trinity is pagan and is pushed as a means to control the people by having a god like figure head like the pope, bishop or saint as they would say they have the authority as the holy spirit to be the leader among them and if you were a non trinitarian christian you were labeled as a cult or a conspiracy theorist as they call it today. These faithful non trinitarian christians stayed faithful while trinitarian christians put them to death for translating bible scriptures into other languages and modernizing it to current language as languages change a bit about every few years. They labeled non trinitarians as herectics and they would go against the Bible by murdering these innocent people, despite what the Bible says, not to murder.
Wow, this is for me. Yesterday I entered a Jehovas Witness seminary yesterday and handed out tracts on Jesus' redeeming blood and they WOULD NOT accept the truth. They kicked me out! God bless
Keep informing us... people need to hear!
From experience, i went through the book of John (well, first quarter or so) looking at the Jehovah witness version (NWT) and the original greek interlineary. It was rather stunning how much they twisted things. I will say they were accurate on most words, very literal translation, but as soon as it came to things concerning the gospel and scripture, they replaced words, put in the wrong meaning in order to fit their theology. Just take the first couple chapters, use online interlinear.
Which Greek? I agree its twisted but there are modern forgeries by the Vatican so you want to be careful.
Do you have a link to those replaced words and verses
KALOS = GOOD
THEY TRANSLATE AS “FINE”. As calling Jesus the GOOD Shepherd is problematic for their theology.
Because they do this it means they have to translate KALOS Elsewhere in scripture as FINE, and unfortunately it’s problematic because often the syntax does not work in the varying context they render the word FINE.
@@HiThereHeyThere Matthew 24:3, 23, 37 changed Jesus’ “coming” to “presence”
John 1:1 added “A” in front of ‘god’
There are many more, these are what I remember right now
When my boy was little I dressed him as a wedge of Swiss cheese. In a box cut out with holes and painted yellow, though I know Swiss is white. The words I wrote on it were Be ye Holy as I AM Holy. We passed out tracts from door to door.
Thank you!!! I am witnessing to a JW and it is very difficult!!
I love you guys in Christ so much! Mr Comfort I wish I could one day meet you!!
Hi!!! We gave out the dollar bill tracts last night for the first time!!! Ray, you were right, kids love those big 100 dollar bills! and we also passed out one of the smaller bills in bags of candy. Thank you for that idea from God!
I just found you guys not to long ago, so next year I will be doing the the tracks next year ;)
“Occ” (okw-) means “to see” and more specifically what is hidden or not obvious to others.
“Cult” means “to worship” and isn’t specifically made to in reference to Christianity because the word “culture” doesn’t imply a Christian culture. However, one could argue that cult is rooted in worship to God (and a Christian would argue the Holy One of Israel is God). The argument could be applied.
Occult is defined in modern day as “mystical, supernatural and magical” and is COMMONLY and USUALLY applied to new-age doctrines, magical arts or witchcraft but that’s just common usage. Popular usage doesn’t define something, the truth does.
But I love your videos. ☺️
It's sad because I have a very dear friend to me who is a JW. They even believe that Jesus was Michael the archangel. They make absolutely no sense. Even their altered Bible shows flaws with their beliefs.
When is thier new documentary "Genuis" coming out??
i love you,,,i am learning so much on how to go out in the world and help bring people home to Jesus!!! on these videos,,why do you guys laugh sooo much,,i love to laugh, but it seems every 5 seconds something is funny,,yes laugh,,but put more time in what you are teaching k,,,or dont,,still love you of course,,thanks sooo much for the teachings,i am gonna order the cds, and get going out in the world!!!!! FOR JESUS CHRIST!!!! thanks so much again,,love your videos with Kirk to,he should be on
Amen I have prayed for understanding with this, for i had ran into a woman who belongs to such . I was lead by the holy spirit on the book of John with her and got to share a lot of things as what's really important to follow God word and what we are thought lines up with his word then them not believing in holidays,,, it was about the heart that God truly sees a heart after him.
I couldnt hand out candy and tracts this year. So i had my unsaved cousin do it for me :)
The trinity tracks back to Babylon, and is not explicitly taught in the bible. It's true that some scriptures in some translations seem to suggest that Jesus and God are the same person, but even in non nwt translations, there is no reference to the Holy Spirit in many of the pertinent scriptures. The trinity is supposed to be a core doctrine from the bible, so why is it not explicitly mentioned over and over again, even though there are probably thousands of places where it could be clearly described?
Jesus Christ said he and his father ARE ONE that means they are one as there are 3 in 1 GOD the father, Jesus the son and the Ho;y Spirit all three are one.
The Godquestions org quote seems closer to an assumption of why the nwt was translated and revised, rather than a reasoned explanation of the point they want to make.
I Love Y'all!!
Ephesians 5:3-4 “But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.”
Jesting, as written, is something said for amusement (joking), and your program testifies to the inconvenience it poses when people come to your counsel for knowledge concerning the Christian world perspective. I’ve prayed for you, because you’re my brothers, that you abstain from jesting and find your security in living the word of God.
Galatians 1:10
“For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.”
But Romans typically crucified victims on a horizontal plank of wood called a "stauros" that was nailed to scaffolding (I've never heard of the Romans crucifying people on upright stakes). A sign was placed directly over the head of Jesus, indicating that his hands were not above his head.
Isaiah 43:10 “You are my witnesses,”+ declares Jehovah,
“Yes, my servant whom I have chosen,+
So that you may know and have faith in me*
And understand that I am the same One.+
Before me no God was formed,
And after me there has been none
Thomas G AMEN!
Occult means hidden, mysterious (outside of the revealed Word of God).
westcott and hort had a lot to do with manipulating a lot of things that helped corrupt a lot of the modern english translations.
what did they do?
If surgery was needed to be performed on me, I would want to know the qualifications of the surgeons. How much more would I want to know the qualifications of those who were the shepherds of my soul?
How can christian are celebrating and thinking is so funny to be celebrating Halloween like is just a simple holiday!!!... To me is not and i dont even participate on it at all....
funny that this was uploaded the day it was. This was the same day some JW's came to my door. Because of previous encounters with Jehovah Witnesses, I really started digging into scripture to find verses verifying that Jesus was God. But what they said in this episode about the JWs inconsistent translating with the word theos and the indefinite article into God and a god was right on time. Next time I'll know what to say and how to defend the faith.
But that is not the Christian Churches definition of cult. A cult as Dr. Geisler said is a group that CLAIMS to be Christian but deny 1 or more of the essentials of the Christian faith.
i thought westcott & hort were the translators?
So I have to buy the book to undastand everything, who's get the money from the sales??
I chose this definition because dictionary dot reference is a source that The Way of The Master, and other UA-cam Christians like Mike Winger use. Cult is not, by definition, a bad word. Christians would better positioned if they reclaimed this word, which does represent them.
I hate to be that guy but am I seriously the only one who noticed the joke they made about 33?
what is in the heart will spill over out of the mouth.... 33rd degree Stone Mason...
"As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Acts 13:2
Can you tell me who is speaking in this verse?
It's much clearer in the KJV, the uncorrupted English bible. Luke wrote Acts and Paul aka Saul is speaking.
Correction the Holy Spirit is talking to Paul.
YES!!!! i love OTB
I agree that they changed the definition, but why?
My pet hat is ( KIDS ) these are GOATS not children as they should be saying.
The trinity was taught by the Lord Jesus Christ. (Jn 15:26)
That when he baptized
It approval the father and son and Holy Spirit
manly p hall knows who translated it
first born does not mean first created.
How do we learn about God?we learn about him through his word in the bible.When we learn the truth about what the bible REALLY TEACHES that God encourages and instructs us to use his name and reveal's his actual personality to us in the bible church leaders of so called christianity are supposed to be the very ones that are in charge of our spiritual welfare but they conceal the truth from all that put their trust in them Please people read and find for yourself,your spiritual life depends on it
please provide references to your "many scholars". As a student of the Greek language, I can assure you that it is more of a version of the bible, but nowhere near a translation of the bible. I would advise you to study Greek without the use of the society. They are educationally clueless and intentionally misleading. These are the facts.
Please is there 1 single human out there that can give me 1 valid answer as to the so called dangers to becoming involved with a God that has the knowledge to successfully unite humans from every single walk of life, colour,country, class,young and old?? Why would any logical human being try to argue with and try to rubbish such a good thing? Or is there some other force at work here other than just simple objectivity? There is no denying truth but alway's people thinking they can prove it wrong
How does four separate words (Sheol, Hades, Gehenna and Tartarus) translate to one word? Makes no sense.
This is how it is explained in the Oxford dictionary.
Sheol ; Hebrew hades.
Hades ; abode of departed spirits.
Gehenna; hell, place of torment.
Tartarus; place of torture in hades.
Look it up for yourself. I cannot name a religious organization that is not, by definition, a cult.
Dictionary Dot Reference:
cult [kuhlt] Show IPA
noun
1.
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
You say the witnesses have changed all scripture to suit their own beliefs? please compare any normal bible scripture with this one from Isaiah ok. ANYBODY? please because i've been doing it for years now. I have come to realise that these very argumentative and picky people are usually the same ones that don't want to or think that they just can't live up to godly principles and morals wrongly thinking that Jehovah's law's will be some sort of a burden rather than a fresh lease on life
compare Hebrews 1:1-11 to Psalms 102.
hey, whatever works.
All of you are missing the most important and the most obvious point about Jehovah and his follower's because you spend so much time trying to argue and constantly mull over trivialities. HHmm i wonder how it comes about that despite thousands of years of trying, no human government has ever been a success but following Jehovah's counsil has proved to be a complete success in uniting 12 million witnesses from all walk's of life and from all nations each of us with the exact same common goal
If they wanted to define the word occult, they should have researched it before hand, rather than rely on such a shoddy presentation of the definition.
all how you look at it. some call it a world religion. i call it a cult because it is so close to the truth adn they hold to many things that are true but when you start to read the catechisms and writings of the Popes, you find out, it is pretty whacked. Some Catholic theologians even beleived and taught that we could become gods and that is a Mormon belief.
scary
we can't become gods.
I think the words used were Christian cult
Is Catholicism a cult?
is 33 the minimum IQ level to preach the gospel?
being born-again is the minimum requirement to preach the gospel
The Spirit of God is the IMPERSONAL FORCE OF GOD !
May I ask who is speaking in ACTS 13:2?
Dont jason beduhn agree with it??
the sign placed above Jesus was placed over his head - not over his hands. IN addition, Thomas asked Jesus to see the "marks of the NAILS in his hands (plural) Do your research - otherwise you are taking space and wasting time.
Marry only in the Lord (Jesus) Feed MY Sheep (Jesus Sheep) Many will persecute you on account of MY name (Jesus name) When is the last time YOU were persecuted b/c of the name of Jesus? Who will judge you on judgement day? Who will the angles bow down to? Whose voice will those in their memorial tombs hear and come out? All authority was handed to whom? Why did Stephen say "Lord Jesus receive my spirit? So that ever eye shall see and every knee will bend...to whom? You are wrong. Fact.
Jesus speaks to his father in 3rd person and subjects himself to his father many times in the scriptures. Its because Jesus is the son of God and the father has a name too that is edited out of their Bible to follow the Roman Catholic doctrine of the trinity, despite Living Waters disagreeing on catholic belief. So why take Jehovah's name out of the Bible and fit "LORD" in there instead? It would be like me referring to Ray as "Man" and not his own personal name. Can you build trust if you censor the name Jehovah that is part of the old hebrew tetragrammton? It is translated into english as Jehovah from the hebrew symbols of interpreted as YHWH. If the name Jehovah or YHWH exists in older bible texts than the King James version, why was the name edited out and substituted as "LORD" instead?
This goes all the way back to medieval times. The church had total authority over the population, and anyone that tried to translate the Bible into their modernized language and give it out to other people was jailed and burnt in a public square. This was the dark side of so called "Christianity." The church heavily believed in trinity doctrine and the non trinitarian christians were thrown into the pits of wild animals or burnt and hung in public squares. Yes, Jehovah's Witness' did not exist back then but non trinitarian christianity was its precursor and the tyrant churches would persecute non trinitarian christians to death. The trinity is pagan and is pushed as a means to control the people by having a god like figure head like the pope, bishop or saint as they would say they have the authority as the holy spirit to be the leader among them and if you were a non trinitarian christian you were labeled as a cult or a conspiracy theorist as they call it today. These faithful non trinitarian christians stayed faithful while trinitarian christians put them to death for translating bible scriptures into other languages and modernizing it to current language as languages change a bit about every few years. They labeled non trinitarians as herectics and they would go against the Bible by murdering these innocent people, despite what the Bible says, not to murder.