How Jehovah's Witnesses Twist Scriptures
by Lorri MacGregor
Of all the cult groups, Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones that are the most
deceitful and clever when it comes to the twisting and distorting of the
Bible. The ones at your door are not responsible, but are deceived by
those
at headquarters. I was formerly a Jehovah's Witness for fifteen years, and
understand that organization from the inside out. Those in control are so
clever in their distortions that members are convinced that they are
continually receiving "truth." They even inquire, "How long have you been
in
the truth?" (meaning the Jehovah's Witness Organization).
At my very first encounter with Jehovah's Witnesses, they put the twist on
John 14:28, where Jesus said, "...the Father is greater than I," and told
me
the Trinity was a doctrine of Satan, Jesus was inferior to his Father, and
an archangel named Michael to boot. How proficient they seemed flipping
all
over the Bible from one (unrelated) Scripture to another! I was impressed.
As our "bible studies" progressed, I was warned, "...work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling...," quoting only a ****tion of the
thought
in Philippians 2:12. I was told this consisted of "publi****ng the good
news
of God's kingdom" by asking for contributions for their publications
door-to-door, attending five meetings a week, and making numerous other
quotas. Of course, I was never directed to the following verse, which
continued the same sentence, "...for it is God who is at work in you, both
to will and to work for His good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13).
The Jehovah's Witnesses at headquarters want to make sure their members
know
nothing of the indwelling Christ ("for it is God who is at work IN
YOU..."),
and they have removed this truth from numerous scriptures in their
"bible."
Everywhere it says "Christ IN YOU," they have altered the text to read,
"IN
UNION WITH YOU." However, worse distortions are yet to be discussed.
HOW RELIABLE IS THE NEW WORLD TRANSLATION OF THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES?
Many scholars will not even apply the term "translation" to this "bible."
The Watchtower Society needed a bible to conform to their strange
doctrines,
and so they created one. The "translation" was done by a five-member
committee in Brooklyn, New York. Four of these men had a high school
education only, with no Hebrew or Greek knowledge at all. The fifth man,
the
late Fred W. Franz, although claiming to know Hebrew and Greek (without
credentials), while under oath in a Scottish Court of Law, failed a simple
Hebrew test. He was a college sophomore dropout, and lied about being
offered a Rhodes Scholar****p. No wonder the Society refuses to name their
translators, and prefers to be anonymous and "humble!" No reputable
scholar
will endorse this "translation," and no one suffers more in this
distortion
than the Lord Jesus Christ.
DISTORTING JOHN 1:1
"In (the) beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was a god" (New World Translation).
Since the Jehovah's Witnesses ****tray Jesus as a lesser god, the archangel
Michael, and merely a man on earth, they needed a Bible to suit their
misrepresentations. They resorted to quoting a spirit medium, Johannes
Greber, and referring to an altered translation by the Unitarians (who
also
deny Christ's Deity). Then they used the Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin
Wilson, a Christadelphian, a cult which also denies the Deity of Christ.
Last, but not least, they bent the rules for Greek grammar.
Why would the Watchtower Society CHOOSE sources that are false and even
demonic? Why do they further CHOOSE to ignore Greek scholars who are
reputable? Every Jehovah's Witness needs to get satisfactory answers to
these im****tant questions.
John 1:1 correctly reads, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God."
MISREPRESENTING CHRIST GOES ON IN THE NEW WORLD TRANSLATION
A most revealing publication of the Watchtower Society is a purple
interlinear translation called "The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the
Greek Scriptures," published in 1969. In this book their scripture
distortions can be clearly seen, especially the altering of the text in
places where Jesus is called "God." So successful has this publication
been
in setting Jehovah's Witnesses free from the Watchtower Society that they
have taken it out of print and substituted one in which the distortions
are
masked much more successfully. We recommend the original, if you can find
one from marketers of old Watchtower Publications.
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES DISTORTION OF COLOSSIANS 2:9
"because it is in him that all the fullness of the divine quality dwells
bodily" (New World Translation).
Notice the words, "divine quality". They are found nowhere in the Greek
text. Why then are they inserted in the New World Translation? Obviously
because the Jehovah's Witness leaders could not have their member****p know
that "all the fullness of Deity" is dwelling in Christ bodily! Notice the
Greek/English side of the Kingdom Interlinear Translation, "because in him
is dwelling down all the fullness of the god****p bodily."
Looking up the word "god****p" in any reputable Bible Dictionary, we find
it
also reads, "Godhead" or "Deity." It can never be honestly translated
"divine quality." Why would the Watchtower Translators be so dishonest to
insert extra words in the text, and at the same time, ignore the truth
about
Jesus? The correct reading of Colossians 2:9 should be, "For in Him all
the
fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form" (NAS).
Yes, all is all, and full is full, and Jesus is Deity (God), even in the
flesh! No wonder the verse just previous is a warning to watch out for
those
who would misrepresent Christ!
"See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty
deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary
principles of the world, rather than according to Christ" (Col. 2:8).
Jehovah's Witnesses have been duped by their leader****p into accepting a
counterfeit Jesus Christ, counterfeit salvation, and yes-an altered bible
with dishonest or missing scholar****p. Next time we will continue on with
our examination of the twisting of the Scriptures by the Jehovah's
Witnesses
in their New World Translation.
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May God bless,
Carl
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