The Word of God establishes that there is only "ONE" Jehovah God. For example, Isa. 43:10: "Before Me there was no God formed, and after Me there continued to be none." (New World Translation). Due. 32:39, "there is no god with Me." Due. 4:35: "the Lord He is God; there is none else beside Him." Due. 4:39: "the Lord He is God... there is none else." 1 Kin. 8:60: "...the Lord is God, and that there is none else." Isa. 45:5: "I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside Me." Isa. 45:18: "For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God Himself that formed the earth and made it; [see Col. 1:14-20, Jesus is the Creator, there is only ONE God, simple equation, Jesus is Almighty God]... I am the Lord; and there is none else." Mal. 2:10: "Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us?" Other texts to consider are: Due. 6:4; 1Sa. 2:2; Mark 12:29; Eph. 4:5; 1Co. 8:4; 1Ti. 2:5. Therefore, Jesus cannot be considered as, "a god," He is either, "The God," manifest in the flesh, or no God at all. Micah 5:2 confirms that Jesus has always existed by the statement "from everlasting."

ISAIAH 9:6 - Since there is only ONE God as shown above it doesn't get any clearer that "The Everlasting Father" is Jesus because He it was that "is born" "a child." Isa. 9:6 calls Jesus "the mighty God," but not "the Almighty God." "The Everlasting Father" is plenty clear, however, the NWT in Jer. 32:18 and Isa. 10:21-21 calls Jehovah the "Mighty God." Therefore, Jesus is JEHOVAH!

"Mighty (God)," as used in the Hebrew: "Gibbowr," powerful, warrior, tyrant, champion, chief, excellent, giant, mighty man, strong man, and valiant man. Examples: Neh. 9:32; Isa. 10:21; Jer. 32:18; Isa. 9:6. Notice that if Jehovah is "Mighty God," as spoken of in any of the verses here, then it stands to reason that Jesus is "Mighty" and "Almighty God" (see Isa 9:6 again if you disagree).

"Almighty (God)," as used in the Greek: "Pantokrator," The All-Ruling, i.e. God (as absolute and universal), Almighty, Omnipotent. Examples: 2Co. 6:18; Rev. 1:8. Notice that Christ is "The Almighty," because in verse 11 the "Alpha and Omega, First and Last" is speaking. Verse 12 the "Alpha and Omega, First and Last" is speaking. Verse 17 the "First and Last" is still speaking, and verse 18 where we learn the speaker's identification as being Christ, because only Christ DIED for mankind. The argument that the speaker changes from the Son of God to the Father is not valid if we come to the Biblical fact that there is only "ONE" God. Rev. 4:8, Christ is "The Almighty God" because He "was [died], is, and is coming." Rev. 11:17, Christ again because He, "art, wast [died], and art to come," making it quite clear. Also, Rev. 15:3; 16:7; 16:14; 19:15; and Rev. 21:22. Since JW's admit that Jehovah is called "The First and The Last," and Christ is also called "The First and The Last" (Rev. 22:13, see verse 16 where Jesus is still speaking), doesn't it follow that there cannot be two Firsts or two Lasts? Therefore, Jehovah and Christ is the Same "Almighty God."

Attributes of Christ show that He is Almighty God. Jesus knows all things (Mat. 9:4; John 1:48; 2:25; 6:64; 13:1; 16:30; 18:4; 19:28; 21:17), is eternal (Mic. 5:2), all-powerful (Mat. 28:18; Heb. 1:3), sinless (John 8:46) and unchanging (Heb. 13:8). Since only God possesses these attributes, this indicates that Christ possesses Deity. Certain works of Christ show that He is Almighty God. He has the power to forgive sins (Mark 2:5-7; Eph. 1:7), control nature (Mat. 8:26), give eternal life (John 10:28; 17:2) and judge the world (John 5:22, 27). Again, since only God can do these things, Christ is Almighty God.

COLOSSIANS 2:9 clearly confirms the deity of Christ, when it states that in Him "all the fullness of the divine quality dwells bodily" (NWT). Your argument about this verse meaning "God's Nature" instead of "Godhead" is inconsistent. There is only ONE GOD. You and I possess the same nature (human). If Christ possesses any nature of Divinity, He is Jehovah God! Stephen called Jesus "Lord" (Acts 7:59,60), and we are to confess Jesus as Lord (Rom. 10:9; 1Co. 12:3). "Lord" in these verses is "Kurios," which is the Greek word for Jehovah in the Greek version of the Old Testament [which is what JW's NWT is translated from!). So then, the NWT confirms that Christ the Lord (Kurios) is Jehovah God. John states, in John 12:31-42 that Isaiah saw Jesus' glory and spoke of Him (Isa 6:10). In Exo. 34:14 and Rev. 19:10 it is clear that we are to worship NO ONE but Jehovah, and in Heb. 1:6 the angels worship Christ. Christ Himself said that worship is due to God alone (Mat. 4:10), and yet He accepted worship (Mat. 14:33). Bowing in any form to any God (and there is only ONE GOD which angels would bow to) is worship of that God.

Now let us look at JOHN 1:1. JW's say, that Christ is "a god" (NWT). JW's translators say the small "g" is required because the Greek word for God (theos) is not preceded by a definite article, "the" (ho). Greek scholarship affirms that this does not mean the word should be translated "god" with a small "g." The definite article is omitted because of a somewhat technical rule of Greek grammar. A definite predicate nominative, which precedes a verb, does not have the definite article. The order of the Greek words in the last clause of John 1:1 is "God was the Word" (theos en ho logos). The subject of the sentence is "the Word," the verb is "was" and the predicate nominative is "God." Usually the predicate nominative follows the verb, but in this case, it precedes it; and since it precedes the verb, no article is necessary. When a Greek writer wanted to stress the quality of the person or thing, which was in the predicate nominative case, he would put it before the verb rather than after it. This is what John did to stress the fact that the Word (Christ) possesses the qualities of Godhead. This fundamental principle of Greek grammar thus supports the deity of Christ and gives no support whatsoever to the translation, "The Word was a god" (NWT).

EVEN THE NWT DOES NOT ALWAYS FOLLOW ITS "no article - small 'g' " rule. For example, in John 1:6, 12, 13, the word, "God" does not have the article in the Greek, but it does have a capital "G" in the NWT. It is correct to use the capital in these verses, but it is inconstant with the NWT of John 1:1. In John 13:3 the word "God" occurs twice, each time with a capital "G" in the NWT. However, in the Greek, the first occurrence of the word does not have the definite article and the second does. Since both obviously refer to the same person - God the Father - it would again be wrong to assume that the alleged "no article - small 'g' " rule has any validity in Greek grammar. Another observation is that without the article, "theos" signifies divine essence, while with the article "theos" suggests divine personality. Also "theos" is a definite noun and therefore cannot have the indefinite article "a." There are verses clearly referring to Christ in which the word "God" does have the definite article "the," thus showing that Jesus is "the God," that is, JEHOVAH. Mat. 1:23 for example, which states that Jesus is Emmanuel, in the Greek is rendered "With us is the God." The NWT and the 1985 Kingdom Interlinear in John 20:28 calls Jesus "God" and "The God" (Ho Theos) respectively. Jesus is therefore JEHOVAH GOD.

REVELATION 3:14: "...the beginning of the creation of God," should be translated, "the source (or origin) of God's creation. The Greek word for "source" or "origin" is "arche" as used here. This is consistent with the statements in Col. 1:16 and John 1:3 in that all things were made by or had their origin or source from Jesus Christ. Because Christ created at all, and this is only a quality of Jehovah God, then Jesus is JEHOVAH GOD!

JW's use Colossians 1:15-17 to support their teaching that Christ was created by Jehovah (e.g., Let God Be True, p.35), based on the words, "the firstborn of all creation," (vs. 15). However, if this verse were teaching that Jesus is the first created being made by Jehovah, the word "first-created" would have been used, not "firstborn." These are two very different words in the Greek, with two different meanings. "First-created" is "protoktistos," and "firstborn" is "prototokas." Col. 1:15 does not use the word "protoktistos," "first-created." Instead, it uses "prototokas." This latter word means, "an heir, the first in rank." The teaching of Col. 1:15, then, is that Christ is first in rank above all other first-borns and all creation (since He made all things), and He is Heir of all things. The NWT adds the word "other" four times in Col. 1:15-17, so that the passage states that Christ created "all other things," that is, everything except Himself. However, there is no basis for adding the word "other" as it does not appear in the Greek manuscripts. The NWT admits this by putting the word "other" in brackets but the conjecture is prevalent and understood as such by the non-Bible student.

PHILIPPIANS 2:6 in the NWT suggests that Christ was NOT EQUAL with God and did not even want to be: "Although he was existing in God's form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God." It is important to remember that Phi. 2:5-8 is discussing the incarnation of Christ. It was His act of leaving heaven's glory and coming to the earth. By stating that, He did not cling to His prerogatives and rights as God, Phi. 2:8 is saying that He willingly came to the earth. In addition, it is important not to overlook the first part of the verse: "He existed in the form of God." The word "form" means essential attributes. Therefore since Christ was in the form of God, that is, possessing the attributes of deity (and there can only be ONE GOD), it is wrong to suggest that He did not want to be equal with God. He already WAS - AND IS - God! The view that His being equal to God was something that He had to grasp for is excluded by the FACT that He already existed in the form of God.

JOHN 10:30 is used by JW's to mean ("I and the Father are one"), that Christ was one with God in purpose, but not in NATURE and essence. However, if that is all Jesus was saying, why did the Jews want to stone Him for claiming to be God (vs. 33)! Also, as discussed earlier, only God can claim certain qualities of nature that Jesus Christ MEETS. Other texts to consider for Jesus claiming to be God are: John 10:38; 13:13; 14:11; 17:11,21; 1 John 5:7. John 5:18 reveals, the fact that when Jesus called God His Father, it meant to the Jews that He was making Himself "equal with God," BECAUSE HE IS JEHOVAH GOD!!!

Let's look at REVELATION, CHAPTER ONE, and solve this Biblical truth forever. Verses eight and eleven say, (vs. 8) "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord... the Almighty." (Vs. 11) "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last." Every Jehovah's Witness I have asked, "Who is this talking about?" has declared that this is speaking of "The Lord God Almighty," "Jehovah," "The Everlasting Father." In verse 17, I again ask "Who is," "I am the first and the last?" Once again, the same answers, "The Everlasting Father," "Jehovah," or "The Lord God Almighty." Then we read verse 18, "I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen." This is the same speaker for all of Chapter 1. English and Greek grammar rules allow for no change of characters in this section of verses. So I ask you reader, "When was God the Father ever dead?" Only Jesus has died for our sins. Only God can redeem us from His broken law. No other being's LAW has been broken. Only "The Lord God Almighty," (=Jesus) can DIE for our sins!

JW's start out prayers with "Jehovah God." Yet Jesus' prayers start with "Father" (see Mat. 11:25; 26:39,42; Mark 14:36; Luke 10:21; 22:42; 23:34,46; John 11:41; 12:27; 17:1). And Jesus taught us how to begin prayer, with, "Our Father" (Mat. 6:9; Luke 11:2). As to the importance of names, "their is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12. Also Phi. 2:9-10, "Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow." Gal. 4:6 says, "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts crying, Abba Father." See also Rom. 8:15. The NWT of John 5:23 teaches us to "honor the Son just as they honor the Father."

GENESIS 1:2 - The NWT says "active force." That the Holy Spirit is a person see Acts 13:2 where He Speaks, John 15:26, where He bears witness, John 16:23, where He hears and speaks, Isa. 63:10, where He feels hurt, Acts 5:3-4, where He was lied to and is God, and Rom. 8:26-27, where He makes intercession for us. Also looking at "without form and void," the Greek being "tohu wabohu." This signifies a state of wasteness and emptiness, but without implying that the earth was once perfect and then was made waste or desolate. When the words "tohu wabohu" appear together in other passages, such as in Isa. 34:11 and Jer. 4:23, they seem to be borrowed from this text, but "tohu" alone is frequently employed as synonymous with non-existence, or nothingness (Isa. 40:17,23; 49:4, being examples). Job 26:7 demonstrates the correct meaning of this word. The second half of this passage states that God "hangeth the earth upon nothing," and the first half has the parallel, "He stretcheth out the north over thou (the emptiness)". This text in Job shows clearly the meaning of "tohu" in Gen. 1:2, in which this and the synonymous word "bohu" indicate that the earth was made from nothing.

EXODUS 3:14 & JOHN 8:58 - Cancellation of "I am." - (NWT) "I shall prove to be has sent me to you" (this verse), and John's rendering, "Most truly I say to you, before Abraham came into existence, I have been." Note that for this statement even Jesus' enemies recognized that He was claiming to be God for verse 59 tells us "they took up stones to throw at Him." JW's own study Bibles prove that Jesus was claiming to be the "I AM." Their 1984 large print NWT of the Holy Scriptures with References has a footnote on Exo. 3:14, admitting that the Hebrew would be rendered into Greek as "EGO EIMI" - "I AM." And in their 1985 Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures it is revealed that Jesus' words in John 8:58 are the same: "EGO EIMI" (footnote), "I AM" (Interlinear text). "I AM means an eternal presence; the past, present, and future are alike to God. He sees the most remote events of past history, and the far distant future," 1BC:1099. "From the beginning, God and Christ knew of the apostasy of Satan, and of the fall of man through the deceptive power of the apostate. God did not ordain that sin should exist, but He foresaw its existence, and made provision to meet the terrible emergency [through Christ]. DA:22. See also Psa. 147:5 and Isa. 46:10.

EXODUS 3:15 - "This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, Jehovah the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name to time indefinite, and this is the memorial of me to generation after generation." Although their own publications admit that "Jehovah" is an Anglicized mis-rendering and not the correct pronunciation of the original Hebrew Tetragrammation "YHWH," they insist upon using that pronunciation only, rather than the more correct, "Yahweh". But Jesus showed that more than just a name is involved, when He said, (Mat. 7:22-23) "Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name? and in Thy name have cast out devils? and in Thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me."

PSALM 110:1 - It does not say, "the Lord" was talking to "the Lord." The original Hebrew tetragrammation "YHWH" should be rendered "the Lord," (all capital letters) Who is talking to the Psalmist's "Lord," (both capital and small letters) the Messiah. That Jesus cannot be God because "The Lord" spoke to Him is ridiculous reasoning.

PSALM 115:16 - We are called to heaven not earth. See Heb. 3:1: "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling." And Heb. 11:13, "strangers and pilgrims on the earth," to verse 16, "But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly." See also Rev. 7:9 (NWT) where the "great crowd" is "before the throne" and Rev. 7:15 (NWT) "before the throne of God... in His temple," and the real truth about the location of the "great crowd in heaven" Rev. 19:1 (NWT), all heavenly locations not earthly.

ISAIAH 9:6 - The NWT calls Jesus the "Mighty God." The NWT in Isa. 10:20-21 calls Jehovah the "Mighty God." And finally the NWT in Jer. 32:18 calls Jehovah the "Mighty god." Therefore, who is Jesus? The NWT and the 1985 "Kingdom Interlinear" in John 20:28 calls Jesus "God" and "The God" (Ho Theos) respectively.

JOHN 8:58 - See Exodus 3:14. Cancellation of "I am." - (NWT) "I shall prove to be has sent me to you" (this verse), and John's rendering, "Most truly I say to you, before Abraham came into existence, I have been." Note that for this statement even Jesus' enemies recognized that He was claiming to be God for verse 59 tells us "they took up stones to throw at Him." JW's own study Bibles prove that Jesus was claiming to be the "I AM." Their 1984 large print NWT of the Holy Scriptures with References has a footnote on Exo. 3:14, admitting that the Hebrew would be rendered into Greek as "GO EIMI" - "I AM." And in their 1985 Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures it is revealed that Jesus' words in John 8:58 are the same: "EGO EIMI" (footnote), "I AM" (Interlinear text).

JOHN 17:3 - If Jesus' references to the Father as "the only true God" were meant to exclude the Son from deity, then the same principle of interpretation would have to apply to Jude 4, where Jesus Christ is called "our only Owner and Lord" (NWT). This would have to exclude the Father from Lordship and Ownership. See also Jam. 5:11.

ACTS 2:4 - If the pouring out of the Holy Spirit were evidence against personality, then the apostle Paul would not be a person either, because Paul wrote concerning himself (NWT), "I am being poured out," Phi. 2:17, and (NWT) "I am already being poured out," 2Ti. 4:6. And of Christ in Psa. 22:14 (NWT) "like water I have been poured out." That the Holy Spirit is a person see Acts 13:2, where He speaks, John 15:26, where He bears witness, John 16:13, where He hears and speaks, Isa. 63:10, where He feels hurt, Acts 5:3&4, where He was lied to and is God, and Rom. 8:26 where He makes intercession for us. Note that the NWT in 2Co. 3:17 says, "Jehovah is the Spirit." "The Holy Ghost assuming the form of tongues of fire divided at the tips, and resting upon those assembled, was an emblem of the gift which was bestowed upon them of speaking with fluency several different languages, with which they had formerly been unacquainted... The Jews had been scattered to almost every nation, and spoke various languages... That God should supply the deficiency of the apostles in a miraculous manner was to the people the most perfect confirmation of the testimony of these witnesses for Christ." 3SP 266-267.

COLOSSIANS 1:15 - See Col. 2:9. The Greek word for "first created" is "protoktistos," and for "firstborn" is "prototokos." "Prototokos" (first-born) is used in this verse. The word actually means; an heir, and begotten one, the FIRST IN RANK. "Firstborne of every creature." Christ is here presented as the Creator (verse 16). Firstborne (Greek - "prototokos") is a figurative expression describing Christ as first in rank and authority. Based on John 1:1-3 and other Bible texts, Christ is God. God cannot be a created being or He would not be God. See John 1:1.

HEBREWS 1:6 - On first-born see Col. 1:15. "Worship." - The Greek root here is "proskuneo," which can properly be translated either "worship" or "obeisance," depending on the context. In Rev. 22:8-9 in the "Kingdom Interlinear Translation," where the same Greek root is found, John says: "I fell down to worship," but the angel said: "Do not do that... worship..." The worship that the angel refused, but told John to give to God, is the same "prokuneo" that the Father commanded to be given to Jesus in Heb. 1:6. Should Jesus receive the same worship as the Father? See John 5:23 (NWT), "in order that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He that does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him."

REVELATION 3:14 - According to Jehovah's Witnesses, in Rev. 21:6 and 22:13 the Father is speaking, yet in both verses He calls Himself "the beginning." Yet, you do not call the Father a created being. Actually, in each of these cases, the Greek word is "arche," having such varied meanings as: beginning, power, magistrate and ruler. The Watchtower Bible (NWT) translates the plural of the same word as "government officials" in Luke 12:11. Since "government officials" are NOT the first created beings in Luke 12:11, neither should Christ be the first created being in this verse either. The Greek word "arche" which is translated "beginning" in this verse may have either an active or passive sense according to the context. The passive form would indicate that Jesus was the first created creature. But this is utterly contrary to scores of verses which portray Christ as eternal and co-existent with the Father (John 1:1-3; 10:30; Heb. 1:8; Col. 2:9). This means then that the term "arche" must be accepted in the active sense which indicates that Christ was the One Who initiated the work of creation. In other words, Christ is the beginner or originator of creation and not creation's first creature. He is the One Who is acting, rather than being acted upon. Instead of being the One Who was first created, He is the first One Who created.