JEHOVAH Witness
I was visited by a JEHOVAH witness a week ago. No, I did not turn them away,
they are lost, too. We are to witness to them just as well. They gave me some
books to read which I gladly took and I invited them to come back to talk about
the LORD'S Word. Now for those of you who have never dealt with them, I have
done your research for you. I suggest that you print this out, so when they come
knocking at your door. You can invite them in and talk about the LORD'S Word
with them. Chances are they will have a young teen with them to teach them the
ropes to witnessing, so make sure you have two copies. One for the teen so you
can get them back on track of the truth.
Official Web Site of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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TRINITY
GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON & HOLY SPIRIT (Ghost)
JESUS (GOD the SON) existed before the world was created (John 17:5). It was GOD'S plan for JESUS to be born of virgin woman to bring the sinners to the LORD through salvation with the promise of the HOLY SPIRIT (SPIRIT of GOD) Ephesians 1:13. KJV
All red writing is JESUS speaking!
John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the
glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Matthew 28:18-20
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in
heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: {teach…: or, make disciples, or,
Christians of all nations}
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and,
lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
GHOST (GIVE UP THE)
1. ekpneo NT:1606, lit., "to breathe out" (ek, "out," pneo, "to breathe"), "to expire," is used in the NT, without an object, "soul" or "life" being understood, Mark 15:37,39, and Luke 23:46, of the death of Christ. In Matt 27:50 and John 19:30, where different verbs are used, the act is expressed in a way which stresses it as of His own volition: in the former, "Jesus... yielded up His spirit (pneuma); in the latter, "He gave up His spirit."
2. ekpsucho NT:1634, "to expire," lit., "to breathe out the soul (or life), to give up the ghost" (ek, "out," psuche, "the soul"), is used in Acts 5:5,10; 12:23.
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright (c)1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
SPIRIT
pneuma NT:4151 primarily denotes "the wind" (akin to pneo, "to breathe, blow"); also "breath"; then, especially "the spirit," which, like the wind, is invisible, immaterial and powerful. The NT uses of the word may be analyzed approximately as follows:
"(a) the wind, John 3:8 (where marg. is, perhaps, to be preferred); Heb 1:7; cf. Amos 4:13, Sept.; (b) the breath, 2 Thess 2:8; Rev 11:11; 13:15; cf. Job 12:10, Sept.; (c) the immaterial, invisible part of man, Luke 8:55; Acts 7:59; 1 Cor 5:5; James 2:26; cf. Eccl 12:7, Sept.; (d) the disembodied (or 'unclothed,' or 'naked,' 2 Cor 5:3,4) man, Luke 24:37,39; Heb 12:23; 1 Peter 4:6; (e) the resurrection body, 1 Cor 15:45; 1 Tim 3:16; 1 Peter 3:18; (f) the sentient element in man, that by which he perceives, reflects, feels, desires, Matt 5:3; 26:41; Mark 2:8; Luke 1:47,80; Acts 17:16; 20:22; 1 Cor 2:11; 5:3,4; 14:4,15; 2 Cor 7:1; cf. Gen 26:35; Isa 26:9; Ezek 13:3; Dan 7:15; (g) purpose, aim, 2 Cor 12:18; Phil 1:27; Eph 4:23; Rev 19:10; cf. Ezra 1:5; Ps 78:8; Dan 5:12; (h) the equivalent of the personal pronoun, used for emphasis and effect: 1 st person, 1 Cor 16:18; cf. Gen 6:3; 2 nd person, 2 Tim 4:22; Philem 25; cf. Ps 139:7; 3 rd person, 2 Cor 7:13; cf. Isa 40:13; (i) character, Luke 1:17; Rom 1:4; cf. Num 14:24; (j) moral qualities and activities: bad, as of bondage, as of a slave, Rom 8:15; cf. Isa 61:3; stupor, Rom 11:8; cf. Isa 29:10; timidity, 2 Tim 1:7; cf. Josh 5:1; good, as of adoption, i. e., liberty as of a son, Rom 8:15; cf. Ps 51:12; meekness, 1 Cor 4:21; cf. Prov 16:19; faith, 2 Cor 4:13; quietness, 1 Peter 3:4; cf. Prov 14:29; (k) the Holy Spirit, e. g., Matt 4:1 (see below); Luke 4:18; (l) 'the inward man' (an expression used only of the believer, Rom 7:22; 2 Cor 4:16; Eph 3:16); the new life, Rom 8:4-6,10,16; Heb 12:9; cf. Ps 51:10; (m) unclean spirits, demons, Matt 8:16; Luke 4:33; 1 Peter 3:19; cf. 1 Sam 18:10; (n) angels, Heb 1:14; cf. Acts 12:15; (o) divine gift for service, 1 Cor 14:12,32; (p) by metonymy, those who claim to be depositories of these gifts, 2 Thess 2:2; 1 John 4:1-3; (q) the significance, as contrasted with the form, of words, or of a rite, John 6:63; Rom 2:29; 7:6; 2 Cor 3:6; (r) a vision, Rev 1:10; 4:2; 17:3; 21:10."
From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 204, 205.
Notes: (1) For phantasma, rendered "spirit," Matt 14:26; Mark 6:49, KJV, see APPARITION. (2) For the distinction between "spirit" and "soul," see under SOUL, last three paragraphs.
The Holy Spirit
The "Holy Spirit" is spoken of under various titles in the NT ("Spirit" and "Ghost" are renderings of the same word, pneuma; the advantage of the rendering "Spirit" is that it can always be used, whereas "Ghost" always requires the word "Holy" prefixed.) In the following list the omission of the definite article marks its omission in the original (concerning this see below): "Spirit, Matt 22:43; Eternal Spirit, Heb 9:14; the Spirit, Matt 4:1; Holy Spirit, Matt 1:18; the Holy Spirit, Matt 28:19; the Spirit, the Holy, Matt 12:32; the Spirit of promise, the Holy, Eph 1:13; Spirit of God, Rom 8:9; Spirit of (the) living God, 2 Cor 3:3; the Spirit of God, 1 Cor 2:11; the Spirit of our God, 1 Cor 6:11; the Spirit of God, the Holy, Eph 4:30; the Spirit of glory and of God, 1 Peter 4:14; the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead (i. e., God), Rom 8:11; the Spirit of your Father, Matt 10:20; the Spirit of His Son, Gal 4:6; Spirit of (the) Lord, Acts 8:39; the Spirit of (the) Lord, Acts 5:9; (the) Lord, (the) Spirit, 2 Cor 3:18; the Spirit of Jesus, Acts 16:7; Spirit of Christ, Rom 8:9; the Spirit of Jesus Christ, Phil 1:19; Spirit of adoption, Rom 8:15; the Spirit of truth, John 14:17; the Spirit of life, Rom 8:2; the Spirit of grace, Heb 10:29."
From Notes on Galatians, by Hogg and Vine, p. 193.
The use or absence of the article in the original where the "Holy Spirit" is spoken of cannot always be decided by grammatical rules, nor can the presence or absence of the article alone determine whether the reference is to the "Holy Spirit." Examples where the Person is meant when the article is absent are Matt 22:43 (the article is used in Mark 12:36); Acts 4:25, RV (absent in some texts); 19:2,6; 14:17; 2:4; 5:25 (twice); 1 Peter 1:2. Sometimes the absence is to be accounted for by the fact that Pneuma (like Theos) is substantially a proper name, e. g., in John 7:39. As a general rule the article is present where the subject of the teaching is the Personality of the Holy Spirit, e. g., John 14:26, where He is spoken of in distinction from the Father and the Son. See also 15:26 and cf. Luke 3:22.
In Gal 3:3, in the phrase "having begun in the Spirit," it is difficult to say whether the reference is to the "Holy Spirit" or to the quickened spirit of the believer; that it possibly refers to the latter is not to be determined by the absence of the article, but by the contrast with "the flesh"; on the other hand, the contrast may be between the "Holy Spirit" who in the believer sets His seal on the perfect work of Christ, and the flesh which seeks to better itself by works of its own. There is no preposition before either noun, and if the reference is to the quickened spirit it cannot be dissociated from the operation of the "Holy Spirit." In Gal 4:29 the phrase "after the Spirit" signifies "by supernatural power," in contrast to "after the flesh," i. e., "by natural power," and the reference must be to the "Holy Spirit"; so in 5:17.
The full title with the article before both pneuma and hagios (the "resumptive" use of the article), lit., "the Spirit the Holy," stresses the character of the Person, e. g., Matt 12:32; Mark 3:29; 12:36; 13:11; Luke 2:26; 10:21 (RV); John 14:26; Acts 1:16; 5:3; 7:51; 10:44,47; 13:2; 15:28; 19:6; 20:23,28; 21:11; 28:25; Eph 4:30; Heb 3:7; 9:8; 10:15.
The Personality of the Spirit is emphasized at the expense of strict grammatical procedure in John 14:26; 15:26; 16:8,13,14, where the emphatic pronoun ekeinos, "He," is used of Him in the masculine, whereas the noun pneuma is neuter in Greek, while the corresponding word in Aramaic, the language in which our Lord probably spoke, is feminine (rucha, cf. Heb. ruach). The rendering "itself" in Rom 8:16,26, due to the Greek gender, is corrected to "Himself" in the RV.
The subject of the "Holy Spirit" in the NT may be considered as to His divine attributes; His distinct Personality in the Godhead; His operation in connection with the Lord Jesus in His birth, His life, His baptism, His death; His operations in the world; in the church; His having been sent at Pentecost by the Father and by Christ; His operations in the individual believer; in local churches; His operations in the production of Holy Scripture; His work in the world, etc.
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright (c)1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
Prophecies fulfilled of JESUS
Old Testament v New Testament
JESUS'S birth place: Micah 5:2 v Matthew 2:1
HIS virgin birth: Isaiah 7:14 v Matthew 1:18
JESUS'S entry: Zechariah 9:9 v John 12:13-14
HIS betrayal: Psalm 41:9 v Mark 14:10
JESUS rejection: Isaiah 53:3 v John 1:11
HIS crucifixion: Isaiah 53:12 v Matthew 27:38
JESUS'S resurrection: Psalm 16:10 v Acts 3:15
HIS ascension: Psalm 68:18 v Acts 1:9
Reasons JESUS came the first time!
1. Mt. 18:11 For the SON OF MAN is come to save that which was lost.
2. Mt. 5:7 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to
destroy, but to fulfill.
3. Mt. 9:13 But go ye and learn that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
4. Jn. 10:10 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
5. Mt. 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for HE shall save HIS people from their sins.
6. Jn. 1:18 No man hath seen GOD at any time; the only begotten SON, which
is in the bosom of the FATHER, HE hath declared HIM.
7. 2 Cor. 9:15 Thanks be unto GOD for his unspeakable gift.
Filled with the HOLY SPIRIT
Ephesians 1:13
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye
were sealed with that HOLY SPIRIT of promise,
Ephesians 4:30
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
PURPOSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
1. To help us to make right decisions.
2. To help us to determine right from wrong.
3. To give us power to over come temptation.
4. To give us joy regardless of the situation.
5. To help us to sense evil.
6. To help us to pray when we don't know what to pray for.
7. To help us to live a worry-free life.
8. To help us to minister to others.
9. To give us the power to do things we would not normally do.
( Isa. 59:21; Ezek. 36:27; John. 14:16-17, 16:13; Rom. 8:26-27,
14:17; 1 John. 2:27)
Isa. 59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee,
and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the
mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for
ever.
Ezek. 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall
keep my judgments, and do them.
John 14: 16-17
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you
for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither
knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Romans 8:26-27, 14:17
26 ¶ Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as
we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh
intercession for the saints according to the will of God. {because: or, that}
1 John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not
that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is
no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. {in him: or, in it}
WORLD'S GREATEST LOVE LETTER
The LORD has open my eyes to many lost sheep. There are so many that
we can't knock on each and every door. If we can't reach them in person,
at least we can reach them by mail. You might be a Christian yourself.
If not, this may be your only chance to become one. The Bible says " For
all have sinned, and come short of the glory of GOD." (Roman 3:23) "For
the wages of sin is death; but the gift of GOD is eternal life through JESUS
CHRIST our LORD." (Roman 6:23). All you have to do is call upon the name
of the LORD and pray this little prayer. If you pray this little prayer and mean it
with all your heart, the LORD will give you the gift of eternal life.
PRAYER:
"Oh, GOD, I know I am a sinner. I believe JESUS was my substitute when
HE died on the Cross. I believe HIS shed blood, death, burial, and resurrection
were for me. I now receive HIM as my SAVIOR. I thank you for the forgiveness
of my sins, the gift of salvation and everlasting life, because of Your merciful
grace. Amen."
The Bible says "For WHOSOEVER shall call upon the name of the LORD
SHALL BE SAVED"(Romans 10:13). If you prayed this prayer and meant it
with all your heart, I will see you in HEAVEN. "Be not thou therefore ashamed
of the testimony of our LORD...." (2Timothy 1:8). You should tell everyone
of your gift. Please, I cared enough to give you the opportunity to ask. Please,
I wish you would send copies to friends and loved ones. If you truly care for
them, you should care for their soul, too. If you choose not to pray, that is between you and the LORD. AT least, will you give someone else the opportunity to ask.
Love always,
A loving Christian
P.S. You should be baptized in obedience to the LORD JESUS CHRIST as
a public testimony of your salvation, and then unite with a bible-believing church
without delay. (Testify of) "WHOSOEVER therefore shall confess ME before
men, him will I confess also before MY FATHER which is in HEAVEN"
(Matthew 10:32).
PLEASE, SHARE THE LOVE!
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