Any experience with Jehovah Witnesses?

[Esaias]

Just got visited. Had an interesting conversation with them about Jesus being God, the name, and some other things.

Does anyone have experience witnessing to them? Successfully? Need advice as I invited them to come have church with us (!) and told them I'd love to do a Bible study with them (not sure how well they will handle me... lol).

[Esaias]

They invited me to church for bible "talk", they said it was open for q and a. I might have ONE chance to ask a question that will plant a seed, something that cannot be easily answered. Maybe someone there will get to thinking "Hmm..."?

[Esaias]

Anybody?

[Israelarb]

To be honest Jehovah's Witnesses are so indoctrinated and discouraged from open mindedness that I've rarely or never heard of a success with q's and a's, discussions or debates... If you are aggressive they leave right away, if you are passive or at least kindly assertive they'll say something like, "Well it's good to at least know there's people searching for God in the Bible." The only real victories I've heard from friends involves sharing personal testimonies and/or praying for the Jehovah Witnessess kinda against their will and they just receive the Holy Ghost with their eyes finally opened.

[Jermyn Davidson]

It has been several years ago now, but I would see the same jw's in my apartment complex and I would be friendly to them, but never allowed them to witness to me.

One day, I struck up a conversation with two of them and invited them to a mutual Bible Study at my apartment.

The day came for the appointment and they were on time. I invited them in, we exchanged pleasantries and I graciously offered to allow them to speak first.

They gave their presentation and I had a question at one point. However, they asked that I hold my questions until the end. I did what they asked, writing down my questions.

They did not give an answer to the questions I had-- there were two of them. The one guy spoke, said some stuff, but never addressed either of my questions.

When it came time for me to present, within the literal first two minutes of my presentation, they interrupted me. I politely asked them to hold their questions until the end. During the first fine minutes of my presentation, one guy interrupted me three more times and actually became rude and raised his voice towards me.

I asked the both of them to leave my apartment.

Ever since then, I do not give jw's the time of day. I stop short of being rude to them, but I purposefully DO NOT wish them to have a good day when I see them.

They are spreading false doctrines and abominable heresies that diminish the Deity of Jesus Christ. They reduce His Sonship to one of a glorified man.

I do not consider any of them saved and I do not have a brother or sister in the jw ranks.

They are led and inspired by satan.

The jw's are damned.

[shazeep]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

I do not consider any of them saved and I do not have a brother or sister in the jw ranks.

They are led and inspired by satan.

The jw's are damned.

so, based upon the declarations of exactly 2 JWs, you judge every JW; and not by their fruit. Being Pentecostal makes this ok?

[shazeep]

hmm, so...just like Pentecostals, then

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Esaias

Just got visited. Had an interesting conversation with them about Jesus being God, the name, and some other things.

Does anyone have experience witnessing to them? Successfully? Need advice as I invited them to come have church with us (!) and told them I'd love to do a Bible study with them (not sure how well they will handle me... lol).

If you want them to get a melt down, just show them all of the 'God inside Christ' verses.

They "trip hard" on that.

I had one begin to visibly shake after I showed him a few of these verses.

They are taught that Jesus is Michael the Archangel.

When they see that "Jehovah" was inside the body of Jesus, their foundation crumbles before your eyes.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Sean

If you want them to get a melt down, just show them all of the 'God inside Christ' verses.

They "trip hard" on that.

I had one begin to visibly shake after I showed him a few of these verses.

They are taught that Jesus is Michael the Archangel.

When they see that "Jehovah" was inside the body of Jesus, their foundation crumbles before your eyes.

When I had two of them in my apartment, I attempted to speak with them about the Identity of Jesus Christ as GOD ALMIGHTY.

In fact, if I remember correctly, the one thing we were able to find initial common ground was with our assertions that the doctrine of the Trinity was a man-made, unbiblical construct.

I am more Trinitarian today, but back then, I considered myself anti-Trinitarian-- genuinely loving the people who believed in it, but hating the doctrine, Catholicism and all the evil the two of them represented in my mind.

[J.A. Perez]

I have had success in confusing them enough to question themselves. Many times I like to use this verse.

Psalms 22:22
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee“I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters;
in the assembly I will sing your praises.”.

They love to use Old Testament to prove their doctrine. So I'll use it in the New Testament context.

Hebrews 2:12
“I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters;
in the assembly I will sing your praises.”

The word "declare" is a declarative announcement! Not as yet been revealed.

Then I ask, if the Jew believed Jehovah was God's name. What name was revealed unto them?

Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Matthew 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.

Many times we have had them promise to come back for Bible study, but after they get back to their enclave they never return.