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Letter to JW's

This is the 1st draft as I am sure to have much revision.

Dear Elders;

I spoke with someone from your church named xxxx today. First let me state that this is the first time I have written up a JW congregation as most of my letters have been aimed at the Progressive Churches (First Baptist of Denver, Scum of the Earth Church), Universalist Churches (Columbine Unitarian Universalist), and the New Age Churches (Unity Church of Denver, First Spiritual Science of Denver). I understand that you are big soul winners so I’d watch out for the Universalist Churches as I got accused by one of them I have not mentioned of sending hate mail for preaching the gospel. As for you I have included a number of gospel tracts including ones on doctrines you deny such as Hell, and the Biblical Jesus. You claim to believe in the Bible and xxxx even said at one time you used the KJV, so my challenge for you is to look up the verses defending the deity of Christ and the doctrine of Hell for the gospel tracts have many. The KJV is a very different translation than the New World because it teaches sound doctrine while the NWT does not. But ultimately your biggest problem is your works based salvation which contradicts Eph 2:8-9 which says “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Looking at the verse I do not know how you can miss such a fundamental doctrine. Below are more verses used to defend Christ and the Trinity so lets look together at a few.

4. Deity of Christ (Jesus Christ is God.)
· He is called God.
(a) John 1:1 (b) John 1:18 (c) John 20:28 (d) Romans 9:5
(e) Titus 2:13 (f) Hebrews 1:8 (g) I John 5:20
· He is worshiped as God.
(a) John 5:23 (b) Philippians 2:10-11 (c) Hebrews 1:6
5. Oneness of God (God is one.)
(a) Deuteronomy 6:4 (b) Isaiah 44:6 (c) John 17:3
6. Personal distinctions in the Trinity (Jesus Christ is a distinct person from God the Father.)
(a) Matthew 27:46 (b) John 5:32, 37 (c) Galatians 4:4
7. New Testament Trinitarian formulas (The Scripture identifies three divine persons.)
(a) Matthew 28:19 (b) II Corinthians 13:14

1 John 5:20 “And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.”

The verse clearly declares Christ to be the True God and not a created creature or an angel as some of the cults believe. Mormons believe Jesus to be a brother of Lucifer and you a created being. Where in the Bible do you guys come up with these heresies?

Rom 9:5 “Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.”

Tit 2:13 “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;”

The verse says that Jesus will come again as He is the great God and savior. Other passages in the Bible refer to this appearing as either the second coming or the rapture, but this particular verse refers to the second coming of Christ.

Heb 1:6 “And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.”

This verse is one you think teaches your theology because of the word firstborn. But when someone looks into the text and into the languages closer he will see that firstborn does not refer to firstborn in the way an English speaker would think, but first born would be one whom holds preeminence or supremacy in the mind of the writer of Hebrews.

Phil 2:10-11 “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

Why would someone bow to a false god or a created creature as your theology teaches?

2 Cor 13:14 “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.”

Clearly defending the doctrine of the Trinity. Many other verses exist and I have a book on the Trinity if you are interested in further discussion.

However, ultimately your main problem is that according to the Bible you are not as good as you think you are and nether am I nor anyone living on earth for that matter. Everyone is born a sinner and on the way to Hell (Rm 3:23) and will spend an eternity separated from God unless they repent and turn to Christ. The conscience bears guilt and a great passage to indicate this is found in Exodus 20 and the 10 Commandments. Go ahead and turn there and take the tests to see if you are a good person. Lets try a few. Have you ever told a lie before? Have you ever stolen anything before? Ever used God’s name in vain? Ever disobeyed your parents when you were young? If you have answered yes to any of the above you have admitted to having broken Gods Moral law spelled out in the 10 Commandments found in Ex 20. By God’s righteous and Holy law the soul that sins deserves death and judgment (Ez 18:4; Heb 9:27). But the good news I have for you is that God does love you and sent forth His son Jesus to bear your sin debt and to whoever believes and trusts in Him. Without the Cross of Christ, mankind would be doomed to spend an eternity in Hell. I would love to lead you to the Lord and for you to turn back on the false god of the JW cult. If you want to talk further please call or write, however DO NOT place me on a mailing list nor send me JW materials.


Sincerely,


John Wolf

 

As long as I am not added to a mailing list I guess it will be ok.

 

Thanks for the advice brother. I will need to re-write certain parts, but perhaps they may read one of my attractive LAW based tracts from Living waters as I have discovered that 9/10 people read these tracts. The million dollar bills, the cartoon tracts, the monkey tract, the movie ticket tract, and other such tracts that very few seem to resist.

Please do email me some more advice, or perhaps if you want you can write the letter and I will mail it, but please do not take out the paragraph on the 10 commandments as that is vital.


John

 

They may read one of the living waters tracts and for this occasion I may use the movie ticket tract. Ever seen this one? Looks like a movie ticket but with a gospel presentation. Their tracts are better designed than others as they have some strong graphic designers.

 

A poster here gave me some wonderful advice and I am taking it. Proverbs speaks about getting wisdom from wise people. "He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm."

 

I may not make any impact on them nor any church for that matter. But God expects me to witness and He will elect some and pass over others. He may pass the JW's or he may elect some to salvation I do not know. But all I know is I love evangelism and apologetics and seek to obey the great commission.

 

This is better off in another thread. Anyways I have a strong burden for souls and will not get into this debate with unbelievers so as to not get them confused and to take away their hope. I do not know the elect for only God knows.