Great to see you all here for our first evening of service, please have a seat, grab a hymnal
and open up that hymnal, song number 420.
Good to see you in service, let's sing it, song number 420.
There's the song of the year.
Thank you for your attention.
We have our service times at 10.
30 a.m. on Sunday morning as well as 5.
30 p.m.
Usually on Thursdays we're in the Book of Acts.
But tonight Deacon is flying back for Yakima.
So just be sure to be back home safe.
We have Brother Amy preaching for us.
So be sure to thank him after the service.
A couple of announcements.
There's Donut Sunday this Sunday.
So be sure to come out and grab a donut.
Somali Tuesdays we move to the 23rd.
So if you're willing and able to participate in that
you can get some.
We also have a farewell potluck for the Elliot's.
That's going to be Sunday the 17th.
And as well know that
Pastor Mahiel will be preaching in Tempe this Sunday.
If you're willing and able to make it up there
here's some good preaching.
And the Christmas caroling for Tempe is up
on December 19th at 5.
30 p.m.
And that's pretty much going to do it for announcements.
We're going to count the soul winning.
So if anyone got someone saved on Monday
Anything for Tuesday?
Anything for Wednesday?
Anything for Thursday today?
Alright.
Everybody's got to keep the good work slowing
without everyone singing our next song
before we get into the preaching.
Please.
Song number 429,
Heart, the Herald Angel says
So here are the number of them which were sealed
and there were sealed
144,000 of all the tribes
of the children of Israel
where are the 144,000?
They're on the earth, okay
They're literally teaching that
the 144,000 are like the only people in heaven
and everybody else is on the earth
it's the exact opposite, they're the ones that's on the earth
and so they're getting sealed on the earth
so they're just totally screwing this all up
and then skip a few verses
and then look at verse number 9
A great multitude
which no man can number
of all, look at this, nations
and look at this, and kindreds
and look at this, and people
and tongues, okay
stood before the throne and before
the lamb, clothed with white
robes and palms in their hands, so where are they standing?
They're standing in heaven and this is an innumerable
multitude, a great multitude
that cannot be numbered, okay
so, and it's from all nations
and all kindreds, see the 144,000
are only from the children of Israel
and they're on the earth while everybody else is in heaven right now
okay, so they've completely
switched this to where they're saying that the
144,000 are the only ones who are going to be in heaven
so they've gotten this totally wrong
now turn if you would to Revelation chapter 14
the other place where it talks about the 144,000
and while you're turning there I'll begin
reading in verse number 1, it won't take us long
to debunk this from here
it says in verse number 1, it says
and lo, a lamb stood on the mount
Zion, that's on earth, and with him
144,000 having his father's name
written in their foreheads
so these are the same people immediately after the ceiling
that we already talked about in chapter 7
and then in verse 2 it says this
and I heard a voice from heaven
as the voice of many waters
so notice, these people are on the earth
and they're hearing a voice from heaven
see, they're not in heaven, so they're on this earth
and so
you know, and so it's dumb
you know, they're basically just completely
twisting what the Bible says there
and I don't see how they can read these
these verses here and then like
think that it's legitimate because yeah
no, they're just getting it totally wrong
and so, and turn if you would to
Matthew chapter 5
Matthew chapter 5, so
already we see that the 144,000
they're not the only people in heaven
there's other people in heaven, okay, we've already seen that
and then a lot of times
what they'll tell me out soul winning and what they've probably
told you before as well, is they'll say
show me where the Bible says heaven
show me where the Bible says, oh we're going to go to heaven
someday, okay, well I'll show you some verses
so while you're turning to Matthew chapter 5
let me read to you from 2 Corinthians 5
where it says this in verse 6, it says this
therefore we are always confident
knowing that whilst we are at home in the body
we are absent from the Lord
for we walk by faith, not by sight
we are confident, I say, and willing rather
to be absent from the body, and look at this
to be present with the Lord
so see, if you're absent from your body and you're saved
then where are you going to be at? You're going to be in the presence of the Lord
where is the Lord at? He's in heaven, right
John 17 says this
Father, this is Jesus talking
to God the Father, Father
I will that they also whom thou has given me
be with me
where I am
that they may behold my glory
which thou hast given me
for thou loveth me before the foundation of the world
so once again, Jesus is in heaven
John 14 says this
let not your heart be troubled
ye believe in God, believe also in me
in my Father's house are many mansions
if it were not so, I would have told you
I go to prepare a place for you
and if I go
and prepare a place for you
I will come again and receive you
unto myself
that where I am, ye may be also
so this is one of the most wonderful passages
in the Bible that's talking about heaven
and it's something that us as saved people
love reading these verses, how Jesus is
preparing us a mansion in heaven
and all these wonderful things
well, what did the
Jehovah's Witnesses even do with these verses?
Like what do they think that these mansions
like who is he even talking to?
I don't even know, whenever they read this
like what goes through their mind, you know what I mean?
And I'm sure that their wicked false religion
has some sort of way that they twist this or whatever
but you know what, I was too lazy to look it up
because it's stupid, you know what I mean?
It just literally says it right here
Jesus is preparing us a mansion in heaven
Hey, praise the Lord, I'm glad for that
you know, this is a wonderful, beautiful passage right here
and they're just twisting it all up
and you're there
in Matthew 5
hold on, I'm going to read to you from 2 Corinthians 5
where it says this
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle
were dissolved, we have a building of God
and house not made with hands
eternal in the heavens
you want the word heaven? There it is
we got a house made
without hands, with hands
eternal in the heavens, okay
Philippians 3, 20 says this
For our conversation is in heaven
from which also we look for the Savior
the Lord Jesus Christ, okay
now, you're there in Matthew chapter 5
I want you to look down at verse number 5
this is the verse that they love to pull out
to say, oh, see, look, we're not going to go to heaven
it says in verse 5, blessed are the meek
for they shall inherit the earth
okay, that's their proof verse or whatever
this is their text verse to say, okay
we're not going to go to heaven, we're going to stay on this earth
and I've had many of them
tell me to look at this verse
okay, Mr. Jehovah's witness
look two verses up at verse number 3
it says, blessed are the poor in spirit
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
so you got the earth in verse 5
and you got heaven in verse 3
they skipped over verse 3
you know, I love what Pastor Bogart
says all the time, it's like a catch phrase
you can't cure stupid
he always says that, and you know what
you know, a lot of, I mean
every false religion is super bad
super wicked, sending people to hell
every false doctrine is super bad and super wicked
but a lot of times, you know, you can at least see
where somebody's coming from, like, okay, I can see
how you're twisting this, I don't even see where they're
getting this stuff from, because like
this is not at all what the Bible says
it's just, it's ridiculous, but
turn if you would to Mark chapter 9
Mark chapter 9
well, let me tell you about this though
there's at least one Jehovah's witness out there that's going to heaven
so I met this one guy in the Philippines
and he saw
he was at a hotel
and I was checking into the hotel
and I had a sticker on my bad that said
faithful we're a baptist church, and he said, oh
you're a baptist, and I'm like, yeah, what church do you go to?
oh, I go to the kingdom hall
oh, okay, you know, and I started preaching
the gospel and everything, and boy he got saved
like that, and so that was great
only Jehovah's witness I've ever gotten saved
so that was cool, but
so I said that there's at least one Jehovah's witness
going to heaven, but he's not a Jehovah's witness anymore
so he got saved, so he's going to heaven
so that's wonderful right there
most of the time though, Jehovah's witnesses just want to argue
with you and everything, unfortunately
alright, so you're there
in Mark chapter 9
so I'm going to tell you the second thing that I hate
about the Jehovah's witnesses
and that is that they
deny the existence of a
biblical hell, okay
deny the existence of a biblical hell
now, many of them
have, you know, told me this before that they don't
believe in hell the same way that we do
and you know what, that's very convenient for them
since that's where they're going, if they don't
get saved, you know
and basically what they believe about hell
is that hell does exist, but they believe that people who
go to hell, okay, they are like
burned up very very quickly
like a piece of paper, you know, going up in
flames, right, it's like a little, it's a little poof
poof, and you're
no longer exist, okay, that's what they
believe about hell, let me tell you something
there's no, there's no poof in hell, there's no
poofing there, okay, this hell is
everlasting fire is what Jesus
Christ called it, okay, and so
we believe that whenever somebody goes to hell
they're there forever and they're burning forever and ever
and ever, and so
hold on a second
okay, so, but here's the thing
so let's just say for a moment, okay
I'm just going to, I'm just going to play devil's advocate
here, let's say that they were right
that it's just like a little, you know, you're just there
and then you're consumed by the fire and then
after that you cease to exist, okay, let's just say
that, now they portray this
as basically burning up in just a few
seconds, like just a little poof, right
but realistically though, I
looked up how long
it would take for a human body to
burn until there's nothing left, okay
and this is kind of
morbid, but it needs to be said, okay
so I looked this up, okay, and
I looked up about cremation
okay, and everybody knows what that is
so, a regular
crematorium, they burn
their ovens, or whatever they are
at a temperature between 1500
to 2000 degrees
Fahrenheit, okay, so that's hot
like I can't even imagine touching something
that's like 200 degrees, let alone 2000
degrees, right, so it's super super hot
and basically
you know, for
normal operating temperature
for an average size adult, cremation takes
from two to three hours to complete
okay, so it's not a poof
it's not like a little piece of paper just
going up in flames, so even if they were
right, okay, even if that was what hell was like
it's still not a little poof, it's
going to take a while, okay, and
so I know, you know, that's kind of horrible
to think about, but
I mean, it needs to be said, because this is
ridiculous, and so
here's the thing, is that I've had multiple
Jehovah's Witnesses tell me this too
because they're talking about hell and everything
and they're like, oh, well according to
you know, your belief for whatever, hell is
eternal, you know, you're burning forever
oh, you have such a horrible
God, who has
heard that from the Jehovah's Witnesses?
That is wicked
that is like so blasphemous
to say, not that multiple of them say this
oh, your God is so horrible
it's like
no, God is
not horrible, you know, and here's the thing
about it, is that God's right and you're wrong
so if the Bible says that everlasting
fire, and if the Bible says that you
go there and you're burning forever, then
God's right and you're wrong, and guess what
God is not horrible, the Bible says that God is
wonderful, that he is excellent, God
is love, right, and
here's the thing about it, is that if
God created
hell, okay, and they cast people
into hell, but then he's also
wonderful, excellent, he is love
then, you know, I believe all these things
I believe that they all work together, I don't think that these
things contradict each other, and so
they're like, oh, your God is so horrible, well
you know what, even if
God was horrible, which he's not, but even if
he was, I'd rather go to heaven with a
horrible God than go to hell with a nice God
I don't want the Jehovah's Witness, God, get out of here
I don't want that at all, but you know what, God is
not horrible, he is wonderful, okay
we love the Lord, and
so yeah, this is ridiculous
oh, he's a horrible
God, and here's the thing about
God is that, you guys
know Daniel Ryder, a lot of you in here know
Daniel Ryder, okay, so we went to
Saint Lucia, and then basically
in Saint Lucia, he got to preach to this
one Jehovah's Witness lady at the door
and Daniel, he doesn't really
get mad, okay, but this
is like one of only two times I've ever
seen him get mad at the door, he was like
really mad with this lady, because this lady said this
they were talking about the rich
man Lazarus, and then
she's like, and then Daniel was bringing
up how he was having that conversation and everything
and she's like, oh, right after this conversation
he just poofed, you know
he was just gone, okay, and then
Daniel was like, you know, no, no
that's not how it works, you know, he's burning forever
and she's like, wait a minute, you think that he's still burning?
And then he's like, yeah
the rich man has been burning for about 2000 years now
and then she's like, oh
oh, you have such a
horrible God, and then
Daniel, Daniel freaked out
he was just, and
they know it's not the type of person to yell or anything
so he just like totally
did this, he's like, that's very
blasphemous, and that's not what the Bible says
and that's wicked for you to say that
and you're going to hell, bye
and then he just walked
and then she's like, no way
and he's like, no, you're going to hell, bye
he couldn't even look at her anymore
and he didn't even talk to me for like 30, 45 minutes
after that, he was just so mad
he just, yeah, so
anyway, I just thought that was funny, but you know
I mean, he was right for getting mad at her
that's so blasphemous, that's so wicked
that should make all of us mad whenever people say stuff like that
and so
you're there in Mark chapter 9, let's look at what the Bible
actually says about hell, okay
so you're there in Mark chapter 9, look down if you would
at verse 43, it says this
and if thy hand offend thee, cut it off
it is better for thee to enter into life
that's heaven, maimed
than having two hands to go into hell
into the fire that never
shall be quenched, and so obviously
he's not actually telling us to cut off our hand here
but he's saying that if you had to do that
to escape hell, that is preferable
because hell is worse than that
okay, and then
also too, I want to point out the fact that
life here is the opposite of hell
which is heaven, right, so life is referring to heaven here
and then in verse 44
it says this, where their worm
dieth not, and the fire
is not quenched, now that right
there should be enough for anybody
to realize that we are talking
about an eternal
everlasting punishment in
hell, okay, but let's
dive into this verse a little bit here
so let's just
think of it from the mind of a Jehovah's
Witness here, okay, let's just put
ourselves in their shoes for a minute
and they might say, oh, well the fire
is not quenched, so the fire burns forever
but then you're just burned up after
a few minutes, so you know
that's not eternal punishment or whatever
yeah, but then look at the first part of the verse
this is where their worm dieth not
okay, and let me explain this, okay
and we're going to have a little bit of fun with this
but let's say that somebody
is cast into hell, okay, let's say
that this person is, let's say
that his name is Mr. Jehovah's Witness, okay, because
Jehovah's Witness says they're going to go to hell
unless they convert, so Mr. Jehovah's Witness
he's cast into hell, and then whenever he gets there
he's assigned a worm, okay, there's a worm for him
maybe his name is Mr. Wiggly
let's call him that
anyway
so he's got Mr. Wiggly, and then
he's sitting right here on his shoulder right here
and here's the thing about it, it says right here
that their worm dieth not
right, so his worm, Mr. Wiggly
is not going to die
so then is Mr. Jehovah's Witness going to die?
No, they're
kind of buddies, they're sticking
together here, okay
so they're not buddies, but anyway
I mean, here's the thing about it, if their worm
doesn't die, then he's not
going to die, right, so here's the thing about it
it is an everlasting punishment
their worm dieth not, their punishment
will never stop, the fire is not quenched
for them, so
yeah, that kind of proves it right there
and let's keep reading, in verse 45
it says right here, and if thy foot offend thee
cut it off, it is better for thee
to enter into halt life
than having two feet to be cast into
hell, into the fire that
shall never be quenched
where their worm dieth not, and the fire
is not quenched, verse 47
and if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out
it is better for thee to enter into the
kingdom of God
and also here we get
another, you know, basically clarification
that life is referring to the kingdom of God
again, heaven, with one eye, than having
two eyes to be cast into
hell fire, where their worm
dieth not, and the fire
is not quenched, so over
and over again, God is telling us that
you know, when you go to hell, your worm
will not die and your fire is not quenched
right, so I think this is great
proof here that you know, you don't
hell is not
a temporary thing, it is eternal
right, and so the Bible talks a lot
about hell, Jesus preached a lot about
hell and
and you know, there's a lot of
obscure doctrines that we could argue or
we could disagree on, but hell is not one of them
the Bible is super positively clear
that hell exists and that hell
is everlasting fire, so
turn if you would to Exodus chapter 6 and let's
move on from that point, Exodus
chapter number 6
so the third thing that I hate
about the Jehovah's Witnesses
is that they de-emphasize
the name of Jesus
they de-emphasize the name of
Jesus Christ and I'm going to read
a little bit more from this article that I started out
earlier with, Jehovah's
Witnesses focus on God the Father
so their name is taken from
from the tetragrammaton
which is written as Jehovah
according to their website
Jehovah is the personal name of God
as found in the Bible, and they use
Exodus 6 and Psalm 83
as their proof text
so basically what they're teaching is that
Jehovah is the only name of God
and that's the name that you must use whenever
you're referring to God, now this is not
true, so they quote Exodus
6-3, so you're there in Exodus
6, but we're going to back up to
verse number 1 and we're going to get the context
so let's look at this together
Exodus 6 and verse 1 says this
Jehovah was I not known to them
okay, so before he was
only known as God Almighty to them
but now he's revealing a new name which is
Jehovah, now here's the
thing about it is that God Almighty
is not a bad name for God
that's a great name for God, you can call him
God Almighty, whenever you go home and pray tonight
you can call him God Almighty, you can call him
Jehovah, you can call him the Lord, you can call him the Lord God
I mean God has many names
it's not just one name
and in fact in verse 4, I thought this was interesting
in verse 4 it says this
and I have also established
my covenant with them
to give them the land of Canaan
the land of their pilgrimage
wherein they were strangers
so look, God established his covenant
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
under the name of God Almighty
that must have been a pretty good name
must have been a great name
if he's going to establish his covenant with them
with the name God Almighty
I mean it's like if you're signing a contract
you're not going to use a fake name
you're not going to write Daffy Duck or something like that
you're going to write your name
and so God established his covenant with them
by God Almighty
clearly God accepts that as one of his names
and so God Almighty
is not a bad name
it's not insufficient, it's not lacking in some way
and so it's a great name
you can call him God Almighty
or Jehovah or any of those names
God has many names
turn to John chapter 3
uh huh
so in, so okay
so I'll tell this story as well
so whenever I was in Nigeria
I was preaching to this one Jehovah's Witness guy
and it seemed like he was
you know, wanting to get saved and everything
so I was just preaching to him
and basically he brought up this next verse
this is the one that I've had multiple Jehovah's Witnesses
bring up to me which is in Psalm 83
it says this
and so it says whose name alone is Jehovah
and so they say hey
this means that God only has one name
his name alone is Jehovah
meaning that there's only one name for God
now this is not true
and then this guy in Nigeria he told me this
this is the one verse that he had
and so I showed him
Psalm 148 where it says
for his name alone is excellent
right, because it also says that
and you know, if you compare these two
obviously it's not saying that one of them
is his only name, but rather
God is the only person that can be called
those names, right, we've never met somebody named Jehovah
before, we've never met anybody named excellent
before, these are God's names
right, and I told him this
and I showed him this, this guy in Nigeria
and you know what, he had the best response
that I've ever heard to this verse
you know what he said, I showed him this
and he's like, gee, look at the time
I need to go, alright, see you later
that's all he said
because you can't really say anything to that
it makes perfect sense, I saw the light bulb
click in his head, he was like, oh
oh, I gotta go, so
so yeah, I mean
it's ridiculous, and then people like that
who just like get upset whenever you prove them wrong
or whatever, I mean if they're not wanting to change
anyway, you know I was thinking that this guy
if I showed him proof from the Bible then he would want to change
but he didn't want to change
you know, you can't really help that
and so, and here's the thing about it too
and what I hate the most about this
is not that they emphasize the name Jehovah
I don't think there's anything wrong with that, that's fine
if you want to call God Jehovah then that's totally fine
but the problem comes in whenever they
de-emphasize the name of Jesus
okay, so they take away
from the name of Jesus
now, in regards to salvation
it must be through the name of Jesus Christ
right, and let me just quote you a couple
of verses that are very familiar
Acts 4-12 says this
Neither is there salvation in any other
for there is none other name under heaven
given among men whereby we must
be saved, we must be saved by the name
of Jesus Christ
John 3-18 says this
He that believeth on him is not condemned
but he that believeth not is condemned already
because he hath not believed
in the name of the only begotten
son of God
and then in John 3-36 it says
hath everlasting life and he that believeth
not the son shall not see life
but the wrath of God abideth on him
and so once again the name of Jesus
is so important and then they take
away from the name of Jesus right, they say
no, it's just Jehovah, we only need to use
that name, but you know what, Jesus
yeah, we gotta, yeah, so
there's no, there's not salvation in any
other name, so that's my biggest
problem with them about de-emphasizing the name
of Jesus of course, now turn if you would
to Luke chapter 24
Luke chapter 24, let's keep this moving
the fourth reason, or the
fourth thing that I hate about the Jehovah's Witnesses
is that they deny the resurrection
they deny the resurrection
of Jesus Christ
I'm gonna read a little bit from that article
again, it says, Jehovah's Witnesses believe
that Jesus was resurrected spiritually
from the dead, but not
physically, okay, now let's see how
they're wrong, Matthew 28 and 9
says this, and as they went to tell his
disciples, behold, Jesus met them saying
all hail, and they came and held
him by the feet
and worshiped him, so this is after
Jesus' resurrection, they are literally
holding him by the feet, they are on their faces
on the ground, holding him by the feet
now, let me tell you this, well let me
ask you this, you know, if Jesus was a spirit
if he was like a ghost or something, tell me the last time
you saw a ghost with feet, okay
I mean look at a picture of Casper, he has no
feet, what are you talking about
so no, they held him by the feet
he's a physical body, right
and then in Luke 24, you're there in Luke 24
look down if you would at verse number 36
it says this, and as they thus spake
Jesus himself stood in the midst of them
and saith unto them, peace be
unto you, but they were terrified
and afraid and supposed that they had seen
a spirit, so look, the disciples are thinking
oh no, this is a spirit, the Jehovah's
Witnesses were right, it's a spirit
but no, okay, but then
in verse 38 it says this, and he said unto them
why are you troubled, and why do thoughts
arise in your hearts, behold my
hands and my feet, that it is I
myself, handle me and
see, for a spirit hath
not flesh and bones as ye see
me have, so
how do the Jehovah's
Witnesses read this and still think that Jesus only
spiritually resurrected and there's no body
there's a body involved, right
and verse 40 it says this, and when he had thus spoken
he showed them his hands and
his feet, and while they yet believed
not for joy and wondered, he said unto
them, have ye here any meat
and they gave him a piece of a broiled
fish in a honeycomb and he took it
and did eat before them, now
look at this, what kind of a
spirit, you know, has flesh
and bones and eats fish in
a honeycomb, like this is not a spirit
Jesus had a body here, right, so Jesus
bodily resurrected from
the grave, now turn if you would to John
chapter 20, John chapter
20, this is Jesus Christ in the flesh
here, so John chapter 20
I'm just going to go ahead and begin reading while you're turning there
and verse number 19 it says this
then the same day at evening being
the first day of the week, when the doors
were shut, where the disciples were assembled
for fear of the Jews, came Jesus
and stood in the midst of them
in the midst and saith unto them, peace
be unto you, verse 20, and when
he had so said, he showed unto them
his hands and his side, then were
the disciples glad when they saw the
Lord, then said Jesus to them
again, peace be unto you, as my father
has sent me, even so sent I you
and when he had said this, he
breathed on them and saith unto them
receive ye the Holy Ghost
and once again I just want to say
what kind of a spirit can breathe, they don't even have lungs
right, so Jesus has a body
here, and verse 23, whosoever
sins ye remit, they are
remitted unto them, and whosoever sins he
retained, they are retained, but Thomas one of the
twelve called Didymus was not with
them when Jesus came, the other disciples
therefore said unto him, we have
seen the Lord, but he said unto
them, except I shall see in his
hands the print of the nails and put my
finger into the print of the nails and thrust
my hand into his side, I
will not believe, and after
eight days again his disciples were within
and Thomas with them, then came Jesus
the doors being shut and stood in the midst and
said, peace be unto you,
and verse 27 says this, then saith
he to Thomas, reach hither thy finger
and behold my hands, and reach
hither thy hand and thrust it into
my side, and be not
faithless, but believing, so
Jesus invites Thomas here
to touch his wounds, okay,
a spirit does not have
wounds, this is clearly Jesus
in the flesh, he is bodily
resurrected, and you know I really
like Deacon Russell's sermon from a few weeks ago
that he preached in Tempe, Christ's resurrection
according to the scriptures, and he mentioned
some of these verses right here in
1 Thessalonians 4, I'm just gonna quickly read
some of these, and verse 13 it says this
but I would not have you to be ignorant
concerning them which are asleep
that ye sorrow not, even as others
which have no hope, for
if, notice that word if
we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so
them also which sleep in Jesus
will God bring with him
so here's the thing about it
is that how can the Jehovah's Witnesses
read these verses and believe in their own
resurrection when they're not even believing in the resurrection
of Jesus, it doesn't make any sense, right
and then it goes on to say for this
we say unto you, by the word of the Lord
that we which are alive and remain
unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them
which are asleep, for the Lord himself shall
descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice
of the archangel, and with the trump of God
and the dead in Christ shall rise first
then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air, and so
shall we ever be with the Lord
wherefore comfort one another
with these words, what comfort
do the Jehovah's Witnesses have, they don't even
believe in the resurrection, like what
what's a Jehovah's Witness funeral like
I don't even know, what are they even talking about
like, I don't know, it must be super
depressing, I don't
I mean
yeah, this is a depressing religion, we're gonna talk more about that
in a minute, but anyway
and then Luke 20-27 says this
then came to him certain of the Sadducees which
deny that there is any resurrection, so they're
just like the Sadducees, they're denying that there's a
resurrection, so they're following the doctrine
of the Sadducees there
alright, so the fifth reason
that I hate the
Jehovah's Witness false religion
is because they deny the
Trinity, okay, they deny the
Trinity now, and this is
it comes from this article I was reading
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus was created
by Jehovah as the Archangel
Michael before the physical world
existed, and is a lesser
though mighty lower case G
God, so they believe that Jesus
is a lower case G God
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Holy Spirit is
an impersonal force of God
and not a distinct person
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that when Jesus was born on earth
He was a near human
and not God in human flesh
so let's see what the Bible says about this
you're there in John 20, look down if you would
once again at verse 27
then he sayeth to Thomas
reach hither thy finger and behold my hands and reach
hither thy hand and thrust into my side
and be not faithless but believing
my Lord and my God
and so what did Jesus say after this, did he say
don't call me that, that's wrong, don't call me God
no, that's not what he said
verse 29 he says this, Jesus sayeth unto him
Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed
blessed are they that have not seen
and yet have believed
believe what, that Jesus is God
so he's calling him blessed because he believes
and blessed are you
and blessed are me for believing that Jesus is God
and turn if you would to Isaiah 43
Isaiah 43
I'm just going to blow through a few more scriptures here
1 Timothy 3.16 says this
and without controversy
great is the mystery of godliness
God was manifest
in the flesh
justifying the spirit
seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles
believed in the world, received up into glory
this is referring to Jesus
1 John 5.7 for there are three that bear record in heaven
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost
and these three are one
so we got the trinity there as well
John 1.1 says this
in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God
and the Word was God
the same was in the beginning with God
and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us
and we beheld his glory
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father
full of grace and truth
the Word was God and the Word was the only begotten
of the Father, right?
so this is Jesus
and Hebrews 1.8, God the Father is speaking to the Son
it says, but unto the Son he saith
O God is forever and ever
a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom
God the Father calls Jesus Christ
God
and
Isaiah 9.6 says this
for unto us a child is born
unto us a son is given
and the government shall be upon his shoulder
and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor
the Mighty God
the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace
you're there in Isaiah 43
look down if you would at verse number 10
witnesses, oh okay
so let me say this too
I kind of figured out these verses
whenever I was preparing for this sermon
so this is pretty cool, so watch this
it says, ye are my witnesses
and we're talking about the Jehovah's Witnesses
but anyway
and then here we got some witnesses as well
not the same people, but anyway
ye are my witnesses saith the Lord
and my servant whom I have chosen
that ye may know and believe me
and understand that I am he
and there be after me
look at verse 11, it says this
I, even I, am the Lord
and beside me there is no Savior
and I've asked
Jehovah's Witnesses this, I'm like
okay, so who's the Savior? They'll always say Jesus
and I'm like, well, beside Jesus there's no other Savior
beside the Lord there's no other Savior
and they're like, well, there can be more than once
the Savior, and I'm like, no
it says beside me there's no Savior, right?
and then in verse 12 it says
I have declared and have saved
when there was no strange
God among you, therefore
ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord
that I am God. So, and then here
it says that there was no strange lower
case g God among them
and what did the Jehovah's Witnesses say about Jesus?
They say that he is a lower case g God
so, and then here it says there was no strange
God among you, so there was no other God
so, and so this just kind of
really blows out of the water, and I like the fact that
it says witnesses multiple times too
because this is how, this is the, these are the
real witnesses of God right here, you know, not these
Jehovah's false witnesses
so, and then
one other, one other passage I'll
read from too is in Matthew chapter 1
where it says this, now the birth of Jesus Christ
was on this wise, when as his mother Mary was
espoused to Joseph, before they came
together, she was found with child
of the Holy Ghost, and so I guess
that they don't believe in the virgin birth either
and, I mean, I guess not
and then in verse 21 it says this, and she shall bring
for the son, and I shall call his name Jesus
for he shall save his people
from their sins, Jesus is the savior
and verse 22 it says, now all this
was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
of the Lord by the prophet saying, behold
a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth
a son and they shall call his name
Emmanuel, which being interpreted
is God with us
and so these people are just, they're
denying the virgin birth, they're denying
the trinity, they're denying
the, you know, the name of Jesus, they're
denying all these things, they're saying that Jesus is
Michael the Archangel, I mean, these people
must really hate the Bible, like
they're just tearing it to shreds, okay
people who are Jehovah's Witnesses, just the
people like in the pews and whatever, like
how do they even read the Bible, like where can they
even go in the Bible that supports their
their wicked false doctrines, look
they like to call themselves Bible students
well let me tell you, they gotta go back to
school, okay, because
what kind of
Bible students are these people, they don't know anything about
the Bible, you know what I mean, I give them an F
F on their paperwork
okay, because they, F
are false witnesses, because that's exactly
what they are, because you know
these Bible students, yeah right
what kind of Bible
student are you, alright Jeremiah 23
turn if you would to Jeremiah chapter
23
now the sixth thing that I hate
about the Jehovah's Witnesses
is that they proselytize
I hate that they proselytize
they go knocking on doors, they have
their tower of doom at the
at the parks and everything, okay
this is so wicked
you know it's one thing if they had all this screwed up doctrine
they just kept it themselves, I mean
that'd be one thing, but no, they have to go everywhere
trying to spread it everywhere
and this magnifies their sin
you know, by many fold I would say
because yeah, I mean
look at what the Bible says about
proselytizers of false religions
I'll just read to you some verses
Matthew 23 says this
see these are false prophets, right
these people go out preaching a false gospel
trying to convert people to their false
religion, their false prophets
you know, and the Bible talks a lot about these
false prophets, and Jude
it says this
okay, and this is talking about
proselytizing Jehovah's witnesses
right, this is talking about false prophets out there
and you know, it's so funny
that they're telling us, oh you don't have a mansion prepared
for you in heaven, but then they have
a place prepared for them in the blackness of darkness
forever, so it's like, you know
they're just lying
but yeah, I mean it makes sense because
you know, they're just preaching this false gospel
and
the Bible has a lot to say about that
we're about to read in Jeremiah 23
but somebody else pointed this out to me one time
and this is interesting as well
I mean it's one way to look at it
but in Deuteronomy 19 it says this
if a false witness
and this would be Jehovah's witnesses in our case
because we're talking about them tonight
rise up against any man to testify against him
that which is wrong, okay
and we're talking about a court case here
so not exactly the same thing, but same principle
we'll talk about it in a minute
and then it goes on to say
then both the men between whom the controversy is
shall stand before the Lord
and the judges shall make diligent inquisition
and behold, if the witness
be a false witness
and hath testified falsely against his brother
then shall ye do unto him
as he had thought to have done unto his brother
and so once again
this is a slightly different situation here
but you know what, we can take the same
application here
that a false witness, right
a false witness, whatever
punishment they wanted for the person
that they were talking about
is what they get to put upon them
and so the point I'm making is this
you know, Jehovah's witnesses, the ones that proselytize
go knocking on doors telling you
hey, you have to join our church to go to heaven
you know, they're trying to send those people to hell
and so guess what they're going to get in return
for them trying to send people to hell
is they're going to get sent to hell themselves, right
they're going to get that punishment
that they wanted for the other person, right
and somebody showed me this recently
and I thought that was good
and then it says in verse 21 at the end of the chapter
so look, they are false witnesses
and you know, yeah, so that's what they get
for being false witnesses
and then look down if you went to Jeremiah 23
this is a great passage about false prophets
and everything and then we'll just read this
and continue
Jeremiah 23, the whole chapter is about false prophets
but we're going to start reading in verse 34
and verse 34 it says this
and as for the prophet and the priest
and the people that shall say
the burden of the prophet
shall say the burden of the prophet
shall say the burden of the lord
and in the context they're lying of course
I will even punish that man in his house
thus shall ye say everyone to his neighbor
and everyone to his brother
what hath the lord answered
and what hath the lord spoken
and the burden of the lord
shall ye mention no more
for every man's word shall be his burden
for ye have perverted the words of the living God
and boy, haven't the Jehovah's Witnesses done that
they have perverted so much scripture
and then verse 37 it says this
thus shalt thou say to the prophet
who hath the lord answered thee
and what hath the lord spoken
but since he say the burden of the lord
therefore thus saith the lord
because he say this word the burden of the lord
and I have sent unto you saying
he shall not say the burden of the lord
therefore behold I even I will utterly forget you
and I will forsake you
and the city that I gave you and your fathers
and cast you out of my presence
this is the clincher right here
and I will bring an everlasting reproach unto you
and a perpetual shame
which shall not be forgotten
these false prophets who teach
false lies about how to go to heaven
and about the gospel and about Jesus Christ
they're going to have an everlasting reproach
and a perpetual shame
brought upon them
and so
we ought to hate these people
of any religion that are just
out there trying to preach their false gospel
and trying to convert people to their false religion
you know what I mean?
and obviously this does not apply to all Jehovah's Witnesses everywhere
just the ones that are proselytizing
trying to convert you and people that you love
and people that you know and you see them out there knocking on doors
and everything
hey those people are going to hell and we ought to hate those people
and you know
here's a funny story in Saint Lucia recently
on our Saint Lucia trip
I think you remember
but it was cool so basically we were in this big park
and we were all sowing
and then it started raining
so then we all took refuge under this one little gazebo
maybe the size of this area right here
and then
there were two old lady
Jehovah's Witnesses there as well
and then they also took refuge in our little gazebo
and so then they pulled over their little
tower of doom and then they stood right there in the middle
and then they're just standing there and everything
and all of our soul owners are around them
and we're just kind of ignoring them and stuff because my default is
you know with false prophets just kind of ignore them
nothing you're going to say is going to fix them or whatever
you're just going to ignore them right
but if somebody else gets on them hey I'll help out
so basically
so basically one of our people
that was on our trip you guys might know him
brother Brad Caparas
he got done preaching then he turned around and he's like
oh no we're not having this
and so he walked up he's like
hey these brochures are free right?
and the lady's like yes they are
he starts ripping them up and then throwing them on the ground
and stuff like that
and she's like what are you doing?
you guys you're sending people to hell
and stuff like that and I'm like oh
okay yeah you're going to hell
and stuff like that so I'm helping them out too
and then yeah we make them mad and everything
and anyway
anyway but then this was funny too
a few minutes later
I'm walking away and then
another lady that was on our trip
she walked up to me and she's like
Raymond Raymond we've got a problem
I'm like okay
she's like there's been a situation
she's like apparently
one of our soul owners was a
mean to those Jehovah's Witness ladies
and I said okay
and she said well
aren't you going to say something to them?
I was helping them
I was yelling at them too
where were you at? why weren't you yelling at them?
and she's like oh I didn't know that you felt that way
so
yeah I just thought that was funny you know
but no
I mean yeah so I'm going to back up
my brother in Christ whenever he's
screaming at some false witnesses
false prophets so there you go
alright so I just thought that was funny
alright so point number seven
the seventh reason that I hate
the Jehovah's Witness false religion
and this is worse than all the other ones
put together
is that they don't celebrate Christmas
they don't celebrate Christmas
I mean look
okay look alright
they don't they don't believe in the
virgin birth okay they think
that Jesus was just a man he wasn't
God you know
they don't believe in heaven that they're going to heaven they don't
believe in the mansion that they should
have in heaven they don't have hope
in the resurrection they don't have Jesus
they're on their way to hell
and they can't even celebrate
Christmas it's like look
you've got all this bad stuff coming your way
it's like you know why can't you even
celebrate Christmas look okay if alright
so if I had to choose a false
religion to be a part of I'd choose one
that's a little bit more fun okay than
the Jehovah's Witness I mean this is just sad
this is just depressing and obviously I'm just joking
I'm not going to choose a false religion to be a part of
but look I mean it's just
why can't you even celebrate Christmas
I mean look just this past
week on Tuesday I was
in Green Lake County I was handing out
our Christmas CDs and
I was in this one neighborhood with the Kingdom Hall
just right there so every single person in this
neighborhood was a Jehovah's Witness
and not even one of them wanted to take
the CD it's like these are our best
hymns that we've got it's all on this
CD why aren't you taking I mean
where's your Christmas cheer you know what
do they do with Christmas anyway they're probably just
sitting on their couch like man is it time to
go back to work yet it's like this is
stupid dude and so
yeah I mean not even one of
them wanted this Christmas CD and so look
the Jehovah's Witnesses they have all kinds
of issues okay and
I forgot to mention this too the reason that they don't
celebrate Christmas is because they don't believe anything
about Jesus that the Bible teaches they don't believe in the
virgin birth they don't believe that he was God they don't
believe any of that so that's the reason that they reject
Christmas and Easter too
and so they have all kinds of
issues you know it's a very
wicked false religion and
basically I was kind of struggling to kind of end
with a practical application that
we can do but I got two of them okay I got two of them
that I want to tell you
the first thing that I want you guys to do
is I want you to develop a strong
hatred for this Jehovah's Witness
false religion not for the people we need
to love the people and try to get them safe
but for the religion the religion is
garbage it's teaching so
many lies from the word of God and it's sending
8.7 million people to hell right
now unless they get saved right
and so you know I want I mean
we should hate all false religions and all false
doctrine right and so I want you to hate that and
then the second thing that I want to point out that I
want you guys to do is have a very
Merry Christmas okay I want you to
remember what Christmas is really about
the virgin birth of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ and his perfect
life that he lived on this earth and
and his death on the cross for our sins
and his burial and his resurrection
and his ascension into heaven and so
you know Christmas is all about Jesus and
that's why they don't have they don't celebrate
Christmas because they don't have Jesus and so don't
be like them celebrate Christmas and celebrate
Christmas for the right reasons and so
that's about all I have so let's
just pray so dear Lord thank you for
this opportunity to preach your word
and Lord I just pray that something that I
would have said would have helped somebody
or taught something new and
or just would have strengthened us Lord
and please help us all to have a good Christmas
and to hate these false religions
Lord and to love the people of these false religions
and try to get them saved Lord
and please soften the hearts of all those Jehovah's
Witnesses out there Lord and it's in
Christ's name I pray Amen
Amen