The Jehovah's Witnesses go door-to-door and spread their doctrine to different people
and they try to recruit people into the Kingdom Hall.
And one of the most common arguments that they make is that Jesus didn't die on a
cross and they'll say, did you know he died on a stick?
The reason they say that is because they're trying to confuse you, they're trying
to take your feet out from under you and make it so that they have the upper hand
in the conversation.
And so, the best way to answer that is by using this verse, where the Bible reads,
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.
So the Apostle Thomas was saying that he wouldn't believe in the resurrected Christ
unless he saw the nails, plural, and his hands, plural.
That means that it was a cross that Jesus died on because it required multiple nails.
On the Jehovah's Witness website it has one nail that goes through the top of his hands,
but right here we see that there were nails that were put through his hands.
And so, in the Old Testament when the death angel was passing over certain houses, we
see a picture of the cross as well, because the children of Israel were told to put
the blood of a lamb on the doorpost of their houses.
The Bible says,
And they shall take the blood and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper
doorpost of the houses.
The reason that it was on the two side posts and on the upper doorpost of the house was
to show that it was a cross that Jesus would die on.
It was a foreshadowing of what the Messiah would then fulfill in the future.
And so, the idea that he died on a stick, or on a stake, not only does it sound
ridiculous, but it's completely false.
And like I said, they use that to try to get an open door with you where they can
take control of the conversation.
And so, be aware of that, and in response, I would point out that their founder made
false predictions.
Get them questioning Charles Taze Russell.
Charles Taze Russell said this,
So, Charles Taze Russell taught that Armageddon was going to happen in 1914.
And so, that obviously never came to fruition, and people still follow his religion.
Even though the Bible warns us, if there's somebody that's a false prophet, to avoid them.