This morning our pastor told us about a conversation he had yesterday with some nice Jehovah's Witnesses that came to his door. They discussed John 1:1 and 1:18 together, and the Jehovah's Witnesses claim that Jesus is not God, but only "a god."
This is how he said the conversation ended:
Pastor: So are you saying there are two Gods?
Witnesses: No. Jehovah is the one almighty God.
Pastor: So what is this passage saying Jesus is?
Witnesses: "A god," god being lower case.
Pastor: But the Bible teaches there is only one God. Other so-called gods are always false gods.
Witnesses: Yes, that's true.
Pastor: But you believe Jesus is one of these other gods. You believe there are multiple gods, (or at least two), in some sort of hierarchy, Jesus being at a lower level than Jehovah.
Witnesses: [deer in the headlights look] We'll have to research that one. Can we come back when we have an answer for you?
Pastor: By all means.
This strikes me as a very valid question.
Mike
It turns out, they never returned with an answer.
ReplyDeleteWhen I presented this question to a couple of Witnesses that visit my house periodically, their response was, "Well, there is only one ALMIGHTY God." Making that distinction seems to satisfy them, although I personally don't see how that gets them off the hook.