Jehovah's Witnesses
I always start with the good person test when witnessing to people and then deal with the objections.
Carm.org is a great place to see what they are supposed to believe.
Showing Jesus is God
JESUS IS GOD (Verses are all ESV)
Luke 5:21 “And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
John 20:28 “Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
Hebrews 1:8 “But of the Son he says,“ Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.”
Act 10:36 “As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ ( he is Lord of all)
Rev 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Rev 1:17-18 “When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. “
Titus 2:11-13 “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ “
Phil 2:6-8 “who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. “
Phil 2:9-11 “Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. “
Isaiah 43:10 .”..Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. “
Isaiah 9:6 “For to us a child is born, to us a son, is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
JESUS IS SAVIOR—Jehovah savior
Isaiah 43:11 “I, I am the Lord, and besides me, there is no savior. “
JESUS APPLIES JEHOVAH TO HIMSELF
Ps 23:1 “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. “
John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. “
Isaiah 40:3 “A voice cries:“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Matt 3:3 ““The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’”
Isaiah 10:20”…lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.”
Acts 3:13-14 “The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servantJesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him. But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, “
Kooreeos—supreme in authority
Joel 2:32 “And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. “
Rom 10:13 “For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” “
Luke 2:11 “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. “
Eph 5:23 “For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. “
Acts 5:30-31 “The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. 31 God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. “
Scriptures that can help you witness to JWs
· 1 John 4:16 Can anyone outdo God in anything?
· Hebrews 1:3 Jesus represents the father
· If Jesus isn’t God isn’t he doing greater than God? John 14:6-7
· John 15:13 If Jesus is God then he is performing the greatest act of love?
· Jesus of the Bible cannot be another “god” because God says there is only ONE—Isa 43:10-11
· Jesus of the Bible can not be an angel, he is contrasted against the angels Heb 1:308
· Jesus is not a creation, but the Creator .. The word “other” has been inserted four times in this passage of the JW “bible” Col 1:16-17
· Unless a man is borne again” he can not enter the Kingdom of God, there are no exceptions John 3:3
· John 20:25 Nails and Hands
· Rev 7:5-8 these are virgin men (Rev 14:4)
· Rev 1:8 (who is this?) Rev 22:15 (who is this?) Rev 1:17 (When did Jehovah die?)
· John 1:1 ( true god or false god?) Isaiah 9:6 (true God or false God?) Isaiah 46:9 There is only 1 God so these true Gods must be the God