When Jehovah's Witnesses come to the door

[LossForWords]

If the peep hole told him it was J.W.'s, my one older brother used to simply answer his door naked! (This is NOT recommended.........)

Edited March 21, 2007 by LossForWords

[sweetycakes]

Should we tell a lie and call JFWs by the blasphemous I.D. of "Jehovah's TRUE Witnesses", or even the similar lie of "JEHOVAH'S Witnesses"? The next? Mormons, I'd imagine, you know, those who follow the 19th-century vagaries of one, polygamist peep-stoner Joseph Smith, Jr., out of Sharon, Vermont & Palmyra, New York. Bible "seeds" are planted in innumerable ways...different strokes for various folks...and it oftimes results in good conversation & Gospel witness. Ever tried to witness to them, including visiting THEIR homes? Why not permit the Spirit of God to guide you.....and me, as He sees appropriate? Right on!

http://arthurdurnan.freeyellow.com

Oh, man.....I just love Arthur's colourful and varied choice of words. I could listen to him all day.

Bring it on, Arthur

(Seriously, I think Arthur is so entertaining in how he phrases things)

[irishcowboy]

We live in an area that is constantly targeted by Jehovah's Witnesses. We have tried various things eg my husband has engaged in discussion with them which, it seems to me, has wasted a lot of time. I have answered and simply told them we are Christians and don't agree with anything they might want to say. I've NOT answered the door, etc etc.

What do other people do/say in this situation?

enjoy sharing the PLAN OF SALVATION with them, and when they start talking about the 144,000 ( which by the way, is no longer just the number they say of theirs will be saved, now it is just 144,000 of them that will live in the New Jerusalem, the rest will live in the burbs......) start sharing about how it is not a salvation of works but of only Christ.... lest any man should be able to boast...... I always have a few copies of the Gosple of John handy ( we have them in Chinese, Spanish and English ) and i offered her some to hand out, they always refuse, then i let them know that if they will not take one of mine, i can not take one of theirs......

one day, a lady showed up with a young girl, asking about where the spanish community was, i explained to her that this town does not have much of a spanish community persea, and she explained that they were out trying to reach them.... and that she was trying to teach this young lady how to do the work.....

she opened the door about eternal life, and when she said that Israel was no longer God's Chosen, well, she got a chance to learn about God's Promise to Abraham, and how that does affect Israel directly.... she got the chance to learn about how Christ fits into the entire picture, and the girl with her was just glued, she started to say something and the lady stopped her and grabbed her hand and took off...

hopefully the girl will have a chance to have some one else share more of the truth with her.. every thing the lady said, was twisted out of context...... it is a shame that there are people that have such a passion, that they do not know the truth, or ignore it or have been fed a line for so long they can not see the truth...

best thing to do is to keep them in prayer, and know the WORD...... if you do not know the Word of God, then what they say sounds really good....... They need the Love of Christ and Salvation just like the rest of us.... we need to just love them........ pray for them and share with them when we can.....

if anyone would like to receive free copies of the Gosple of John email me or send me an email address to send the information to..... (can receive up to 30 copies a month, with various cover designs, good for witnessing.....)

Mike

[CaritateDei]

We live in an area that is constantly targeted by Jehovah's Witnesses. We have tried various things eg my husband has engaged in discussion with them which, it seems to me, has wasted a lot of time. I have answered and simply told them we are Christians and don't agree with anything they might want to say. I've NOT answered the door, etc etc.

What do other people do/say in this situation?

My uncle (and I am NOT promoting this) got tired of them coming to the door and he answered one day in his birthday suit. They never came back!

[Scarletprayers]

We live in an area that is constantly targeted by Jehovah's Witnesses. We have tried various things eg my husband has engaged in discussion with them which, it seems to me, has wasted a lot of time. I have answered and simply told them we are Christians and don't agree with anything they might want to say. I've NOT answered the door, etc etc.

What do other people do/say in this situation?

My uncle (and I am NOT promoting this) got tired of them coming to the door and he answered one day in his birthday suit. They never came back!

Is Leonard's brother your Uncle????

[CaritateDei]

We live in an area that is constantly targeted by Jehovah's Witnesses. We have tried various things eg my husband has engaged in discussion with them which, it seems to me, has wasted a lot of time. I have answered and simply told them we are Christians and don't agree with anything they might want to say. I've NOT answered the door, etc etc.

What do other people do/say in this situation?

My uncle (and I am NOT promoting this) got tired of them coming to the door and he answered one day in his birthday suit. They never came back!

Is Leonard's brother your Uncle????

Nope...but who knows...they could know each other...

[CaritateDei]

We live in an area that is constantly targeted by Jehovah's Witnesses. We have tried various things eg my husband has engaged in discussion with them which, it seems to me, has wasted a lot of time. I have answered and simply told them we are Christians and don't agree with anything they might want to say. I've NOT answered the door, etc etc.

What do other people do/say in this situation?

My uncle (and I am NOT promoting this) got tired of them coming to the door and he answered one day in his birthday suit. They never came back!

Is Leonard's brother your Uncle????

Nope...but who knows...they could know each other...

But anyway, let's keep this on what to do with Jehovah's Witnesses instead of on nudity, ok!?

[MrLuke]

Here's something I found once-apon-a-time and keep in the back of my mind just incase I need to use it (as I've never met a JW before):

How to Witness to a Jehovah's Witness

- By Ray Comfort

http://www.livingwaters.com/articles_ray_a...hswitness.shtml

I rushed down the stairs to the sound of a barking dog and our doorbell. When I opened it, two well-dressed young men stood in front of me. I greeted them with a warm, "Hi," to which one of them asked in perfect English, "Do you know of any Spanish speaking families around here?"

"Next door there is a Spanish speaking family. Across the road there is an Indonesian family, then an India, then English, and I am Chinese. Do you want to see a picture of me on a cruise?"

They politely said they did, so I quickly opened my wallet and showed them a picture of Tom Cruise with the word, "ME," on his forehead. They laughed.

"So what are you guys selling?"

"Nothing."

"Are you Mormons?"

"No."

"Jehovah Witnesses?"

"Yes."

"Tell me this. I have a knife in my back. I have three minutes to live. My blood and life are draining from me. I know I'm dying. What are you going to say to me. How can I enter the Kingdom?"

They looked at each other. Then back at me. There was dead silence. It was obvious that they didn't know what to tell me.

"Come on guys. I'm dying. I have three minutes!"

One of them said, "I don't know. There's lots you have to do." The other one echoed, "Lots."

Then the first said, "You have to learn. You have to gain knowledge . . . "

"What about the thief on the cross? What knowledge did he get? How could he learn anything? He couldn't turn the pages of a book--he was nailed to a cross. He probably couldn't read anyway. Yet Jesus said to him, 'Today you will be with Me in Paradise.'"

"We have to go now."

"Come on guys. This is important. I want to know how to enter Jehovah's Kingdom. What are your names?"

"Jonathan."

"Javier."

"Do you consider yourself to be good people?"

"Um . . . yes."

"Have you ever told a lie?"

"Yes."

"What does that make you?"

"A liar."

Javier said he had stolen and then became very quiet. Jonathan said that he had never stolen, blasphemed, or even looked at a woman with lust. Never.

"Are you gay?"

"No."

"The reason I haven't done that is because I was born into the truth."

I explained, "We have to face a perfect Law of the Day of Judgment and nothing you and I do can save us. Only the blood of Jesus. He died for us. He took our punishment upon Himself, and now God can save us through His mercy. That's why the thief was saved. He didn't do anything to save himself because he couldn't. Only God's mercy and grace can save us. The Bible says, 'For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of works least any man boast.' 'Not by works of righteousness that we have done has He saved, us, but according to His mercy.' Revelation 21:8 says that all liars will have their part in the lake of fire. That why you need Jesus Christ, to wash your sins away. The moment you repent and trust Him, God will forgive you and grant you everlasting life."

"But we are doing what Jesus did."

"Did He go door to door?"

"Yes. He went around preaching the gospel."

"But the gospel you are preaching is different than the one He preached. The Bible says that there's nothing you and I can do to merit Jehovah's favor--to earn everlasting life. We are saved by God's mercy. That's how the thief on the cross could be saved. We are not saved by doing anything."

"Does that mean I can believe in Jesus and then run around lying and stealing?"

"No. That's hypocrisy, and no hypocrite will enter the Kingdom. You have to repent and trust Jesus Christ alone for your salvation, and not try and bribe Jehovah. I do good works and preach the gospel not to be forgiven. I do it because I am forgiven, and the difference is life and death, Heaven and Hell. Thanks, guys, for talking to me."

"Thank you."

There were no arguments about the deity of Christ because I made sure the conversation didn't go in that direction. It's important to remember that Jehovah Witnesses see Christians as misguided "Trinitarians," while they see themselves as protectors of Jehovah's glory. So they are going to be incredibly stubborn about the issue of Jehovah sharing His glory with another.

When Peter said that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the Living God, Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven," (Matthew 16:17). So I believe that the best way for anyone to find out who Jesus is, is for God to reveal it to them. If I had started quoting Bible verses to make some point about Jesus being God--"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory" (1 Timothy 3:16, italics added) or "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God," (John 1:1, italics added) they would have started quoting back, and then they would have fallen back on the argument that they have the only true translation. Jehovah's Witnesses also deny the existence of Heaven and Hell. They believe in annihilation, and that the Kingdom of God will come to this earth and be set up for a thousand years. Christians can't even agree on issues of prophecy, so I deliberately stayed away from it.

All I did was hold up the truth against error and left the results in the hands of God. Charles Spurgeon said, "I have heard it said that if there is a crooked stick, and you want to show how crooked it is, you need not waste words in description. Place a straight one by the side of it, and the thing is done directly."

All religions have their roots in idolatry. They have a wrong understanding of the nature of God and His righteous requirements. When you look closely at their beliefs, it becomes evident they are made up of the fruitless branches of self-righteousness. They think that they can bribe God with their works. Like the Jews of whom Paul spoke--they go about to establish their own righteousness, being ignorant of the righteousness which is of God (see Romans 10:3). The Law puts the axe to the root. It reveals a perfect righteousness and kills hope of self-salvation. It shows the self-righteous person that the leap he is trying to make to Heaven is infinitely beyond his reach.

I had noticed that Javier had been nodding in agreement at what I was saying. When he asked for my name again, I looked directly at him and said that they could come back any time. We shook hands and we left on good terms. I came away feeling really good because I had avoided doing what the Bible says not to do--to argue:

"But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will." (2 Timothy 2:23-26)

[Joshua-777]

We live in an area that is constantly targeted by Jehovah's Witnesses. We have tried various things eg my husband has engaged in discussion with them which, it seems to me, has wasted a lot of time. I have answered and simply told them we are Christians and don't agree with anything they might want to say. I've NOT answered the door, etc etc.

What do other people do/say in this situation?

Hmm tuff one

Draw the outline of a body on your front porch and toss religious pamplets on it! I'm not sure what to do in this situation, I've been reading alot about them, and debating with some, one thing they use to prove Jesus is an angel, is the same scriptures I use to prove his pre-existance, which is interesting, anyways, offer to pray with them.

[Joshua-777]

Here's something I found once-apon-a-time and keep in the back of my mind just incase I need to use it (as I've never met a JW before):

How to Witness to a Jehovah's Witness

- By Ray Comfort

http://www.livingwaters.com/articles_ray_a...hswitness.shtml

I rushed down the stairs to the sound of a barking dog and our doorbell. When I opened it, two well-dressed young men stood in front of me. I greeted them with a warm, "Hi," to which one of them asked in perfect English, "Do you know of any Spanish speaking families around here?"

"Next door there is a Spanish speaking family. Across the road there is an Indonesian family, then an India, then English, and I am Chinese. Do you want to see a picture of me on a cruise?"

They politely said they did, so I quickly opened my wallet and showed them a picture of Tom Cruise with the word, "ME," on his forehead. They laughed.

"So what are you guys selling?"

"Nothing."

"Are you Mormons?"

"No."

"Jehovah Witnesses?"

"Yes."

"Tell me this. I have a knife in my back. I have three minutes to live. My blood and life are draining from me. I know I'm dying. What are you going to say to me. How can I enter the Kingdom?"

They looked at each other. Then back at me. There was dead silence. It was obvious that they didn't know what to tell me.

"Come on guys. I'm dying. I have three minutes!"

One of them said, "I don't know. There's lots you have to do." The other one echoed, "Lots."

Then the first said, "You have to learn. You have to gain knowledge . . . "

"What about the thief on the cross? What knowledge did he get? How could he learn anything? He couldn't turn the pages of a book--he was nailed to a cross. He probably couldn't read anyway. Yet Jesus said to him, 'Today you will be with Me in Paradise.'"

"We have to go now."

"Come on guys. This is important. I want to know how to enter Jehovah's Kingdom. What are your names?"

"Jonathan."

"Javier."

"Do you consider yourself to be good people?"

"Um . . . yes."

"Have you ever told a lie?"

"Yes."

"What does that make you?"

"A liar."

Javier said he had stolen and then became very quiet. Jonathan said that he had never stolen, blasphemed, or even looked at a woman with lust. Never.

"Are you gay?"

"No."

"The reason I haven't done that is because I was born into the truth."

I explained, "We have to face a perfect Law of the Day of Judgment and nothing you and I do can save us. Only the blood of Jesus. He died for us. He took our punishment upon Himself, and now God can save us through His mercy. That's why the thief was saved. He didn't do anything to save himself because he couldn't. Only God's mercy and grace can save us. The Bible says, 'For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of works least any man boast.' 'Not by works of righteousness that we have done has He saved, us, but according to His mercy.' Revelation 21:8 says that all liars will have their part in the lake of fire. That why you need Jesus Christ, to wash your sins away. The moment you repent and trust Him, God will forgive you and grant you everlasting life."

"But we are doing what Jesus did."

"Did He go door to door?"

"Yes. He went around preaching the gospel."

"But the gospel you are preaching is different than the one He preached. The Bible says that there's nothing you and I can do to merit Jehovah's favor--to earn everlasting life. We are saved by God's mercy. That's how the thief on the cross could be saved. We are not saved by doing anything."

"Does that mean I can believe in Jesus and then run around lying and stealing?"

"No. That's hypocrisy, and no hypocrite will enter the Kingdom. You have to repent and trust Jesus Christ alone for your salvation, and not try and bribe Jehovah. I do good works and preach the gospel not to be forgiven. I do it because I am forgiven, and the difference is life and death, Heaven and Hell. Thanks, guys, for talking to me."

"Thank you."

There were no arguments about the deity of Christ because I made sure the conversation didn't go in that direction. It's important to remember that Jehovah Witnesses see Christians as misguided "Trinitarians," while they see themselves as protectors of Jehovah's glory. So they are going to be incredibly stubborn about the issue of Jehovah sharing His glory with another.

When Peter said that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the Living God, Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven," (Matthew 16:17). So I believe that the best way for anyone to find out who Jesus is, is for God to reveal it to them. If I had started quoting Bible verses to make some point about Jesus being God--"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory" (1 Timothy 3:16, italics added) or "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God," (John 1:1, italics added) they would have started quoting back, and then they would have fallen back on the argument that they have the only true translation. Jehovah's Witnesses also deny the existence of Heaven and Hell. They believe in annihilation, and that the Kingdom of God will come to this earth and be set up for a thousand years. Christians can't even agree on issues of prophecy, so I deliberately stayed away from it.

All I did was hold up the truth against error and left the results in the hands of God. Charles Spurgeon said, "I have heard it said that if there is a crooked stick, and you want to show how crooked it is, you need not waste words in description. Place a straight one by the side of it, and the thing is done directly."

All religions have their roots in idolatry. They have a wrong understanding of the nature of God and His righteous requirements. When you look closely at their beliefs, it becomes evident they are made up of the fruitless branches of self-righteousness. They think that they can bribe God with their works. Like the Jews of whom Paul spoke--they go about to establish their own righteousness, being ignorant of the righteousness which is of God (see Romans 10:3). The Law puts the axe to the root. It reveals a perfect righteousness and kills hope of self-salvation. It shows the self-righteous person that the leap he is trying to make to Heaven is infinitely beyond his reach.

I had noticed that Javier had been nodding in agreement at what I was saying. When he asked for my name again, I looked directly at him and said that they could come back any time. We shook hands and we left on good terms. I came away feeling really good because I had avoided doing what the Bible says not to do--to argue:

"But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will." (2 Timothy 2:23-26)

Amen, amen, nice reply!