I know.
They can sound OK up to a certain point, but then fall apart.
I like to be as nice as I can on this forum. The rabid Atheists are prowling around here like roaring lions seeking whom they may devour. I don't like for them to see us fight.
Like this sounds OK up until the last sentence:
Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe in Jesus?
Yes. We believe in Jesus, who said: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (
John 14:6) We have faith that Jesus came to earth from heaven and gave his perfect human life as a ransom sacrifice. (
Matthew 20:28) His death and resurrection make it possible for those exercising faith in him to gain everlasting life. (
John 3:16) We also believe that Jesus is now ruling as King of God’s heavenly Kingdom, which will soon bring peace to the entire earth. (
Revelation 11:15) However, we take Jesus at his word when he said: “The Father is greater than I am.” (
John 14:28)
So we do not worship Jesus, as we do not believe that he is Almighty God.
https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/believe-in-jesus/
I think it can be tricky to understand. When Jesus said in John: “The Father is greater than I am”, was He in some way being humble to the Father. And if there were not a Father to begin with, could there even be an only begotten Son? No. So the Father will always be unique as never having a birthday.
My read shows that Jesus is the ONLY begotten Son of God. This somehow makes Him unlike any other created being. Jesus was cut from the fabric of God the Father. A chip off the Old Block, the Ancient of Days.
Paul told the Old Time Jews that the Rock was Christ.
"For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. - 1 Corinthians 10
So this means that the pre-incarnate Jesus was the God of the Old Testament..
When God said let US make man in OUR image after OUR likeness, it was the pre-incarnate Christ speaking to His Father.
When Joshua met the Commander of the Lord's Army outside the walls of Jericho, that was also the pre-incarnate Christ.
"Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”
“Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord have for his servant?”
"The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so. - Joshua 5
Take off your sandals, and Joshua did so.
Man, I hope they can replay this scene.
I would have loved to have been a fly on the Jericho Wall.
Notice the Commander of the Lord's Army didn't tell Joshua NOT to worship Him like the Revelation angels did with John?
That's because the Son deserves worship, because He and the Father are One.
With Him, His Father is well pleased.
"And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!” - Matthew 3:17
Peaceful Sabbath.