Because it is unscriptural, that's why. If God wanted us to wear His name, which is YHWH, not Jehovah, He would have told us this in the New Testament. We are not Israelites. We don't live under the law of Moses. We are CHRISTIANS. We live under the law of Christ.
Jesus was an Israelite who was a witness to his Father Jehovah. Jesus did not worship himself...he worshiped God and we do the same. Actually the NT is full of verses telling us to do just that, some examples:
In this verse, the great crowd owe their salvation firstly to God, then to Jesus
Rev 7:
10 And they keep shouting with a loud voice, saying: “Salvation we owe to our God, who is seated on the throne,+ and to the Lamb.”
Then we see that these ones are said to be rendering sacred service, not to the Lamb (Jesus) but to God:
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15 That is why they are before the throne of God, and they are rendering him sacred service day and night in his temple; and the One seated on the throne+ will spread his tent over them
Then we have Jesus own words about worshiping the Father in Matt 6:10
10 Then Jesus said to him: “Go away, Satan! For it is written: ‘It is Jehovah* your God you must worship,+ and it is to him alone you must render sacred service.’”
Where was he quoting from when he said 'it is written'? He was quoting from the mosiac law where it reads:
Deuteronomy 6:13 Jehovah your God you should fear,+ and him you should serve,+ and by his name you should swear.
So it is quite scriptural to worship God and not Jesus. Yes Jesus is our King, but he is not our God and he never would have wanted his followers to worship him. You are being gravely mislead.
There is nothing wrong with praising God publicly. We see numerous examples of this being done by Jesus and His apostles in the NT. There is something very wrong with wearing the name Jehovah's Witness, when it has not been authorized by God.
How better to distinguish ourselves from the rest of christianity who worship Jesus... we are Christians who worship Jehovah. We could not have called ourselves by his name if he did not approve of it.
Christians are called to be witnesses For Christ. That's why they wear His name. Acts 1:8 is another verse, which seems to go right over your head. You only pay attention to prophetic and obscure verses which you think support your doctrine, but ignore those which speak plainly such as this one.
Yes, and we certainly are witnesses for Christ... but first and foremost we are witnesses for God because he is the one who sent Jesus to earth and if it were not for God, we would have no salvation.
In fact, the scriptures tell us it is God who brings us to Jesus.... not the other way around:
John 6:
44 No man can come to me unless the Father, who sent me, draws him,+ and I will resurrect him on the last day.
We owe our salvation to the Father and I think for that, he should be recognised. But if you worship Jesus alone, then how could you ever serve the Father as Jesus said we should? You can't and you dont. Thats a real shame because it is Jehovah who is God and when Jesus relinquishes his authority and submits himself to the Father, who will you worship then?
1Cor 15:
24 Next, the end, when he hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father, when he has brought to nothing all government and all authority and power.+25 For he must rule as king until God has put all enemies under his feet.+26 And the last enemy, death, is to be brought to nothing.+27 For God “subjected all things under his feet.”+ But when he says that ‘all things have been subjected,’+ it is evident that this does not include the One who subjected all things to him.+28 But when all things will have been subjected to him, then the Son himself will also subject himself to the One who subjected all things to him,+ that God may be all things to everyone.+
If you were to continue woshiping Jesus at this time, you would be put to death under the mosaic law which say:
Exodus 20:3 You must not have any other gods besides me.*
