5 Things Jehovah Witnesses Get Wrong!
- Mar 4
- 3 min read
Below is just 5 examples of what JWs get wrong. The JWs are for the most part a very friendly group of people who will have a zeal and passion that we as Christians should have. However with the amount of zeal and passion they have, they are leading around 9.2million people into a false soteriology & theology that the Bible does not teach. Getting these things wrong like they are doing is leading people to Hell. If you know any JWs I encourage you to study these points to where the next time you have a conversation with them, you can teach them in love and gentleness how they are in error and bring them into the truth of the Gospel. God Bless!
1. Jesus is fully God (deity of Christ), not a created being or "a god"
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that Jesus is the first creation of God (Michael the Archangel in pre-human form) and render John 1:1 in their New World Translation as "the Word was a god" to support this.
But Scripture repeatedly affirms Jesus' full deity:
John 1:1-3 (even without the NWT alteration): "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made." If Jesus created all things, He cannot be part of creation.
John 20:28 — Thomas calls Jesus "My Lord and my God!" Jesus accepts this without correction.
Colossians 2:9 — "For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily."
Hebrews 1:8 — God the Father calls the Son "God": "But of the Son he says, 'Your throne, O God, is forever and ever...'"
These passages show Jesus is not a lesser "god" or created being but shares the divine nature eternally with the Father.
2. Jesus created all things — no exceptions
Jehovah's Witnesses insert the word "other" into Colossians 1:16-17 in their translation ("by means of him all other things were created") to imply Jesus was created first and then created everything else.
The Greek text simply says "all things" (ta panta) were created through Him, with no "other" in the original manuscripts. This insertion supports their view that Jesus is created, but it contradicts the plain reading:
If Jesus created all things, He is uncreated and eternal.
Compare Isaiah 44:24 where Jehovah says He created "all things" alone — yet Colossians attributes creation to Jesus, showing His deity.
JWs changing the text to fit their narrative is no different than Satan twisting God's Word to tempt Eve in the Garden.
3. The Holy Spirit is a person, not an impersonal "active force"
Jehovah's Witnesses deny the personhood of the Holy Spirit, calling Him God's "active force" (like electricity).
Scripture shows the Holy Spirit acts as a person:
He speaks (Acts 13:2), can be grieved (Ephesians 4:30), lied to (Acts 5:3-4 — lying to the Holy Spirit = lying to God), teaches (John 14:26), intercedes (Romans 8:26), and has a will (1 Corinthians 12:11).
In Matthew 28:19, baptism is in the name (singular) of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — placing the Spirit on equal footing with the persons of the Godhead.
This supports the Trinity, which Jehovah's Witnesses reject.
4. Eternal punishment exists, not annihilation or soul sleep
Jehovah's Witnesses teach no hell of eternal torment; the wicked are annihilated (cease to exist), and the soul dies with the body.
Jesus and the apostles describe ongoing punishment:
Matthew 25:46 — "And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." The same word "eternal" (aionios) applies to both.
Revelation 14:10-11 — The smoke of their torment "goes up forever and ever," with no rest day or night.
Mark 9:48 — Hell where "their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched" (quoting Isaiah 66:24).
This contradicts the idea of mere non-existence.
5. Jesus died on a cross (stauros includes cross shape), not just a stake
Jehovah's Witnesses insist Jesus died on an upright stake (torture stake), denying the traditional cross.
But biblical and historical evidence points to a cross:
John 20:25 — "nails" (plural) in His hands; a single stake would likely use one nail or rope.
Matthew 27:37 — Sign placed "over his head" implies arms outstretched on a crossbeam.
Early Christian and Roman descriptions align with crucifixion on a cross-shaped structure.
For context here is a link for points 1-3 of this article for the JWs Sources
For context here is a link for point 4 of this article
For context here is a link for point 5 of this article
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