I read a post by someone who was asking for help,
saying they were being shaken by Jehovah’s Witnesses.
As I shared the Word of God with that person, I left the following comment.
When you proclaim Isaiah 9:6 to Jehovah’s Witnesses, most of them run away.
They deny that the Eternal Father came as a child.
That is why they neither understand Isaiah 9:6 nor remain to listen
when you try to explain it they flee instead.
Because they view Jesus as the first created being, they cannot acknowledge
the One who came as a child as the Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.
Likewise, those who believe that God has existed as three persons from
the beginning also do not truly believe Isaiah 9:6 in their hearts.
That is because they refuse to recognize the One born as a child as the Everlasting Father.
How can Isaiah 9:6 ever be revealed to people who do not even bother to examine what this verse means,
and who say, the moment they hear the words “a child,” “See, this proves the Trinity”?
How can this Word be revealed to those who say that whenever Scripture is hard to understand,
we should just pass over it?
How can this Word be revealed to those who say,
“I believe in the Trinitarian God, so don’t preach that gospel to me”?
Like the story of a certain person mentioned in the gospel letter
we shared yesterday how can those who believe in a cold,
merciless father who kills his own son ever understand this Word?
How can those who become angry and say, “I already believe well enough,”
no matter how much the Word is shared, ever come to understand it?
How can those who think, “Isn’t that heresy?” the moment the gospel is preached, grasp this Word?
How can those who listen to the gospel with zero interest, saying,
“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” ever meet the Everlasting Father?
Can those who deliberately try to forget the name of God, Jehovah,
truly be believing the gospel with their hearts?
For the gospel is this: Jehovah Himself became flesh and rose again.
For unto us a child is born, unto 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. (Isaiah 9:6)
Even though Scripture clearly records, “I am Yehowah, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God,” people still firmly believe that from the beginning there have been three.
Though the One born as a baby is the Everlasting Father, and the One given as a Son is the Prince of Peace, people simply refuse to believe it.
This year, I hope that many will believe in their hearts that God is one, and that the one Yehowah became flesh as Jesus Christ, and that through this faith they will receive eternal life.