Despite the scriptures instructing Christians to witness for CHRIST, and not for God...
Matthew 10:18; Mark 13:9; Luke 24:48; John 1:15; 5:37; John 8:18; John 15:26, 27;
Acts 1:8; 9:15,16; 10:39; 10:43; 13:31; 22:15; 22:20; 23:11; 26:16; 1 Cor. 1:6; 1 Tim. 2:6, 7; 2 Tim. 1:8; 1 John 5:9; Rev. 1:9; 12:17; 17:6; 19:10; 20:4...
….and telling Christians to call on CHRIST's name for everything and not GOD's name...
Matthew 10:22; 18:20; 19:29; 24:9; Luke 10:17; 21:12; 21:16, 17; John 2:23; 5:27, 28; 14:26; 15:16; Acts 2:38; 3:6; 4:10; 5:40; 5:41; 9:14-16; 10:48; 11:26; 16:18; 19:5; 22:16; 1 Cor. 6:11; 2 Cor. 5:15; Phil. 2:10; Heb. 13:15; Rev. 2:3; 2:13.....
…..the organization's hierarchy and clergy mandarins persist in teaching the lie about whose name JW's have to witness for.
Compounding their false teaching, they pervert Paul's words at Hebrews 13:15 regarding the name which was to PUBLICLY DECLARED: “Through him let us always offer to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that make public declaration to his name.”
Here are just 6 examples of the WTBT's repeated deception -
w14 9/15 p. 11 par. 20 Are You Convinced That You Have the Truth? Why? As dedicated Witnesses of Jehovah, we are convinced that we have the truth....
w14 11/15 p. 15 par. 12 - “Our lips should make public declaration to Jehovah’s holy name.”
w12 1/15 p. 23 par. 10 - “The public declaration of our hope....Paul called this essential Christian activity “a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips which make public declaration to [God’s] name.” (WT's insertion & brackets)
w11 3/15 p. 14 par. 9 - “...continue to rely heavily on Jehovah, who will grant you endurance as you “make public declaration to his name.”
w05 7/15 p. 29 par. 14 - Why should we allow a month to pass without witnessing about Jehovah..?
w03 5/1 pp. 28-29 - “a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips which make public declaration to [God’s] name.” (WT's insertion & brackets)
….but this Watchtower article really hammers home the “slave's” dogma:
w94 9/15 p.10 Make Public Declaration to Jehovah’s Name
If you are an active JW, take the time to compare what the org says with what all of the above scriptures really tell you, and then consider Paul's confirmatory words:
(Hebrews 4:14) "Therefore, since we have a great HIGH PRIEST who has passed through the heavens, JESUS the Son of God, let us hold on to our public declaration of HIM."
(Romans
10:9) For if you publicly declare
with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and exercise
faith in your heart that God raised him up from the dead, you will be
saved.
1st
century Christians publicly declared the name of Jesus Christ – not
“Jehovah.”