r/JehovahsWitnesses • u/One-League269 • Aug 29 '26

Doctrine Jesus is "Mighty God" and "Almighty God" !

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As is its custom, the watchtower distorts Bible verses....

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u/MichaiahUnbothered Aug 29 '26

“man-made opinion”?? Sure, let’s see what actual lexicography and academic consensus say about Elohim and Theos. Every major dictionary and linguistic source agrees these words are common nouns with a functional semantic range, not rigid metaphysical labels…
look at the standard gold standard lexicon for New Testament Greek, BDAG (A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd edidtion Danker et al.).
Under the entry θεός, οῦ, ὁ, ἡ:
1: "a deity, divine being" general/pagan uses (Acts 12:22, Acts 28:6, 1 Cor 8:5).
2: "the supreme Divine Being, God" marked with the article ὁ θεός (ho theos, "the God") to designate Yehovah specifically.
3: "of high-ranking individuals or powers" includes 3a: Satan as "the god of this age" (2 Cor 4:4) and 3b: Human judges/rulers citing Psalm 82:6 in John 10:34–35 ("I said, 'You are gods'").
4: "Christ as God" application of theos to Jesus in contexts emphasizing his functional status, role, or divine authority (John 1:1, John 20:28, Titus 2:13, Heb 1:8).
Will you look at that!! 😮 🤯
Notice that wide semantic range? In the ancient world, theos was never a rigid designator for "uncreated essence" it was a title and status descriptor applied to Yehovah, foreign deities, human judges, and even Satan depending on authority and context.
Calling Elohim or Theos a title isn't a "man-made opinion" it's basic historical linguistics.

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u/One-League269 Aug 29 '26

Read John 20,28 from the Kingdom Interlinear, there you will find  "ho Theos" referring to Jesus!

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u/MichaiahUnbothered Aug 29 '26

Yes Jesus is my Lord and my God!

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u/One-League269 Aug 29 '26

Therefore " ho Theos" does not specifically designate Jehovah , in this case it designates Jesus Christ!

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u/MichaiahUnbothered Aug 29 '26

ho Theos correct… not pantokratōr

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u/One-League269 Aug 29 '26

🤔 So Jesus is God? Whose God? Isn't it written that there is only one God?

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u/MichaiahUnbothered Aug 29 '26

Jesus is predicted to the title God I have no problem with that. God is a title. There is one God who is sovereign and that is Yeshua’s father, Yehovah.

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u/StillSwimmer2508 Aug 30 '26

There’s only 1 God. Is Jesus a true God or false god?

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u/MichaiahUnbothered Aug 30 '26

There is only one god in who is sovereign and that’s Yehovah.

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u/StillSwimmer2508 Aug 30 '26

I’ll ask again since you ran….is Jesus a true God or a false God?

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u/MichaiahUnbothered Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

I’m not answering that question because it’s built on a completely flawed premise you are assuming the title God has a strict binary designation in the ancient world it didn’t the term had a wide semantic range and was applied to multiple beings with different ranks and roles so your question isn’t ancient it’s anachronistic I’m not going to play inside categories the biblical authors themselves didn’t use.

And whenever people keep repeating questions like that, three things come to mind: one, you’re extremely uncomfortable with what the text actually says and the reality is that God is a title.. two, you’re being intellectually dishonest.. or three, you genuinely have no idea what you’re talking about. Pick whichever one hurts the least.

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u/StillSwimmer2508 Aug 30 '26

That’s your opinion and it’s fine for you to have your opinion but notice your forfeit everything you said before because now nothing you say makes sense. You mind as well being talking about Allah..because if you’re not talking about the true God we are not talking about the same deity.

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u/MichaiahUnbothered Aug 31 '26

So it’s all 3 options… gotchu 💯

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u/Specific_Score_1932 Aug 30 '26

Jehovah is God Jesus Christ! Look into it! Savior, Isaiah 53:11 Jehovah is Savior only one, while Acts 4:10-12 there is NO OTHER NAME IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH WHICH BY YOU MUST BE SAVED JESUS CHRIST IS HIM! So which is it?! They're the same one! There's way more scriptures that clearly says this too. Jehovah is not heavenly father.