APPLY YOURSELF TO THE FIELD MINISTRY: Week of December 15-21, 2025, Explain Your Beliefs: Role-Playing. Topic: Have Jehovah's Witnesses changed the Bible to fit their beliefs? Lesson 12. Prepared Assignment.

APPLY YOURSELF TO THE FIELD MINISTRY: December 15-21, 2025, Explain Your Beliefs: Role-Playing. Topic: Have Jehovah's Witnesses changed the Bible to fit their beliefs? Lesson 12. Prepared Assignment.

Explain your beliefs (5 mins.) Role-play. ijwfq article 35. Topic: Have Jehovah's Witnesses changed the Bible to fit their beliefs? (th lesson 12).

Setting: The publisher encounters an acquaintance who asks if Jehovah's Witnesses have changed the Bible to fit their beliefs. The publisher responds calmly and respectfully, using Bible texts to explain their beliefs and demonstrating a willingness to engage in dialogue and offer reliable, Bible-based information.

Assistant: Hi, [name], how are you? I wanted to ask you something about Jehovah's Witnesses. Is it true that they have changed the Bible to fit their beliefs?

Publisher: Hello, [name]. No, that's not true. We believe the Bible is the Word of God and that it is infallible. When we realize that one of our beliefs doesn't align with the Bible, we change it.

Assistant: And what beliefs are those?

Publisher: For example, we believe that God is not a Trinity, as stated in Deuteronomy 6:4: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.” We also believe that the wicked do not suffer eternally in the flames of hell.

Assistant: I find it interesting. What else do you think?

Publisher: We believe that the wicked do not suffer eternally in the flames of hell and that the Kingdom of God is a real government that will be established on Earth. The Bible says in Ezekiel 18:4, 20: “Look, all souls belong to me. Both the soul of the father and the soul of the son belong to me. The soul that sins is the one that will die. The son will not bear the guilt of the father’s sin, nor will the father bear the guilt of the son’s sin. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to him alone, and the wickedness of the wicked will be credited to him alone.”

Assistant: I think that's a very biblical belief. And what about the New World Translation? Is that the only one that supports those beliefs?

Publisher: No, it's not the only one. We continue to use various Bible translations to share our beliefs. The New World Translation is one of them, but it's not the only one. In fact, when we offer people a free Bible course, we also provide them with a free copy of the New World Translation. But if someone would like to take the course using a different Bible translation, we have no problem with that.

Assistant: Ah, I understand. Thank you for explaining. You've cleared up a lot of things for me.