Whom do Jehovah's Witnesses serve?
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Jehovah’s Witnesses serve Jehovah as the only God. He alone is the eternally existing uncreated Universal Sovereign.
They also recognize that Jehovah’s plan of salvation for sinful mankind is accomplished by means of Jesus. Thus they direct proper honor and service to this one without worrying about idolatry since serving the son of Jehovah, who is in subjection to his father, is in fact serving Jehovah.
Just as a soldier serves his commanding officer while simultaneously serving the president or king of his country is not conflicted,so too since there is no rivalry between Jesus and Jehovah, no charge of divided loyalty can be leveled.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses worship only Jehovah God. They neither worship nor pray to Jesus. Here is an extract from their official web site that may help to shed light on the subject:
Jehovah's Witnesses honor Jehovah, the God of the Bible and the Creator of all things.
We worship the one true and Almighty God, the Creator, whose name is Jehovah.
We follow the teachings and example of Jesus Christ and honor him as our Savior and as the Son of God. Thus, we are Christians. However, we have learned from the Bible that Jesus is not Almighty God and that there is no Scriptural basis for the Trinity doctrine. Jesus is the King of God’s Kingdom in heaven. He began ruling in 1914.
We do not venerate the cross or any other images. Key aspects of our worship include praying to God.
The Governing Body, a small group of mature Christians who serve at our world headquarters, provides direction for Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide. https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jehovah-witness-beliefs/
From this it is clear that they honor and worship Jehovah God (the creator of all things) and they honor Jesus as their Savior and as the Son of God. However, they have only one principal Savior, Jehovah God. Jesus Christ is exalted as the “Chief Agent and Savior (Acts 5:31) because it is THROUGH Jesus that salvation is accomplished. Source: https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1960161#h=14
They pray only to Jehovah God (in the name of Jesus). Their Governing Body serve and provide direction, which is somewhat ambiguous.
Since they reject the Trinity doctrine, and say Jehovah God created the mighty spirit creature that came from heaven to earth to be born of a woman, then they designate Christ Jesus as “a god”, whereas Jehovah is the one, the only, Almighty God. That is the main reason they only give obeisance or honor, to Jesus, and not worship.
An old Watchtower article (1 January 1956) had this to say on who they serve:
Men and women who want to live, not die, must give to Jehovah exclusive devotion. Each of such must willingly choose to dedicate his life to Jehovah’s service and follow his commandments... the person who comes to Jehovah and dedicates himself through Christ Jesus to Jehovah’s service makes himself God’s slave.... One who has dedicated himself to Jehovah’s service... is willing to be a slave to time indefinite. As to members of the New World society, this means for eternity. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1956004#h=25
They take Jesus’ exhortation to “serve the Lord thy God only” as literal. As for Colossians 3:24, their New World Translation says “SLAVE for the Master, Christ.” Their translation does not say “it is the Lord Christ you are serving”. Perhaps a Jehovah’s Witness would be kind enough to explain this.
Therefore Jehovah’s Witnesses dedicate themselves to Jehovah’s service, which is another way of saying they serve Jehovah. They do this by dedicating their lives to his service through his earthly organization.
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