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insist that the Father’s headship over Christ means that Christ is inferior in nature to God the Father
(that he is a “lesser god”)?

How to Reach Jehovah’s Witnesses

7.4 Let’s Practice…

1. What did the Jews understand Jesus to be saying in John 8:58?
What was their response?

2. In Rev 3:14, the author of the verse is “the Beginning of the creation of God.” JWs cite this
verse as a proof text that Jesus was God’s first (beginning) creation. What Greek word helps us
understand what “beginning” means?

3. What does the above Greek word mean?

4. Based on the meaning of the Greek text, explain what Rev 3:14 is really saying.

5. Proverbs 8:22-23 seem to indicate that Jesus was established. This also is used as a proof text for
Jesus being a created being. What is this verse really referring to?

6. In Col. 1:15 Jesus is called the “firstborn” of all creation. JWs use this verse to again support their
belief that Jesus was a created being…the first one born. What Greek word is translated “firstborn?”

7. What does this Greek word mean?

8. Knowing what the Greek word means, how does this clarify what is being stated in the verse?

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