The Gospel Test
Ask the JW to explain how someone can be saved RIGHT NOW — a dying person with three minutes to live. Most committed JWs cannot give a clear answer because their soteriology requires ongoing works, organisational membership, and surviving Armageddon. This exposes the difference between the JW "salvation plan" and the biblical gospel in a non-confrontational way.
Source: What Does the Bible Really Teach?, ch. 12
Listen For These Phrases
"how to be saved"
"enter the kingdom"
"forgiveness of sins"
"what must I do"
"way of salvation"
"how do I get saved"
"plan of salvation"
Doctrines They're Pushing
Counter-Arguments (Recommended Order)
1. Grace vs Works
Romans 11:6 in the NWT
2. You Must Be Born Again
John 3:3 — Not Just for 144,000
3. Grace Defeats Sin — Law Doesn't
Romans 6:14 — the verse that inverts the Watchtower's whole approach
4. Begun by the Spirit, Perfected by the Flesh?
Galatians 3:3 — Paul's horror at going backwards
5. Is the Watchtower's Yoke Easy?
Matthew 11:28–30 — Jesus' promise vs the organisation's demands
6. Born of God Cannot Go On Sinning
1 John 3:9 — a promise only available to all believers
7. The New Creation — Past Tense, Present Reality
Ephesians 2:10 and 2 Corinthians 5:17 — transformation as completed fact
8. You Can Know You Have Eternal Life
1 John 5:13 / John 5:24
9. Saved by Grace — Past Tense
Ephesians 2:8-9