Witness Coach

You may hear a New Age believer say this about the Bible:

  • What is your truth is not necessarily my truth.

Logical Answers to Consider:
Don't Add or Subtract - You are never to add to, change or subtract from God's Word.

Deut 4:2, Prov 30:5-6, Rev 22:17-19

Forever - God's Word is forever, and given to man once.

Psalm 12:6-7, Psalm 119:160, Isa 40:8, Matt 24:35-36, 1Pet 1:23-25, Jude 1:3

From God - The Bible is from God, not a creation of man.

Exod 24:12, Psalm 119:160, Psalm 138:2, Prov 30:5-6, 1Thes 2:13, 2Tim 3:16-17, 1Pet 1:23-25, 2Pet 1:20-21, 1John 5:10-13

Protected - God has protected His Word.

Psalm 12:6-7, Psalm 138:2,  1Pet 1:23-25, Rev 22:17-19

Proud Rejected - God will reject the proud who reject His Word.

2Thes 2:10-12, 1Tim 6:3-5

Pure and True - God's Word, the Bible, is pure and true.

Psalm 12:6-7, Psalm 19:7, Psalm 119:160, Psalm 138:2, Prov 30:5-6, Matt 5:17-18, John 8:12-14, John 8:31-32, 1Thes 2:13, 2Thes 2:10-12, 1Tim 6:3-5, 1Pet 1:23-25, 1John 5:10-13

You may hear a New Age believer say this about Jesus:

  • Jesus was an unusual, enlightened man.

Logical Answers to Consider:
First and Last - Jesus is the first, last, and only God.

Isa 43:10-11, Isa 44:6-8, Rev 1:11, Rev 1:17, Rev 22:11-13

God Sent - God sent Jesus to redeem man.

Isa 48:16-18

God's Son - Jesus is God's Son.

Psalm 2:7-12, Isa 9:6, Zech 12:10, Mark 14:61-64, Luke 3:22, 1John 5:10-13

Jesus Creator - Jesus created Heaven, Hell, the universe and everything in it.

1Cor 8:5-6, Eph 3:9, Col 1:13-17

Jesus Eternal - Jesus is eternal, preexisting the universe.

John 1:1-3, John 8:58, Eph 3:9, Col 1:13-17, 1Tim 1:15-17, Heb 13:5-8, Rev 1:11, Rev 1:17, Rev 22:11-13

Jesus Heals - Jesus has the power of God to heal everything at His will.

Matt 9:35, Phil 3:20-21, Phil 4:19

Jesus is God - Jesus is the embodiment of God.

Matt 28:9, Matt 28:17-20, John 1:1-3, John 8:58, John 10:27-30, John 14:6-9, John 20:25-29, Acts 9:5-6, 1Cor 8:5-6, Col 2:9, 1Tim 3:16, 1John 2:22, 1John 5:7

Jesus Intercessor - Jesus is the only intercessor between God and man.

Isa 53:11-12, John 14:6-9, Rom 8:32-34, Phil 4:19, Col 1:19-20, 1Tim 2:5-6, Heb 9:14-15, 1Pet 3:18-20, 1John 2:1-2

Jesus Paid - Jesus paid for the sins of the world.

Isa 53:4-6, Isa 53:11-12, Matt 20:28, John 6:51, Rom 4:24-25, Rom 5:7-8, Rom 8:32-34, 1Cor 15:3-7, 2Cor 5:14-17, Gal 3:10-13, Eph 1:5-7, Col 1:19-20, 1Tim 2:5-6, Heb 9:14-15, Heb 9:27-28, Heb 10:10-12, Heb 10:16-19, 1Pet 2:21-24, 1Pet 3:18-20, 1John 1:7-10, 1John 2:1-2, 1John 3:2-5, 1John 4:9-10

Jesus Rose - Jesus rose from the dead, never to die again.

Luke 24:40-43, Luke 24:46-51, John 20:25-29, Acts 4:33, 1Cor 15:3-7, 1Cor 15:16-19

Miracles - Jesus performed miracles, overriding the laws of physics.

Matt 14:19-21, Matt 14:25-26, John 11:38-44

Son is God - The Son of God is God.

Psalm 2:7-12, Isa 9:6, Zech 12:10, Mark 14:61-64, Heb 1:8

Trinity - Jesus is a member of the triune Godhead.

Gen 1:26, Psalm 110:1, Isa 44:6-8, Isa 45:18-22, Isa 48:16-18, Matt 28:17-20, John 1:1-3, 2Cor 13:14, Eph 3:9, Col 1:13-17, 1John 5:7

You may hear a New Age believer say this about the Nature of God:

  • When we are enlightened, we are god; as Christ is the ideal.

Logical Answers to Consider:
First and Last - Jesus is the first and last God.

Isa 43:10-11, Isa 44:6-8, Rev 1:11, Rev 1:17, Rev 22:11-13

Only God - There is only one true God.

Isa 43:10-11, Isa 44:6-8, Isa 45:5-6, Isa 45:18-22, 1Cor 8:5-6, 1Tim 1:15-17

Satan's Sin - Satan's sin is that he wanted to become god.

Isa 14:9-15,

  • All creation is one and all is God.

God is not in everything: God indwells His believers, the creation will perish, is not in items made.

Gen 1:26, Gen 3:17-19, Psalm 102:25-26, Acts 17:24, Rom 1:22-25, 1John 3:23-24

Only God - There is only one true God.

Isa 43:10-11, Isa 44:6-8, Isa 45:5-6, Isa 45:18-22, 1Cor 8:5-6, 1Tim 1:15-17

You may hear a New Age believer say this about Judgment:

  • We are reincarnated until we perfectly enlightened.

Logical Answers to Consider:
Final Abode - The Bible tells us that after death we go to a final place.

Luke 16:22-24, Luke 23:39-43, 2Cor 5:6-8, Rev 6:9-10

Hell Destroys - Those cast into Hell do not get a chance to change stop destruction.

Deut 32:22-24, Job 21:19-20, Psalm 37:38, Matt 10:28, Rev 20:12-15, Rev 21:8

Judgment Day - A judgment day comes next after your death.

Isa 13:9, Rom 2:2-5, Rom 14:10-12, Heb 9:27-28, 2Pet 2:9, 1John 4:15-19, Rev 20:12-15

No Changing - There is no changing your eternity after you die.

Prov 29:1, John 8:24, Heb 9:27-28, Rev 22:11-13

You may hear a New Age believer say this about the Nature of Man and Life:

  • There is no good or evil and thus no sin.

Logical Answers to Consider:
All Guilty - Without Jesus, everyone is guilty before God.

Rom 3:19-20, Gal 3:10-13, James 2:10

All Sin - The Bible tells us that all of us have sinned.

Ecc 7:20, Isa 53:4-6, Isa 64:6, John 8:7-9, Rom 3:10, Rom 3:23, Rom 5:12, Gal 3:22, 1John 1:7-10

Good and Evil - The Bible tells us of good and the evil of sin.

Gen 3:22, Exod 20:13-17

Jesus Paid - Jesus paid for our sins, so clearly, sin exists.

Isa 53:4-6, Isa 53:11-12, Matt 20:28, John 6:51, Rom 4:24-25, Rom 5:7-8, Rom 8:32-34, 1Cor 15:3-7, 2Cor 5:14-17, Gal 3:10-13, Eph 1:5-7, Col 1:19-20, 1Tim 2:5-6, Heb 9:14-15, Heb 9:27-28, Heb 10:10-12, Heb 10:16-19, 1Pet 2:21-24, 1Pet 3:18-20, 1John 1:7-10, 1John 2:1-2, 1John 3:2-5, 1John 4:9-10

List of Sin - The Bible gives us a list of sins to judge ourselves.

Exod 20:13-17, 1Cor 6:9-11, 1Tim 1:9-10

Sin Declared - God declares sin exists and what it is.

Prov 14:9, Rom 7:7, 1John 3:2-5