Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

Rom.11:19 You will say then, "Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in." 11:20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don't be conceited, but fear; 11:21 for if God didn't spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.

Conceited is a work of our fallen flesh, and is hated by God. The Gentles were allowed into a righteous tree because Israel became conceited. Israel assumed holiness came from them as a people by keeping God's laws. In other words, they taught a separated holiness from God holiness by their works under God's law, they believed in mankind's holiness through hard works.

Romans 9:11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls.

Now those anointed, by Holy Spirit not physical Israel, but Gentles (spiritual Israel) who were not anointed by their own spirit now thought as unfaithful Israel had thought if they kept God's righteous law they would obtain to holiness. What conceited, and a profound mistake! Thus, the head of the congregation their high priest Jesus Christ who is holy and had made them holy used the apostle Paul to corrects such an erroneous teaching by stating the nature order of God's creation in a tree no mind stupid tree without human wisdom.

Isaiah 32:6 For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, To make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

1 Timothy 6:20 Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;

2 Timothy 2:16 But shun empty chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,

The life of the tree, comes not from the branches, without the roots there is no life in the tree! A branch cannot do a single thing apart from the tree, it cannot produce the fruit of the tree. Holiness stems from one, God through Christ Jesus too us. God's Holiness is found in the life of Christ because Christ purchased our life by giving us his life, that is, his righteousness.

1 Corinthians 12:3 Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed." No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

Romans 1:4 who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Why Christ righteousness? Because we have no righteousness before God as a sinner. Sinner cannot stand before God, they are dead to him, just as Adam and Eve died in that day to God, having no more standing before God as they had being sinless. God must act, man's life comes from God. Not a few years in sin on earth, man life was created to live forever. We come from God because he is holy the first couple was created holy having life of God in them sustaining them in eternal life.

John 5:26 For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.

Christ came to earth having YHWH life in him, which made him holy with that life of God in him he died faithful and was rewarded the grandest of all gifts of God, Cod made Christ life, immortal incorruptible life. Christ now becomes our righteousness cleansing us from all dead works of our flesh.

Heb.1:3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

1 Peter 1:23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

1Cor.1:29 that no flesh should boast before God.
1:30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption: 1:31 that, according as it is written, "He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."{Jeremiah 9:24}

To be holy one must be sinless, accounted sinless, by God's judgment, not man's. Once a person falls into conceit that righteousness stems from his or her own good works towards God in keeping some law, God's or a religion they are dead to Christ righteousness. Now please understand, we are not saying a person keeping every precept of God's law does not have a piety, prospering before men. But the same can be said of the military those found in the elitist fighting force. Moreover, the same is true of those in the top seats of commerce they have proven by good habits and work ethics to achieve greatness in the world.

Isaiah 4:4 when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.

1 Peter 3:21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

But having their own righteousness, that is, the rightness of their ways, their conduct cannot give them rightness before God. Rightness before God is a gift, a free gift given not by mankind merit, but Christ merit earned by his life on earth, and presented to us by our faith in that rightness, not in the top leaders of this world, or religion, and/or commerce.

Romans 9:31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the law of righteousness.

Romans 10:3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

Romans 10:4 For Christ is the fulfillment{or, completion, or end} of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

In other words, Israel blindly followed after human righteousness by trying to obey a perfect law that only a sinless person could keep, and deceived themselves and taught others to do the same. They became proud and conceited thinking they were god's upon earth, holy and clean, they declared themselves before the Son of Man as such, and murder him as a good for nothing sinner. We trample upon the blood of Christ when we substitute man righteousness because they teach God's righteousness from the bible declaring their own ways are clean.

James 1:21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls{or, preserve your life.}.
1:22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. 1:23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
1:24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 1:25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
1:26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.

Breaking a branch from a tree kills the conceit in the branch and its self boasting, does it not. The thought of holy perfect fruit die, the leafs writhes, and its beauty is lost within short order. Now its finds it glory in the same works of the flesh as do all those boasting in the corrupt life of the flesh. Death is at works in them not the eternal life of Christ producing fruit of Holy Spirit, murder, conceit, lying, double standards, hates and evil are found. Here the brain remembers but the action of the heart shows the fruit, the mouth continues to deceived it own heart and others, but the fruit is not the works of the Holy Spirit which has no corrupt fruit on God's tree. How does one forgive themselves before flesh? By works of law doing more good, to make up for the evil. A never ending life of fear and judgment until the person become a complete hypocrite.

James 3:10 Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
3:11 Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water? 3:12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth. 3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

No these brothers and sister were not made holy by their own righteousness, not even the laws righteousness, if they did not remain in Christ by putting faith in him alone, his righteousness, they too would be broken off the one tree of righteousness, Christ Jesus, they would without doubt feel and see God's severity.

Mat.7:16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? 7:17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
7:18 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

John.15:1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
15:2 Every branch in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 15:3 You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 15:4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. 15:5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
15:6 If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 15:7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you. 15:8 "In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

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