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The Truth Not In Us?

1John.1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

The greatest restoration of truth for mankind happen long ago before we were born. Yes! Truth came to earth in the person of Christ Jesus since then many have confused the truth of God's word by claiming human are the truth because they read truth from their bibles which is a lie!

John 1:14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The apostle John tells us the truth by the Holy Spirit that we are sinners, hence, our flesh is a lie, it is not the standard of truth found in Christ Jesus who never sinned in word or deed. Let us not deceive ourselves and others. Let us state truth by saying we can have the truth in us, if we are a Christian, and we are in the son of God, our being in Christ is the truth. In other words, being “in the truth” literally means being in Christ, and him in us, anything less than that high standard of truth is a lie, and we are not found in the way!

James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.

Hebrews 6:18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

Let us remove the foundation stone of error by false religion which is; our saying we are a sinner does not, once again, does not make us the truth or a lesser sinner than others. We are deceived if we believe that lie. Christ has no sin, he does not have degrees of sin as the fleshly mind judges humans sins by. Christ is sinless that is how we get rid of our deserved judgment for all sin is by being in the life of Christ, and his righteous sinless life is given us as God's mercy and kindness.

1 John 3:6 Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.

1 John 3:9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.

1 Corinthians 8:6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

2 Corinthians 13:4 For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Christ is our truth in our fallen flesh which flesh is dead to God's judgment. When God looks at us, he looks at the blood of the pass-over lamb instead of our sins, we are saved in Christ life because his life is righteous without sin, it is his life in us that sanctifies us by being a part of his living life as his body members.

1 Corinthians 1:30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

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.

Philippians 3:9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.

Subsequently, if we say: “I have no sin.” We are a liar, because Christ is the only place on earth God has declared righteous, that is, in Christ everlasting life indwelling us. There are not many righteousness, there is one righteousness in Christ, and all the fruit on his tree comes not from our righteousness, but his. We humans can speak truth, but we are not the truth by any means of the stretch of the imagination.

Isaiah 11:10 It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.

Malachi 4:1 "For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up," says Yahweh of Armies, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

Romans 11:18 don't boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.

Romans 15:12 Again, Isaiah says, "There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope."{Isaiah 11:10}

Revelation 22:16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star."

Those looking to human righteousness in the flesh from others are deceived living a lie. They have been tricked as Eve was tricked in the Garden of Eden by Satan the Devil. The source of life, and righteousness comes from God too us through his Son Christ Jesus as the only good tree producing good fruit. Apart from that life there is no life but sin and death.

Colossians 3:9 Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,

2 Thessalonians 2:11 Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie;

1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.

1 John 2:21 I have not written to you because you don't know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

1 John 2:27 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don't need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

Romans 7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

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