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The Book of First John Chapter Two

1John 2:1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor{Greek Parakleton: Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, and Comfortor.} with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

Sin is not an option for those walking in the flesh, they are sinners and if they confess they have no sin they are liars. Sin cannot be removed from mankind by self-will, doing good works in order too appease God's righteous laws. When a law is broken no good works done after the fact appeases the crime, it must be paid for, no matter how sorry, or how many times we try to make up for it by good works. (works of law)

Subsequently, we are sinners, and we have all violated God's righteous laws by simply being born into the human race. Thus, God has made a provision for us to legally justify our sins before Him, which is, the righteous blood of Christ Jesus that appeases God's wrath against violators of His laws.

Ephesians 2:15 having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace.

John also speak to the superior way rather than allowing men to take Christ Jesus position through leadership over us, God has in His love provided a helper, a counselor, in the Holy Spirit that comforts and pleads for us our sins before God restoring us into good spiritual health with our heavenly Father. But there is more when it comes to God dealing with our sin on every level for us, which is, “the righteous”, yes, Jesus Christ, is the righteous. He alone is righteous in the sense he completed God's wrath against us in his own righteousness, so by his righteousness he becomes God's righteousness, as the Old Law of Moses was God's righteousness before Christ came, and died for us.

How was the Old Law of Moses God's righteousness? Simply put, it was perfect spiritual law, condemning us too sin and death, but God unmerited kindness allowed for innocent blood animals to be shed so we could stand justified in our sins before God, in this manner, the law became God's righteousness for the human race.

Now Christ Jesus is God's righteousness under the new covenant administering the Royal law of freedom, love. Christ replaced the righteousness of the Old law by his precious life found in his blood, so Christ Jesus is our righteousness provided we remain in him.

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

Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,"{Deuteronomy 21:23}

Galatians 5:4 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

1John 2:2 And he is the atoning sacrifice{"atoning sacrifice" is from the Greek "hilasmos," an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation--the sacrifice that turns away God's wrath because of our sin.} for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

We cannot turn God's wrath away by self-will, or doing good works, in and of ourselves. It is by the atoning sacrifice of Christ Jesus as an expression of God's own love toward His children, and the world that the law of Moses was fulfilled in Christ Jesus righteous blood.

Appeasement of God's wrath, what wrath? When a person breaks any law there is punishment to be brought upon them, that is, wrath, not as one might imagine, fire coming out of the mouth of God expressing anger as a wrathful God, no! But rather a real legal breaking of law, requiring justice to be brought upon us.

Thus, God appeases His judgment by blood, first under Moses by the blood of animals, something that should shock us, knowing that innocent life must die for our sins, but why? Life the lost of precious life, not our own, is the only payment that can be made for our sins, life is always lost by our sin, rather we understand that or not. In other words, if we remain in sin, we pass on sin too other, by proxy or procreation.

Subsequently, as long as their sin in us, and the world, there is death and the many unrighteous pain caused by death sin in our world. This is God's standard of justice by His righteous laws, that is, no death, not some or a little is OK.

Life precious innocent life will always be lost to sin until Christ Jesus completes perfectly the removal of sin from the human race. Hence, the reminder of blood, that covers our sins, and appeases God's wrath by not meeting the perfect law. However, if we love each other, we cover sin, because love works no harm towards our neighbor, so we cover a multitude of sin by loving our brothers, which the apostle John is going to speak too in his letters by God's Holy Spirit.

1John 2:3 This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

How do we keep God's commandment(s)? One of the most important question a Christian's can ask themselves, for those Christian's laden by sins laws under the tutorship of man, or an organization, burden with guilt for not meeting all their legal requirements pf membership therein?

There is only one way, and that is as the apostle Paul spoke of:

Rom13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 13:9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony,"

"You shall not covet,"{TR adds "You shall not give false testimony,"}{Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deuteronomy 5:17-19,21} and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."{Leviticus 19:18} 13:10 Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

Yes, by love, love fulfills all of God's commandment(s), do you soberly understand what this means? We cannot keep God's commandment(s) because the Law and the Temple service of the Jews is gone, destroyed, no longer established by animal blood for appeasement for breaking the law. There is no wrath for God's children under the New Covenant, which is the Royal law of love.

So we have a real dichotomy, one cannot keep the law, so if they don't love than we break all the commandment(s). Freedom, comes from not owing any one a signal thing but love. In other words, love fulfills the law, so if it is fulfilled in Christ, and we are no longer judged by it because of God's own love, how can we owe someone, or an organization a debt for breaking one of their laws, or God's law, repaying it by good works of attending meetings, or some other ridiculous requirement?

You see, love fulfills all the commandment(s, for us too keep the commandment(s) we must walk in love, there is no other way left for us to fulfill the commandment(s) of God. So there really is but one commandment for Christian's to worry about, which is the Royal law of love. Christ blood is not for the sin under the Law of Moses for Christian's, subsequently, there is no sacrifice for sin left for Christian's unless they come under the New Covenant in Jesus Christ, and walk in love

James 2:8 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself,"{Leviticus 19:18} you do well. 2:9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

James 2:11 For he who said, "Do not commit adultery,"{Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18} also said, "Do not commit murder."{Exodus 10:13; Deuteronomy 5:17} Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 2:12 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom. 2:13 For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

1 Peter 1:22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently.

1 Peter 4:8 And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

1John 2:4 One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.

Here the apostle John seems to contradict what Paul wrote under Holy Spirit; in saying we must keep the commandment(s), where Paul states Christ Jesus completed them, so is John saying the commandment(s) of the Old Law of Moses are not completed in the life and death of Christ Jesus, a fair question? Rather is he saying Christ commandment(s); that he taught his disciples while walking the earth?

First, the apostle John is talking about Jesus Christ in his letter, that is, being in Christ Jesus as the light, Jesus himself speaks often in the gospel of John about keeping “his commandment(s)”, so which is it his commandment(s) or God's? Actually both.

Christ Jesus did not speak against the righteous Law of God, he rather fulfilled its requirements setting it aside for a better superior contract for the law of love, or the Royal law of freedom. In others words, his words as God's truth upheld the Law of Moses. But they also exceeded the righteousness of the Pharisee's, Which teachings were about keeping and teaching the Law of Moses, Christ added love and mercy to God's commandment(s) he spoke to his disciples.

John 14:15 If you love me, keep my commandments.

John 14:21 One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him."

John 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and remain in his love.

But can a person keep the Commandments of God, or of Christ Jesus a higher standard of loving our enemy without breaking one of them subsequently, violating all of them?

Simply stated no! So how can we keep something that is humanly impossible for us to keep, what does this mean? It mean if you have ever looked at the opposite sex with lust, you have committed adultery, a crime punishable by death under the Law of Moses!

James 2:8 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself,"{Leviticus 19:18} you do well. 2:9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

So than by the Law all human's are liars according to John's words here, because we all sin and fail short of the glory of God, correct? So the truth is not in us, which is the truth of our human sinful condition. if we sin, and we cannot stop sinning then according to the apostle John letter, we are a liar and the truth is not in us. So was John trying too confuse us? He was not, rather, he is stating a truth that only those indwell with Holy Spirit can understand, hence, which hides the truth from apostates weed-Christian's that were spring up everywhere at John's time; over sowing the true field of wheat.

1John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

What is the truth of John's teachings? Christ Jesus is the finish work of God, for us, it is his righteous life, which is life and truth, when we are “in Christ Jesus” that is, graft into the body of Christ Jesus we receive the life of the tree, Christ Jesus, and what does that mean?

Simply put, Christ is sinless, he completed the Law of Moses, and the laws of our flesh, in his perfect sinless body while upon earth. That life bought us back from under Adam sin. It also completed the Old Law of Moses contract, fulfilling it, and moreover, completing any other laws of mankind governing their sinful flesh.

Subsequently, when God deals with us as sinners, he see the life of Christ Jesus, and not our own, hence if we are in Christ Jesus we have no sin, we are in the truth, which Jesus Christ is the truth of God. Moreover, we are in the light, without corruption from sin, because God see the righteous life of Christ Jesus in his body members and not our unrighteous darkness. Subsequently, Christ Jesus completed the commandment(s) of God so they are completed for us long ago if we stay in the body of Christ Jesus, we have no sin of judgments, by any of God's commandments.

Hence we are in freedom of love, the Royal law under the new covenant. This is the truth hidden in Christ Jesus, and blinding apostate Christian's, who are trying to keep the commandment(s) of God by self-righteousness, from self-will, still under death of Adam sin, not in Christ Jesus.

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

1John 2:4 One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.

Notice John does not say reading God's word daily puts the truth in you, but why? The “truth” is Jesus Christ, it is being born again by God's Holy Spirit that makes a person a part of Jesus Christ as a body member that puts the truth in us.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

In other words, the same life of the body is in all of its body parts, Christ Jesus is the the truth, and the truth is in all the body members by their being a part of the body of truth, Christ Jesus. So the ultimate question is how do we keep God's commandments?

Romans 12:5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

Christ Jesus fulfilled the Old Laws and the laws of the flesh, there are no laws of sin and yeast in Christ Jesus causing corruption of death he is now light without corruption of death, immortal light incorruptible by human unrighteousness through Adam's sin, no! Christ defeated death of Adam at his resurrection into the exact representation of his Father YHWH.

2 Timothy 1:10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.

1 John 5:20 We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

All those a part of Christ Jesus are in freedom of the Royal law of love, so if we are in Christ Jesus we fulfill the commandment(s) of God, by love the Royal law, if we say we are in the light by not walking in love we are a liar, because love is the fulfillment of God's commandments.

Jude 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

James 2:12 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.

James 2:8 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself,"{Leviticus 19:18} you do well.

1 John 2:10 He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

1John 2:5 But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him.

How are we perfected in Christ Jesus, by our faith in God's love, but why love? Because it is the perfect bond of union, moreover, it is foremost absolute trust in God's goodness that compels us to obey God from freedom, freedom to choose too love Him with our whole heart, mind, and soul, like Christ Jesus was perfect in his faith, while in his flesh.
Heb.5:8 though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered. 5:9 Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation, 5:10 named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

God's word is not a burden it is the Son of God, the word of God dwelling richly within us in love from our Father, when we stay in God's love, Jesus Christ, we are then in the word, and keeping the word of God, which fulfills all God's commandments.

Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

Philippians 2:1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion.

Let us remember it was a lack of love on Adam's part that sin entered into the world, this is why God did not burden Adam and Eve with a commandment book, love for all God had done for them was evident by their perfect life, and the love expressed in the beauty of the paradise garden, and each others bodies. It is this same love for God that fulfills God's commandments, the same love Christ Jesus had upon earth, which the Pharisees did not by their many rules demanding conformity through hate of there brothers, not love.

Matthew 22:37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'{Deuteronomy 6:5}

Colossians 3:14 Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

Colossians 1:13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love.

1John 2:6 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

How did Jesus walk, under a burden of commandments or in love? Did Christ Jesus free people from the oppression of the Pharisee's or burden them with many more rules and commandments, did he judge one harshly, saying: “ you have not obey the commandments be disfellowship!”

Luke 7:44 Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. 7:45 You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet. 7:46 You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

7:47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little." 7:48 He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." Luke 7:42 When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"

Was the law of Moses for those loving God with their whole heart, mind, and soul, or for those disobedient?

1Tim.1:5 but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith.

1Tim.1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully, 1:9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 1:10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine.

Love is the end point of our faith which, fulfilled the law perfectly, by willing obedience to God, just as Christ Jesus himself walked, and wants us too be know by. Those promoting harsh rule of laws are not walking in love, they don't believe God is love, or that loving your brothers is enough, here is what John address in his letters, love, trust out of a good conscience.

John 13:35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

1John 2:7 Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.

The apostle John now boils down all the commandment(s) into one, the whole point of his letter, but which commandment? Well he leaves us little doubt, the Royal law of love.

This is the commandment they had heard from Christ Jesus ministry, the one commandment that proved they were of Christ Jesus, and of their Holy Father, YHWH. One simple truth, they had heard from the beginning of their association with Christ Jesus where they saw, touch, and heard, the great teacher reprove the Pharisee's for lacking love towards their neighbor, while hiding behind the judgment of the law.

John 13:35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

Notice John does not here state keeping many commandment(s), which is over looked by so called law laden Christian's, sadly, if they had just read the whole letter of John instead of picking and
choosing verses, not realize it is a letter, and not chapters, verses, that were added later by men. Instead, like an attorney of the law, favoring judgments over the Royal law of love, they go on condemning, and being condemned by their own judgments, missing completely the unmerited kindness of YHWH for self-rightness by law.

Romans 13:10 Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

Matt.7:1 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged. 7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. 7:3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye? 7:4 Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

James 2:12 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.

Blinded by proving their righteousness by doctrinal law, they angrily judge others feeling superior by so called truths of God's word, not realizing a weak thing of God, love, is stronger than the strongest thing of men. God defines Himself as “love” is it not common sense that the greatest law, the Royal law coming from the Great King be love?

James 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. 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

1John 2:8 Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.

John does not go beyond the Christ, and the unmerited kindness of Jehovah God into another good news of thousands of laws to prove one is part of Christ Jesus imperishable life, no! John does not take the brothers and sister back to the wrath of the Old Law, darkness of sin, claiming it good.

1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, "Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, which didn't enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him."{Isaiah 64:4}

2Cor.3:4 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;
3:5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God; 3:6 who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Rather, John takes the brothers and sisters into life, and light, without sin in Jesus Christ, into the superior law of God, love. John moves into a Spirit led life, into the life giving Spirit of God dwelling in the light with Jesus Christ whom they had become a part of by their anointing, not to the mundane shadow of righteousness by human good work of laws of the flesh abolished in Christ Jesus precious blood.

1 Corinthians 13:3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.

1 Corinthians 16:14 Let all that you do be done in love.

The darkness of death laws had passed away in Christ Jesus “life” Christ was immortal life for these brothers and sisters, because of Christ Jesus righteousness, not their own under a law abolished, justifying them by animal blood. Now they must stay in Christ Jesus, and the only way to stay in Christ Jesus is to walk in the Royal law that Jesus established in his own love for His Father. Moreover, the only way to stay in love is worshiping by Spirit and truth requiring faith in God's legal provision justifying them in Christ Jesus the Spirit person.

2 Corinthians 6:6 in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love.

2Cor.3:7 But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away. 3:8 won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory? 3:9 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. 3:10 For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made
glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses. 3:11 For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory. 3:12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech.

1 Corinthians 13:13 But now faith, hope, and love remain--these three. The greatest of these is love.

1John 2:9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

When we hate someone we judge them harshly, we certainly do not love them, and hope life for them, we want them destroyed out of our life, but is this the “hate” John speak too hear? Hardly, John speak to judgment by laws of the flesh, yes, judgment by laws that these brothers and sisters had been set free from, that is hate, why?

Because none of them were, or are worthy enough, to be judged by the Old Law without being condemned to death by it, these brothers and sisters were under God unmerited kindness, not their own goodness founded upon unrighteous of sin laws, in their members. John make the point saying, ultimately: “why are you returning evil for good done to you?”

Romans 12:17 Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

Romans 12:21 Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Yes, why are you giving bad for good, having two set of scales, one for yourself, and one for your brothers and sisters you hate in your heart? Why are you slaughtering your brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, and acting like a Pharisee's while calling it the Royal law of love, and freedom? Freedom from what, judgment, conviction, and death!

Romans 12:9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

James 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

Here is the real issue of John's letter, the law, just like Paul's letters dealt with, those unrighteous teachers enslaving others to sins laws, judging others under wrath, and hate, while hypocritically letting themselves off in God's love. Yes, this was, and is, the great apostasy, wherein weeds are over-sown into the field of wheat, removing the restraint the apostles of Christ held off by teaching one commandment of love.

James 4:4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"? 4:6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."{Proverbs 3:34}

2Cor. 3:16 But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Galatians 5:1 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

1John 2:10 He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

Can a person love their brother while teaching a lie? Moreover, can a person love their brother while judging them under laws that where fulfilled in Christ Jesus? When a person puts a stumbling block before some one it is not for a good reason, it is rather with evil intent of hurting them.

1 Thessalonians 5:15 See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.

The idea of selfishness in love is an oxymoron, is it not? Yet, those putting the stumbling block of the Old Law, or the laws of the flesh before their brothers, and sister hangs a milestone on their neck, causing a death from a new birth into life. Love does not work evil; the Old Law righteous as it was, point out evil in us, because we could not keep it, hence, it declared us unrighteous a sinner. How than could a person be set free in Christ under the Royal law and subsequently, judge their brother by dead works of laws, making them unrighteous again?

1 Corinthians 13:5 (love) doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

Romans 7:19 For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice.

Romans 7:21 I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.

On the other hand, if we love our brothers we encourage them to walk in the light of Christ Jesus, freeing them from judgment by the laws of the flesh. We don't put a stumbling block before them, something we ourselves could not even see without the light of Christ Jesus and YHWH unmerited kindness, imputing Christ righteousness too us.

Galatians 1:4 who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

1John 2:11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

There is no greater darkness than to be found in sin, while, believing you are in the light. Yet, so many Christian's believe they are in the light by doctrine, but exist in darkness. These fleshly Christian's put all hope is a teachings, thinking, as it were, if they just teach it they are in light, if they uphold it without compromise they are in the light.

This is why we see so many painful failings of those claiming the light while doing some atrocity to other humans; such conduct that even the world find reprehensible. Here, however, the apostle John is specifically talking about darkness of sin compared to being in Christ Jesus without sin, not light from a teachings, but light by the light of Christ Jesus sinless life.

Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.

Romans 2:19 and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness.

There is no light of God without a remission of our sins, or a justification of our sin. God is light, and we can only become part of the light by being in the life of Christ Jesus. So many Christian's believe the light is an organization they associate with, but the light of God for us sinful human is Jesus Christ, and proof of this is the fruit on all organized religion tree of good and evil fruit. However, Christ made it clear a good tree has only good fruit on it, not both light and darkness.

Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Hating our brothers/sisters comes from demanding justice by laws outside of Christ Jesus, and the New Covenant, which is the Royal Law of Love. Demanding and judging others by laws that created more sin, exposing sin, while having no remission of sin by God's provision of blood, in Christ Jesus. In other words, if these brothers and sisters John was speaking too here went under another headship rather than Christ Jesus they would be sinning and subsequently, hanging a millstone upon the necks of their brothers and sisters.

Luke 11:35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

Returning to darkness of sin without sacrifice of blood, which justifies our sins against God, while teaching they were righteous by self-good works according to some fleshly rule of man, or even the Law of Moses completed in Christ Jesus setting them free from God's wrath. No greater hate, and darkness could there be for those we say love, and are part of in the body of Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 5:11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

John 8:12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world.{Isaiah 60:1} He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."

John 12:46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness. #

1John 2:12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

Here is the cruxes of John's words about light and darkness, don't be fooled, our sins are not atoned for by living up perfectly too a law, a rule of a group, which is darkness, not light, no matter how righteous you feel about meeting those precepts.

Colossians 2:13 You were dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses.
Acts 17:25 neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

The righteous name YHWH has given us is Jesus Christ for remission of our sins, so we can walk in the light, he did not give a name of a group, or a man's teachings, not even the bible atones for our sins by reading it religiously. He gave us one name, Jesus Christ.

Romans 4:7 "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Light is life, and Jesus has been rewarded with incorruptible life, we cannot be apart of his life, and not be in the light. Conversely, we cannot be apart of a body of teachings of some good and some bad and be in the light.

Matt.7:15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. 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. 7:19 Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. 7:20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

We cannot have good and bad fruit on the good tree, no! A good tree does not have evil fruit upon it, nor can it bear bad fruit, if it does it is an evil tree not a good tree. We must be in the light teaching the Royal law of freedom to fellowship with Christ Jesus and love our brothers.

2 Corinthians 2:10 Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ.

Good and evil does not come from YHWH in Jesus Christ, He is not varying like shadows of sin, and than light having no sin. Don't be fooled brothers, don't be deceived, God is light, and we must be in the light of Christ Jesus. We cannot pollute ourselves with some laws of the flesh, while being in the light, we cannot apply laws to others, judging them harshly by doctrines, and be in the light of the law of freedom.

Matt.7:12 Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

James 1:16 Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers. 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Acts 8:22 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

Romans 5:10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

1John 2:13 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.

We can legally talk about the apostle John's cryptic message here to the congregation, which is interesting, or instead, we can talk about the Holy Spirit working through John and the love it had, which united the brothers and sisters “in Christ Jesus”.

Yes, love, but why? Simply because, love trust God, who is love, it puts fear outside, and believes God is only giving good gifts to His children; not deceiving them with false spirits through religion misleading them into unrighteous acts against brothers in Christ, by legally mandates of corporate bylaws.

1 Thessalonians 5:24 He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.

No! John goes beyond human reasoning, into God's own faithfulness, stating a truth that defies the distrust and hate of organized religion. John remains these brothers and sisters that God is faithful and they know Him by the life of Christ Jesus in them. Yes, they are a part of Christ Jesus, and hence, his imperishable life is in them. They have nothing to fear, that is, some how the will be separated from God love by some man made religion promoting laws abolished in Christ Jesus for gains in their flesh.

2 Timothy 2:13 If we are faithless, he remains faithful. He can't deny himself."

John 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and remain in his love.

John 15:12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

They cannot be separated by man and his every changing love expressed through their teachings, from God's own love. Don't be fooled, God is faithful, His faithfulness is expressed in Jesus Christ life bearing witness in them. The witness is faithful, but man is not, not even if they are faithful; so each one of us must come up to a much higher standard and that is God's own love.

Romans 8:16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

1 John 5:6 This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

Love cannot fail, if it is God's love, hence, do not confuse religious love expressed for those that become like them, with God's unfailing love.

1John 2:14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Some times we as Christian's read something from God's word the bible and it mystifies us, the apostle John's words seem mystifying and some times terrifying because they are so spiritual. When the flesh, that is, or sinful flesh comes into contact with spirit it baffles and terrifies it because the sinful flesh requires rock solid dogma or law for it too feel secure.

What did fathers and young men know that made them strong, what hidden messages did they have that they had overcome the evil one? All of this seems mystifying, it there additional knowledge outside of God's word that these brothers had in Christ Jesus, yes? They if you read in context to all of John's letters, which was, the anointing, and the life of Christ Jesus bearing witness in them as truth.

Here then is what John was speaking too the witnesses of God's Holy Spirit testifying in each of God's children, it could not mislead them, it is truth - Jesus Christ. In other words, it was the teachings of false teachers having another spirit, not the Holy Spirit which had anointed them, recreated them, and raised them into Christ Jesus elevated life that would not mislead them.

This testimony was with them always as promised by Christ Jesus before his death. This is the secret information each of God's children, so no one could teach them something that was false. Subsequently, those bring in the great apostasy who were teaching that testimony was not enough, would mislead them, more they taught was needed, what though? More laws of the flesh, more control of the sinful flesh, more falsely called knowledge outside of the living imperishable life of Christ Jesus, which they were a part of and walk in the Royal law of love of freedom.

Yes, the same wisdom as the world, the same laws of the world which had builds empires into oppressive governments to control and give power too men. This is the truth of those listening too these false teachers, power, and glory to men, instead of the glory of God their Father, requiring humble faith in suffering for righteousness a very unpopular message.

1John 2:15 Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him. 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's. 2:17 The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.

Christian's must understand being no part of the world is not going into some monastery away from the world, nor associating with some group exclusively where there is no contact with anyone, but those they call brothers and sisters, no!

In context to John letter, our being no part of the world is being in the life of Christ Jesus, what does this mean? It means that God's children anointed by His Holy Spirit have been place into the life of Christ Jesus as body part and/or members therein. In this manner and none other are we no part of the world. Subsequently, reading the apostles John's word in context to all of what Christ Jesus spoke and the other apostles can the truth be known. Moreover, being in Christ Jesus walking by Spirit, one does not carry on the works of the flesh, or the lust thereof, neither do they love the world because Christ Jesus is not part of it, Christ Jesus is in his Kingdom, where flesh and the laws of the sinful flesh have no hold on him. But rather, Christ Jesus is governed by the law of the Spirit, which is the Royal Law of freedom, love.

This life is the incorruptible life of Christ Jesus, and is what remains forever, not the works of the flesh, Christ Kingdom will remove the kingdom of this world built by sin and its laws, he will remove all false religion of this world, yes! Religion, built by the hands of corruptible men mixing both the Royal law and the laws of the flesh permeating the whole mass into a polluted corruption empire called Babylon the Great.

The apostle John brings these brothers and sisters into the truth, the Lord Jesus Christ, where holiness of Holy Spirit produce no lust of the flesh, but rather fruit of Holy Spirit. There are no takers in Christ Jesus, like the world, competing for pride of position, and power, lusting for wealth, or fame, no! Those is Christ Jesus walk in Spirit being lead by the lowly things as mere servants of truth, that is, Jesus Christ the truth, who they have been made a part of provided they walk in love?

In this place, or temple (Jesus Christ) is where God's love remains, if we stay in the body of Christ Jesus we will not be mislead into apostasy that John was teachings against, and had already started in his time. Yes, remain in love, which means remaining in Jesus Christ, and remaining in Jesus Christ means one is no part of the world, hence we are found in the truth.

1John 2:18 Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.

John words seem such a mystery when walking by laws of the flesh governing the legal doctrines of a certain group we may be associated with, but what end, what final hour? Moreover, what antichrist, had already started?

Simply put, those teaching that more was needed than life of Christ Jesus, and the anointing they had received from the faithful God, their Father, YHWH, these teaching were against Christ Jesus. One must remember, Christ Jesus is incorruptible life, he cannot be corrupted by human teachings, or their sins for power, and lust; which was just spoken above verses by John. The Spirit in them was love, part of the fruit of God's Holy Spirit, they have been redeemed from judgment, and fear of corruption of man made laws, or the Law of Moses, they had entered into the glorious freedom of son's of God by the Royal Law, hiding them in the life of Christ Jesus.

This is the antichrist among them, weeds teaching laws of the flesh as needed in Christ Jesus imperishable life without leaven, which life they had all become a part of, provided, they walk in love. Yes, they were in the final hours of the apostles acting as restrained against this weed apostasy, which would soon become a world wide empire of false religion, using the laws of yeast to promote the kingdom of God by forced conformity.

This antichrist would remain until God sends forth his holy angles to take the wheat out of the corruption of “religion-government-business” at the end of our world.

Matt.13:47 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind, 13:48 which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away. 13:49 So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
13:50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth." 13:51 Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

Matt.13:38 the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one. 13:39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
13:40 As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age. 13:41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity, 13:42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 13:43 Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

1John 2:19 They went out from us, but they didn't belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

Those weeds went out from us, where did they go out from? They went out from being in Christ Jesus, back to dead works of the laws of the flesh, trying too prove themselves righteous by fruits of their own labors. They did not belong in Christ Jesus, they were never of him, they had instead stolen Christ Jesus name as robbers to build organization of religion. seeking the glory of the world.

These power hungry judgmental Christian's want the right to condemn and control the lives or others, just like the world, they desire the right to Lord it over their brothers and sisters, wheeling the power of Gods word as proof of apostleship. This yeast would corruptible the whole mass into a tree having both good and evil fruit on the same tree. This corruptible tree branches would cover the whole world, and be a glory to the nations as a false kingdom of Christ Jesus persecuting the body of Christ Jesus until the end of the world.

Yes, the faith of weed Christian's would be placed in man made groups and teachers over the Christ, they would steal the word of God acting like dictators over it, condemning and judging each other as apostates. Their entire empire of false religion would remain a mystery too them until Christ Jesus comes back to gather his body members into God's Kingdom. The weeds still blinded by lust of control and judgments of each other they fail to see the lowly truth in Christ Jesus.

All of their trees fruit is corrupt, there is no good fruit on the tree, it cannot produce good fruit, it can only produce what the world produces, death and nothing more, pride like the nations killing each other over boarders, so too has their religion conducted itself over doctrines, of so called truth.

They are proven to be false Christian's by the fruits on their tree, they cannot walk in Holy Spirit, instead they walk in laws of the flesh, calling it righteous, but for those in Christ Jesus their fruits are clear and read as corruption no matter how the long their legal arguments found in their corrupt empire doctrines are.

Matt. 7:15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. 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. 7:19 Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.
7:20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

Yes, Christ ask the all important question would he find the faith when he returned among the world wide field of weeds? Would he find the faith coming from His Fathers Holy Spirit or rather faith in man made religions?

Rom.12:3 For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

1John 2:20 You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.{Or, "know what is true." Or, "know all things."} 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.

John's teachings here confounds law Christian's that live in a state of fear because their own salvation depends upon them being able through some religious doctrinal knowledge to save themselves. Yes, knowledge of every thought of the bible is their salvation, perfect knowledge, saves them, it is their light, and it is self gotten through hours of study.

But John has no fear, his letter is not fear driven, he knows what few law Christian's ever come to know, which is, YHWH anointing teaches His own children, just like all good Fathers, they don't expect some else to teach their children, making them illegitimate, such as an organization. The Father and His love is known to each child of God, they are not mislead regarding the Royal Law of love, the very life of Christ Jesus in them, who loved his Father perfectly is what they are a part of. God is not handing his children a serpent instead of a fish, he is not hiding his face from his own children like a bad father who is cruel to his offspring, no!

Matt.7:7 "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. 7:8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened. 7:9 Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent? 7:11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

John was saying trust God, but how, by the anointing in you, rest in faith knowing everything you need for this life and the one to come has been given you in the life of Christ Jesus, nothing will go unfinished by fighting over the fleshly doctrine, faith in your Father's love is the key. God conceived you into a new birth, not some man, or organization, God chose you, not that you chose him by some new teachings. There is no other faithful witness in heaven or upon earth than the one you have already received. Anyone teaching you not to trust this, is a false teachers.

Yes, faith, faith in what the bible, a religion, a person, no! Not at all, but the witness in them that comes from a faithful God who cannot lie or mislead them, yes, resting in the life of Christ Jesus as truth, a truth that has changed their own heart and mind, into a new creation, with a new personality. This is not rocket science, this is truth, not ideology, or theory, this is the life which has become your new life; is the Creator of heaven and earth going to abandon His own children?

1John 2:22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 2:23 Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn't have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

Who of us would deny the very life in us, saying as it were: “my hand has life outside my body?” How fundamentally shocking is that to any person with a half-a-brain? John is not teaching we must listen very carefully to make sure a person confess the Christ, and the Father, no! In context, John is speaking about the witness of the Father and the Son in each child of God by their anointing, how could a Christian's deny the life in them, like a hand denying the life of the body in them.

This is what John was speaking against, these anointed Christian's did not receive their new birth through some great teacher, or group, it was from God their Father who supplied too them His Holy Spirit which teaches them all things about Him and the Son. Many did, and have confessed both the Father and Son since Christ Jesus and done every act of evil imaginable upon earth, hence, stating something with ones mouth is not truth, truth is Christ Jesus, and our being a part of that light and truth, which produce the fruit of God's Holy Spirit is truth.

James 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.

The issues John was dealing with were those listening to another Good News that of teachers preaching outside of Christ Jesus, but how? Simply put, when a Christian's teaches outside of Christ they are teaching us fear of trusting God's anointing; as not enough. What a teacher teaches is reminders of what all anointed Christian's have written into their hearts, which is about loving, and trusting our own heavenly Father, not prophecy of end time dates, and the like, making that more important than God's witness in them.

Teachers are reminding us to say faithful to God, and trust in Him as a good Father who would not deceive His children, not in trusting an organization, or some superfine teacher. This is the faithful witness that does not deny the Father or the Son, and is in us, and is faithfully found in our anointing.

1John 2:24 Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.

What remained in these anointed brothers and sisters, knowledge from some religious group, or the life of Christ Jesus bearing witness by God's anointing in them? Well, it should be obvious too any honest hearted person seeking truth just by reading in context the apostle John's letter that is was God's anointing.

Again John reminds these brothers and sisters that from their new birth they had been made a part of an imperishable life of Christ Jesus, they were not made a part of some earthly groups teaching against their anointing, or saying that it was evil, because it did not teach them their doctrinal ideology promoting hate for one others, no!

One must walk by faith being no part of this world, which includes religion, they must love their God over all earthly things, they must not compromise because of fear of man, or the glory of men. Subsequently, this could only happen if they believed what they had received from God at their new birth the faithful and true witness of Christ Jesus life in them. Any teaching against this was the anti or against Christ Jesus, the life in them, not anti religious organization, but antichrist life of Christ, in them. God has designated one place upon earth for his Holy Spirit to reside, and that is in the body of Christ Jesus, and its members, this is the temple that anointed Christian's must worship in unseen from human eyes requiring, faith. This is the one place God would set aright, and sanctify by the righteous holy life of Christ Jesus, this place of worship is not in this mountain, or that mountain, but in Spirit and truth, found in each member of the temple class by the life of Christ Jesus.

John 4:19 The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 4:20 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship." 4:21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. 4:22 You worship that which you don't know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. 4:23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers. 4:24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

1John 2:25 This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life. 2:26 These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.

There could be no more powerful statement that the apostle John could make, by not reminding the brothers and sisters to cling to their bibles/scrolls, or a earthly organization to stay faithful to YHWH their God, but rather too God's promises the eternal life, but what was the eternal life?

One can only stay faithful to God, when they are a part of God incorruptible life, in which, there can be no higher standard of faithfulness, it cannot mislead them. However, those made Christian's by laws of the flesh, or biblical teachings they can be mislead because it is the laws of the flesh which miss leads us, what does that mean?

It means that those anointed by God's Holy Spirit have hearts circumcised by the living God Holy Spirit, which allows them the eternal life of Christ Jesus to indwell them, who is the faithful witness of God, but each anointed Christian's must put faith in God's own faithfulness, that is, His promises too His children, from the start of their anointing.

This is where their faith was placed in the eternal life, which is Jesus Christ, here they would not be led astray, whereas, putting faith in mans teachings would mislead them; where weed Christian's seeking glory, and power would lord it over other body slaves in Christ Jesus. Here John puts his own faith in what indwells him, he does not give a legal debate, using many teachings, he rather simply rest in the truth, the one truth he loves and trust in the life of Christ Jesus.

1John 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.

The apostle John's words here stumble those taught by laws of the flesh, through their religious group, they cannot understand what John is saying when Paul spoke of teachers in the body of Christ Jesus as elders, they simply swing wide putting all faith in their organized group, will mocking John's words as apostasy, but what is the truth.

The truth is each anointed child of God as a son of God; God gave each of His children a personal birth, He never leaves them, He personally teaches them throughout their earthly journey, just as all good father do their own children.

Some of these children are more mature than others, and can help those that aren't as older brothers and sisters, in over coming problems in their flesh, and also help them understand their position as son's of God, these are teachers, not master over the body of Christ Jesus. Moreover, they are not elevated by being elected, or because of head knowledge of the bible, nor by meeting corporate bylaws of a religion. Rather, they were qualified by the Holy Spirit of God, but John is not speaking to that here, what he is speaking too is this.

He was speaking too the great apostasy that was setting in at his time, he was writing about this in his letter, where there were so many false teachers one could not spend all their time testing each one by legal debate, which ends no where at all, but in more debates, which cannot produce one shred of truth, why? Simply put, it was the life of Christ Jesus in them that is the truth, the faithful witness, not some doctrine right or wrong, but is not the eternal life of Christ Jesus they had already received. Their debating doctrine would do nothing for them, it could not prove they had God's Spirit in uphold the truth, the eternal life in them. So what witness were they going to listen too, was the real question, men witnessing about the bible, or God's Holy Spirit witnessing in them from the start of their new birth?

All of God's children had this truth from the start of their new birth, God was not against teachers, but they were not the truth, they could share in the truth, or Christ Jesus, wherein two or more were gather together in his name, hence, giving Spirit led insight by the wisdom of God, who is Jesus Christ, the head of their body.

John did not encourage them to submit to false religion and fleshly elders teaching by laws and rules of their group, he did not encourage them to do this at all, but he did states the truth, which is, Jesus Christ, thus, those anointed by God needed no such teaching from false teachers. They were not to become dumb beast in not knowing that a fleshly person can repeat word from the bible like a parrot, but it does not make the words the truth, why?

Not forgetting, they where a part of the truth, the life of Christ Jesus, as his body members, this was the only place of truth, and he was not going to deny himself, in teaching untruth to his own body by some bible verse. But men would, time, and time of again, for pride of being right over truth because they did not have the truth in them, nor were they in the truth of Christ Jesus life.

The bottom line was, for them not to return evil for evil, trying to win a debate over doctrine, but to rest in faith in Jesus Christ, trusting in God's love, knowing that not one single person loving God would not come to know Christ at God's time and will. They were messengers or vessels of the life of Christ Jesus, not legal books debating some doctrine, they were living examples of the Christ Jesus own life working through them, this is the witnesses in them they must believe even if rejected by every teacher on earth.

1John 2:28 Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

Remaining in Christ Jesus is a lost thought among weed-Christian's, they have made being in Christ Jesus a legal term about his teachings, not actually being indwell with the Holy Spirit, which makes them a part of Christ Jesus spirit body as the temple of God.

Unfortunately, this one misstep puts the feet of those weed-Christian's onto the broad and spacious road leading into destruction, why? Simply put, they have no boldness when Christ Jesus comes, they cannot stand in their own good works, by earning merit through being “in a religious group” over being in Christ Jesus.
Christ Jesus is God's temple, in him, that is, in his body are the only good works that stand the test of Christ Jesus coming, all other works outside of those covered in Christ Jesus righteousness will not stand, what does this mean?

It means that we must being doing the works of God, not some organizations works that claim too be God's mouth piece upon earth, why? Because those groups are not covered by Christ Jesus righteousness so they may have boldness from God coming wrath. In other words, if God declare Christ Jesus body as righteous, the place He puts His Holy Spirit, and none other, a hand cannot do works outside the bodies will, and call it righteous. The hand receives it orders, and righteousness from the body, not the other way around.

However, those of earthly organizations receive their marching orders from the leaders of their group written upon paper, or through human speech, but not the Holy Spirit of God, which John was reminding the brothers and sisters, YHWH has written into their new hearts provided they stay in Christ Jesus.

The boldness came not from their good works, but from Christ Jesus righteousness, which produce good works in them from the Holy Spirit, these spiritual fruits were eternal, everlasting treasures stored in heaven in the body of Christ Jesus, and this is why Jesus said that he was the true vine, and only those remaining in him would produce the fruits of his body.

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.

1John 2:29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

When a legalistic Christians reads apostles John's Holy Spirit filled words here they first think in terms of their being righteous by obeying some law, or commandments, which creates fear for a truth seeking person. But is this what John was speaking in light of all that he wrote in his letter about being in Christ Jesus, and his righteousness as the light?

The question is can a body member, that is, being in Christ Jesus have their own righteousness? In other words, if you are a branch on a vine, where does your life come from, yourselves or the vine? Here then is the confusion for self-righteous legal weed-Christian's
thinking that obeying a commandment will make them righteous. God is not concerned with your personal righteousness as much as the religion that has made you into a god. Rather YHWH is concerned with his own name, which He put into Jesus Christ, who is His righteousness, what does that mean?

It means that all John speaks too in his letter is about staying in Christ Jesus as our righteousness imputed too us by God's love as a gift of His unmerited kindness. If a hand stays in the body it receives the life of the body. If we stay in Christ Jesus we receive the life of Christ Jesus, which is righteous, and if we are righteous because of Christ Jesus righteousness we can have no sin, instead we produce his righteousness as fruit of God's Holy Spirit.

Those is the body of Christ Jesus are righteous they are declared righteous not because of self-righteousness, but because of Christ Jesus righteousness, this righteousness is God's gift undeserved for us as unrighteous sinners. Teachings that which state men and woman become righteous by their own good efforts or any other means, such as teaching, and/or obeying commandments of a religious group is a lie.

The life of Christ Jesus is the single most powerful force in the universe for righteousness, the righteousness of Christ Jesus is part of every born again child of God. No one needs to teach them about righteousness, it is part of their life, subsequently, returning to the most elementary teachings of do's and don't by laws of the flesh is an insult to Christ Jesus headship over them.