Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

Turning Our Backs On The Truth

Luke 2:37 and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

I would like us to imagine for an moment a faithful person each day going to the temple of God in Jerusalem there they worshiped God fervently, but what makes this person so special is they are never missing; they are at the temple daily their entire life. Yes, for more than 50-years, they are a living witness to God found in his glorious temple.

All of us that love God have admired persons like that, we've read our bibles and the exploits of faithful men and woman of the past longing to have such a love for God in actions like theirs. Those that bent their knees without shame in front of men and woman and spoke out to God aloud what beauty, what faith. Yes! These stories make powerful impression in our minds and hearts do they not?

Now let us imagine again the same person after years of faithfulness turning their back on God's temple in front of all Israel, but for what good reason?

1.
Well, none actually! They felt they were not getting enough recognition for their faithful service, so they turn away from the place of God and started devoting their love to other objects to venerate!

John 7:28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.

Worshiping The Creation

Here is something very shocking to most Christian's? Where is God's temple today? Where can we go to make our show of devotion to prove we our faithful to God's in front of witnesses of men and woman?

The words mocked humility comes to mind here, a term that some bible translation used when the apostle Paul was speak under the power of the Holy Spirit. “Mock” is something that is a mock up of the real thing, but its not the genuine article it only gives us an impression, an idea of what the real one looks like.

Colossians 2:18 Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Colossians 2:23 Which things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but aren't of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

Have we noticed in our devotion to bible reading that after the Holy Spirit was poured out on God's people, that is, after Christ received his life immortal we no longer read of certain position a person should pray in?

2.
Moreover, did we note that we can no longer read in those same inspired scriptures a certain position a person was in praying at the time, not a word, in any of the apostles writings not after the Holy Spirit was pour out upon them?

Not only that, nor do we find how many times God's people went to the temple proving their faithful to God any longer? Not even how many meetings a week they were required to attend, nothing seem to be point specific on these matters once the apostle received the Holy Spirit, not even demands from the apostles that one had to meet in a certain place, and at a certain time to be faithful to God, but why?

Mat. 6:1 "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 6:2 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
6:3 But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does, 6:4 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. 6:5 "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
6:6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
6:7 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

3.

There really is no issues made of fleshly acts being done as devotion requirement any longer, that is, to prove one is a worshiper of God? Have we notice that honestly? Has that give us pause for a moment to consider why that is, or if its even important? So the question is how indeed can we know what acts in our flesh we must do to be seen as faithful to God?

Subsequently, if we don't uses the examples of the prophets, priest, kings, and judges of the past we would be forced to thinking we have no acts of eye service in worshiping God any longer? Not only that but because those eyes service are so void after Christ was raised and Holy Spirit was poured out, are we being faithful or unfaithful if we make an issues of them and judge others by them?

John 5:44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?

Did you notice further that there was no certain prayers being said over and over again by the apostles, no gestures, or garments of devotion worn any longer by any of the apostles, nothing of fleshly appearance in any fashion was being used to identify a true worship of God by the apostles writings after they received the promise Holy Spirit?

Why indeed are such acts so conspicuously missing from the apostles writings after they received Holy Spirit? Why, if we on the other hand, long to be faithful by acts of eye services? Why do such acts appeal to us so much we feel lost without them? Why can't we mimic them faithful men and woman actions to prove our loyalty and faithfulness to God?

John 9:39 Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."
4.
You see, there is a good reason for those act being missing did you know that? Moreover, there is a good reason certain words were not repeated over and over again to make a person feel and/or mark them as a Christian's, that is, by a Christian's education through our religious teaching us how to talk, walk, think, and act to let others know we are a Christian's? This concept of educating one to act like a worshiper of God is practiced by by all religion today Christian or otherwise.

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

Pure Worship Restored

Christ did not look or sound the part for the Jews who were God's people, but why? Why did Christ not fit in? It is true, he did not fit into their mock-up. Of course, all of us think he would fit into our mock-up today into our religion, and/or our personal belief system, but would he actually fit in? Moreover, what if we are wrong, does it matter?

John 8:23 He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

Do you know how pure worship was restored, or do you believe like so many do today that we are still waiting for pure worship to be restored? Now this is no little thing we are talk about some sixty six thousand's sects of the Christian's faith on earth today who are teaching the complete pure worship hasn't yet happen? Furthermore, it is their group that has and is doing that for the human race by their services and education!

John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.

5.

As shocking as this might be to Christians, Christ was put to death in his flesh, and made alive in the Spirit of God. Hence, “pure worship restored in a twinkling of an eye!”

1 Peter 3:18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

Did you know that honestly? Do we honestly know where the temple of God is today? Do we know where the place of pure worship of God is for us today? Yes, we are talking about the long awaited temple of God, God's own reality (not humans, but God's reality), the real one that God inhabits in Spirit and truth? Do you believe we find it when going to a religious meeting?

Think about this would you as a Christian's loving Christ be ashamed to find out that God's temple of pure worship is not found on this earth anywhere, is that what you teach others? No its not on earth! It is not found on earth in any form of fleshly worship, but in Christ, God's Spirit temple that cannot be seen by human eyes and can only be approached in Spirit and truth.

John 2:19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." 2:20 The Jews therefore said, "Forty-six years was this temple in building, and will you raise it up in three days?" 2:21 But he spoke of the temple of his body.

Have we missed that all important point? That one cannot mock-up God, pretend by our actions in our flesh to be worshiping God? Let us be clear here those acts of worship found in any places, things, people, words, or anything else done under the Sun, that is, in our flesh as a man or woman are not accepted by God anymore, as pure worship of Spirit and truth?

6.
Christ is the temple of God not us in our flesh, he is the light, the truth, and he is the Spirit of true worshipers of God.

One can not come into God's temple by a words, a words from their bible, by an acts of eye service for fellow man (a work), a mocked humility, by being nice, trying to be perfect in our flesh. We cannot walk a certain way, look a certain way, talk a certain way to prove we our in God's temple. Did you note we can't even prove we love God by any words let alone prove we are in Christ a Christian?

How Much Efforts Wasted In Pleasing The Flesh?

Eph.2:20 being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
2:21 in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; 2:22 in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

Nothing of false worship from man can enter into Christ the temple of the living God. But do we know why? You see what Christ offered us was to worship God in Spirit and truth, not flesh and truth! We cannot be in the temple of God by any power of our flesh, or some word in defense of ourselves, and/or our religion. We cannot be in Christ if we walk a hundred miles a day to worship or be at a certain place. No! That may appeal to the pride of our flesh and look profoundly religious, but it not in Christ, we worship in Spirit and truth, not in flesh, but Spirit and truth!

Now as shocking as this might be to some devout Christian's; Spirit and truth is devoid of all flesh, did we get that bible truth? Devoid of any thoughts of our flesh such corruption of the flesh cannot enter into Spirit and truth of God's temple, do we honestly get that? Moreover, nothing in our personal feeling about how good or how bad we might think we are lets us enter into Christ, the temple of God!

7.
Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.

Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

1 Timothy 6:16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

1 John 1:5 This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

The truth is, it was the lie causing the fallen flesh, the fallen flesh that was kicked out of God's the temple in the Garden of Eden, it was not invited in, but boot out!

Romans 8:6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Romans 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.

False Religion

False religion is about everything of our flesh trying to be incorporated it into God's temple of Spirit and truth. Its about out thoughts of being righteous in our flesh, in our dressing, our acting as devout Christian's, which all of us are taught by false religion that worshipers the “appearances of righteousness” in our flesh, what Christian's are suppose to act like. You see, the appearance is far more important than the truth. Appearance is everything in an unrighteous world where every part of Satan system depends upon not the truth, but the perception of appearance!

8.
It about the idolization of Christ in his flesh when upon this earth. It about Christian's making themselves look Christ like so called intelligent people, those educated with the wisdom of this world expect a religious person to think and act like In other words, it is trying to be Christ in his flesh while we are on earth. It is about perfection in our flesh that Christ had under complete self-control of every word, thought and action, is it not?

Actually if we are honest and love the truth Its about every yeast thoughts of mankind (coming from their fleshly mind) trying to justified their fallen flesh behind biblical words giving an appearance of righteousness rather than the truth of our real condition as sinners. Its about an all out efforts to justify our religiosity to other Christian's by our fleshly religious words, actions, position in prayer, about our good works proven by fleshly faithful acts given to us by those before Christ time found in our bibles, which let us remember were the shadows of Christ, not the reality found in Spirit and truth, once Christ poured out the Holy Spirit upon his body members.

1 Peter 4:11 If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

James.1:19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
1:20 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God.
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.}.

9.

Yes, we Christian's are just like the Jews who only wanted to worship God with our whole heart at an earthly temple in our flesh, and when exposed that such acts of eye service were wrong, not in Christ the reality, they like so many today burst into anger! Then to justify our anger as God's righteousness, but the truth is? The anger is coming from our own flesh that is not in Christ temple the Spirit and truth at all! The mock up ended in Christ when he was put to death in his flesh and made alive in the Spirit of God, the only one that can be fooled by such an inferior mock up, by a shadow of Christ life are those loving the lie, pleasing men more than worshiping God in Spirit and truth trading the truth of Christ for the love of their own flesh in seeking its glory. Those of the flesh that can't know God in Spirit and truth and are forced into a fleshly physical religion that practice acts of eye service as pure worship.

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.
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.

Mock ups are mocked by the flesh because they have no power of life in them to be the real things, mock-ups are are words used to make oneself look good to others, but are not the real thing, and we as human instinctively know they are not real, but are actors of what is real by the uses of many labels, and words.

Mark 7:13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

Living Word, Living Truth

10.

Christ was made into a endless life, into the an endless temple of God, Christ is our endless truth, he is the endless covenant that is and will bring all flesh to nothing while breaking up the works of the Devil. The works of the devil is the creation of the sinful flesh in the Garden of Eden that is the works Christ is breaking up.

The only one pleased in the fallen flesh is the Devil himself, he loves the lie, and lives in the lie, because he created the fallen flesh which is the lie.

John.1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome{The word translated "overcome" (katelaben) can also be translated "comprehended." It refers to getting a grip on an enemy to defeat him.} it.

Hebrews 7:16 who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

All worship of the flesh is of the Devils, of his first lie, it not of God, and his temple where the flesh and its evil thoughts which cannot enter into Christ the temple of God! No words are going to give us the living life of Christ that must indwell us not by human efforts, that is, by acts of eye service of our flesh. Those acts are weak minded for those that have made man god on earth.

John. 1:12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:
1:13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

11.

Christ does not want seconds best, he does not want a corrupt life ruined by sinning to represent his righteous incorruptible new life created by God, as the temple of God, that is, to make a mock up in our flesh of truth and Spirit to prove one is in contact with him in heaven by his spirit. There is no lie in Christ, thus, their can be no flesh in Christ, because all flesh lies. Do we want our own righteousness created from our own efforts in our flesh in the temple of the living God? Rather are we seeking treasure in heaven by the temple of God, Christ?

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.

Colossians 1:22 yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before him.

Ephesians 2:3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

Galatians 5:13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

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.

Are we so into our own righteousness that our being right in proving to others in our flesh we are a good Christian's is more important than the truth and Spirit, in Christ?

12.
Is our being right so important that we will live a lie, trying to convince others we are righteous in our flesh. Are we willing to lie about the truth in our own heart so we can prove ourselves right, so we can have an “appearance of righteousness” to prove we are in Christ? Honestly can we justify ourselves by the lies, for the a truth, how does that work? In other words, we lie about our own works of flesh in us saying we don't do them just so we can be right in the eyes of our brothers and sisters? So that we must do all in the power of our fleshly mind to prove them wrong, who spirit is that?

1Pet.3:4 but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.

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.

Well, its not God's Spirit, we cannot be right/righteous in thoughts or actions of our flesh! And we never will be because what is in our flesh, and is not in Christ the temple of God (which is God's righteousness). What is in our flesh is the lie of no good thing for God temple which is founded in Christ righteous and not are righteousness. The evil of the flesh is to please men, and to lie to be right, the word righteousness came from trying to prove oneself right in front of others. We should know by Holy Spirit what it says about mankind's works since sinning enter into all humans?

The truth is all flesh works to justify oneself to others in our flesh that they are good, and right on earth. That is a basic truth that none of us should forget.

13.
Man's works to God are corrupted. All of us in that corruption of sin are trying to prove ourselves right in all things on earth, even at the cost of living a lie about God's who is light, a light of incorruption that has none of our nonsense in him, that is, sins found in our flesh, a flesh that lust against the fruit of Holy Spirit.

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.

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

Titus 1:2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before time began;

There is no lie, in Christ, or in God's the Temple. The lie is in our flesh, and that is why it must be dead in Christ for us to be in truth and Spirit, Christ. Spirit and truth is the opposite of the lie, is it not? So how can we practice lying and say we are in the truth? Are we teaching Christ lies like us in our flesh?

1 Corinthians 3:16 Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?

1 Corinthians 3:17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.

1 Corinthians 6:19 Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own.

1 Corinthians 9:13 Don't you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?

What is God Looking For?

John.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.

God's wants those to worship him in Spirit and truth like Adam did before sinning. Adam was not created to worship the creation, a bibles, books, wives, children, people, plants, animals, stars, angels or demons. Not even his own flesh or his life in him was he to worship.

John.4:23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.
4:24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

Rom. 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
1:23 and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things. 1:24 Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves, 1:25 who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 1:26 For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. 1:27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error. 1:28 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

15.
1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, 1:30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 1:31 without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful; 1:32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

Adam was created to worship God in Spirit and truth, its that simple, Christ came to restore us to God, the God of Spirit and truth, not the power of our fleshly thinking. Because of Christ we know what Spirit and truth we are taught about the power of the lie, which is found in all flesh from sin that falls short of God's glory. Just because we read our bibles and parrot words of righteousness does not mean Christ is in us teaching us the truth of God, by Spirit and truth? The Spirit is the truth that cannot lie!

Matthew 22:29 But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

The Fire of Truth and Love

Christ started a fire on earth did you know that? Well, that is a very simple truth of Christ which is found in Christ right now, but the flesh cannot know the Spirit nor can it stand in Spirit and truth found in that statement. Let us note it is Christ that is Spirit and truth, not in words we read from our bibles. When flesh comes in contact with Spirit and truth, the life of Christ, it will combusted into ashes and be no more! The fire is against the lies (flesh) found in our flesh that we cannot get rid of by telling others we don't have those evil lust in us, because we are a Christian's backed up by bible words.

16.
Malachi 3:2 "But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like launderer's soap.

Mark 9:49 For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.

Luke 3:16 John answered them all, "I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire.

Luke 12:49 "I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.

1 Peter 1:7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ--

2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

Christ is the refiner of God by Spirit and truth, because he is incorruptible living life (not flesh and blood), he is purifying the spirit of us from all the power of the lie (flesh). (the rebellions in our flesh is against God by the lie that caused the fallen flesh, which created sickness, pain, sorrow, and death)

It is as if by the fire or a smelter that we are put to test constantly in our flesh to clean up the our spirit from the power of the lie found in our flesh; cleaned by the fire of truth and Spirit in us in Christ.

17.
In that manner we are in Christ the temple of God, and we are going under the baptism by fire that ends up in our being put to death in flesh and made alive in Spirit with Christ completely in Christ immortal life of incorruptibility.

Jude 1:23 and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

Revelation 1:14 His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.

Revelation 2:18 "To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: "The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:

Revelation 3:18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

Revelation 4:5 Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

Revelation 8:5 The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth. There followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake.

When we turn away from the truth (Spirit), in Christ, the fire, the refiner starts, when we justify our lying in our flesh as a truth from God, that is, we are trying to make the filth of our righteous, into a god, which means we are choosing good and evil for our own justification a in our flesh, we are making ourselves look better in the eyes of flesh rather than loving the truth of Christ.

18.
We are putting ourselves, our righteousness above Christ by our fleshly thoughts created in Adam's sin that is corrupt and not in Christ. It is those lies that cannot come into Christ that are consumed as if by fire of his righteousness.

It is that anger of the flesh and not Christ that drives all the contention and hate among Christian's, and it those teachings that add more yeast to the fire. There is no truth in our flesh, because the truth was restored in Christ when he was put to death in the flesh and raised in Spirit. Truth is not in mankind at all it is found in Christ our life living through us, everything else is a lie! Mankind must be made new in Christ the truth, the temple of God, by God's Spirit to have the power of Christ life in us and us in him.

Nothing of mankind's works found in their lives that is always dying from sin and unrighteousness can justify them as worthy to be in Christ. Not one motive, one thought or actions!

James.4:1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
4:2 You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.
4:3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
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.

Loving God

The ultimate question that we must ask ourselves so we can even know God are we tested by the fire in Christ?

19.

Do we love God if there are no acts of eyes service in our flesh so we can be approved of man? Or rather is our efforts to be loved by flesh, and being seen by it, and heard by it, so those claiming to love God we gain their approval over Spirit and truth? Do we boast in their approval of us, in how will we are doing as a Christian's?

1 Corinthians 10:9 Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

2 Corinthians 13:5 Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don't you know as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed you are disqualified.

Galatians 6:4 But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.

1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

The truth is, Christ is the living temple of God, and we are a part of him in our faith, our faith is not seen by anyone of this world. Not one approval of man, no not one, which means anything outside of Christ is not Spirit or truth! Flesh cannot know God so how can it approve God, or judge our faith in Spirit and truth? We are not known by the flesh of mankind, we are not liked by any of the world that is the flesh of mankind, and we cannot be proved righteous by mankind flesh while being in Christ Spirit and truth.

1 John 3:1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

19.
1 John 3:13 Don't be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

1 John 4:1 Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Do we love God that much, or the idea of God that much? Do we love God that much that we are willing to allow ourselves to suffer nonrecognition all the days of our life on earth? Do we long for fairness in our flesh in Christ, do we long for the perfect person in the flesh (a lie an non-truth) so we can association with them where they always tells us how wonderful and loved we are by God? Who would tells such an impossible lie, who would believe that they are so are entitled to such perfection in someone flesh, so they can have no discomfort or suffering because of something they have done or said? Only the Devil himself would demand such unconditional love in any human flesh.

2 Corinthians 5:16 Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.

How could one take the very word of God twisted it into such an evil thing when we are told no good things is in found in our flesh? Who would put so much faith in fallen flesh that they would demand that a person be perfect in their flesh? Such is the power of those found in their flesh deceived by the demons into an extreme self-righteousness of religious thinking that they are pure of heart and can find a human leaders of religion having Spirit and truth that isn't upon earth, but in Christ in heaven as our king setting at the right hand of God!

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.
21.
What thing was Adam to worship? What worship was he created for, was he searching all over the paradise for the one person to explain God to him? Was he searching books, words from spirit force to find the truth of God?

No he wasn't! He was to worship God alone in Spirit and truth in one place, not many, he was not to go out of the garden for truth. Now that is what Christ completed two thousand's years ago for us, and that is why so few are in Christ they are all over the place into a million and one idols of the flesh, let alone are they satisfied in Christ our paradise, our last Adam, our father. They are seeking to get in by the power of the lie, the flesh, finding the gate locked, the door barred to them by the lust of self interest and not the will of the Father who loves truth more then the needs of our flesh for happiness on an unrighteous earth filled with demons.

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.

1Cor.4:1 So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries. 4:2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.

1Cor.4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I don't judge my own self.
4:4 For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

21.

The peace of God is not found in our flesh, what is found in our flesh is darkness, and not light; there is good and evil in our flesh that we want to apply to God who is only good. But the question is, do we love God more than our flesh?

We cannot know that until we are tested by fire so flesh is separated from the spirit. That testing is not done by a man, if we are one of God's anointed and we blame men, a man, a person place or thing for our test, we are not in Christ. We do not have a wrestling with flesh, we have evil spirit forces that we fight against with weapons of the Spirit and truth, of Christ, in is body, not of our flesh. It is the lies of the flesh and wicked spirit force that get us into battles with flesh, while they feed off of the lust of our flesh.

Please don't be fooled God's love in allowing such discipline and if we are without God's discipline which is sometime harsh discipline coming from the flesh lying evil exposed by fire we are not loved of God.

Completed: August 09, 2018

by: Daniel a Slave of Christ Jesus

http://jwsstraighttalk.squarespace.com/

22.