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A Time of Humiliation

Acts 8:33 In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth."{Isaiah 53:7,8}

What comes to our minds when we think of a time of humiliation? Well, for must of us that have experienced a humiliation or two in our life, its not a fun time, it is a time that take away our dignity, our respect, our reputation, and it is one of the most unbearable times in our life.

James 4:6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."{Proverbs 3:34}

However, something that might just surprise us is that a time of humiliation is part and partial of being a Christian's, did you know that? Well, if we didn't then don't be too hard on yourselves because it is no longer a truth spoken or taught by Christian's religion in today's world.

2Cor.1:7 Our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that, since you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.

2Cor. 2:15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
2:16 to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

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Full Discloser

In religion today as has been the case for thousand's of years those calling themselves Christian's through their chosen religion have brought themselves up into a life style that has been envied by people not Christian's, have you noted that in your own life. Yes, they've produced the finest scholars, educators, citizens, families, business people where indeed many boast in being a Christian's knowing that it is good for their life and business to be a Christian. Christian's life style is touted as not a time of humiliation but a time of recognition, a time of glory and respect on earth.

2Cor.2:17 For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

2Cor.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.

The leaders of religion are hardly in a time of humiliation most are treated as kings on earth, people wait in line to shake their hand of an important ministers. If they publishes a book millions are sold just on name recognition, they have fine and beautiful homes, they ride in the finest cars, and have the power to fill huge Colosseum with their present.

2.Cor. 10:17 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."{Jeremiah 9:24} 10:18 For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

Now we are not saying that they didn't work hard to get there, or that they may have had to suffer some humiliation before getting there, what we are saying none of the same success Christ had, or his apostles every obtain to.
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1Cor. 4:9 For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
4:11 Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
4:12 We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure. 4:13 Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

Matthew 8:20 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

Moreover, if one gives a close read to their bibles they will find that all the apostles lives on earth their time on earth was a time of humiliation just as Christ was when he was on earth. Let us be clear here, no fancy of any type is going to change the inspire word of God on this matter, no amount of human reasoning is going to make Christ life on earth into a time of glory, but just as it is written a time of humiliation that was prophecy hundreds of years before Christ was birthed on earth.

Isa.53:2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
53:3 He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn't respect him.
53:4 Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.

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53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

To be rich and powerful and be treated like a drunker, a demon posses person, as apostate all the days of ones life, little or lot, is not a good thing, it is just as it is written, a time of humiliation!

Being the center of wicked spirit forces attacks, and the Devils without the power to stop such evil, but remembering at one time the person did have that power is not a time of honor.

Unrighteousness should never rule over the righteous, a powerful person should undue the wicked, not treat them with honor when they killed and discredited the Son of God, treating him like a door mat to wipe ones feet off!

Matthew 7:6 "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Revelation 11:2 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.

Proverbs 17:4 An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

Proverbs 17:15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

The Making The Unrighteous Righteous

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Proverbs 18:5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

Proverbs 19:28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

Proverbs 20:26 A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.

The only way to make the unrighteous appear right, yes! That is right, the word righteous comes from the root word to be right. Having said that. The only way to honor the “unright”, that is, the unrighteous is to take away the rights of a righteous person. Handing that person over to the power of the unrighteous. It does not take a PHD to figure out the outcome of that when a righteous person falls into the hands of wicked people whom have no love for God's righteousness they will trample such a person as of no value at all in sight of everyone and will kill them in one way or another off this earth.

Proverbs 21:4 A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Proverbs 21:12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

Proverbs 21:18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

Proverbs 21:29 A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

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Proverbs 22:5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

In other words, there is no justice for the righteous when one is under the power of unrighteous, they do not think a righteous person has any rights they believe they are entitled, and that a righteous person is evil to them because they expose the evil in the unrighteous person heart simple by their good present.

Proverbs 24:20 for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.

Proverbs 24:24 He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him--

Proverbs 25:5 Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 25:26 Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

Christ was God own righteousness, and what does that mean? Well, we must get this clear if we want to know what true righteousness is, not what we are seeing in the glorification of religious people on earth today, who are not found in a time of humiliation, but rather a time of creating a better more upstanding person that gains glory from others in this world. God's righteousness is Christ, did you know that?

Isa. 53:7 He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth.
53:8 He was taken away by oppression and judgment; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?
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Because he had God in him, and Christ was in God, as one. Thus, God own righteousness was in Christ. That righteousness was brought to earth not as a powerful king, with a royal army, not birthed into a palaces of gold and fine jewels, but in a manger of a very lowly status. Why would God, the Almighty put his Son into such a humiliating position upon earth was he displeased with him?

Ezekiel 16:37 therefore see, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those who you have loved, with all those who you have hated; I will even gather them against you on every side, and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.

Hosea 2:10 Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of my hand.

Mark 7:6 He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Mark 7:19 because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus making all foods clean?"

You, see many of men have put themselves into a lowly position to maintain an elevated standing in the eyes of men in their religion, taking a vow of poverty. But did Christ? Did Christ do an act of poverty, did he take a vow of poverty to play a certain part while on earth to look good to those that consider themselves devout to God by such a vow of poverty?

Matt. 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.

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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.

Truth of God's righteousness

God's righteousness is him, his rightness cannot be challenge or disputed as ours that fall short of God's glory. In fact, let it be said that God's righteousness is not part of this world. God is not in love with the worlds unrighteousness found in corruption of sin. Thus, we should then know why Christ was hated and humiliated being made to live in poverty, and not like a king on earth, which such a king would be part of this world loved?

Matthew 23:35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

Matthew 25:37 "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?

The world hated him, because in him was God's righteousness that the wicked spirit force did all to destroy through every form of lying humiliation they could heap upon Christ while he was in their world, a world of darkness and unrighteousness. That is why Christ rights were taken away, not because he was a good person, a nice person, person that just let himself be walked all over.

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John 5:30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

Christ was the righteousness of God, God, the almighty that did not take up his power in Christ while he was in his time of humiliation on earth. Now we must have this point clear, and it should take no brain surgeon to figure it out. If one is sent into hostile world, and in that person is the life of some one that is hated by this hostile world, how does anything of that world become your friend to honor and glorify you?

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

John.17:23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.

John 17:25 Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.

How does on raise a family, conduct a business, get an education, while in an hostile world set upon destroying the righteousness of God in you, how is that going to make us a worldly success? You see, righteousness is not an act, it not something we put on like a coat, or something we leave off from when we go into the world to conduct business. Its not about the false excuses of religion that are being successful and glorified on earth that they coined from God in their doctrines and teaching that justify their worldly success ,that is, being part of this world but tricking us into calling it no part of this world by labeling it Christian.

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James.4:13 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."
4:14 Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away. 4:15 For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."

James. 4:16 But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil. 4:17 To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.

It is about God's righteousness being in us, by the power of Christ life in us! The bible to the flesh is a book like a legal book one used to become a legal person an attorney, a law maker, a judge, but its not a living person. It is a hat one puts on and off happily while conducting business. Which is, proper protocol for humans behavior in this world.

Rom.3:4 May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, "That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.

Rom.3:10 As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.
3:11 There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

The bible is a theory to those not in Christ that when apply like any other education the person become that professional in that field that is a vast difference than having Christ dwell in us as God's righteousness.

But God's righteousness, is Christ, when Christ is in us a person has the truth of God in them that cannot be put on and taken off.

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It can't be an act, so one can say; “today I am accept by the ways of the world because I took off Christ righteousness and became part of the world, so I can have friends of the world and be successful in the world.”

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

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

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

2 Corinthians 11:15 It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

Philippians 1:11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

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

No! And No! God righteousness is in Christ who was the center of attack until they destroy Christ off this earth. Next the attack went on the apostles until they destroyed them, and the first century congregation.

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Then the enemy destroyed God's work planted by God's Holy Spirit the field of wheat by over-sowing it with successful worldly Christian's that are a part of Satan world, but uses religious words from the bible to say they are no part of the world while having the same worldly success and the world they live in do and practice.

Matthew 3:8 Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance!

Matthew 3:10 "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

Matthew 7:17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

Christianity message is let us make you a successful person by accepting Jesus Christ. Look at are members dress all up in nice beautiful clothes, clean and righteous, and how beautiful our find religious buildings are, look how the world brags upon us about the good and righteous people we place into their business, schools, government, colleges, and so on . . .

How indeed are they having such success while Christ did not, or his apostles? How have the removed the very truth of Christ time of humiliation without a blush of red?

Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Romans 8:36 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."{Psalm 44:22}

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Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned.{2 Chronicles 24:20-21} They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword.{Jeremiah 26:20-23; 1 Kings 19:10} They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

1 Peter 2:25 For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer{"Overseer" is from the Greek episkopon, which can mean overseer, curator, guardian, or superintendent.} of your souls.

Being Hated by The World

Being hated by someone does not at all imply success it tells us that person hates us and hopes and plans for our destruction, but how has this been lost? When hated by the world is now success in the world as a Christian's?

2Cor.10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according to the flesh;

2Cor.10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
10:5 throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

Ephesians 6:12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

How has unrighteousness of the world been converted into success of the world for Christian's, but not all things of the world which even people without God hate.

It is because God righteousness that is hated by this world tells us that flesh lust against the Spirit, and it cannot be in subjection to God at all. It is because what true righteousness says is not guess work unlike all those that think they can have God's righteousness and be happy and successful on this earth not having the wicked one destroy everything they do and touch.

2 Timothy 3:12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

2 Timothy 4:5 But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

1 Peter 3:14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."{Isaiah 8:12}

Christ protection came by one means and one means only while in this world and that was God, his Father until Christ finished the works he was sent to do for God, and mankind.

Once completed he was destroyed by the forces being held back until God's appointed time. No! There were no happy feel good stories religion so often tells and uses to collect its members, a time of trouble a time of glorification afterwards on earth, like Job of old.

No! Let get this clear from God's word, all of Christ time on this earth was a time of humiliation, the glorification came after he was destroyed by the evil one; the evil one using his people to do the dirty work. Jesus did not leave a business behind, a college, a hospital, a legacy of greatness in the world. No Christ was hated by the world he was sent into, and he never became a part of it. Christ chose to suffer for God's righteousness. He chose to deny the world's glory and take the humiliation in his time on earth in his flesh.
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Matthew 16:21 From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

Matthew 17:12 but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them."

Mark 8:31 He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Mark 9:12 He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?

Luke 9:22 saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up."

Luke 17:25 But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

Christ did not mix God into the world, claiming that God's righteousness would clean up and fix mankind world. No! He did not! Moreover, Christ did not sell the Good News as giving a person a better life on earth. He did not say if you accept me I will clean up every problem from finical to addiction of your flesh. No! He did not!

Matthew 10:38 He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me.

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Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Matthew 19:21 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Luke 21:8 He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he{or, I AM},' and, 'The time is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them.

Christ made it clear if they accepted him they would suffer the same humiliation he did in his flesh on earth, they would be hated by wicked spirit force attacked and often destroyed by them! They would have a torture stake to bear, and not worldly success unless they used the power of Satan to bless them just as Satan offered Christ but he rejected it for God's righteousness!

Mark 8:38 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

2 Timothy 1:12 For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

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1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

John 17:15 I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

John 17:16 They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

Christ did not add human fleshly reasoning to God's righteousness, he was not the one adding the yeast to the kingdom of God that was humans and their desires of their own hearts to be accepted by the world while not giving up Christ either. Yes, that is the truth, like a prostitute that wants the money of marriage, but not the person, so she mixes all the good things of marriage into her fornication without the hard work of being faithful.

Matthew 13:33 He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures{literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than a bushel} of meal, until it was all leavened."

1 Corinthians 5:6 Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.

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.

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That is why two thousands years removed from true righteous we have sixty six thousand's religions that love the world, but hate anyone that not of their religion. Yes, a world where one can have a false righteousness without the pain of suffering for God's righteousness that is not part of this world.

We have billions of people calling themselves Christian's that don't even know one of Christ brothers having Christ righteousness because that means being hated for God's righteousness. God's righteousness of false weed Christian's is nothing more then trying to changes someone else flesh by sticking ones nose into a person business by hitting them with righteous words from their bibles, so they don't have to suffer looking bad by their unbecoming conduct in the flesh that must be approved of by the world to give credence to their religion!

John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

John 8:15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

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.

Romans 8:8 Those who are in the flesh can't please God.

Most Christ display their fleshly personality by being annoying parrot because they think such parroting of words is what it means to have and do God's righteousness. Christ was the light of this world, because in him was the light, that is, God's righteousness, those that sought out Christ found what? They found truth and Spirit, They were delivered out of this world, do you know how?
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Titus. 3:2 to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. 3:3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
3:4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
3:6 whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;

The were buried in Christ, that is, their flesh accounted dead (judgment paid off by Christ.) that has no value in Spirit and truth. They were then raised into Christ body seated at God's right hand in an elevated spirit condition in Christ. They became Christ righteousness, so they became the same object of hate and rejection by this world. They found themselves in the world that took all their rights, and made sure every form of unrighteous slander was heap upon them to destroy any thing good about them.

If the flesh is no value to the Spirit (God) then it must be of value to this world under Satan power, correct?

Those created into the Spirit Christ brothers were of no value to this world, because the flesh hates the Spirit and cannot be in subjection to God's righteousness, why would it not reject them having Christ life in them? The good being done by Christ brothers is not known by this world. No! It can't or they are not in Christ because they did not know Christ either or his apostles, if the world knew Christ why did the reject him and killing him as recorded in God's inerrant word the bible?

Colossians 1:26 the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints.

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Colossians 2:3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

1 Peter 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.

Colossians 3:3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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.

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.

The truth is in the suffering of Christ, it not a time of goodness, and happiness on earth its is a time of much tribulation, and endurance until God finishes his work in us. And then if God so wills a time of glorification not in this world, but in Christ found in God's new heavens and earth that God has prepared for us.

No harder test could be put upon a person, no greater challenge could we come upon us in this life, to be known of God, but not known and rejected by everyone in this world and yet remain faithful to God. Frankly, that is the love being perfect in us, as it was in Christ for without love, we know not God who is love.

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Rom.8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 8:36 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."{Psalm 44:22} 8:37 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Completed: September 22, 2018

by: Daniel a Slave of Christ Jesus

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