Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

1John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

It is hard for some Christian's groups to imagine the world Christ spoke of, and here John speaks too, was actually people who were religious. First, in Christ Jesus case, the Jews, and later those who were a weed-Christian's using parts laws from Moses, and parts of New Covenant Christian's creating a polluted form of God's love expressed in Christ Jesus.

Subsequently, we must not think in terms of the world as we know it people not knowing God, and persecuting Christian's because of their love for God, no! But rather those trying to bring Christ Jesus into slavery through adding laws of the flesh to the law of freedom in Christ Jesus.

However, John makes as simple profound statement, this is not about a fight in our flesh with opposing sides, that is, returning evil for evil, by using God's word as a law book against those opposing us, that is, as legal Christian's do, no! This was about the power of Christ in us, who conquered the world for us in his righteous life. This is what is greater in us; those under the laws seems strong having authority to wheeled power against their enemies.

That is what was already at work among the brothers and sisters of Christ Jesus in John's time; the pattern of the flesh that exist since Adam's fall, which is, protectionism by legislation of laws into institutions creating powerful position having high wall so peoples could run into for protection though the powerful religious organizations.

This is what was happening at John's time, soon the weeds would take over God's field of wheat, just as Jesus said would happen.

However, staying in Christ Jesus, the law of love, or freedom, had no power for these brothers and sisters that could protect themselves; no more so than Christ Jesus had from those persecuting them.

But they must not forget they had life, what life, they had received the imperishable life of Christ Jesus at their anointing, making them a part of his body provided they remain in love. Christ Jesus had conquered death for them. Subsequently, if they were killed in their flesh, by laws of the flesh, they were not dead, they were in life, and Christ was greater than any laws of man, using worldly law in the name of God.

This was the great mystery of lawless already at work, Christian's claiming righteousness outside of Christ Jesus, by merit of law, so they could gain power like the world does in every man made institution. These weed Christian's cloak their power struggles in the name of Christ Jesus, but truth would be known in just a few short years with the birth of a corrupt system of religious institution.

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