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Matt. 5:10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Who are those that persecute the brothers of Christ Jesus? It has always been false religion that claim righteousness by their rule of law, just as the Jewish faith killed the Son of God.

There is a vast chasm existing between light and darkness, mankind in self-righteousness, that is, by rule of law in darkness, whereas, Christ Jesus is righteous because he alone kept God's law perfectly. So those persecuted cannot claim they are being persecuted for Christ Jesus righteousness if they have never received it by God's Holy Spirit and are made a part of the body of Christ Jesus. They cannot claim righteousness by words of the bible, or by an organized religion upon earth, no!

Christ Jesus does not share his righteousness with darkness, all those in Christ Jesus righteousness our light without the sins of human yeast laws of religion. They are righteous not by obeying rules of laws, but in obeying the Spirit of the congregation they are part of by Holy Spirit, which is Christ Jesus body – in faith.

They do not have an individual righteousness like false religion teaches, and those claiming righteousness through it, they have one righteousness, which is of Christ Jesus, just like our own body does not have two hearts with separated minds, but one spirit, one body, one faith, and one righteousness belonging too Christ Jesus through his owns faithfulness, not ours.

If we are persecuted for righteousness we must be given the gift of Christ righteousness, by God's love, but not in obeying some rule of a group and than bring persecution upon our own head by creating greater hostility in judging others by such self-righteous rules. Certainly, the Scribes and Pharisee's thought they were the victims of persecution by Christ Jesus; how wrong were their judgments according to the righteousness of the law of God?

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