Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

1Pet.1:6 Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials, 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--

Many Christian's erroneous believe that fiery test of faith come at some future point in their life, and/or because they are born at a different time in history since Christ, so those trial can be side stepped. This is because they don't have the life of Christ Jesus indwelling them as did these Christian's the apostle Peter was speaking to here.

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

You see the foolishness of such reasoning of making Christ into a word a inanimate person without incorruptible life does not explain away the test that all those having Christ life indwelling them receive while upon earth as long as they are in their flesh. Would any Christian's think Christ would be more loved in today's corrupt world, two-thousand's years removed from Christ time on earth? Will, certainly not!

1 Corinthians 12:26 When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

2 Corinthians 1:6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

No matter what part of history a person is born into if they are born again into the body of Christ, and Christ lives through them they are going to have tribulation in their flesh, because the world hates Christ as we are told by Christ himself. However, these trial is God's plan in perfecting our faith as gold refined by fire. Moreover, this is the judgment of God's Spiritual temple, which is, Christ and his body members. Such refinement cannot be side stepped for without this tribulation in our flesh nether is a person of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:29 Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf.

1 Peter 4:17 For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don't obey the Good News of God?

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