Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

1Pet.1:14 as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance, 1:15 but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior; 1:16 because it is written, "You shall be holy; for I am holy."{Leviticus 11:44-45}

How could these early Christian's become holy? Moreover, what lust was in their ignorance? Let us remember the Greek scriptures are in harmony with each others. However, legalistic Christian's often don't thinks so discarding some while calling upon others to prove a point. First, for any person to become holy before God there is only one way to do so. Hence, through the righteous blood of Christ Jesus being having been made a part of his life living through us, sanctifying us, making us holy before God.

2 Peter 1:21 For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

Titus 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,

What holiness is not, is meeting certain laws of commandments of God's words, this is the precise ignorance Peter was speaking too, and all the apostles spoke in harmony with him about. That is, returning to laws of sin, which incited lust in our flesh, but how can this be? Simply put, because the sinful flesh is dead in the law of Christ! Dead to the judgment of sins laws, abolished, hence, gone. What are sins laws? Will, for one-thing they aren't in the law of Christ. The law/life of Christ is sinless, which is the law of love. It is not parts of both laws, the old law completed by the law of Christ Jesus, and/or some of the law of Christ.

Romans 7:4 Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

For us to be holy one has to be in Christ free from the judgment of sin and the laws judging sin, which laws are leavened bread to Christ. Now in context, these Christian's were born again into the spiritual temple, holy temple of God, which is the unleavened bread of Christ, as a spiritual body made holy by the life of Christ Jesus working in them. They were not ignorant to fleshly sins excited by the Old Law, or its judgment through the Old law, or for that matter any law judging sins of the flesh.

Rom.7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.

Rom. 7:8 But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
7:9 I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

Hence, their knowing none of them could put away the filth of their flesh by such laws, so why would they go back to them unless it was for evil reasons? What, evil? In judging evil in other, as wicked too prove they were righteous by obeying the same laws set free from in Christ as their head and the righteous judge of his own body. Here is Peters concern, not as legalistic religion relentless teaches to make strong assertion in their flesh mouth and hearts about keeping commandments perfectly.

Galatians 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Romans 12:17 Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

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