Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

John.15:7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you. 15:8 "In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

Can you or I remain in Christ Jesus by a work of law? No! We cannot, its that simple, we remain in Christ by our faith, a faith that is supplied too us by being in Christ a gift of God's Holy Spirit. Have you noted that being in Christ is a catch twenty two? What does this mean?

Rom.12:3 For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

It means there is no real faith acceptable to God outside of Christ Jesus, but why? Because Christ is the one person perfect in God's judgment, he was the only human too ever live sinlessly faithful too God onto death upon earth. Because of Christ actions in the flesh he was declared righteous by God's righteous Law given to Moses, no other human could boast in their flesh of being sinless, and declared righteous by their own works of law in the flesh!

Romans 3:10 As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.

Hence, all of us must be perfected through this one seed of God's planting, one body, and now we are being told by Christ Jesus here, this one vine, and/or tree of life, Christ Jesus, the last Adam we must stay in. Thus, our faith, righteousness, sanctification, holiness, and every other workings of God's Holy Spirit is entrusted in Christ Jesus life, the very life of this vine spoken of by Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 3:18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit.

There are no other works acceptable too God, there is no other foundation God will build his Spiritual Temple upon, there is no other way too produce fruit unless it is Christ Jesus fruit accept by God for God's works by His Holy Spirit. Every other effort by us, to justify ourselves by a good work, claiming it too be of Christ because it is written in our bibles, will perishes as a flower fading falling to the ground, having no usefulness in producing eternal fruits of everlasting life.

Hebrews 10:38 But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."{Habakkuk 2:3-4}

This is the catch twenty two have you found it? Faith is a gift a fruit of Christ, without faith we cannot please God, nor can we have the life of Christ indwelling us making us righteous, sanctifying us making us holy, so we cannot stay in the true vine. Do you understand why laws for sin are negative, leaving us helpless, requiring us to produce enough good works to be acceptable too God, which according to Christ here we cannot do?

But faith in Christ as completing the law, and our judgment frees us from self-justification by works a law accepting Christ life as saving us, as good enough to purchase us for God's glory. Hence, the catch twenty is gone in faith, but those living by works of laws there is no getting out of such a box the harder they works the more they find another catch twenty, putting them right back into the maze of sin and death!

John 8:24 I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

John 9:34 They answered him, "You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?" They threw him out.

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