Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

Rom.5:6 For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

How were we yet weak? Well, in context the apostle Paul is speaking about being a sinner, but aren't we all sinners? Yes, we as humans cannot stop sinning, and sin is weakness, a disease that brings with it death. However, the apostle Paul is not talking about the fact we die from sin, and we cannot stop sinning. What he is referring to is God's action towards mankind so the they can be right before God, that is, strong and not weak?

Galatians 4:9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

2 Corinthians 13:4 For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.

Paul speak to boldness that is given a person by God's justification of them, he speaking about Christ Jesus merit, which means Christ proved perfect without sin, our being purchased by the life of Christ as the lamb of God, stops our judgment of sin with God. Christ life stop God's wrath towards us, what wrath is that? The wrath of God's righteous law against sinners. Now we have a strength in freedom to stand before God as a righteous person, a person blameless, absolved of our deserved judgment. Moreover, we become son's of God in being apart of the Christ life.

Rom.5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God's wrath through him. 5:10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

Many think of learning the bible and growing in understanding is what makes them a strong spiritual person, but spiritual strength comes from what Christ did for us, our being born again into a new life, which life is spiritual, and not fleshly. The boldness we have is a gift of God's love, it is given freely, which gives us power, it is not in self-justification, but rather God's justification in Christ Jesus life. Paul is not speaking of joining a group and growing within that religious group for years and becoming a strong spiritual person in sinning less, that is, false religion.

1 John 5:18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him.

1 Peter 3:21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

We sin not in Christ because we are bought by Christ blood once for all times, we do not sinless by our human efforts, we were purchase as a gift of God's love undeservedly from His goodness. We maintain a sinless standing because God removed our judgment, and because he is faithful to his word that cannot fail us.

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.

Romans 8:10 If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

1 John 3:9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.

Furthermore, God plants a seed in us of incorruptibility, and writes his laws into our hearts making us new with the same desire as Christ not to sin. We are apart of a good tree as the fruit on the tree under the will of the tree, we produce fruit that is sinless because the tree is sinless, our every desire is not to sin, but don't get this confused with not being a sinner once for all times through God works and not ours. Just because we desire to be a better person and want to please God did not justify us making us sinless before God. What has justify us is God's desire to reconcile us to himself because of love. Subsequently, when we justify ourselves we fall from the grace given too us by God freely. In other words, we are give freedom and life by God undeserved kindness in a gift so grand and wondrous you or I could never pay for it. God will not removed his word or that gift, he will make it have certain success if we put faith in it.

Heb.4:7 he again defines a certain day, today, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), "Today if you will hear his voice, don't harden your hearts."{Psalm 95:7-8} 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day. 4:9 There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. 4:10 For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.

Many have been justified by God and stayed in a religion of works of law, only to find themselves justifying their every action falling into what Christ stated would happen spiritual sickness receiving back the measure of judgment they judge losing their freedom and boldness with God in pleasing men which did not, nor could ever justify one of God's sons.

Heb. 4:16 Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.
Hebrews 12:28 Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe.

2 Timothy 1:9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal.

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