Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

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.

The apostle Paul here draws a legal conclusion for the Jew's and Gentle alike. He makes three profound statements, if we were justified through the blood of Christ saving us from God's wrath, and reconciled to God while an enemies of God, that is, while yet sinners. How could God not saved us through the life of Christ?

James 4:12 Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?

1 Timothy 4:16 Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

In other words, if God has done all this so we can have a standing before him, while enemies, and under his wrath the only conclusion we can draw is, God did all this for what purpose? To save us! We must understand as Christian's when we think in legal terms, as the Jew's were inculcated with a person will always draw a negative conclusion, why? Because in legal writing, and deductions each word counts, each phrase, how it is written and said, it is the writing, which judges us, or frees us from the charges being made against us by the legal document. First, and always when a person puts on a legal mind they are looking for the argument in their favor deluding themselves with the idea God will back their argument because we use legal arguments from God's word the bible.

Colossians 2:14 wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross; (torture stake, or tree)

Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.{NU omits "who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit"} 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

1Tim.1:9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 1:10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

However, when the apostle Paul's draws his conclusion there is only one way a Christian can accept it, by faith, it is in faith, we are freed from legal wranglings over words. If you believe God loves you, and has done all this to save us, than legalizing the wording of what God has done into a written document of doctrine, will only takes away from your belief/faith in God as good and a loving Father in saving you. Legal thinking and writing puts one into a contract with God, where they carefully say and write every word, like human do with each other, out of distrust knowing human have both good and evil in them. Where one can go to court and hold the person feet to the fire if they don't keep their word.

James 1:16 Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers. 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow. 1:18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

One cannot impute evil to God, and commune with the Son of God, our bread of life that removed our judgment by his life. Law impute evil first, don't be fooled here, it may seem wise legally, it may seem correct, but when imputing evil first we can expect the same back according to Christ. What ever measure we measure out we get back, if God is a legal God, so goes our own self-judgment upon earth with other human beings. When Adam judge God wrong, what was the fruit he ate from for the rest of his life, not the fruit in paradise?

John 8:15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

Romans 2:1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

Christian's often judge God wrong by their training, and/or teachings which teachings doesn't often first impute good to God, that is, love, as God has done towards us as sinners and enemies. You see, when we can't love our brothers because we are a legalistic person which points up evil and not good in each other, we do the same to our Heavenly Father Jehovah. Truth is not the evil we can see or find in each others that is not God's truth! Christ is God's truth, God gave us his life to reconcile us to Himself to save us from the wrath of his judgment.

James 5:9 Don't grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

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