Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

Matt.12:7 But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,'{Hosea 6:6} you would not have condemned the guiltless. 12:8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

Many of Christian for some two-thousand's years have thought without flinching they knew what Christ was saying here, but let us not like the Jew whom had God's word for thousand's of years be know-it-all's, for we might just come up short as they did in mercy!

Luke.18:10 "Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 18:12 I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'
18:13 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Mercy was not executing the law upon others, mercy for Christian's is not making one obey the commandment of God by threat of expulsion from a group, mercy was not found in rule of law, obedience and death of judgment of ones sin, is not mercy! Where did God's mercy come from was it perfect obedience, or the blood sacrificed upon the altar paying the price for what no human could do, that is, being perfect without sin against God's righteousness?

1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. The Jews condemned Christ Jesus the guiltless one, but how could they do that? What judgment did the uses to condemn the Christ? What good was the law without blood, the mercy of the law; could a sinner keep the law, no! It was impossible for a person flawed with sin to keep the law, the law would only created greater sin in those giving power to it by judging others, it could not fix the problem of being born a sinner, as thought judging by the laws cleansed a person from their sins, no!

Romans 7:11 for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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.

Sin was not gotten read of, it was exposed by law, it was not made less it was magnified by law creating a greater awareness of how far we fall short of the being a non-sinner, and/or righteous by our own merit, but where is the mercy found for sinners if they are condemned into death by laws on its every precept? One must find away of salvation if they are dead to God, should they not? If God personality is the law, than where is the God of love, no where!

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

God provided life, innocent life to show us mercy as great cost himself to redeem us from the everlasting curse of the Law. Are you merciful or a law student of the bible? Do you see the sin in all human's eyes, are you like the Pharisee's who empower themselves unrighteously by judgment (fear of punishment), pointing out weakness all sinner have, or do you as a sinner look to mercy the blood given on your behalf freely without your merit?

James.1:20 for the anger of man doesn't produce the righteousness of God. 1:21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls{or, preserve your life.}.
1:22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. 1:23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;
1:24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 1:25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
1:26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless.

How does laws judgment change anyone? Are you a truth lover? If so the law makes people do things upon threat of punishment causing fear, but it does not change the heart. It does not make a person love God, do you know what does? Does human personality, being a great teacher change people, it can, but does it make a person a lover of God, some would say yes! However, it does not for when the person no longer has the person to look to by sight and sound they will not remember God, but they will look for another human or an organization where it can direct their lives by sight seen human instruction.

1Cor.3:1 Brothers, I couldn't speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.
3:2 I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren't yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,
3:3 for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walk in the ways of men?
3:4 For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," aren't you fleshly? 3:5 Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him? 3:6 I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase. 3:7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

God's love is shown in forgiveness, by his paying the price for our deserved sins we cannot redeem ourselves from, not in commandments, and rule that makes a person fear God as evil paying us back in keep account of injury we have done to him. If the Jews had learn this, God's of love, whom was forgiving their deserved death by disobeying to his law, for if one does not obey perfectly they are dead to God as Adam became dead to God having no association with him by his life giving words upon sin entering into him, and his wife by choice. They would not have condemned and killed the guiltless one!

Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth.

1 Peter 2:25 For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer{"Overseer" is from the Greek episkopon, which can mean overseer, curator, guardian, or superintendent.} of your souls.

Blood accounts sin dead to God, not held legal over ones head, it was not an obligation like meeting some rule of law mankind makes, but an act of love on God part by his compassion and love for fallen mankind to provide them mercy by killing the life of an innocent victim to pay the price for our life.

Ephesians 2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us.

Ephesians 5:2 Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

2 Thessalonians 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace.

1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice{"atoning sacrifice" is from the Greek "hilasmos," an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation--the sacrifice that turns away God's wrath because of our sin.} for our sins.

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