Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

Col.3:3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
3:4 When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.

Many of men and woman since Christ have sought hard to be glorified upon earth, while in their flesh for Christ name. In fact, the truth be told it is the Christian's way in our times - making a name for oneself in Christ name. Building a world wide ministry, if were not growing in fame we are not doing the will of our Father in heaven. So in grained is this lust for power and fame in the ministry many have gone into death feeling disappointed their ministry wasn't great enough.

John 8:50 But I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.

John 8:54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.

But conspicuously missing from the Christ, and his apostles is that argument for greatness in their minister upon earth, but why such a stark contrast between to days Christian's and the early Christian's? First and foremost God's glorification does not come to a Christian's until he/she is resurrected with Christ, until then their true worth to mankind is hidden in Christ, but why?

Romans 1:23 and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things.

Romans 8:19 For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

Well, Christianity is really simple! We have our example, and we are pattern after our example, and who is that? Christ Jesus, we are not a lone wolf, we are instead purchase for Christ by his blood for his body. In other words, Christ is still working in his body for what purpose? The setting of creation free of the corruption from sin and death. Christ is not building kingdoms upon this earth in the name of some religion, and if you can't or won't believe that than you are faced with a perplexing question, and what is that? Christ stated his Kingdom is not part of this world, and was put to death for saying such. Next Christ tells his disciples they would be hated by this world and unknown by it just as he was!

2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

1 Peter 5:4 When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn't fade away.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!

John 18:36 Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn't be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here."

But lastly and more importantly which Christian's religion out of the 51-thousand of them today upon earth don't produce good and bad fruit on the same tree? If you love truth than you must speak truth, all religion on earth have two types of fruit good and bad. So if Christ Kingdom is part of this world and its religions that why did he say a good tree cannot have “any” bad fruit? Than he said a bad tree cannot produce good fruit?

James 3:10 Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
3:11 Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water? 3:12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.

Matt. 7:17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. 7:18 A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

Now if you read the words above by the apostle Paul in context to the example we are to follow (Christ) they will make perfect sense. Christ Kingdom is free from the corruption of all this world and things in this world. Those made apart of Christ are freed from sin, and are hid with Christ, and when they die in their flesh than like Christ they will be glorified for his kingdom and not any other upon earth including their own.

Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Philippians 2:9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;

Colossians 3:1 If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

This leaves the flesh powerless, and squarely put all power and glory for Christ Kingdom in the hands of Holy Spirit. Now if you read Colossians in context you will find this is what Christ did for his body members taking away the power of the flesh, killing it, stripping all power and authority for God's Kingdom from mankind's efforts, placing power and authority in Christ upon his own glorification at his resurrection not before - proving Satan a liar.

Ephesians 1:21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.

Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.

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