Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

Col.3:12 Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; 3:13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

Here is a truth, we put on Christ, or we find ourselves in the clothing of our flesh and its thoughts. Each Christian's must stop and accept this truth, we must stop thinking we can put on ourselves, a mask of some religion, a new personality when we are with other Christian's. When the bible speaks of being in Christ we are than putting on the truth, which truth produces the fruit of Holy Spirit in us, that is, our spirit.

Romans 15:3 For even Christ didn't please himself. But, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."{Psalm 69:9}

Romans 15:5 Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus.

Hence, it is in Christ, not ourselves by some religious study, or meeting at some building built with human hands that we are the “temple” of God, within that temple, we find the truth, we find the Father, and the son, we worship in Spirit and truth. Now once in Christ the temple of God we find a new personality, which becomes our personality why? Because Christ is the head of the congregation of his body, his personality, not our own personality acting like a Christian, but truth, what truth, Christ is the the truth so we have a real living personality given us by Christ, his!

1 Corinthians 1:30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

1 Corinthians 3:23 and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

1 Corinthians 8:6 yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

1 Corinthians 8:12 Thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

1 Corinthians 6:19 Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

But how did we get here, that is, in Christ? Did we climb a mountain? Did we go and join some religious group? Did we do something special for someone else so God rewarded us according to our good works? Perhaps, we have climb the religious ladder of serving in special position that a group rewarded us with being in Christ as an anointed person? Nope! None of these things from man, or his works in his flesh upon this earth. God, YHWH forgave us in Christ Jesus. It was by Christ Jesus good works on earth we have been forgiven, we have received an undeserved gift from God towards us in his love.

1 Corinthians 4:7 For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn't receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

Now if we've entered “freely” by nothing we have done good or bad, but by what God has given us, we cannot be in Christ without forgiving each other in the same way? “Wait a minute, how can that work, I am just human?” Yes, we are, human, but we don't walk in our flesh, our flesh is dead in Christ, and we have who's personality? Christ personality that does forgive us and those that offend us. Do we suffer in giving up our rights to hold a debt? Yes the flesh does suffer and hates giving up that right, being wronged!

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Luke 17:4 If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."

But in that suffering we find a truth, what truth? We learn just how loving our heavenly Father is towards us in first being loyal in not taking back his forgiveness like we human do over the slightest infraction, we learn what undeserved kindness actually means? We learn the truth of Christ, and his real personality, and in our suffering we are tested, perfecting our complete trust in all that God is, and in what he does. Subsequently, to be released, actually made free, we must release everyone that sins against us.

Luke 4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted,{NU omits "to heal the brokenhearted"} to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed.

Matthew 6:12 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

Matthew 6:14 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 6:15 But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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