Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

1John. 3:11 For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; 3:12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

From the beginning of man on earth there has never been works of law that a person could buy favor with God for; not even Cain who tried, and was reproved by God for a sacrifice he thought was better than his brother Abel.

Ephesians 4:7 But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Look at the history of the bible every time a person judges their faith by another human on earth doing as the world does, which is, think “how could God reject me, my sacrifice is better than his?” Watch out!

2 Corinthians 10:12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

God is not a competition, he is love, and that is the only gift we can give back to God that is clean and pure worship, God owes us nothing but love, we measure out what has been measure to us; that is a divine truth of God – love!

Matt.7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

The problem was for the brothers and sister back at John's time they were competing by works of law, just as it is in all false religion today. Setting up a system to judge the faith of others the same grand mistake Cain made judging the faith of his brother Able, by his own works. Love is faith when it comes to the God whom defines himself as love, anything less than love, is an evil heart to God.

1Cor. 13:1 If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
13:2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing.
13:3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.

Now stop and think? What did the very works of law prove to any honest hearted person? It proved all have fallen short of the glory of God that there was not one righteous man all sinned, why? Because we all have evil in our hearts (sin). Toward, something, someone, right?

1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Romans 3:23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

So competing against another person who falls short of God's glory by trying to outshine them is one more evil according to God. God standards are from above, not below in looking at others flesh, correct? How can brothers or sisters come up when looking at standards that fall short of God's glory?

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?

Philippians 3:9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

They cannot, Christ is raised, he is seated above all the lying corrupted values found in every part of Satan system of things, we are raised up if we are in Christ, far above all human authority, we don't need to have someone teach us right from wrong in Christ we have the very life of Christ indwelling us which is God's righteousness. We don't need to have are flesh pounded with constant reminders of its evil, our flesh is dead in Christ, we know nothing good dwells in it, we are raised by Spirit separating us from our flesh, by God own judgment of it, as of no value at all! Why then would we compete with other in the flesh, unless we really don't have the Spirit of God?

Romans 4:25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

Romans 6:4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

The message is clear if we are raised with Christ we are to love our brothers not compete in works of law with them, we are not, never justified in our flesh, it is dead, of no value at all, how can we try to be better than our brothers valueless flesh then think we have a better sacrifice than him?

Romans 8:34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

1 Corinthians 15:17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.

Ephesians 1:20 which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

Ephesians 2:6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

Romans 8:8 Those who are in the flesh can't please God.

Romans 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

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