Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

1Cor.1:10 Now I beg you, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Where does division start? The bible makes this point very clear by introducing the sinful flesh into God's word, Christ is the Word of God that was speaking to these brothers and sisters. However, it seemed the teachers of flesh by prominent teachers had become more important than unity of Christ for them.

Romans 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

One cannot speak the same thing in unity in the flesh, flesh has never in the history of mankind achieved unity of thought even within the same family let alone in congregations of people. Sadly, the standard of the world in its fleshly thinking in it false unity in being a free thinker was not the standard of the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.

You see, these brothers and sisters had received the Spirit of God at their birth of being a new creation in Christ so they clearly understood the peace and unity of God they'd tasted it, and felt the overseer of their soul by the witness of the Holy Spirit that excel all thought of flesh and its division.

1 Corinthians 14:33 for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints.

Ephesians 2:14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition.

Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

They understood why Christ was at perfect peace and harmony with his Father YHWH on earth for Christ stated it in his prayer at John Chapter Seventeen, and what was that? That the unity is of the Spirit not the flesh, because Christ was in the Father and the Father was in him. Let remember Christ also stated that he did nothing of his own initiative.

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

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

John.17:21 that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

So clearly these super fine teacher where doing things from their own initiative and calling it teaching of the Spirit, yet the fruit on the tree showed it was anything but the same old flesh that has always been proud and arrogant in usurping Christ headship and still is today.

The division should have been a defeat correcting them that they were on the wrong path, but as the flesh is, it does not defeat it fights harder and longer to have its way prove right like a dog on a bone or a goat on top of a hill knocking all other off!

2 Corinthians 4:2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

The truth does not lie if there is division then they were not in Christ they were in the flesh, for in the Father and Son are in perfect unity and peace, and those in Christ should be at one in God and Christ having the headship of Christ over them.

To lie goes against the truth, to cover that up so one can make a showy in the flesh by excusing such conduct for the greater good is something God or Christ never did!

1 Corinthians 12:25 that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

Those in the body of Christ only have one mouth in that body and proof they are in that one body with one mouth is they all speak in agreement not because they are forced for fear of retaliation that is the standard of the flesh in this world through false unity by evil men and of the evil slave that happily will beat another if they do not agree with them.

3 John 1:11 Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.

Jude 1:10 But these speak evil of whatever things they don't know. What they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, they are destroyed in these things.

But these brothers and sisters were birthed by God's love, not from the flesh, which means not of the will of man, or the loins of Adam carrying with them the death of sin. No! They were birthed of God through his Son Christ Jesus the last Adam without a fleshly body but by and endless life the living word of God, Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 10:20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

Colossians 3:10 and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Simply, put they had put the glory of men over the power and glory of Christ which should have been so precious to them that they knew no one by the flesh any longer just as Jehovah God didn't know them by the flesh any longer. Perhaps, the apostle Paul under the power of Christ headship could moved them to shame?

2 Corinthians 5:16 Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.

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