It is Christ Jesus who overcame.
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King James Version 1 Corinthians 4:4
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
New American Bible: John 12:48
Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words has something to judge him: the word that I spoke, it will condemn him on the last day,
New American Bible: Matthew 12:50
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother
Christians, if we speak our will or seek our will are we not simply the other side of a coin: the coin belonged to Caesar and we know what that brought to him, but Christ Jesus is eternal. Truly, we are Christ Jesus’s family only when we do the Will of God, the Heavenly Father. We are to first seek God’s righteousness, and God’s justice is good and right; without a doubt, if we twist God’s true justice then we are being children of darkness. We are to seek God’s Will; do God’s Will; live in God’s righteousness: we cannot bear any fruit; we can do nothing if we do not remain on the vine: Christ Jesus is the true vine. It is Christ Jesus who has overcome the world, and if we seek a pretend justice then we are merely the other side of a coin and not true disciple of Christ Jesus: what does it profit a person to gain the whole earth, but to lose their soul, their life. In other words, if you lose your soul, your life, what will you replace it with....