A TIME TO JUDGE

There IS a “TIME” to every purpose under the heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
(I Corinthians 11:31)… FOR *IF* we would ~Judge~ ourselves, we should not be judged…
But that is not always the case IS IT?… We all, too often, get caught up in the moment, and do things, or take part in things that *IF* we stopped for a brief moment even, and just asked ourselves, “What Would our Heavenly Father think of this and my taking part in it?” then we might not step out into the fires of disobedient destruction, lose our witness, heap flames of wrath upon our heads or the heads of loved ones…. MOST Especially *IF* we kept ourselves familiar with HIS Written Word that HE Lovingly provided for us to read, learn, discern, and follow for a guideline into God’s Will for us, as HIS children…
AND SO with this thought in mind, let us look at what THE BIBLE tells us about “Judging!”
First, Jesus Christ, THE Son of God SAID, as He walked this earth among men:
(Luke 12: 56).. Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? (57)… Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
Sounds to me like Jesus IS Telling us TO Judge, even down to ourselves, what IS ~Right~ and What IS ~Wrong~… Which IS Something that many folks don’t like being told, “Wipe your own nose before you wipe mine.”.. A pretty mean statement to cast toward another, especially *IF* you claim Christianity, which should reveal a humble obedient spirit within a person… RIGHT?
BUT THEN, *IF* IT IS A True Christian, that IS giving an ~Honest~ Witness as to what IS Written for us to follow, then they would simply, point out that, “According TO AS IT IS Written,” this is not pleasing unto God The Father… AND since we are all humans and living in the sin of the flesh, we all have a need to re-visit the “BOOK OF ALL Instruction”, being careful to pass the Scripture location to each other for verification…
(Matthew 7:1- 8)… FOR AGAIN, AS Jesus SAID, “Judge not, that ye be not judged . 2 For with what judgment ye judge , ye shall be judged : and with what measure ye mete , it shall be measured to you again . 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold , a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 7 Ask , and it shall be given you; seek , and ye shall find ; knock , and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth ; and he that seeketh findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”
With the blindness of sin before our own eyes, what we say to correct others is stated from man kinds concoction of words, and most always ends up being a misnomer or downright misleading one from God’s Intended Direction or Instruction, Which HE had penned down by the prophets and apostles for us to follow even today. For again Jesus Warned IN His speaking..
(Luke 19:22) …And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down , and reaping that I did not sow:
(John 7:24)… Judge not according to the appearance, but judge “righteous” judgment.
AND we can ~be pretty much assured~, that *IF*, Jesus said *IT*, Then *IT* *IS* Righteous, and we can, should, and must use IT AS A guide line with which to Make Sound Judgment as to what IS Right and Wrong…. Because AS IT IS Written we are TO ~~Choose~~ which way we will walk, and the very act of choosing IS IN Fact, making a judgment call, is it not?
(John 12:48)… AGAIN, Jesus Warned, “He that rejected Me, and receiveth ~Not~ My Words, hath ONE that judgeth him:” (Read Carefully Please)… “*The Word* that I (Jesus) have ~Spoken~, The *Same* shall ~Judge~ him in the last day.”
This IS A Very strong statement, both for the one who is giving the corrective witness and the one in need of receiving the ~Word of Correction~…. So instead of warning someone, saying “don’t judge me, unless you’ve walked in my shoes”, maybe we should listen to Paul.. Since we all walk in the shoes of this sinful flesh as long as we walk the face of this earth… and these shoes fit all feet in that *IF* we commit a sin, *Any Sin*, *IT* IS Given to order of sin, as ~Disobedience~ unto God’s Word, HIS Will and Way, and so any and ~ALL~ sins are the same. There IS NO, “My sin is not as great as your sin,” Because ~~ALL~~ sin is disobedient…
(I Corinthians 4:3) … But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, OR of man’s Judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self….
IT IS Not that we are judging to condemn someone else to hell fire and brimstone, IF we tell someone that what they are doing IS Wrong, BECAUSE, Only God sits in this Seat OF Judgment…. BUT IT IS TO us the righteous judgment that Jesus set forth for us to use, in order to help someone find the “Narrow Way” upon which we should ALL Walk… that leads to life…
(I Corinthians 6: 2).. “Do ye ~NOT Know~ that the saints ~~Judge~~ the world? AND *IF* the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?” AND! (3).. “Know ye ~Not~ that we shall judge angels?” (messengers of the Gospel) “How Much MORE things that pertain to this life?” (Think About *IT*! *IF* we don’t ~~Judge~~ the words that the preachers are saying, proving whether they are true and just according to as IT IS Written IN God’s Book The Bible, where do we stand? LOST to a “Doctrine of False Teaching”??)
(I Corinthians 6:5)… AS Paul Continued TO WARN, Saying, “I speak to your ~~Shame~~. IS IT SO, that there IS NOT A Wise man among you? NO, NOT ONE that shall be ~Able~ to judge between his brethren? (IF we don’t know enough about God’s Written Word TO Judge whether a, Preacher, Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, Even a Song Leader IS bringing forth the Truth of God’s Written Word from their mouth before our children, then IT Truly is to our shame, that we have put more emphasis on having fun times and games, and parties than spending our time seriously learning what our Heavenly Father would have us to learn in order to make and informed judgment as to the ~Truth of The Gospel~ that we hear… Thus removing THE Mote of this world, from our own eye, so that we can help others to clear their eyes in order to see the “Path of Righteousness.”
(I Corinthians 11:31)… “FOR *IF* we would ~~Judge~~ ourselves, we should not be judged…
For the example that we set before others would indeed be of righteousness, instead of worldly pleasures, and the sinful natures of Satan the serpent…. Our manner of dress, how ~WELL~ we keep our bodies, covered, before mankind.. The display of actions, words, thoughts reveald to others through visible intentions….. Think About *IT*!