Friday, September 7, 2012

To Judge OR NOT To Judge

“Judge NOT that you be not judged…” ( Matthew 7:1) So many times I hear this scripture quoted, and mostly by those that are being offered scripture to, for correction of a problem in their life…. WHY? Folks will use THE BIBLE to defend and protect their ways, BUT to Correct their ways, IT IS Harshly Rejected… Jesus goes on to say, in (Matthew 7:2) .. “FOR With what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: AND with what measure ye mete, IT Shall be measured to you again…”
This is a profound statement not to be taken lightly.. Neither IS Any verse in God’s Written Word to be taken lightly, for God Gave *IT* to be Written for our ~life’s sake~, and *IF* we are wise we will not throw *IT* away…
1st *IF* scripture IS Given for ~Exhortation~ IN Christ, then IT IS NOT we that are judging, for we are not the judge or jury, only God the Father IS, and HE through Jesus, and we deliver the message of the Gospel as THE Holy Ghost Guides… Amen?
2nd When you are giving this scripture to someone that IS caring and sharing “The Scriptures of Correction” with you as a defense, then you are setting in a set of judgment yourself, because you assume that the person, giving you the Bible Scripture is judging you, when they really are not… The burden of ~proof~ has been placed upon your shoulders and denied… Sorta like the “ball” is in your court and you are missing the goal miserably…
SO Again *IF* folks really read and faithfully study “THE BIBLE”, pay humble attention to the words that Jesus Christ, The Son of God The Father, spoke while on this earth among men that they may ~~Learn~~ to follow, in honest obedience, bow with repentant hearts to The Higher Power, then *IT* would be clear that we are to ~USE Good Judgment~ to discern what *IS* Right and what *IS* Wrong, and follow the “Path of Righteousness” which leads to eternal life in God’s Kingdom… THAT IS A God Given Choice!
*IF*, we would ~Judge~ ourselves BY the BOOK That THE LORD God had penned down and preserved for us to use as a reminder of the things that we should or should not do, HIS Written Commandments, ~Looking Faithfully~ and sincerely unto the *Examples* that God’s OWN Son gave before mankind ~Everywhere~ TO Follow, Then we would have “No Worries” about others *Judging* us, our actions, our dress, our speech, our mannerisms, our interest… Would we?
IT IS When we, ourselves, are being convicted by THE Holy Ghost, and yet still rejecting this urging to repent and clean up own actions, repent of our own worldly ways, that we lash out at someone who maybe IS Sent Even BY The Spirit, to help us by sharing The Wisdom OF God’s Written Word in Verse…
Because *IF* we have nothing to hide then we can be totally open, pleasing receptive of God’s Written Verses of Scripture… Read further as “Luke” Penned down more of Jesus Words to us. For us To Follow…
(Luke 6:37-38a)… Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn Not, and ye shall not be condemned: ~Forgive,~ and ye shall BE forgiven: Give, and *IT* shall be given unto you, *Good Measure*, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over…
IS Jesus really telling us DO NOT JUDGE? OR to judge but, Use Good Judgment? Turn our heads the other way when we see our brother or sister in trouble follow the pernicious ways of the world led by Satan… OR IS Jesus warning us about what measure we are to USE TO Judge Fairly? This gets thick so hold on to the reins tightly…
*IF*, we look at someone who is walking about with tattoo’s all over their bodies, are we to look at them and say, “Oh, how pretty, IT IS good IF you like IT then just do as you please.” OR are we to exhort them in and according TO: *AS IT IS Written* to ~Correct~ in God’s Word set forth for HIS people to follow… What did Jesus tell His followers to do?
(John 12:47) “*IF* ~ANY~ man hear My Words, AND Believe NOT, I will judge him ~not~: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world…
Here Jesus IS speaking to the people, of His present time and coming. FOR He came preaching the Gospel of His Father’s Kingdom, the first time, BUT when He returns He Will Come TO end, all things that are not pleasing unto God, to Judge, to destroy the evil of adversary.
(Matthew 18:11) .. “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.”
(Matthew 9:35) Jesus went about ~ALL~ the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching, “THE Gospel OF THE Kingdom”, and healing sickness disease among the people…
SO *IF* we are given ~Scriptures~ of instruction and we reject the saving messages of Christ, then where does that leave us walking? Repenting & Preparing for the end that shall come?
(Matthew 24:14)… Again Jesus Said: “This “Gospel of The Kingdom” shall be preached IN ~ALL~ the world for a witness unto ~ALL~ Nations; AND THEN, shall the end come.”
(Mark 1:15).. Jesus Said, “THE ~TIME~ IS Fulfilled, AND, “THE Kingdom IS AT Hand”: repent ye, and believe the Gospel
… AND Again Jesus gave His followers sound instruction TO: “Go ye therefore, and ~TEACH~ ALL Nations, baptizing them in the NAME of THE Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: (Matt. 18:19-20)
WHY?
(Acts 17:31).. BECAUSE, HE, (God THE Father) hath ~Appointed~ A Day, in which HE Will Judge the world in *Righteousness* BY that man (Jesus) whom HE Hath ordained; whereof HE Hath ordained; whereof HE Hath Given assurance unto ~ALL~ men, in that HE hath Raised Him from The dead. AND (v.30) warns that God Will no longer “wink” at or make excuse for man’s ignorance of HIM, Because HE has provided ~ALL~ that mankind needs to learn, of and to walk in HIS Will and Way, and no longer be reprobates….
(I Corinthians 6:2-3) Paul states: “Do ye not ~know~ that the saints shall judge the world? And *IF* ~The World~ shall be judged by you, are ye ~unworthy~ to judge the smallest matters?
Know ye ~NOT~ that we shall judge angels? (messengers) How much more the things that ~Pertain~ to this life? FOR *IF* we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged… BUT when we are judged we are chastened OF THE Lord, that we should NOT be condemned with the world.”
We must judge the messengers, Because, *IF* we don’t prove the messages we hear against God’s Written Word, we will be misled by the false prophets and teachers, the antichrist that Christ warned would be present in these last days…..
SOOOoooo…. We 1st, have a duty, a calling, a command, to read, study, and learn, come out of our old sinful ~ignorance~ of God’s Will and Way, that we should walk according to HIS Commands…. Come out of the world of sin, set for destruction in the second coming of Christ Jesus.
2nd, we have a Command TO: carry The Gospel message TO ~ALL~ peoples from ~ALL~ nations ~ALL~ over the world…. AS IT IS Written…. Sharing God’s Message in LOVE!
3rd, Yes we have a duty, and Yes, we must Judge right from wrong using ONLY God’s Written Word of Instruction, not our own opinions or man kinds rule of thumb as to what IS Good and What IS Evil…
WE must sincerely search the Bible and thus follow, AS IT IS Written, letting The Holy Ghost Testify and lead us in and though this life… AND AS Jesus said:
(John 7:24)… *Judge* NOT according to appearance, BUT *Judge* Righteous Judgment!
Many things that even the Churches accept into It’s doors, appear to be good, and alright to take part in, the way people dress, the games and event’s they involve the children in, the ways of men’s traditions and worldly ways, ~APPEAR~ as good, BUT A careful study of God’s Book of all instruction into The Righteousness of Jesus Christ HIS Son, teaches us otherwise… and IT IS God’s Word that we must judge with, follow, and live by.
(John 8:16).. Again Jesus Said: “AND yet *IF* I (Jesus ) ~Judge~, My Judgment *IS* True: For I am not alone, BUT I and THE Father that sent Me.”
(Matthew 12:36)… “But I say unto you, That ~Every Idle Word~, that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof IN The ~Day of Judgment~…
(Mark 6:11)… AND ~Whosoever~ Shall NOT Receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake OFF the dust under your feet for a testimony against them, Verily I (Jesus) say unto you, IT Shall Be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the ~Day of Judgment~, that for that city….
Sadly there are many, maybe even some that will take the time to read all of this, that have not read enough in the Bible to really get the impact of what Jesus IS Saying here, because they’ve heard of Sodom & Gomorrah, but know nothing of their sins… their worldly ways, that they deemed alright…. BUT Was Not Pleasing unto God… So much of which IS prevalent in society today, accepted and tolerated by Christians, because people have ~their rights~… BUT, *IF* that ~Right~ IS Not Bible Based, SET Free through Christ, IN God’s Will and Way, ACCORDING TO HIS Commandments, AS IT IS Written, then IT IS Their right TO: Choose evil and death in destruction….. Just Sharing! (Deuteronomy 30:19)