296 days gone, 70 days left Thursday Oct. 23, 2014 #WordFromCurtis is WHEN FLESH RESPONDS TO SCRIPTURES: TO JUDGE OR NOT TO JUDGE - 3 TEXT: Matthew 7:1-2 Judge not, that ye be not judged. FOR WITH WHAT JUDGMENT YE JUDGE, YE SHALL BE JUDGED: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Continuing where we left of Tuesday... 2. The reason to enforce prohibition of judgment:- That ye be not judged. * This intimates that, (a) if we presume to judge others, we may expect to be ourselves judged. He who, like Ishmael, has his hand, his tongue, against every man, shall, like him, have every mans hand and tongue against him (Gen.16:12) and no mercy shall be shown to the reputation of those who show no mercy to the reputation of others. Yet that is not the worst of it, they shall be judged of God, from whom they shall receive the greater condemnation (James 3:1). (b) if we be modest and charitable in our censures of others, and decline judging them, and judge ourselves rather, we shall not be judged of the Lord. As God will forgive those that forgive their brethren so will he not judge those that will not judge their brethren - the merciful shall obtain mercy. It is an evidence of humility, charity and deference to God, and shall be owned and rewarded by him accordingly. See Romans 14:10. This is according to the law of retaliation (with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, Matthew 7:2) * The righteous God, in his judgments, often observes a rule of proportion, as in the case of Adonibezek in Judges 1:7. With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again perhaps in this world, so that men may read their sin in their punishment. CONCLUSION: Let this deter us from all severity in dealing with our brother. What shall we do when God rises up? Job 31:14. What would become of us, if God should be as exact and severe in judging us, as we are in judging our brethren if he should weigh us in the same balance? We may justly expect it, if we be extreme to mark what our brethren do amiss. In this, as in other things,the violent dealings of men return upon their own heads. Dont judge! Lets continue tomorrow... #TonicForRighteousLiving °Curtis Judd Nana Ahenkan° [Alleluia! Forever Inc.]
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:36:48 +0000
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