What is judging? Judging is to infer, think or hold as in opinion. What is telling the truth? Giving the facts. Pointing out the reality in a situation.
No one has the right to judge someone. That is God's job and His job alone. And too often we are guilty of doing so, especially in the Body of Christ. We tend to look at someone's outer appearance first and form an opinion of them without getting to know them personally. Only when you know someone personally is when you will be able to formulate a real hypothesis about them and from that be able to tell them the truth about their wrongdoings. If you don't know someone personally then you can't sit back and point the finger. And remember when you point the finger, you have 3 pointing right back at you. Make sure you are together first before you go around trying to pick out everybody else's problems. The main people who usually do this, have a ton of problems themselves spiritually & because of their own personal guilt they want to try and find fault in everyone else. Remember misery loves company.
Matthew 7:1-2"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
Telling the truth is something that is a must. There is no need to sugar coat something in order to not offend someone or hurt their feelings. Sometimes people need to have their spirit convicted, they need to be offended, they need to have their feelings hurt, then the change will come, if they are doing wrong in God's eyes. In Ezekiel 33, God tells Ezekiel that He is appointing Him as watchman of Israel, and if he sees someone doing wrong he was to warn them; and if he failed to do so and they died in their sin, then that persons blood would be on Ezekiel's hands. Do you think that stopped there with Ezekiel? No! If it did, there would be no point in having it in the Bible, as the Bible is meant to instruct the Children of God. That mandate is over your life as well. Tell the truth! Warn someone of their wrongdoings! Life is hard enough and you don't want to have someone else's blood on your hands because you were afraid to do what your Father told you to do and instead kept your mouth shut. There are way too many meek and mild, "I'm not going to say anything", sitting on the sideline Christians in the Body of Christ. Stand up! Be bold! And tell the truth! But you can only do this if your hands are clean. If not, then you need to get before God and have your spirit wiped clean, with the blood of Jesus. Then you will be able to fulfill this divine mandate that God has given us.
Matthew 7:3-5"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye & pay no attention to the plank in your own eyes. How can you say to your brother. 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brothers' eye."
And people, when someone decides to come to you and tell you what your doing is wrong, don't automatically jump on the defensive, because 9 times out of 10, you know your wrong. One thing people say when this happens is, "only God can judge me!" My response to that is, "Yes! You are absolutely and 100% right! And you can be sure that He is going to do so! So get prepared!" When someone tells you, "Hey you might want to rethink that decision" or "Your going down the wrong path" don't get upset, they're trying to help you out. And you would much rather be corrected down here on earth where you can still get right with God because once you get before Him at the Heavenly Throne it is too late! And don't be deceived! Yes, God is merciful but God is also just! God gives us mercy while we are here on Earth, but when that day comes, where you are standing naked before the Almighty and everlasting God, He is not for one second going to go easy on you, because He gave you a choice, and you made the wrong one. There is a big price to pay when you defy God and go against His commands. So when someone says, "You might need to get yourself together" or "What your doing is not right" you better listen, they are trying to help you out. Take the advice, get before God and get yourself in order.
Don't judge someone and at the same time don't be afraid to tell someone truth about their wrongdoings. There is a way to do this without verbally abusing someone or condemning them. You can tell the truth plainly without sugar coating it and still get a positive response. We are to warn people of their wrongdoings but if you yourself have your temple in disorder then you need to take a look in the mirror first. In closing I say, if you are going to fulfill God's mandate, do it the right way.
God Bless!
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