Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Matthew 7:1-5
1 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.

What ??? Judge not, that ye be not judged

Luke 6:37-39
37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. 39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

What ??? Judge not

John 7:24-27
24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. 25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? 27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

What ??? Judge not

John 12:37-50
37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: 38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. 41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of Him. 42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: 43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. 44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. 45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. 49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.


What??? if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

So often when we read the Bible we see only those things that we like. It's like going to a spiritual smorgasbord. We choose all the things we like, things that perhaps in this case allow us to keep our foot in two Kingdoms. It allows us to be “saved” but not be offensive to the world. Remember Mt 6:24 and Lu 16:13. Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

A very wise man once told me that all scriptures have to be read with in the context of their chapter and to know the audience that was being addressed. So I have included these scripture within the context of the chapters.

If we examine the first three verses within their context we can see that all three scriptures are actually addressing our own hearts. We judge everything that others do from the perspective of our own wicked hearts. That is the Beam in our eye. Not necessarily, for example we have committed a sin in secret and cast public judgments about another that has committed the same sin….. These scriptures address something far more every day… For example if we were blessed enough to see money pass between two man and in our wicked judgmental heart we say to ourselves “man #1 must have borrowed money from man #2 and is paying it back” and we begin to make other various assumptions based on our own heart. “man #1 is in debt… doesn’t he know Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” Or “ I wonder if man #2 charged him interest… doesn’t he know Leviticus 25:37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.”

Remember Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

In the last verse CHRIST says And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. CHRIST had not come at that point in time to judge, HE had come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.) However, that does not mean that we walk along keeping silent while those around us are knowingly sinning. In knowing their fate, have you no compassion, have you no love for your brother, for your sister, for mankind…. Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. It is the fear on man that prevents us from doing what GOD commands us to do. And again, Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. Remember their blood will be on our hands. Ezekiel 3:18 – 19 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

On the Judgment Day His word says that He will sift us as wheat…. (HE will judge us.) The sheep on the right and the goats on the left. His sheep will inherit His Kingdom Matthew 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: but the goats… (the sheep being a picture allegory of the children of HIS Kingdom and the goats being a picture allegory of the world and the people in it) He says Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

Think on these things…. And read HIS WORD!