No matter what we believe, unseen, factual realities remain true whether we believe it or not. Gambles in the brambles is sticky and painful.
REVELATION 1:17-18
17 And when I saw Jesus, I fell at his feet as dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: 18 I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
DON LEMON says God does not judge, yet God flooded the earth in judgment killing all humans and animals, except for Noah's boat of animals and Noah's family, and God also burned Sodom and Gomorrah in judgement.
In Matthew 18:15-17 Jesus instructs us to judge with non-hypocritical, righteous judgment to those who are sinning.
Matthew 18:15-17
and Jesus said,
15 “If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
When Jesus came to earth, God gave Jesus the authority to judge, rather than God doing the judging, yet, it is God's will to tell Jesus how and who to judge via the Holy Spirit.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
John 12:48 and Jesus said,
48 There is a judge for those who reject Me and do not accept My words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.
John 5:22-24 and Jesus said,
22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent Him. 24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in Himself. 27 And He has given Him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. 28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned. 30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but Him who sent me.
What Does Jesus Mean in Matthew 7 About Judging Others?
Jesus says to judge righteously with understanding as to be sure to take the log out of your own eyes before trying to take spec out of another's eye; which means do not judge hypocritically as in if you smoke cigarettes and you tell your kids not to smoke then you are a hypocrite; therefore, judge righteously as in if you do not smoke and you see others smoking, you may judge them on the fact that they are harming you with their second hand smoke.
Matthew 7:1-5
1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 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? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Example: If you are a liar who gets angry at people who are lying to you, then you are judging hypocritically. If you are not a liar and you get angry and pass judgment to those people who lie to you, then you are judging righteously, which is how Jesus wants us to judge.
Example: If you are judging others because they judge, then you are guilty of judging hypocritically.
If God did not judge, then he would not send anyone to hell, or flood the earth during Noah's ark, or cause sulfur balls to rain down on Sodom and Gomorrah, putting an end to all those who embraced their sexual deviancies. If God did not judge, then He wouldn't send Jesus back to the world in the upcoming future during the tribulation.
If Jesus did not want us to judge each other then He would not have said this...
Matthew 18:15-17
And Jesus said,
15 If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16 But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. 17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
My friend David, from the screenplay Who Are You,
got back from Africa missionary work
on January 22, 2020.
He was there for 3 or 4 months.
He was there for 3 or 4 months.
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