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Dear Christian Believers,
God bless you, your families, and your friends in the
wonderful name of Jesus Christ.
One very important thing
in this life is our relationship with one another, HOW
we think about one another, and treat one another. Recently
I spoke with another clergymen and he mentioned that too
many Christians tend to JUDGE others outside their group.
In Romans 14:13 God specifically addresses this very topic.
Romans 14:13
Let us NOT therefore JUDGE one another ANY MORE: but
judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block
or and occasion to fall in his brother's way.
God says don't judge one
and another, and if you have been, DON'T do it any More.
“Stop It!” The Greek word translated
JUDGE in this verse is “krino” and it means ... “to divide,
to separate, to make a distinction, to come to a decision,
to judge, to pronounce a final judgment. Not merely a
sentence of condemnation, but also a decision in any one's
favour.” People JUDGE others to FAVOR themselves, and
GOD says cut it out. People's lives and actions are judged
by GOD and HIS Word. Being judgmental of others is being
self-centered and full of self-importance, and it is something
we are NOT TO DO. If being judgmental
is your habit, then you may fall into the next category,
and that is to be HATEFUL towards others.
Titus 3:2-3
To speak evil of NO MAN, to be NO brawlers, but gentile,
shewing all meekness unto ALL men,
3 FOR we ourselves also
were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving
divers (many) lusts and pleasures, living in malice
and envy, HATEFUL, hating ONE ANOTHER.
When we are judgmental of
others, soon we start to speak evil of them, and maybe
even battle with them especially with words. To the far
extreme we even get into a physical confrontation. Then
HATRED is produced and you end up hating one another.
What does GOD say is the antidote to this kind of thinking
and behavior? Be gentile and meek, remember your own foolishness,
disobedience, being deceived and serving lusts, pleasures,
malice and envy. GOD say remember your own bad self, your
short comings and instead, be gentile and meek unto ALL
men, including the ones you have judged and built up a
hatred towards. Repent; Change your thoughts, your words
and your actions. DO the Word and the will of GOD. Jesus
Christ said we are to “Love One Another” even as he has
loved us. He even said we are to love our enemies. If
we fail to go the Word's way or GOD'S way we will be consumed
with ANGER and a root of bitterness will find a home in
our hearts and lives. GOD addresses this in:
Galatians 5:14-15
For ALL the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this;
thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self.
15 But if ye bite and devour
One Another, take heed that ye be NOT CONSUMED one of
another.
When we allow ourselves
to be judgmental and continue to speak evil of others,
when we get into battling back an forth with words and
even physical threats, and allow ourselves to be consumed
with anger and hatefulness, then we become NO use to GOD
or ourselves, for we have given ourselves over to the
god of this world both in doctrine and practice. Look
at how GOD says we are to treat one another, and think
about one another.
I John 3:11
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning,
that ye love one another.
Romans 14:19
Let us therefore follow after the things that make for
peace, and things wherewith one may edify on another
Colossians 3:13
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if
any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave
you, so also DO YE.
Don't just blow through
life and react to others in ways of no profit. Stop and
think about WHAT YOU THINK about others, and WHAT you
are saying about them. Observe HOW YOU treat others, then
THINK about GOD'S exhortation. Let us be examples for
others to follow and become Christ like in what we THINK.
SAY, and DO.
John
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