Day 18

 

Matthew 7

“Do not judge so that you will not be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.

Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye?

You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.”

 

We have no right to point out someone else’s faults, unless we have and are willing to take care of our own first.

 

What i have seen and found to be true in the Church of America is that even trying to explain what log you have seen and dealt with in your own eye they will take offence.

 

Example:

A brother after studding found his concepts were wrong, and after many months of prayer, studding and listening he became even more aware of what to him was sin.

He changed what and how and when he did things.

He did not go and tell everyone in the Church they had to live their lives the way he has chosen to live His.

After four months of changing his life, members of the Church even a few in leadership cam to him and wanted to know what was wrong (“are you upset with the church?”) was one of the questions they asked.

 

He told them why he was doing what he was doing and how He felt the Lord had been quickening his heart to live His life is the manner He now was, first response was “you have no right to judge the church in this manner.” “You need to take the log out of your own eye before you start judging the Church” The body and the leadership tock offence as to the manner in which He now lived, amazingly his employer was not and even adjusted His hours to accommodate his new life style and time schedule. His employer was not a Christian, (key words was not).

 

to me the most disturbing statment made was "Jesus came so that we can be free and it doesn't manner what day we worship the Lord" When God's word says we are to keep the Sabbath day and keep it holy to the Lord, and the word of God does not change it is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Jesus said He did not come to change the word but to fulfill it, what Jesus has dune is make it posable for us to go to Him and ask to be forgiven when we blow it, not so we could disobey His words.

 

The truly amazing part is that no one even knew till one Saturday the men of the church got together to watch a baseball game on a Saturday, and He said He couldn’t go. When asked why by one of the pastors all he said was I don’t believe that is the way the Lord wants me to spend my time on His holy day of rest.

 

The big problem Saturday, my friend read you are to keep the Sabbath, and spent time researching what the Sabbath is and is for. And found that the Sabbath is from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday, and is to be spent in rest with the Lord. Up to this point in time He had been doing this each weekend for thirteen weeks and no one knew any different but when confronted it was turned on Him that He was judging the church and he needed to deal with the sin in his life before he attacked the church.

 

He was even created with the inspiration for the pastor preaching on this portion of scripture one Sunday morning, sad but true.

 

My friend’s new life; from Friday at sundown till Saturday at sundown he spent his time in the word, praying, and resting, he did no physical labor, even all his meals for this time were made Friday during the day (a lot of cold sandwiched, fruit and raw vegetables) at about seven months his boss made the comment (“what’s different with you”, “you’re doing a much better job and seem to be happier and more at peace”) this opened the door for Him to share the Lord with His boss and His boss asked Jesus in to His heart.

 

Another thing i have seen is if you see something in your brothers eye don’t say anything then go and look in your own eye for that same thing in your own life and deal with it, and then, but only if the Lord directs you to, go to your brother, and share what the Lord would have you to share.

 

When it comes to judging we are not to judge the world but we are to make an judgement on someone calling them self a Christian as to their fruit and what their life is saying , and if they are truly following the words of Christ, not to death but to rightlessness, otherwise we could be lead astray from the true words of Christ.

 

1Co 5: 11-13

But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.

What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church?

Are you not to judge those inside?

God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”

 

This cannot be done without judging, (evaluating) Judging: to look upon a word or action to determine if it is wright or wrong. Evaluating: to look upon a word or action to determine if it is wright or wrong.