Next time someone proclaims loudly, "wow that person is such a good person", because they saw them do one kind act, I am going to say to them; "Don't Judge."
If "don't judge works for those who are sinning, then it should work for those who "appear good", even without information to judge with evidence. If an act was truly a kind act or if it is nothing more than grandstanding for the purpose of elevating self, we cannot know until we evaluate the rest of a person's life.
The "DON'T JUDGE" mantra is nothing more than manipulation to intimidate into silence the truth tellers.
We never hear the "don't judge" crowd being irritated at anyone proclaiming someone as good, only when we judge an act that we can see, as bad, will the "don't judge" chant be thrown out there.
If someone believes we should never judge then they would be a hypocrite to judge that we are judging at all.
Someone once told me that I shouldn't tell people they are wrong, while there were telling me I was wrong for telling others they were wrong. The accusations of wrong doing on the part of the "don't judge" people are tactics not worthy of our attention.
Intimidation and manipulation of this sort serves only one purpose, that is to make others feel bad for exposing sin. Pay not attention to the mantra makers and keep speaking truth. Do not allow them to guilt you into regressing into silence.
Chances are good that very few people are speaking truth these days about most important things, we might be the only one others hear truth from, what a challenge to us to stay bold.
Ephesians 3:12 - "In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him."
Proverbs 28:1 - "The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion."
2 Corinthians 3:12 - "Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:"
Thursday, December 13, 2018
If You Love Me Obey My Commands
Next time someone sinning uses the excuse that "God knows my heart."
A good response might be, "yes he knows you are not interested in Him, that you would not care whether or not you obey Him.
God does know the heart of the one who cares nothing about Him or obeying His principles. He knows they do not love Him.
As a mother I can identify a little with how God feels when His children want all He has to offer but care nothing about Him.
When children reluctantly obey, rolling eyes and deliberately doing covert things like throwing their coat in the room instead of hanging it on a hook as they were told to do, then we are dealing with a heart that partially obeys to say they did, but whose attitude is in opposition to the authority over them.
This is what we see all the time in churches. Most believers do not seek God for answers, they don't really want to know how or what God thinks. They just want Him to be available when they have a need or desire.
This mentality is wicked and selfish, and yet believers think as long as they just "say", "I love the Lord", that makes it so. If these people ever got into a court of law to prove they were Christian there would be no evidence.
Saying something is nothing,be it, doing it and being dedicated to it is everything. Perhaps those who say "God knows my heart" ought to stop saying it and begin to live it.
A good response might be, "yes he knows you are not interested in Him, that you would not care whether or not you obey Him.
God does know the heart of the one who cares nothing about Him or obeying His principles. He knows they do not love Him.
As a mother I can identify a little with how God feels when His children want all He has to offer but care nothing about Him.
When children reluctantly obey, rolling eyes and deliberately doing covert things like throwing their coat in the room instead of hanging it on a hook as they were told to do, then we are dealing with a heart that partially obeys to say they did, but whose attitude is in opposition to the authority over them.
This is what we see all the time in churches. Most believers do not seek God for answers, they don't really want to know how or what God thinks. They just want Him to be available when they have a need or desire.
This mentality is wicked and selfish, and yet believers think as long as they just "say", "I love the Lord", that makes it so. If these people ever got into a court of law to prove they were Christian there would be no evidence.
Saying something is nothing,be it, doing it and being dedicated to it is everything. Perhaps those who say "God knows my heart" ought to stop saying it and begin to live it.
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