Mat 5:2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them,
saying…
Mat 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Mat 7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be
judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
People talk about
'karma' --
'Karma in Indian religions is the concept of
"action" or "deed", understood as that which causes the
entire cycle of cause and effect '
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And you'll often
hear something called 'instant karma', meaning instantly having a consequence
resulting from an action. Generally it's spoken of in this way- you do
something to hurt someone or something and then you are punished in return. Or
the opposite- you do something good and something good happens to you in
return.
This 'Indian'
concept is spoken of readily but the Bible, God's Word has this same concept.
'With what measure
you mete, it will be measured to you again.'
If you do good, you'll be rewarded for that, if you do bad, you will be
punished for that.
This is TRUTH.
We can't expect
instant rewards, or instant punishment all the time either, it just doesn't
work that way.
You can be 'good'
here and now and be punished horrifically having done nothing to deserve the
punishment. Also, you can be evil and heap great rewards for it here and
now.
If you are being
taught by JESUS you are being told that your actions have consequences. You are
being told NOT to judge others because you WILL be judged in the same way. If
you are compassionless you cannot expect compassion. If you judge ruthlessly, then
you will be judged ruthlessly.
We are told NOT to
judge.
JUDGE NOT.
If we withhold
judgment of others we do NOT risk being judged wrongly ourselves.
How easy is it not
to judge though? Obviously it's not
something that isn't an issue, if it weren't Jesus wouldn't have had to teach
us about it, would He?
Judge not.
Try to pay attention
to how much you judge, do it for a day, a week, a month. Try to catch yourself
judging others.
Judging- (verb) dictionary definition-
'to pass legal judgment on; pass sentence on (a person)'
'to form a judgment or
opinion of;
decide upon
critically'
'to infer, think, or hold as an opinion; conclude
about or assess'
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Judge not.
And from the
Webster's Bible dictionary-
'To censure rashly;
to pass severe sentence.'
Judge not.
And our being told
to Judge not is spoken of in connection with what measure we mete, we will be
measured with.
This truly does go
hand in hand with LOVE.
We are to LOVE our
neighbors. We are to treat others as we want to be treated - no matter how they
treat us- this is LOVE.
This also goes hand
in hand with forgive others as you want our Heavenly Father to forgive you.
We desire
forgiveness, we desire understanding, we desire leniency, we NEVER want to be
treated harshly, never.
We MUST treat others
as we want to be treated and SATAN will try EVERYTHING to keep this from
happening.
Satan wants us to
judge others and judge them harshly. Satan wants us to hold others to higher
standards than we hold ourselves. Satan wants us to be without compassion. Satan wants us to take on an air of superiority just because
we haven't had the misfortune of getting caught up in things others have. Satan will stop at NOTHING to get us to judge
others and mete out very harsh punishment.
Satan will blind us in any way he can blind us and keep us
self-righteous and arrogant, and even blind to that in ourselves. And if we aren't blind to that in ourselves
then he'll get us to like our own arrogance and self-righteousness, he'll get
us to be proud of ourselves. He'll convince us that EVIL is good, when in truth
it can only always be EVIL!
We need to pray for
compassion, pray for the love we need to have towards ALL others- not just a
select few we choose to love.
May God help us to
JUDGE NOT!
By HIS Grace and HIS
Righteousness may we learn to JUDGE NOT.
In HIS LOVE!
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