Matthew 7:1

[This was a something that I had written some time ago after witnessing someone getting the RAW end of the Spiritual stick]

Matthew 7:1 - Judge NOT that you should not be judged.

That's BIBLE! Isn't it amazing how we say that we should live like the Bible says ... and that we should obey the word of God. People are so quick to quote scripture after scripture, ONLY to BENEFIT them. Funny how SOME scriptures are quoted, while OTHER scriptures are overlooked ... and the above sripture, is one that MANY tend to over look.

We as saints are so QUICK to JUDGE our brothers and sisters. When one of our brothers or sisters has fallen from grace, we are so quick to put dirt on top of them as if it's completely over for them and there is no hope for them. We are so quick to run them down. Quick to jump on the phone and call *who ever* to gossip to them about *who ever*. We are so quick to "Toss them out of the church and put them on "FRONT STREET" or on "STRAIGHT BLAST BLVD", but what happened to "MERCIVILLE PLAZA"? What does the BIBLE say in Galatians 6:1? ... Well if you don't know ... let me Quote it for you ... Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, RESTORE such a one in the spirit of MEEKNESS, CONSIDERING THYSELF, lest thou ALSO be tempted.

I like the way the NIV states it: Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should RESTORE him GENTLY. But WATCH YOURSELF, or you ALSO may be tempted.

The BIBLE never states that you should get on the phone and call everyone that you know and share what has happened to your brother or sister, the BIBLE NEVER states that you should call a whole conference-like together and put someone on blast. The BIBLE never states that you should just throw them away ... WHAT ARE WE DOING?????!!!!!!

Isn't it amazing how we have BISHOPS, APOSTLES, PROPHETS (ESS), ELDERS, PASTORS, EVANGELISTS, MINISTERS, TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES, DEACONS(ESSES), MOTHERS, and LAY-MEMBERS who act as if since the day they received Salvation, they actually REMAINED that way? Isn't it also crazy that some of these people honestly believed that they've been saved since "CONCEPTION"?

LET's GET REAL HONEST!

PEOPLE... PEOPLE ... PEOPLE we ALL have a PAST!!!! And YES! There are many who have a "PRESENT" and some will have a "FUTURE" ... People MESS UP! Bottom line! NO ONE is perfect BUT the FATHER above!!! In NO wise am I CONDONING SIN ... When you've messed up and GOD has forgiven you ... MAINTAIN your DELIVERANCE!

NO it's not always easy, but that's why you MUST stay in GODs face ... you MUST FAST & PRAYER ... READ your word DAILY!

ROMANS 3:23 - For ALL have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

(YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT!)

Just because you didn't have a child out of wed-lock DOESN'T mean that you weren't doing things that could've caused you to have one ... "HE" just pulled out @ the Right time (Oops! Was I a lil too RAW right here??? ) NOPE! Just the TRUTH! ... or those Contraceptives that you were taken ACTUALLY WORKED FOR YOU! or No one has learned of your MANY ABORTIONS yet! HELLO!!!!

(YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT!)

Just because you didn't get so drunk that you passed out, doesn't mean that you weren't drinkin ... you fortunately know how to hold your liquor!!! HELLO!!!!

(YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT!)

Just because you weren't the one who GOT CAUGHT in ADULTRY, FORNICATION, OR HOMOSEXUALITY DOESN'T mean that you HAVEN'T been CREEPING ... It just means that HE/SHE ... THEM/THEY haven't told on you just YET! HELLO!!!!!

(YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT!)

Just because you weren't the one who was strung out on drugs or an alcholic, doesn't mean that you haven't picked up a cigarette ... smoked a lil weed or sipped a few drinks ... It just means that your HIGH wore off a little quicker by the time anyone saw you! HELLO!

I could go on with other things but you get the picture ...

PEOPLE! PEOPLE! PEOPLE! We MUST STOP this MADNESS!!! Even When they brought the WOMAN (funny that they brought her but where was the MAN???? ... That's a whole nother BLOG!)... who was found in ADULTRY before JESUS and felt like she should be STONED... What did JESUS say: (John 8:7) - So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

Tell me why when JESUS looked up ... NO ONE WAS STANDING THERE??? He asked the woman:Vs.10 Woman, where are those thine ACCUSERS? hath no man condemned thee? Vs. 11 She said No man, Lord, and Jesus said unto her: Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin NO more.

NO ONE ... I don't care WHO you are ... how many TITLES you carry ... how many DEGREES you have ... or how many POSITIONS you hold ... NO ONE IS WITHOUT SIN!

This is why we MUST RENEW our SALVATION BOLDLY EVERYDAY! GOD also bestows NEW MERCIES unto us DAILY, because HE knows that if we had to live off of yesterdays mercy ... we WOULDN'T be here!

No you many not have gone out here and slept with someone eles husband or wife ... killed someone ... got high ... or anything on these lines, but you did SOMETHING that you needed GOD to forgive you for ...

If you have GOSSIPED about your sister or your brother ... You need to ask GOD for FORGIVENESS! If you have LIED to someone or about someone ... you need to ask GOD for FORGIVENESS! If you have turned your brother or sister away because they were found in SIN ...you need to ask GOD for FORGIVENESS ... if you have JUDGED them ... you need to ask GOD for FORGIVENESS!!!

Whether you know it or not ... GOSSIPING is a S-I-N! ... LIEING is a S-I-N! ... JUDGING is a S-I-N!

NOW tell me ... WHO IS WITHOUT SIN? Let's Check ourselves!

Now what's REAL sad is that PEOPLE have committed the SIN (whatever it was) AND have gone and asked GOD for forgivess ... and yet we have the nerve to CONDEMN them forever. We NEVER allow them to FORGET the SIN, We NEVER want to FORGIVE them, but yet we are ALWAYS looking for FORGIVENESS. If you CANNOT forgive your brother or sister ... GOD will NOT forgive you!

We see people up jumping and shouting, preaching and teaching GOD's word ... giving GOD praise and we will sit there on the SEAT OF JUDGEMENT and CONDEMN and JUDGE them because of something that "THEY ONCE DID" ... You DON'T know what went on between that person and GOD ... HOW dare you sit there and JUDGE! There was an old song: I believe by the Williams Brothers ... "Sweep Around your OWN front Door, before you try and sweep around mine!"

All GOD requires is for that person to go to HIM (not YOU!) and ask for forgivess when they have sinned against him. (Now if you have done something against someone else ... THEN YES you need to ask them for forgiveness as well)

So what gives you the RIGHT TO CONDEMN WHEN GOD HAS FREED AND RESTORED SUCH A ONE?

So many people have left the church for GOOD ... because of CHURCH FOLKS! Why does the GREATEST hurts come from WITHIN the church?

The Church is SUPPOSE to be a place of Healing ... Freedom ... Deliverance ... a place where you come to receive insight ... a place where you receive understanding ... a place where you receive guidance ... a place where you receive truth ... a place where you receive encouragement ... BUT many people have come to church and received ... HURT ... GOSSIP ... TEARS ... LIES ... DISCOURAGMENT ... WOUNDS ... BEATINGS ... CONFUSION ... Etc.

Many people have turned GODS churches into PRISON WARDS!!!

Now don't get it TWISTED ... YES! GOD is a GOD of LOVE and HE is also a GOD of WRATH ... But let's NOT just make HIM a GOD of WRATH when HE is a GOD OF LOVE ... AMEN? AMEN!!!

1st Corinthians 6:9 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? be not deceived: neither fornicators, nore idolators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, (vs. 10) nor theives, nore covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

NO! none of these people shall inherit the Kingdom of GOD! That's BIBLE!!!! We are so quick to QUOTE this verse ... but let's go to the NEXT verse ...

Vs. 11 - And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our GOD.

We have all MESSED up ... so BEFORE you go CONDEMNING someone else ... THINK About the BOAT you were in that was SINKING ... but thank GOD for HIS MERCY ... HE RESCUED YOU! ... Now GO and RESTORE your sister or brother that has fallen... PRAY with them and for them ... Encourage them to know that If HE brought YOU out ... surely HE can & will bring them out as well. We do NOT serve a PARTIAL GOD!

Let's PRAY for one another! It's NOT easy ... but it's not hard to the point where we CANNOT make it! We can do ALL things through CHRIST that strengtheneth us! (Phil. 4:13)

So if you are one who has messed up in any way ... allow me to right now ENCOURAGE you to know that you CAN BE HEALED ... DELIVERED ... and MADE FREE!!! GOD wants to RESTORE you ... HE wants you to come back to HIM ... GOD is a FORGIVING GOD ... HE is a JUST and FAIR GOD ... HE LOVES YOU (just not the Sin) ... JUST COME BACK TO HIM ... ASK FOR HIS FORGIVENESS ... HE HASN'T LEFT YOU ... HE IS RIGHT THERE!!! GO TO HIM AND GET WHAT YOU NEED FROM HIM!

KEEP GOD FIRST!!! LET's PRAY for ONE another NOT run one another down ...

GOD BLESS!

(Pardon any mis-spellings you may have found in this blog ... thank ya!)