Jesus said “Do not judge.”
He also said we cannot sentence an offender.
If we are truly sharing in Jesus’ ministry on earth, we have to be clear about the mission.
God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
John 3:17
Where does judging and condemning start? Jesus told us.
A good person brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil person brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart.
For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Luke 6:45
Jesus made it clear that violence or other ways of hurting people start on the inside of a person, sometimes long before it explodes to the outside.
Jesus was even very specific about no name calling, noting even calling someone a fool would put them in the danger of hell’s fire.
So remember the next time you are tempted to tell someone to go to very hot places, Jesus said,
“For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
Matthew 7:2
Jesus said looking at someone lustfully was just as bad as if you had committed an immoral act with them.
It was clear Jesus was saying, “Becoming My Witness starts with work on your heart. Your physical senses will follow your heart.”
Now is the time to check your heart spiritual health. Are you brave enough to let God check you out?
Can you say as David did,
“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,and lead me in the way everlasting.”
Psalm 139:23-24
When we allow God to do a heart cleaning, we will discover the treasure there. God Himself!
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:13
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God!
Matthew 5:8
