Bkmk
Several times Jesus stated, “I have not come to judge, but to save.”
I think your sin can be found in your final paragraph.
You write about yourself in the third person.
This is the sin of VANITY and you're going right to HELL.
Also pretending to be SO MUCH SMARTER than others that you
should be TELLING them things... Also Vanity. A Sin.
So when exactly did SATAN convince you that mankind was
extra-stupid and NEEDED YOU to explain anything?
Sure looks like you ought to be repenting of your hubris
and your arrogance. Maybe a shower and a job might set you on the path to redemption.
Great. Glad you’re over it. Our flesh is the problem. Not our body mass per se, but our nature. Even as a reborn new creation in Christ, we can eadily fall into fleshy things.
Just remember you are righteous because you are in Christ, it is His righteousness that we wear, not anything of our own.
One day that will be not just factual but practical.
Until then....freedom in Christ.
Yep.... sure can. Came from a family of judgemental control freaks; well most of them anyway. My grandmother, God rest her soul, was the Queen of judgemental control freaks. My grandfather just rolled with it though doing a stint in WW2 as a Marine surely had something to do with that. I can only imagine some of the things he witnessed first hand.
It takes a long time to “adjust” that attitude and for me personally, it’s an ongoing struggle. I try to always remember, Judge not lest ye be judged.
Yes. And he is correct.
The sin of Judgment is a very difficult one to overcome.
I am still working on it.
If it ever happens I am sure I will.
Haha!
I AM WRONG FOR CONTINUING TO RESENT HIM FOR IT!
I grew up with “you can do better than this.” But that is very offensive in today’s world.
The issue here is “not letting go” as stated above.
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“Judge not “is where most eyes go. We are in the trouble we are today because we are not judging to high standards and holding our selves to the same high standards
I do a demonstration for groups as part of a workshop I do on the topic of Forgiveness.
First, I have a person close their eyes and I walk back about 15 ft from them and slowly walk toward them. When I walk into a stored memory of a sin in their soul it feels as though I walked into a physical rock.
I reach out and take hold of the sin with my hands, pull it away from them, and they come forward as though I have a rope tied to them, even though I am many feet away from them.
Since I have the memory of the sin in my hand, I usually know at what age it happened and who it involved. Also, since I am touching the stored memory it stimulates it and they suddenly remember it without me saying a word.
I repeat three or four times, pulling the sin away from them to show that they come forward each time.
While they are coming forward, almost falling forward I ask them if they would like to forgive this person, when they say YES, I ask them if they would like to forgive themselves too. As they say this they snap backwards like the rope I was pulling broke as they release their soul attachment with the person who wronged them. Remember, there is no rope. It’s how our soul holds onto sin.
When they can’t forgive, I break it into three smaller bites.
First, I ask them to understand the circumstances that made the person the way they are. Their parents, hardships, tribulations...(Gain Understanding)
Second, I point out that the person is suffering and in pain as a result of their actions. (Have Compassion)
Finally, I now ask them that with the understanding and compassion for the person would they like to forgive the person. 99% of the time they say yes.
I explain that when you are angry at a person you are attaching your soul to their soul and giving them control over you. Forgiveness is for you, to set you free and not for the person who wronged you.
Many times, the person who was forgiven contacts the person who forgave them within 24 hrs, even though they had not spoken in years. They feel it too.
I am not making this up and I have done it hundreds of times in churches, at conferences, and even at the Divinity School.
My definition of sin is anything that creates an obstacle to Love in a person’s soul. This is why the wound is greater if you know that you did wrong.
Remember, God tends to select His biggest screw ups for His most important work.
Moses murdered an Egyptian before God picked him to lead the people out of Egypt. Even then, Moses argued with God about doing it.
Look at Saul who persecuted Christians and was present at the Sanhedrin when Steven was stoned to death, and he became Paul, the greatest evangelist in Christianity.
Or Peter who cut off the slave’s ear and denied Jesus three times. God made him the father of the church...
Many christians have a favorite verse: John 3:16
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
And RIGHT after that,
17 For God did not send His Son into the world to judge ...
If Jesus wasn’t here to judge, what gives us the idea that it’s okay for US to do it?
I may have been wrong once about 16 years ago, but I could be mistaken about that.
I am confident I can admit when I am wrong and I look forward to doing so the first time I am.
I think it sometimes sinful not to judge behaviors that are destructive or evil in themselves. It is the person we are not to judge. Hate sin, love sinner?
Probably the thing that helped was the other friend told him the person who wronged him was 100% wrong.
When you are wronged, often others or the enemy will whisper in our ears that it really wasn’t so bad, that they didn’t really do anything wrong, that we’re taking it to personally, etc.
But inside you know that you are in the right and the other person was wrong and trying to defend yourself in your own mind is a losing battle.
I find it is often very helpful when someone else acknowledges it and lets you know it’s not just your imagination, you aren’t reading the situation wrong, you’re not being overly sensitive.
Judging others is not the problem, imo.
The bible demands we judge others, their actions. Its the way we determine when we’ve been wronged, when people are doing bad thigngs to either us or others.
The problem of judging is when you judge different people by different standards. In other words, double standards. Or call it hypocritical judging.
Thats what we are warned about. If you’re condemning someone for the same stuff you’re doing, that’s a problem.
Yes, I am wrong about a lot of things.
Right now, I am having a hard time forgiving woke members of our family who are judging me.
Of course, they haven’t asked for forgiveness....
Is it wrong of me to avoid them?
Don't know what kind of meditation he is practicing, but that statement doesn't sound right at all. The idea of meditation is to free the mind, quite the opposite of judging and labeling things.