Do not Judge others;
indeed love everyone – even your enemies

 

MANY THINK THAT THEY CAN, & SHOULD,
JUDGE OTHERS’ HEARTS/SPIRITS

 

Many people think they can,
perhaps even should,
Judge other people’s hearts/spirits.

            Tabloid papers Judge people’s hearts/spirits
            when, if it’s a villain:
                       they don’t mention any of their good points,
            or if it’s a hero:
                       they don’t mention any of their bad points.
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            People Judge others’ hearts/spirits
            when they say, in a serious way:
                       “He’s perfect.”
                       “She’ll never come to any good.”
                       “He’s evil.”

            Or, if someone has just died, they say:
                       “He can make them laugh in Heaven now.”
                       “Now he can rot in Hell.”
                       “Heaven’s a richer place for having her.”

 

Here’s a tip – to help you not Judge people
(even if you can’t manage to forgive and love them):

            Realise that:
                       God will Judge people
                       and that
                       we don’t have to.

            So merely say what you see,
            say the whole truth:

                       “I see that he/she has both:
                             good points a, b, c,
                       and:
                             bad points d, e, f.”

,,        ,,        See fifth cell (starting René Decartes)  
,,        ,,        of earlier section: THINKING TOOLS THAT I USED. 

 

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Demons encourage us to Judge each other.
They do this by encouraging us
to each see ourselves
as if we were God.

They do this intuitively:
            not only because it’s a wrong thing for us to do
            but also because it the way they feel all the time.

            Demons are, primarily, destructive.
            Hence they tend to isolate themselves
            from the web of:
                       truth,
                       constructiveness,
                       rightness,
                       etc.

            Hence they end up each having:
                       the legalistic conviction they are always right
                       and the mad attitude they are each God.

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FOUR REASONS WHY
WE SHOULDN’T TRY TO JUDGE
OTHER PEOPLE’S HEARTS/SPIRITS

 

1)  Because we may be wrong:


      a)   A person’s heart/spirit is hidden by the soul.
,                  Saul (who later became the apostle Paul) is a good example of this.
,                  See earlier section: CAN WE SEE THE HEART/SPIRIT?.



      b)  One person’s heart/spirit
            may be hidden by another person.

                       For example: 
                                   1 Kings c16 v30 – 2 Kings c10 v36:
                                   King Ahab did evil.   my abbreviation

                       But I reckon that it was Queen Jezebel who was evil
                                   1 Kings c21 v1-16:
                                   Queen Jezebel lies & murders, with ease,
                                   to steal a vineyard
                                   to give to her cry-baby husband.   my abbn

                       and that her husband, King Ahab,
                       was weak rather than evil,
                       was in her sway.
 

      c)   You may be interpreting the outer as inner,
            things of the soul as things of the heart/spirit.

                       E.G. Interpreting the
                       apparent self-centeredness of autism,
                                   which is merely in the soul,
                       as wickedness
                                   in the heart/spirit.


Hence, on each such occasion:
            If you Judged the person, you may be wrong.
            And, even if you didn’t act on your Judgment,
            someone else might.

 

2)  Because, if you Judged correctly
      and somehow got a reputation for it:

                 People would come to you for your opinion of them.

                 Eventually a wicked person would come
                 and your hesitation, or silence, would speak volumes.
,,        ,,        ,,        Perhaps see earlier webpage:
,,        ,,        ,,        Jesus’ use of the words ‘heart’, ‘righteous’ and ‘wicked’., , , ,

 

3)  Because, even if you Judged correctly,
      you cannot, then, reward or punish appropriately
      (as God can, and will).

      So your comments would merely cause trouble.

 

4)  Because Jesus, God the Son, told us to not Judge.
      Matt c7 v1    Luke c6 v37, , .

 

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BUT BELIEVERS SHOULD
PRIVATELY ASSESS OTHERS

 

The Father can see:
            who has a good heart/spirit
            & who has a bad heart/spirit.  


,         ,         1 Sam c16 v7,,,,,

The Son, too, can see:
            who has a good heart/spirit
            & who has a bad heart/spirit.

,                  John c2 v23-25,         John c1 v43-51,,,,,

 

So believers, being like Jesus:
            (we have God’s Spirit
            & we have renewed our minds to be like his)
can, likewise:
            see hearts/spirits,
            see who is righteous & who is wicked.

            Matt c7 v15-23 & c10    2 Pet c2    Jude:
            Believers should privately assess others
            so that they know whom to trust.   my abbreviation

,         ,         This is supernatural, God’s Spirit talking to you.
,         ,         This is not the natural way of ‘seeing’
,         ,         that I cover in the earlier section: CAN WE SEE THE HEART/SPIRIT. ,,,,,

 

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,                  When Stephen said:
,                            Acts c7 v51:
,                            Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears,
,                            ye do always resist the Holy Ghost:
,                            as your fathers did, so do ye.   KJV
,                  was he was Judging people publicly?
,                  I reckon he was merely stating the obvious
,                  and, more to the point, he was judging, not Judging.

,                  Likewise, Paul criticised some people:
,                            Titus c1 v12:
,                            One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said,
,                            The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.   KJV
,                  But such generalisations are not in the context of Judging.

 

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A MERELY PRACTICAL ‘JUDGMENT’
IS USED WITHIN THE CHURCH

 

A merely earthly, merely practical, judgment
may be used by church leaders:

            It’s not a Judgment (big J)
            of a person’s heart/spirit.
,                  Like Judgment Day.


            It’s only a judgment (small j)
            of a person’s soul.
,                  Like a job interview or a courtroom jury.

 

Church leaders’ judgment incurs a punishment of only:

            Expelling the sinner from the church,
            hopefully only temporarily.
            Matt c18 v15-17     Rom c16 v17     2 Thess c3 v6-15

            Suspending interceding for them:
                       So that that they themselves experience
                       the demonic, or natural,
                       consequences of their own sins.

                       Perhaps see: Matt c18 v15-20 
                       &  1 Cor c5 v5  &  1 Tim c1 v20 
                       and:
                       Wommack commentary Matt c18 v17  
                       and:  
                       Wommack commentary Matt c18 v18  
                       and:
                       Wommack commentary 1 Cor c5 v5.  

            All in the hope that they will:
                       change for the better,
                       become reconciled with the rest of the church,
                       and rejoin their fellow believers.  2 Cor c2 v6-7.

,                  The above Wommack material (brown) is outside my personal experience
,                  but seems logical to me.
,                  Hence I include it here so as to make this site as comprehensive as I can 
,                  (I mentioned this practice of mine earlier, in: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS).

 

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LOVE YOUR ENEMIES

 

Jesus told his followers:
            not only to not Judge anyone,
            but also to love everyone.    Luke c10 v25-37 .

            This includes loving your enemies:
            Matt c5 v38-48    Luke c6 v27-36:
            Love, do good to, pray for, your enemies.  my abbreviation

,,        ,,        See: CARM’s Does the Old Testament teach to hate your enemies? , ,

,,        ,,        N.B. Europeans who fought in the Crusades weren’t Christians,
,,        ,,        they thought they were Christians but they weren’t.

,,        ,,        The only thing a Christian can do, regarding death, is raise the dead.
,,        ,,        See earlier section: WHY GOD’S WORDS HAVE POWER. ,,,,,

 

Indeed, if you:
            believe Jesus put all of us right with his Father,
            and if you have renewed your mind, to be like Jesus’ mind,
then you’ll:
            want to love your enemies.


            For, with Forgiveness:
,,        ,,        More about Judgment and Forgiveness later.

                       loving your enemies is not a cause
                       of you becoming right with God
,,        ,,        ,,        ,,        Jesus has already done that.

 
                       loving your enemies is an effect
                       of you becoming right with God.


            Or, to be precise, loving your enemies is an effect:
                       of Jesus having put all of us right with God,
                       but
                       of you believing that.

                       Hence loving your enemies is:
                                   self-expression,
                                   you expressing yourself,
                                   you expressing your new self.

 

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            In the beginning,
            God was:
                       entirely constructive.
,         ,                            Perhaps see third cell
,         ,                            of earlier webpage: God’s origin.


            Then, during the Old Testament age,
            God was:
                       both constructive and destructive.
,         ,                            Perhaps see earlier webpage: The good & bad that God does.


            Now, during this New Testament age, this Church Age,
            God is:
                       entirely constructive again.
,         ,                            Perhaps see earlier webpage: The Church Age.

 

            If you:
                       are a believer
                       and so have God’s Spirit in your heart/spirit.

            And if your heart/spirit:
                       has renewed your mind accordingly
                       such that God’s Spirit is in all of you.

            Then you too:
                       are entirely constructive
                       forever.

 

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Praying for good things for your enemies
is self-correcting:

            God currently: gives good things, does only good things.
,                  Perhaps see earlier section: THE CHURCH AGE  
,                  and
,                  later section: REGARDING MIRACLES: YOU CAN DO ONLY GOOD.


            Hence, your enemies will not get
            miraculously, from God, through you,
            any bad things they want
            or want to accomplish.

            Also, that they miraculously get good things,
            as a result of you praying,
            may inspire them to change.

            And, even if they don’t change,
            doing good is a matter of self-expression:
                       For you.
                       And for God’s Spirit inside you
                       and outside you.

,                  The Christian meaning of serving:
,                            is not: –  do whatever people tell you to do,
,                            ,                  give them whatever they want,
,                            but:     –  do what’s right for them (hopefully good-&-right),
,                                               miraculously if not naturally.

,                  Or, to put it another way: never serve people, serve only God.
,                  That’s how to serve people.

 

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You may say:
            “So, I become good throughout
            like God is good throughout.
            So I then do good, to everyone, even to my enemies.
            But who do I vote for?  A pacifist party?”

I say:
            “Soldiers, if they are doing the right thing,
            (i.e. are fighting an enemy that would otherwise cause
            much greater death & destruction)
            don’t need to hate their enemy to do it.
            Can love them.
            Can even, if Christians:
                       miraculously heal those they’ve wounded,
                       miraculously raise those they’ve killed.
,         ,         ,         ,         Though also capture them all,  2 Kings c6 v8-23.


            Matt c10 v8:
            Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead,
            cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.   KJV


When Jesus said:
            “Love your enemies.”  Matt c5 v38-48   Luke c6 v27-36,
he meant:
            love those who hate you personally,
            hate you only/principally because of your beliefs.

            In two of the four gospels,   Luke c7 v1-10  &  (Matt c8 v5-13)
            and in Acts c10: 
                 Soldiers were targets for evangelism.
                 Yet there’s no mention of encouraging them
                 to leave the army.”
,         ,         ,         You still need to: discipline your child where appropriate,
,         ,         ,         punish an unrepentant criminal,
,         ,         ,         defend your nation against an aggressor,
,         ,         ,         etc.

,         ,         ,         Perhaps see later section:
,         ,         ,         REGARDING MIRACLES: YOU CAN DO ONLY GOOD. . , , ,

 

            Matt c5 v1-16    Luke c14 v26-35:
            If you do the right-&-good things
            that your own heart/spirit, and God, want you to do:
                 You will suffer materially, may even be killed.
                 But you will be like salt in a flavourless world;
                 like light in a dark place.   my abbreviation

            Do natural & miraculous good in the world.
            But do not assume that the world
            will be thankful & not persecute you.
            And do not assume that it will be fixed
            or even be better.

            The world and the kingdom of God
            are completely different
            and completely separate.
,         ,         Perhaps see the two sections
,         ,         under earlier title: PYRAMIDS.


            John c18 v36    (John c8 v23):
            Jesus answered,
                 My kingdom is not of this world … ctd   KJV

,         ,         ,         Perhaps see all of: John c18 v28-40.


            A believer, who has renewed all of his/her mind:
                 Has the Holy Spirit, has the power of the Creator.
                 But has no physical defences whatsoever.

 

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            Did anti-social Jesus, in Matt c23,
            or anti-social Stephen, in Acts c6 – c7,
            verbally love their enemies?

            No.  They verbally criticised their enemies,
            verbally attacked their enemies.

            But, physically, they loved their enemies, 
            they didn’t defend themselves,
            didn’t retaliate.  Luke c22 v50-51 

            Just like Jesus told his followers to do.
            Matt c5 v38-48    Luke c6 v27-36:
            Love, do good to, pray for, your enemies.  my abbreviation

,                  Perhaps again see:
,                  CARM’s Does the Old Testament teach to hate your enemies? , ,

 

            Jesus (& Paul, Peter, Stephen, etc)
            merely avoided trouble,
            merely walked away from trouble.

            But, if people were doing wrong
            such that giving a private, or public, verbal rebuke
            was God’s will, was right,
            then Jesus (& Paul, Peter, Stephen, etc) gave it.

            All believers should do likewise.
            Though out of love, without Judging.

 

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A TIP – FOR FORGIVING THOSE WHO’VE HARMED YOU.

 

If you are a believer, then you should renew:
            every room of your mind,
            every area of your life.

            Not only so that the Holy Spirit
            can work in, & through,
            every room/area.

            But also so that you:
                       forgiving everyone,
                       loving everyone,
                       doing only what’s good/constructive,
            is you expressing yourself.
            (You aren’t merely, religiously, doing something.)

 

However, if you find it hard to forgive
those who’ve harmed you,
realise that they will eventually be
in either Heaven or Hell:

            If they eventually go to Heaven:
                       They will be utterly changed, for the better.
                       So, when you eventually meet them there:
                                   they’ll say “I’m sorry”
                                   and you’ll say “I forgive you”.
                       So you might as well forgive them now
                       since it’s only you that you are straining.

            If they eventually go to Hell:
                       They’ll be getting
                       a worse punishment
                       than you could ever have given them.
                       So you might as well forgive them now
                       since it’s only you that you are straining.

Your unforgiveness hinders/stops God’s Holy Spirit in you (note Holy).
Hence your unforgiveness also hinders/stops miraculous healing in you & through you.

Notice v24 & v25, of Mark c11 v11-27.
(I reckon v26 is forged, see earlier section: BIBLE VERSES THAT I OMIT.)

Forgive everyone who’s hurt you – whether it was legal or illegal.
Though tell the police of those who’ve hurt you illegally.

 

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SHOULD WE LOVE DEMONS?

 

Demons are our enemies.
So, should we love demons?

No, because of the way demons differ from us:

            Demons are like us:
                       In that neither we nor they have been Judged yet.

            But demons are unlike us:
                       In that they have finished changing
                       but we humans have not yet finished changing.
,                                      Perhaps see earlier section:
,                                      SOME TECHNICAL DEFINITIONS.


                       Hence demons always want to do wrong
                       but no human always wants to do wrong.

 

So, ignore their words, and cast them out.

But, only cast them out.
Only move them: from inside a human, to outside a human:

            Don’t try to send them to Hell, that won’t work:
            Hell doesn’t exist yet.
,                  Perhaps see earlier section:
,                  JESUS’ WORDS & ACTIONS BACK ME UP ON THIS.


            Notice that Jesus did not send them to Hell;
            only, perhaps, to the deep.   Luke c8 v32,,,
,                  Perhaps see earlier section:
,                  MIND YOU, THERE IS A TEMPORARY HELL, HERE AND NOW., , .

 

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