The judge inside

Jesus had a rule He lived by and taught:

Don't judge people, unless you want to be judged yourself. That judgmental and criticizing spirit has a way of coming back to haunt you. – Matthew 7.1,2 (BRCV)

I think He taught on that because He knew how easy it is to judge people. Human beings tend to feel superior to their neighbors, like they know better, or are indeed better. Of course the reality is very different.

Maybe sometimes you wonder why life treats you so badly; why things never work out for you; why you seem to make enemies so easily; why you become the target of hatred and injustice for nothing.

Well, perhaps the judge inside you may know why.

Be merciful as your Father is merciful. Luke 6.36

 

The judge inside

Jesus had a rule He lived by and taught:

Don't judge people, unless you want to be judged yourself. That judgmental and criticizing spirit has a way of coming back to haunt you. – Matthew 7.1,2 (BRCV)

I think He taught on that because He knew how easy it is to judge people. Human beings tend to feel superior to their neighbors, like they know better, or are indeed better. Of course the reality is very different.

Maybe sometimes you wonder why life treats you so badly; why things never work out for you; why you seem to make enemies so easily; why you become the target of hatred and injustice for nothing.

Well, perhaps the judge inside you may know why.

Be merciful as your Father is merciful. Luke 6.36

 

Mighty Hand

The greater the achievement, the harder the fight and the bigger the sacrifice.

The bigger the dream, the more demanding the sacrifice needed for it to be achieved.
This teaching comes from Above.

The deliverance of the Hebrews from Egypt seemed like an impossible dream. The children of Israel were Egypt’s source of wealth and opulence. They were wealthy at the expense of their slavery.

Freeing them meant an irreparable loss.

Egypt is the world, Pharaoh is the devil, the Israelites are the enslaved people, Mount Sinai symbolizes Mount Calvary and Moses was sent by the Almighty.

When the Lord sent Moses, He warned him:

"But I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not even by a mighty hand." Exodus 3:19

How would he free the slaves from the devil without using a Mighty Hand? That is, without putting up a fight, without going to war, without violence or without a sacrifice of faith?

Can you use your faith without violating religious customs?

Can you use faith without violating the will of your flesh?

Supernatural faith, alone, opposes everything that is natural.

Jesus spit on the ground, made mud, anointed the blind man's eyes, yet he was not healed. But, because he obeyed His command, even though it was very difficult, he was healed.

Who healed him: Jesus? His saliva? The mud? The waters of the pool of Siloam?

He was healed because of his obedience to Jesus’ Word. That is, by his own faith.

But the Lord had to use a mighty hand to awaken his faith.

Couldn’t Jesus have asked someone to fetch water from Siloam and wash his eyes? Wouldn’t it have been easier, simpler and more humane, instead of making the young man walk all the way across the valley in order to be healed?

"And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." Matthew 11:12 (NKJV)

Pure faith violates the principles of human nature. Who can understand it?

However, everybody knows that without sacrificing your natural faith, it’s impossible to conquer anything in this world?

Likewise, the benefits of the Supernatural World require the violence of supernatural faith.

Those who believe move forward; those who don’t believe stay behind.