Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. John 7:24
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Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. John 7:24
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 The problem, the
cause, & the solution:
Requires Biblical moral virtue
and faith
"Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But
his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day
and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like
the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand
in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the
LORD knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall
perish. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The
kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,
against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands
asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sits in the heavens
shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto
them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my
king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the LORD has said
unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I
shall give thee the heathen for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of
the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou
shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise now therefore, O
ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear,
and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish
from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they
that put their trust in him."
Psalms 1 & 2 "We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and
has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties
arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the
exigency of the times."
George Washington Conservatives stop
at the fact that America's Founders established our Republican form of limited
government upon laws and boundaries while they forget that the underlying reason
was derived from the Biblical moral virtue of America's Founders, as evident by
how “Rights” were to be “entitled,” if they DID NOT violate “the Laws of Nature
and of Nature’s God.” (See
America's Founding
Document.) "The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which
induced me to the Field -- the object is attained -- and it now remains to be my
earnest wish & prayer, that the Citizens of the United States could make a wise
and virtuous use of the blessings placed before them."
George Washington Conservatives must confront any and all
secular liberal politically correct advances by demanding by what other
foundation other than "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" do they employ to
justify "a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death." Proverbs 14:12 (I.E. Abortion) The same can be said of preachers:
While many can quote what Jesus said
in John 3:16, how many can quote what He said in the same breath, up
through verse 21? (See immediately below.) The moral decline and resulting "culture wars" dividing America are a
result of preachers preaching "from their head and their heart" and neglecting to preach what they were commissioned to preach
- the
Kingdom of God, the
Word of
God, and their failure to reprove the world of sin. Therefore people no longer go to church, they go to their government.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the
world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believes on him
is not condemned: but he that believes not is condemned already, because he
has not believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God.
And
this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved
darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that
doeth evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should
be reproved. But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be
made manifest, that they are wrought in God."
John 3:16-2 "And as ye go, preach, saying, The
kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Jesus - Matthew 10:7 For the
kingdom of God is
not meat and drink; but
righteousness, and
peace, and joy in the
Holy
Ghost. Romans 14:17 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the
kingdom of God
should come, he answered them and said, "The
kingdom of God
comes not with observation: Neither shall they
say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the
kingdom of God
is within you." Luke 17:20-21
"And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written,
How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring
glad tidings of good things!"
Romans 10:15 "...because it is not the responsibility of the Christian or preacher to
convict and convince. The Christian’s calling is to preach the Word of God,
for the power of God follows the Word of God, not the preacher. Christ alone
draws all men to Himself. (John
12:32)"
Lessons of the Holy Spirit - A Guide for Entering the Kingdom of
God and Discover Why it Pleased God to Hide His Kingdom from the Wise "For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not
with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect."
1 Corinthians 1:17
"But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and
unto the Greeks foolishness;"
1 Corinthians 1:23 "For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for
necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!"
1 Corinthians 9:16
"For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and
ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake."
2 Corinthians 4:5
Until citizens of the Kingdom of God begin to honor their commission to
preach God's Word instead of their own, how can God cause an increase?
1 Corinthians 3:1-11 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto
spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed
you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it,
neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among
you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
For while one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not
carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye
believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? I have planted, Apollos watered;
but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that plants anything,
neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase. Now he that
plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward
according to his own labor. For we are laborers together with God: ye are
God's husbandry, ye are God's building. According to the grace of God which is
given unto me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and
another builds thereon. But let every man take heed how he builds thereupon.
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Until citizens of the Kingdom of God
begin to
honor their commission to "reprove the world of sin"
by confronting those who violate the
Righteousness of God, how will they know they are violating God's Laws?
Christians must begin to confront any and
all violations of God's Law by demanding what other foundation, if not God's
Law, do secular liberals employ to justify sin. It is imperative that we ask those
who are politically correct to justify, clarify, and provide an answer as to
exactly what basis, what foundation do they employ for establishing
boundaries, if any, when “Rights” are to be “entitled”
or taken away? What human wisdom do they employ? How is it they have come to claim
the Judeo-Christian heritage is now discriminatory? By what foundation do
secular liberal progressives establish legal boundaries if not by "the
laws of Nature and of Nature's God," which America's Founding Document
determined how "Rights" were to be "entitled." Example: On the Massachusetts
Roll Call to Repeal the 1913 Law which prevented Massachusetts from violating
the marriage laws of the other states, I had asked my State Representative,
Stephen DiNatale, what he voted and why. His response: "for the record -
Once again we find ourselves on opposite sides of an issue. I voted to repeal
the 1913 Law. My vote was to uphold the importance of maintaining equality for
all our citizens." I have since asked Representative DiNatale to
justify his "entitling" a "Right" that violates "the
Laws of Nature and of Nature's God." Upon what other foundation does
he base his establishing and setting boundaries in determining how "Rights"
are to be "entitled?" What "new and improved politically
correct secular liberal humanistic wisdom" does he employ that
supersedes "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God?" Can I now
marry a second, third, or 1oth wife? How about my dog? Or would you violate
my "Rights" according to YOUR statement? He has NEVER
responded, which is typical of liberals who either ignore, avoid, or try to
distract from the specific request. Yet if only one Christian conservative
confronts their lawmakers, then why would they bother with
Righteousness? "Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let
your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye
ought to answer every man." Colossians 4:5-6
"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst
of wolves: be you therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."
Jesus - Matthew 10:16 "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of
God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor effeminate (homosexuals), nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor
thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, shall
inherit the kingdom of God. 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." 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 "Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with
what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it
shall be measured to you again. And why behold you the mote that is in thy
brother's eye, but consider not the beam that is in your own eye? Or how will
you say to your brother, Let me pull out the mote out of your eye; and,
behold, a beam is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first cast out the
beam out of your own eye; and then shall you see clearly to cast out the mote
out of your brother's eye." Jesus - Matthew 7:1-5 "Judge not, that you be not judged"
(Matthew 7:1) instructs us to judge carefully without hypocrisy, it does not
say withhold judgment. Jesus completes this by saying: "Hypocrite!
First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to
remove the speck from your brother's eye." (Matthew 7:5) Jesus
reaffirms this in John 7:24.
"Judge not according to the appearance, but
judge righteous judgment." Jesus -
John 7:24 2 Timothy 4:1 - I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord
Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his
kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove,
rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come
when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they
heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away
their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
That "time" is here, as obvious with Barack
Obama. Until the foundation of Biblical moral value once again
permeates the land, the decline into liberal secularism where government
replaces God will continue to erode America's very existence. Election 2008
will determine much, however, American citizens who are also citizens of the
Kingdom of God will determine much more. "If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto
judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the
righteous, and condemn the wicked."
Deuteronomy 25:1
Must see:
Kim
Clement on Pre-Election 2008 Prophecies - Obama to win
Election 2008 and be Baptized in
the Holy Spirit?
(Recommend watching the
entire ~1 hour video ) Note: There is some concern that Kim Clement does
not meet the Deuteronomy 18 test of a prophet.
Click
here
for a Scriptural lesson on Judging and Reproof Click
here for the
American Christian Heritage that is no longer being taught. Without a
Heritage, every generation starts over. Click
here to learn
about the Biblical moral virtue America's founders and past honorable leaders
possessed. Click
here for Patriot's Declaration July 4, 2008, a renewed Declaration of
Independence listing the grievances, not of the King of England, but now from
"Political Correctness."
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