10/01/2024
John 3
17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Luke 4
18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
all of us are condemned. without Jesus blood His propitiation none of us would be saved. Jesus does not say Judge not, but he does say Judge not least you be judged by the same judgement you pass upon others. to clarify this, Jesus says, to take the log out of your eye before you take the speck out of your brothers eye. We are to edify, reprove yes, that is call out wrongs, rebuke or teach proper doctrine, and encourage from a persons understanding to that image of Jesus inside us and not our own understanding. Jesus came to save not condemn. we are condemned already if we do not believe on Him and His works.
Do we believe our works are righteous? our works are as filthy rags. Isaiah says menstruous rags. It is Jesus works in us His Holy Spirit that gives us and covers us with good works and we work in them humbly embracing them and doing the will of Jesus being His good workmanship to the Glory of God. this is different.
Do I condemn anyone No, their own deeds as Titus 2 says self condemn and make them self ashamed by Christ doctrine working in me to His Glory showing His light of fruits and good works puting coals of testimony on their heads reflecting back to Romans 2:1-4, so that the Holy Spirit can work our testimony of being a broken spirit redeemed by the grace and mercy of Christ to redmention to them to show yes we were as they are.
Do you know why if you break one law of moses it is like breaking them all? All sin is equal in the eyes of God they all lead to separation from Him they all lead to eternity in hell. The end result of sin is what? death not just physical but spiritual also.
When God said to Adam do not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil or you will die... In Arabic it is die die... or physical and spiritual death. The cost of sin is far greater than we see. Our sin and the influences of it encourages others Romans 1:19-32 to also follow suit of what is and is not acceptable. Paul reflects this in RM 14 talking about meat offered to idols, but we know Jesus makes all things. Nothing as James says is sin unless we know by the Holy Spirit it is sin, then if we keep doing it to us it is sin. But Paul explains if a weaker person does not know how to abstain from something and can be consumed by it, I as a follower of Jesus will not do anything to allow my fellow brother or sister to fall into folly for their sake and not my own because Christ died for them. I will not partake in anything any action that will cause my brothers or sisters to fall into a action of sin. as James says in James 1in actions and James 3 in words and James 4 in deeds, But let everything you do in words in deeds and in actions be to the Glory of God 1 Cor 10:31.
All have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God. so if I see a person who is not saved sinning. I have to reflect of my life, am I perfect, NO!!, so I look at the person, I say, what has lead them to this life? Do they have a firm foundation or a shattered one? Do they know Jesus, I do not mean have heard of Jesus in passing, or on TV, or even as a child, but have a actual intimate understanding of Jesus, then I ask about their life, their job, their family their good times and bad, I look at my life before knowing Jesus, and now after. How I can relate, what was I like before Jesus came into my life? what similar struggles did I have? Me I was raised in a christian house yes some don't have this so we have to consider that but still I was a drunk I could not get out of bed without a drink, s*x abuser, drug abuser, but I did love and cherish my wife. I was s*xually abused as a child, I was physically abused by my dad nothing I could do was right, Because of these things I still have a hard time with trust and love, but I was good in school, but my dad did not see me become suma and graduate second in my class he had to go bowling, but I did come to know Christ, after he helped me overcome my addictions one by one, and after 10 years later I accepted Christ in 2017... I am not perfect so I use this, I can counsel reach out help people who are in stress in work, home, physical trauma because I am in pain 24-7, I have Jesus to help me; I am not complaining. I know I am broken, but I am saved by the grace of Jesus and I know others out there who are broken do not know Him. they do not have Jesus as a solid foundation... some may have but tragedy has taken that trust and crumbled it. Some have been abused so they turn to homos*xuality or trans*xulaitly to hide from it or so it does not happen to them, or because they are ashamed of their bodies. Or they turn to alcohol or drugs because they can't have a source of trust, or do not want to weigh their concerns on their families so they do so with drugs as their crutch.... We have to get to see if we are going to testify Jesus not the sin only yes it leads to death but a soul behind the sin as God says in Ezekiel 33:11 do I take pleasure in the death of the wicked, NO!! rather that the wicked turn from their ways and live... Why oh Why do you sin oh Israel my chosen people turn from your evil ways and live. But you say my ways are not fair. I will judge each one of you by your deeds. What fruit do we bear, Galatians 5:22-24.
Jesus says in John 12:44-48 His words which are YHWH's words will be the judge. How do we witness? John 15, John 14, John 17, Matthew 5-7.....
