"Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
Today's quote is a short one but it conveys a very powerful message, and one that is vastly ignored by the majority of today's "Christians".
Jesus told those hypocritical Jews that the healing miracles He performed were no more a violation of God's law concerning the Sabbath than was their own practice of performing circumcisions on that day.
Just like the majority of so called Christians today, those Jews who were condemning Jesus, made judgments according to their own rules and standards and not the rules that were established in God's law.
We should NEVER judge the actions of another without knowing what is truly in the hearts of that person.
Today's pulpits are filled with great hypocritical orators condemning the actions of "sinners" as if they are authorized to bring down their own wrath against them while being consumed by the same sins they accuse others of committing.
Just as Paul made very clear in Romans 2:1-3; "Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?"
Condemning "sinners" is NOT the job of a we Christians, God has already judged ALL sinners.
The ONLY Job of true Christianity is to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ to those who will listen while living a life that is accordance with that gospel. We are to leave those who appear to us as "sinners" to the wrath that is already prepared for them.
Paul made it very clear that those who pass judgment on others will not escape the same wrath that already awaits those who reject His grace through faith in Jesus Christ.~
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