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JUDGEMENT
Have you noticed that the New Testament contains a pattern of judgement?
Look at the following few verses and see if you find this pattern:
Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned (Mat 7:2) The man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy. Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy. (Mat 5:7; Jas 2:13) Forgive, that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. If ye do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses (Mat 6:15; Mar 11:25-26; Luk 6:37 ) With what measure you measure it will be measured to you (Mar 4:24, 7:2) With the judgment that you judge, you shall be judged Judge not, and you shall not be judged. (Mat 7:2 Luk 6:37) He that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly, he that sows generously shall reap also generously. (2Co 9:6)
It looks pretty obvious that the manner with which we judge others will be boomranged at us at judgement time. Those who condemn will be condemned, those with mercy will get mercy, those who forgive will be forgiven, those who don’t won’t, ect.
I’ve always said that judgement was an externally expressive thing; Christian are not told to not judge but to do so righteously, so I concluded that judgement was not the internal judgement a person has toward another only, but the pragmatic actualization of that judgement, but now I see it differently, though still without negating my first thought but adding to it.
The following verse is what brought it all to a new level:
Rom 2:15 It shows the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Did you see what happens on Judgement day? One’s conscience’s thoughts accuse and excuse, i.e. judge, them. Whether the final judgement will be based on our own personal judgement or not, the point is that this definitely implied an internal intimate judgement seemingly, judging by the original verses written at the start of this post, being a result of a life long spiritual/mental lifestyle. How we see others will be how we will judge ourselves. Sobering thought.
What sort of person ought we then to be in our daily interactions with others, in our perseption of others, are we rightly judging other after first reflecting about the worth of our own judgement? Do we have unwarranted stigma concernning certain type of people? How are we to reckon our selves in the knowledge that we are to also judge angels? (1Cor6:3).
Something there to reflect on, certainly something I am working on, so I would love to hear from you, if you would grace me with your thoughts?
May you all be blessed.