Proverbs 28:5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.
THIS VERSE STATES THAT THOSE WHO SEEK GOD WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT JUSTICE MEANS, BUT EVIL MEN WILL NOT UNDERSTAND JUSTICE AND THEREFORE, WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVIL TO OTHERS BECAUSE OF LACK OF UNDERSTANDING.
Psalm 25:9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.
THIS VERSE STATES THAT GOD WILL GUIDE THE HUMBLE TO WHAT IS RIGHT AND WILL TEACH HIM THE WAY OF GOD.
IF A PERSON IS PROUD, ARROGANT AND SELF-RIGHTEOUS, GOD WILL NOT TEACH HIM THE WAY OF GOD AND WILL NOT GUIDE HIM TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
HENCE, THE PROUD, THE ARROGANT AND THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS WILL EVENTUALLY FALL, WHILE THE HUMBLE WILL BE EXALTED.
WHY? GOD IS THERE TO GUIDE AND TO TEACH THE HUMBLE HIS WAYS.
Matthew 13:15 For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'
MANY OF THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE HAS BECOME CALLOUSED.
THEY HAVE HEARTS BUT HAVE NO LOVE, MERCY NOR COMPASSION TO THEIR FELLOW MEN.
THEY HAVE EYES THAT DO NOT SEE.
THEY HAVE EARS BUT DO NOT LISTEN.
THE RESULT: SUCH STATE HAS BECOME A DISEASE IN MANKIND.
THIS INDIFFERENCE HAS HELPED INJUSTICE, WICKEDNESS, EVIL AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS TO THRIVE ALL OVER THE EARTH.
IF A PERSON DOES WHAT IS EVIL OR WICKED, AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE NOT AFFECTED BY IT, THEY TOLERATE IT.
IF A PERSON DOES WHAT IS GOOD, THESE PEOPLE EITHER TREAT THE PERSON WHO DO GOOD INDIFFERENTLY, OR EVEN TRY TO DESTROY THAT PERSON WITH WORDS.
THEREFORE, CALLOUSED HEARTS OF PEOPLE HAVE LED TO TOLERANCE OF EVIL, AND THE NEGLECT OF DOING WHAT IS GOOD.
WHY?
CALLOUSED HEARTS LOST THE ABILITY TO LOVE, TO BE MERCIFUL, AND TO BE COMPASSIONATE....
IF A PERSON CANNOT LOVE, NOR CANNOT BE MERCIFUL, NOR CANNOT BE COMPASSIONATE- THIS WILL LEAD TO DOING WHAT IS EVIL RATHER THAN DOING WHAT IS GOOD.
SUCH CALLOUSNESS OF HEART WILL LEAD TO JUDGMENT.
PEOPLE WITH CALLOUSED HEARTS WILL JUDGE PEOPLE WITHOUT MERCY AND WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING.
PEOPLE WITH CALLOUSED HEARTS WILL ONLY SEE THE FAULTS OF OTHERS AND WILL BE BLIND TO THEIR OWN FAULTS AND SHORTCOMINGS.
1 John 3:15 Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.
THOSE WHO LIVE IN HATE AND ANGER OF OTHERS IS CONSIDERED A MURDERER BY GOD.
THEREFORE, WE OUGHT NOT TO HATE OTHERS BUT TRY TO UNDERSTAND THEM, AND WHY THEY HAVE SHORTCOMINGS.
PEOPLE FREQUENTLY DO EVIL, WICKEDNESS AND INJUSTICE WITHOUT REALIZING THAT THEY HAVE DONE IT.
THERE ARE TIMES THAT THE EVIL, WICKEDNESS AND INJUSTICE IS BUILT IN THE SYSTEM THAT IT PERPETUATES THE CYCLE OF HATE AND ANGER.
BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING LIMITATIONS OF MANKIND, AND THE SYSTEM OF MANKIND, WE OUGHT TO HAVE UNDERSTANDING, COMPASSION, AND MERCY TO OTHERS.
Romans 15:1 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
STRENGTH OF CHARACTER IS PROVEN BY BEARING THE FAILINGS OF THE WEAK.
WE DO NOT JUDGE THOSE WHO ARE WEAK BUT HELP THEM IN TIMES OF THEIR WEAKNESS THAT THEY MAY NOT FALL OR BE LOST AT TIMES OF THEIR TRYING MOMENTS IN LIFE.
Galatians 5:14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
THEREFORE, IF WE ARE REALLY FOLLOWERS OF GOD, WE MUST BASE OUR LIFE IN LOVE: THE LOVE OF NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES.
IF WE LIKE TO BE RESPECTED, LET US RESPECT OTHERS.
IF WE LIKE TO BE CARED FOR, LET US CARE FOR OTHERS.
IF WE LIKE TO RECEIVE MERCY, LET US BE MERCIFUL.
IF WE WANT OTHERS TO BE JUST TO US, LET US BE JUST TO OTHERS.
WHATEVER WE LIKE TO BE DONE TO US, WE DO FOR OTHERS.
WHATEVER WE LIKE GOD TO DO TO US, LET US DO IT TO THE LEAST OF OUR BRETHREN AND TO THOSE WHO ARE POOR, WHO ARE NEGLECTED, WHO ARE EXPERIENCING TRYING TIMES IN LIFE.
LOVE CANNOT BE EXPRESSED MERELY BY WORDS, BUT BY OUR ACTIONS.
LOVE IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS.
LIVING OUR LIFE BASED ON LOVING ONE ANOTHER IS A GODLY LIFE.
LOVE IS MERCIFUL, KIND AND COMPASSIONATE.
LOVE IS NOT JUDGMENTAL, BUT RATHER MERCIFUL.
LOVE IS THE HEART OF THE LAW OF GOD.
FULFILLING THE COMMANDMENT-LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF- WILL LEAD TO THE FULFILLMENT OF ALL THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD.
WHY? ALL COMMANDMENTS ARE CONNECTED TO LOVE, AND ALL COMMANDMENTS OF GOD IS BORNE OUT OF GOD'S LOVE FOR US.
FOR GOD IS LOVE, THEREFORE, THE FRUITS THAT GOD WILL BEAR IS LOVE AND THE EXPRESSION OF LOVE.
THEREFORE, IF WE LIVE OUR LIVES IN LOVE OF NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES, THEN WE ARE OF GOD, AND GOD'S LOVE IS MADE COMPLETE IN US.
1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
THEREFORE, LOVING ONE ANOTHER COMPLETES THE LOVE OF GOD.
LOVING ONE ANOTHER IS THE PROOF THAT GOD LIVES IN US.
James 2:13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!
MERCY TRIUMPHS OVER JUDGMENT.
GOD WOULD RATHER WANT US TO BECOME MERCIFUL TO OTHERS RATHER THAN WE JUDGE OTHERS.
MERCY HAS THE PRIORITY OVER JUDGMENT.
MERCY STEMS FROM LOVE, WHICH IS THE MOTHER AND FATHER OF ALL VIRTUES.
LOVE THEREFORE HAS PRIORITY OVER JUDGMENT.
THEREFORE, WE PRIORITIZE LOVING ONE ANOTHER OVER JUDGING ONE ANOTHER.
Matthew 7:1 "Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
THEREFORE, IT IS GOD'S WILL THAT WE DO NOT JUDGE OTHERS BUT IT IS GOD'S WILL TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
THEREFORE, IF WE PRIORITIZE JUDGING OTHERS, WE ARE FAILING TO OBSERVE THE MORE IMPORTANT COMMANDMENT OF GOD: TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
IF WE HAVE JUDGMENT INSTEAD OF LOVE IN OUR HEARTS, CAN WE HAVE MERCY TO THE ONE WE ARE JUDGING? CAN WE LOVE THE PERSON WE ARE JUDGING?
GOD GAVE THE COMMANDMENT: LOVE OUR ENEMIES.
Luke 6:27 "But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
IF GOD ORDERED US TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES AND DO GOOD TO THEM.
THEN WHY WE JUDGE OTHERS WHO ARE NOT EVEN OUR ENEMIES?
THEREFORE, JUDGMENT IS NOT FOR THE FOLLOWERS OF GOD TO DO TO OTHERS ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF GOD'S KINGDOM.
JUDGMENT IS THE SOLE FUNCTION OF GOD HIMSELF, AND THE ELECT WHO ARE GIVEN PERMISSION BY GOD TO JUDGE.
BUT HOW CAN ANYONE JUDGE FAIRLY WHEN ONE IS IGNORANT ABOUT LOVE, WHICH IS THE SUM OF ALL OF THE COMMANDMENTS?
THE CONCLUSION: NO ONE CAN JUDGE ANYONE FAIRLY WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO LOVE OTHERS.
WHY? THE ONE WHO CAN JUDGE FAIRLY SHOULD BE FAIR WITH HIS FELLOW MEN, AND FAIRNESS WITH OTHERS STEMS OUT FROM LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER AS ONESELF.
MAY THIS SHARING HELP US IN OPENING US TO LOVE, MERCY AND COMPASSION.
I BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE ME, AND I PRAY FOR THOSE WHO MISTREAT ME, THAT GOD MAY BE MERCIFUL UPON THEM, FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
I PRAY TO OUR GOD FOR GREATER BLESSINGS TO BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO HAVE TREATED ME BETTER THAN THE TREATMENT I HAVE RECEIVED FROM MY ENEMIES, AND MAY GOD BLESS ABUNDANTLY THOSE WHO DO NOT CURSE NOR HATE ME.
MAY GOD BLESS MOST ABUNDANTLY THE PEOPLE OF GOD WHO DO GOD'S WILL AND SHARE TO THOSE WHO ARE THE LEAST OF GOD'S BRETHREN.
MAY GOD HELP THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED US CONTINUE ON WITH OUR MISSION WORKS TO CONTINUALLY SHARE WITH THE POOR AND THE NEEDY.
GOD BLESS EVERYONE.
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