THIS from today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is one of the most important for a born again believer to learn!
The Undeviating Test
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with
what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. — Matthew 7:2
This
statement is not a haphazard guess, it is an eternal law of God. Whatever
judgment you give, it is measured to you again. There is a difference between
retaliation and retribution. Jesus says that the basis of life is retribution —
“with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” If you have
been shrewd in finding out the defects in others, remember that will be exactly
the measure given to you. Life serves back in the coin you pay. This law works
from God’s throne downwards (cf. Psalm 18:25-26).
Romans
2 applies it in a still more definite way, and says that the one who criticises
another is guilty of the very same thing. God looks not only at the act, He
looks at the possibility. We do not believe the statements of the Bible to
begin with. For instance, do we believe this statement, that the things we criticise
in others we are guilty of ourselves? The reason we see hypocrisy and fraud and
unreality in others is because they are all in our own hearts. The great
characteristic of a saint is humility — “Yes, all those things and other evils
would have been manifested in me but for the grace of God, therefore I have no
right to judge.”
Jesus
says — “Judge not, that ye be not judged”; if you do judge, it will be measured
to you exactly as you have judged. Who of us would dare to stand before God and
say — “My God, judge me as I have judged my fellow men?” We have judged our
fellow men as sinners; if God should judge us like that we would be in hell.
God judges us through the marvellous Atonement of Jesus Christ.
No, we cannot lose our eternal salvation, and go back to being a dead spirit because of this, but we CAN bring evil things into our own lives here on earth by calling judgment on another believer! We are told, in no uncertain terms, to LOVE one another with the same love with which JESUS has loved us (John 15:12-13 for one example)! If we see another believer doing something that we believe to be wrong, we are INSTRUCTED to pray for them (1 John 5:16)! When WE do this (sow mercy) then WE will receive mercy for our own wrong doings! If the LORD Himself has instructed you to go to someone caught in sin, and to restore them, then GO, but keep your mouth shut about it! There is no need whatsoever for YOU to talk about this to any other person. If God trusts YOU enough to send you, then He needs no one but you to know about it! AMEN! There has been far too much gossip and criticism and judgement meted out among believers. THAT is NOT love, in any way, shape or form! What is NOT of love, which is of God, is of hatred, which is of the devil. He (satan) does NOT need your help in promoting hatred and death! Remember, what YOU sow, YOU SHALL REAP (Galatians 6:7)! Let's sow in love and reap with joy unspeakable! AMEN! Here is Hillsong UNITED with "Splinters and Stones":Shalom in Him!
