Posts with the category “discernment”

"Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you." We've come a long way this week. We discovered that we ARE called to discern, not to avoid judgment. We learned to clear our vision by dealing with unconfessed sin, admitting our ignorance, and replacing indifference with compassion. But here's what I need you to know...  Read More

"So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment." We've been on a journey this week. We discovered that we ARE called to discern, not to avoid judgment altogether. We learned that unconfessed sin blinds us to grace. We saw how ignorance keeps us from understanding the full story. ...  Read More

"But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purpos...  Read More

"Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye." Yesterday we discovered that we ARE called to...  Read More

"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you." Can I just say something that might surprise you? Jesus actually commands us to judge. I know that sounds incredible given what we've been taught, but stay with me.Matthew 7:1 has become the favorite verse of people who don't want anyone pointing out...  Read More