12. March. 2019. Tuesday
What Must Not Be Judged and What Must Be Judged
Matthew 7:1-6 “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. (1-2)
[Message Video]
The Israelites who had lost hold of the essence of the Gospel were trapped within Genesis 3, 6, and 11. Fifty percent of what they spoke about were ideologies and of the law and the rest were words of unbelief. Words are the most important part of answers to prayer because the words of Christians contain great power. A prayer is also words. Therefore, when you pray, there is no choice but for great works to happen scientifically, medically and spiritually. If so, what are the words you should and shouldn’t say?
1. What Must Not Be Judged – the Mystery to Answers to Prayer
Among the words spoken by people, the most powerful are words of forgiveness. These words of forgiveness contribute to great works and restore worship. The Bible teaches not to repay evil for evil, reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless and do not speak deceit. (1 Peter 3:9-12) In other words, the Bible teaches to discard any words that cause scars in people’s souls. Meanwhile, there are words to use when you speak to God. These words are surely fulfilled. The Bible states that God will give what the believer asks for, what he seeks will be found, and when he knocks, it will be opened. (Matthew 7:7) Finally, God gives you His Word. He who hears and follows these words is like the wise man who builds his house on the rock. (Matthew 7:24-27) This is why you must follow God’s Word.
2. What Must Be Judged – Being Apart from the Gospel
Only one point is worth criticizing and that is the state of separation from the Gospel. If you look throughout history, no matter how great a leader was, the last part of his life was utterly miserable because he was disassociated from it. The nation of Israel failed because it had abandoned the Gospel as well. In other words, everyone will die if they are apart from the Gospel. Other than this sad state, there is nothing else to criticize.
[Prayer of the Evangelist] Dear God, please give me the heart of forgiveness before I criticize others. Let me be the one who prays before You, believes in Your Word, and carries it out.
Immanuel Church Sunday Worship 1st Service / November 4, 2018
[Bible Reading] Mark 5
[Gospel Memory Verse] And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12)