Freedom through Forgiveness Part 7: Judgment

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04 Oct

Freedom through Forgiveness Part 7: Judgment

by Bob Hamp | Blog Posts | 4 Comments »

Judgment is when our soul is shaped by another person’s shortcomings rather than the nature of God. It is the sin we are most likely to fall into when someone else has sinned against us.

“Judge not lest you also be judged”, Jesus said. This could be another opportunity for us to misinterpret the nature of God. He is not waiting behind the door to see if we judge others, so that He can nail us. Jesus is describing an aspect of reality that we need to be warned about. The word “judgment” which is used here carries the meaning of “limit”. The idea is that in our mind, or our emotions we lock someone into a way in which we see them. We limit them with our perceptions. When we do that, the limitation we impose with our soul is also imposed on our soul.

Have you ever been angry at someone for being…angry? Or how about the universal trap for all of us. The quickest route to become like our parents is to judge them and utter the words. “I’ll never be like my parents…“ The ways we limit others become the very limitations that impair us.

The thing or things that we judge in others is well on it’s way to being formed in the fabric of our own soul. “Judge not. lest you also be judged”, is a warning from Jesus. Do not allow the shortcomings of other people to mold you MORE than the Nature of God in you.

Here is the most important distinction we must make. Discerning the truth about someone is not judgment. We can recognize all manner of flaws, characteristics, habits, etc. and even accurately assess their condition. As long as our discernment is coupled with the heart of God toward that person, we have not slipped into judgment. Judgment is when you discern something about someone, and harden your heart because of and in response to what you discern. Now you have slipped into the sin of judgment. It will cripple you and it will shape your soul.

Forgiveness is what you do with the impact of sins committed against you. Judgment is the most likely sin you will fall into when someone sins against you.

Guard your heart above all else…from it flow the issues of your life.

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I have been guilty of judging. Not necessarily judging others, but judging myself. By allowing my shortcomings to mold me “more than the Nature of God” in me. I have mercilessly held myself to a standard no one could possibly live up to except Jesus himself. Every time I have failed to meet my own(not God’s) expectations, It has left me more and more paralyzed. I might as well have been sentencing myself to death. “It will cripple you and shape your soul”. That is so true…Satan loved seeing me crippled! Thankfully I have been set free from that! I thank God that He has revealed to me His GREAT love and mercy for me…for ME! I can rest now in knowing that I will never be “good enough”. Jesus lived and died so that I wouldn’t have to be…HE is “good enough” FOR me! I can truly LIVE now and love life because His love, grace, and mercy came and invaded my soul and released me from my own harsh judgements of myself.
Here’s to thinking differently!

Grace,
Website:
“The Bridegroom’s Voice”
(Mirian Del Carpio Q.)

Standing at your feet waiting,
expecting for you to reveal your heart to me,
getting a sense of heaven as my heart beats,
searching to know your absolute desires patiently,
as my breathing goes with this new fragrance,
and my skin is no more dwelling in my grief,
Praise my King! Every bit of my thankful soul,
make yours every glory,
make only come to pass your will.

When kiss your beauty with every single tear,
my heart eyes start to dwell eternity,
my hands also reach the perfect Lamb clothed in love,
His greatness enlighten the room as present your voice in a glimpse,
make your sweetness be touched by every human being,
make every soul joyful when searching the tenderness of His breeze,
my only moment where the life make truly worth,
Precious Emmanuel goes hounding for our freedom without resting,
Worthy King, my Bridegroom… in You Everlasting is my peace.

Mirian Del Carpio Q.,
Website: grazzya.blogspot.com
this blog is like a period at the end of a very long sentence that God has been teaching me this past month…all through events between myself and another person…all summed up so accurately through the focus of this blog…judgment.

“It will cripple you and it will shape your soul.”

So many lessons have been learned in that 20 day journey of mine…and God is still speaking to me about it all.

“Discerning the truth about someone is not judgment. We can recognize all manner of flaws, characteristics, habits, etc. and even accurately assess their condition. As long as our discernment is coupled with the heart of God toward that person, we have not slipped into judgment. Judgment is when you discern something about someone, and harden your heart because of and in response to what you discern. Now you have slipped into the sin of judgment.”

I think I’m gonna print this one paragraph out and tape it to my [prayer] closet wall.

Babs,
Website: testimonyofone.blogspot.com
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Freedom through Forgiveness Part 7: Judgment

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Grace,

Mirian Del Carpio Q.,

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