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okay there's something I've been
thinking about a lot um recently is we
have to check our hearts because in a
world that's ever increasingly
divisive um pmic do we find our heart
slowly slipping into being
judgmental uh you know divisive finding
it difficult to forgive finding it
difficult to be compassionate judging
people and I think that's one of the
greatest temptations that we Face to put
ourself in the position of Judge whereas
that's not a position that God gives us
as children of God whilst we're on this
Earth it's not our place to judge
because God is the judge and I think so
many of us maybe consciously
subconsciously find ourselves slipping
into that judgmental position what what
can you say about this H what is
Judgment well when we judge someone's
motives or think that we know the reason
why someone does something and and say
whether it's good or bad thank you for
saying motive we need to understand when
it comes to
judgment Jesus standard of judgment is
different from man's
judgment that the Lord does not judge
what we say what we do on Face
Value the lord always looks our heart to
judge the motivation why we are doing
this and that's the purpose that brings
God's approval or the reprove of God in
our actions and decisions every day as
you said
today God is all about relationship we
should not forget that the heart of the
matter of this Bible is to restore the
relationship between God and man and
that's a love relationship absolutely
not only between God and man between man
to other fellow human beings I say
mankind today relationships are under
repair everywhere not only towards God
but towards our neighbor towards our
brother towards our sisters towards our
friends and towards even those who are
not our friends why we are saying this
Jesus said you should love the Lord your
God with all your heart with all your
mind with all your strength and love
your neighbor as yourself good as
yourself that love starts first with the
love of God
and that's the love of God in us as the
Bible says is poured by the holy spirit
in our heart Romans
5:5 that overflows if I have a cup of
water you cannot quench my thirst with a
cup of water share with me that's why
Jesus said if you know who is speaking
to you and what is the gift of God in
John chapter 4 you would have ask me and
I will give you living water Living
Waters and the water I give you will
well up within you will well up overflow
to everlasting life oh my God God has
set a table before us and he want us to
be blessed abundantly so we can have
something to share with
others means our request when we come
before God should not be self-centered
if we ask for God's sake the blessing
will
overflow if you ask for God's sake God
know you not asking just for you but for
your neighbor that means one of the
major obstacles is actually selfishness
absolutely and that makes us also want
to judge people that is the problem we
have that's why James say when he come
in God's presence you ask and you don't
receive because we ask wrong wrongly why
we ask for selfish classic and matal
reason the motivation God approves when
the reason behind the action is for
God's sake and it's only s God that can
see that motive we can't see thank you
people's motives God can only see it and
that's what is important because we not
asking man we asking God you want God to
hear you you want God to answer our
prayers so remember when we come to him
with our lips he listens to our heart
then we go to that Mathew chapter
15:8 that will lay down the principle of
this message Matthew chapter
15:8 let's listen to what Jesus Christ
the righteous judge said but don't
forget the Bible called calls Jesus the
judge of the living and of the Dead
let's listen to Judgment of Christ these
people draw near to me with their mouth
and honor me with their lips but their
heart is far from me good and in vain
they worship me teaching as doctrines
the Commandments of men in vain we pray
in vain we ask when we come with our
mouth alone but our hearts far from God
how sad that is that people think
they're worshiping but actually it's in
vain yes because our heart is far from
God means when we come to God we should
bring our heart first before our mouth
we should not be too quick to speak when
you bring your heart when you engage
your heart before God the scripture say
we don't know what to ask we don't know
what to pray for Romans 8 2627 that's
why the Holy Spirit intercedes
absolutely in words we cannot yes go
ahead those you cannot we cannot
comprehend thank you when the Holy
Spirit Come he will take you to God's
presence first and then will help you
how to pray and what to pray for we
often hear that Prayer Changes Things
and that's not entirely true yes prayer
changes us prayer changes us and Faith
changes things Faith causing things to
happen let's break that run down prayer
changes me because it takes our Focus
off ourself we all enter God's presence
because we have trouble because nobody
comes to Jesus in Comfort am I right
very often we come because of our burden
but the Bible say don't don't be too
quick
to ask for solution try to find out what
God is saying in the matter that's why
we bring all burdens before Jesus to God
and asking to know God's opinion on the
matter it is God's opinion on the matter
that will reveal his will on the matter
Jesus walking towards the cross was not
for
himself it was for you and I for
humankind because he said nobody takes
my life I lay down myself I have the
power to give my life and to take it
back that's the command of my father so
it is the motivation that is important
when Peter heard what Jesus said I'm
going to Jerusalem they will arrest me
they will spit on me and they will kill
me on the third day I will rise Peter
say what God forbid never happened to
you why
selfishness Peter was focusing on
himself on the natural side with emotion
with love for Jesus but Jesus was
thinking the thoughts of God not the
thoughts of man so when we judge
situations and others from a human point
of view it's actually a selfish attitude
is that right absolutely because very
often we judge people because we have a
mindset a negative mindset prejudgment
against others and that is not good
remember in John chapter 8 verse 11 when
they brought the adulterous woman before
Jesus the Pharisees the Sadducees the
the teachers of the law who brought that
woman to Jesus for judgment that's why
they brought her for judgment because
the law of Moses said anybody who commit
a sin must be ston to death so the
decision was made
already they had a prejudgment on woman
already they judg her in their hearts
already they just want confirmation and
when they brought it to Jesus said
Master the law of Moses said if you
catch any person on the act of doing
adultery that such person should be
stoned to that's what the law of Moses
say yeah they were trying to trick him
you what do you
say so when we take the situation on
literal senses on the letter you're
going to Stone the woman that's what the
letter says that's why even a judg when
you go to any court today no judge will
go by the face value they do
investigation to find out what was the
motivation of the person you will never
condemn any person if you realize the
person has psychatric
problem the first is the person has his
own mind
has he done this act willfully
consciously with all his mind that's
when guilt can come because if the
person is out of his mind because he has
psychc problem you canot say he Express
his will he doesn't know what he's doing
so rather than judge him take him to
prison they will take him to hospital
for treatment and that was the right
judgment right but in the case we're
talking about when they brought the
woman to Jesus Jesus looked at him said
if any of you has not never committed
sin be the first to throw the
stor I just love that word that Jesus
spoke because it just shows that Jesus
is the father of every heart every heart
from now till the end of the ages and
everyone has to answer to him whether we
understand it or not or we realize it or
not we do have to answer to him and that
is why he he knew what had happened in
each person's heart because he knew the
motive and that's he only he was in the
position to say that judgment rightful
judgment is to get into the heart of the
matter and you can't do that without the
Holy Spirit no you because the holy
spirit always gets into the heart of the
matter he never judges situation by Fai
Val or by hear say or by what situation
looks like he looks beyond to the heart
to find up the motivation of the person
behind that action we should not be
quick to judge not be too quick to judge
judge if the rightful judge who sees a
heart does not rush into judgment why
should we rush into judgment that's why
many relationships have been
so
strained because we we we judge people
on on today okay and we don't know what
tomorrow brings husband and wife today
we have many if I ask if we are honest
we have so many marriages relationship
marri to relationship that are strain
today because of this
mindset marriage is a Unity of heart and
purpose and mind the heart agrees right
if our heart agrees we should not have
any division in our hearts and that's
why God said in the Book of Malachi
chapter 2 I am the witness of your
wedding that's what God said be careful
that in your heart you will not betray
your wife or your husband the heart
that's why Jesus say if a man looks at a
woman it his heart without saying any
words
but desire to have relation with a woman
he has committed adultery in his
heart Jesus always gets into the heart
of the matter the heart and he said if
anyone of you has not committed any sin
be the first to throw he just
demonstrated with just that sentence
that he's the father of every heart
absolutely by saying this the motivation
what brought that woman to that act
however sinful it is the same Temptation
everybody's faced today the hierarchy of
sin can only be determined by Jesus sin
sin lying is sin killing is sin the sin
of Adam just disobeying to
Adam the SE of Adam that disob eating a
food and say how can this bring death to
him not only to him but to the whole
world what matters is not the action but
the motivation behind the action we have
time to talk about it in in depth but if
you see yeah because he willfully
disobeyed God and he had chance to
repent and he didn't good if I see you
doing something which does not seem
right to me which does not
seem instead of me praying over it or
asking you I come to a conclusion
because I expect you to do right thing
so I said ah what she did it seems
strength to me instead of inquiring from
God or finding out you come to Quick
mindset and judgment that's why mindset
is a problem negative mindset negative
mindset bad feeling towards others
prejudgment which is fed by pure
ignorance can come to a judgment wrong
judgment that's why I was thinking at
the I said at the beginning that we as
Believers you know we we are supposed to
be with a difference we're in this world
but not part of it so we should refrain
from allowing our hearts to be drawn to
division to
judgment um to anger to bitterness when
we see or hear things that's happening
around us and rather we should we should
do what is good to change the bad we see
be a force for love judgment is is
double edged sword you can judge what is
not
right but you must have a sense of
judgment to do what is right and that is
what I want to say if I have judgment is
not just to say this is bad this is bad
but the rightful judgment say this is
good this is what you should
do yes it's a double side what I mean
okay when I enter into relationship with
the
person what is the motivation to say
this is the person this is this before
you go the Bible says inquire from God
when you inquire from God you have the
rightful Judgment of anything you do you
will know the right place to go the
right type of people to meet the right
type of job to have that's rightful
judgment we need to have the positive
side of it if we have rightful judgment
and that cannot happen without inquiring
from the Holy Spirit then we should
guard against judging people
because no one is righteous not even one
without Holy Ghost we cannot get into
the heart of the matter if you ask
anyone who is honest and sincere what
type of person I want to marry I want to
live in they will mention criteria that
are all based on the
outside beautiful beautiful eyes
beautiful nose beautiful body tall
whatever everybody has his own how how
do you call it
preferences but
the most important is the inside who we
talk about the heart a man or woman that
fears God that's the
heart our heart does things before our
mouth that's the
motivation that's why the Bible say when
you think
negatively you are bound to speak
negatively and act
negatively that's why the Lord warns
everybody in that Matthew chter
15:8 that what defiles us is what comes
from our mouth all our motivation anger
resentment divorce separation attack
always come from the heart of a
person that's why remember what Peter
said to ananas in act chapter
5 that's that's a clear example of
judgment let's take the example at early
church in the
beginning the disciples were selling all
their
properties and bring it in common in the
treasury so anybody who's in need
receive help right yeah we have Anan and
sa Safa they came to the they sell their
property it was their own property they
have the right to do whatever they want
to do it they sell their property let's
say the house is 1 million they say
let's tell them the house is half
500,000 he came they say okay our house
was sold 500,000 this 500,000 and the
less they kept it that's what they did
it was a property
could have said okay I give him 500 if
they said to Peter the house is 1
million I get 500 and I give nothing
would have happen I really believe
because you're free it's your free will
offering from your heart but they were
trying to but they came to say they're
entirely from Jesus the house is sold at
this
price Peter was a man led by the Holy
Ghost with rightful
judgment inquire from the Holy Spirit
the Holy Spirit revealed to him the
truth that the P of house is not what
they said this the real
price when Peter heard this what did he
say he said you have sinned against the
Holy Spirit why you allow Satan to fill
your heart so that you can lie to the
Holy Spirit you have not lied to man but
to God that was a judgment and when we
read the Bible we got scared by the
Judgment they came and immediately what
happened to they fell dead yeah anytime
that P I got extremely scar say thank
God we don't have this but there was a
sense of Judge rightful judgment which
was extremely clear on motivational
actions and also knowing that the holy
spirit is there in every single decision
that you make every single thought in
your heart the holy spirit is witnessed
to that thank you for saying this now if
you have awareness if I have awareness
the Holy Ghost is inside of
me I should be extremely careful of my
thoughts first before I talk about my
words because everything starts in the
thoughts m
that's why as a Christian a Believer
should be careful of what he looks at
what he sees what he touches that can
influence his
thoughts bad feelings negative thoughts
start from here you don't need to
express it but God hears it and it
matters to the Holy Spirit that's why
when we have the sensitivity of God's
presence in our heart through the Holy
Ghost anytime our mind begin to drift
towards something that's not
right your conscious will dud
immediately because of who because the
Holy Ghost will prompt your heart before
you step into action that's why we need
to be always be sensitive to the voice
of our conscience because that's how the
Holy Spirit speaks to us absolutely
that's why Jam say nobody can tempt God
canot be tempted but sin is when we are
attracted by our own Desire by our own
will that we then we are enticed to fall
into the temptation of prejudgment Jud
judging others the question is the
person you are judging today no matter
how bad the person may seem Look to You
on human
judgment ask yourself what does Jesus
think about that person because we we
are not God we have to keep reminding
ourselves that God's standard of
judgment is different from our own God
tests our heart to reward us because
he's his focus is the motive behind what
we do exact Soul we know Soul we know
Soul who was soul well Saul was the one
who was persecuting all the Christians
yes terribly in a very harsh weight
forces them to
blashe he was his chosen vessel yes no
when he was going to persecute the
people in Damascus having letters of
recommendation from the teachers of the
law Steven he stood there as Steven was
killed and stoned to death yes that was
his Zeal but he had a Zeal for the law
of Moses but Zeal marked with with
ignorance of spiritual
things he judges the situation on the
letter we judge but the word of God we
approach it in the letter we have the
wrong judgment there's a letter of the
word there a spirit of the of the word
wait say that again there's the letter
of the word and we have the spirit of
the word the Divine meaning of the word
so you can be very
committed zealous for towards the letter
of the word and yet completely missing
the point if it's not spirit is not in
truth and so it's all nothing that's
what Jesus said to them if you know that
I Del like Mercy you will never condemn
innocent people that's what Jesus said
Jesus met ananas one of the disciples
who knew who Soul was in the dream and
when Jesus mentioned the name of Saul he
say hey Lord this man is a wolf he's a
terrible person no I mean just think
about it in today's society if someone
who's
publicly persecuted in people that
believe in Jesus and then suddenly God
reveals to you that oh this is actually
the one I want to use as my chosen
vessel wow and that's what happened and
I mean yeah motivation behind the action
of Soul was pure ignorance he had a Zeal
without knowledge and he even said it in
that book of Timothy chapter 1 but now
what was the answer of Jesus to him he's
My Chosen vessel God does not consider
our now our past to determine our future
we need to understand that because Jesus
is a tomorrow thinker he has Vision
thank you Jesus is looking at your your
tomorrow thank you even even your 10
years from now thank you your 20 years
from now this is what matters to Jesus
but we're so concentrated on now now now
and even not even now yesterday the pain
of the past the the the Betrayal of the
past the disappointment of the past the
scars of the past we're so full of all
these scars that we find it difficult to
even live today let alone trust our
tomorrow in the hands of Jesus and yet
Jesus knows what we can become tomorrow
if we fully submit to him and that's
what he's looking at I always remember
you know Prophet T josua was such a man
of vision you know he looked at us a
situation where when we came so many
years ago there was no way all of this
was in our mind no we just wanted to to
not miss salvation yet God knew God knew
because God knew the plan he he had for
every single person Jesus never never
never considers your past to determine
your
future Jesus came to change our lives to
change our Focus we humans we keep
record of the offenses of the
past we keep a record of every wrong
done to us that's why we find it so so
difficult to
forgive you have done it again
again you will keep record of the past
but the Bible say loves keeps no record
of
wrong when Jesus looked at you and I as
it for Samar woman his purpose is to
give you a new focus of
future Satan the devil we all know
always speaks about our past our
unworthy
past no one was born righteous not no no
one but Jesus has come to remove that
past and give you a new future and if
can do it for you he can do it for
someone else as well that you're
currently looking at with the eyes of
judgment if Jesus can remove our past
and point us to the Future then he can
do it for everyone that is why we
shouldn't judge anyone on account of
today because tomorrow is a mystery so
when the Pharisees brought that lady
they were considering her
but you say rightfully that tomorrow is
a mystery that only God knows when Jesus
is correcting you and me all of us it's
because of the
future when God say don't do
this you may not do it today but you may
do it tomorrow correction judgment
everything God has spoken through the
mouth of the Prophet as a warning is for
the future when God said to the Prophet
Jeremiah tell them that if they continue
to do this I will send the enemy
nebukadnezar will come he will burn the
city he will kill everybody but God was
saying this to trigger a sense of
repentance say hey God sorry we come
back we stop doing evil we come back to
you that's true because it's how we
respond to that correction or that
judgment that is actually what Jesus is
looking at as well that will determine
your
future your response to correction this
ter is your future and when we talk
about correction here we mean correction
in the power of the Holy Spirit
absolutely you
when you read your Bible and something
comes to your heart that can be God
correcting you you know because the word
of God has power power for converting
power purifying power it's a
double-edged sword so good you mentioned
correction how do you correction
correction is not judgment there's a
difference between correction and
judgment
judgment is a mindset a preset judgment
in your mind already you have decided to
judge the person already but correction
is to help someone is to help the person
to change how do you correct the person
don't say hey this is bad you are this
you are this that's condemnation do what
is good in the sight of the person to
change the bad you
see that's why the Bible tells us in
Galatians six that we should be gentle
yes in our correction that is be a
little by example example mean let your
character show let the person see in the
way you speak act a reason to come to
you say I'm sorry
do what is good in the sight of God to
change the bad you see if the person is
an angry person be gentle let him see
your gentleness so you can say I'm sorry
if the person is pride we don't respond
by Pride let him see humility let your
humility convince him to say ha I'm
sorry to wrong canot make what a right
so what do you do the weapons of
righteousness the Bible says when we see
a situation don't be too quick to judge
you should find out from God's
perspective what is the mind of God
about the situation we judge today we
arrogate the position of God to judge
people correction is our duty but
judgment is God's Duty correction in
love in love of course and with the
right motivation correction not to see
someone fall down but to help someone in
fact I really really appreciate all
those throughout my journey who took
time to correct me for God's sake I
really see the the product of that the
the consequence of that the result of
that and that's why the Bible says in
the Book of Proverbs you know if you're
wise you should not despise correction
you should appreciate correction in the
power of the Holy Spirit what do you say
the power of the Holy Spirit mean
judgment lead to punishment right but
correction leads to Amendment repentance
and
Reconciliation there are two ways of
approaching this Holy Bible Jesus his
attitude was constant
correction showing God's standard of
doing things when the Pharisees was
opposing him asking him question Jesus
responded with the wisdom of God he
spoke what is right in the sight of God
when you think right speak right and act
right in the sight of God you are
correcting everybody people are reading
you we talk about Prophet iosha well
right his lifestyle was a constant
correction to everybody
El why correction
you will see the way he attended to the
simple people to the poor to even those
offended him his reaction towards them
you will never see him fighting people
answering back never his attitude
humility doing what is right in the
sight of God to change the Bible to see
so now the weapons of righteousness are
the fruit of the
spirit so exercise the fruit of the
spirit in the face of the fruit of the
Flesh and that's the change we talking
about let your character reflect Christ
character if people insult you don't
insult back if you insult back what's
the difference Jesus said if you love
only
those even those who say that inj they
love their children anybody can do but
love your enemy pray for those who
persecute you bless do not curse that's
the weapons of righteousness we're
talking about and that will actually
disarm those who have a bad uh Judgment
of you you know this does not mean
correction will not take place
correction is our duty if we see
something wrong correct in
Love by telling the truth by showing the
truth leadership by example that's what
bring change you know that person will
now listen to the voice of the holy
spirit in their heart prompting their
conscience to know that what they're
doing is
wrong Christian mean Christ likeness
Christ likeness okay the question
anytime you fa a situation of opposition
ask
yourself how would Jesus react in such a
situation somebody embarrass you insult
you remember Jesus was
embarrassed
constantly insulted constantly opposed
constantly they even say he cast demon
by Bel they even say he's de he's
possessed he's demonized there's nothing
that you not say against Jes Jesus but
how did he
responded he responded with
forgiveness and Truth was ignored
ignorance of the truth the truth is
hidden truth not intellectually need to
be perceived spiritually so your
integrity no matter how good you are on
the inside can never be perceived
intellectually it has to be discerned
Integrity cannot be understood perceived
intellectually but spiritually mean you
canot know the heart of man if you're
not held by the Holy Ghost ask God to
help you to get into the heart of the
matter of a situation before coming to
judgment ask them to show you the heart
the motivation of the heart of person so
you can have rightful judgment this
being said we have the Avenue the
weapons of righteousness that can heal
your relationship with
everyone service your relationship
absolutely service it we need to we talk
about that do you service your
relationship you have to take care of
each
relationship you should not take it for
granted
because life what gives
us joy
wealth Health in life it's all about
relationship how do you service the
relationship how do we service it it's
true but how do we serice you know your
vehicle you drive your vehicle and you
have a computer tell you in in 100 miles
you have to take it to the garage
computer will helping you to take it for
service to change the oil to clean this
to keep it to maintain relationship need
to be maintained M when you don't wait
till situation
emerged to
act love never waits for situation to
come
anticipate that's why we need to service
don't wait for the person to ask you to
do this do that do it spontaneously for
God's sake don't ra someone to ask for
help do it spons from your heart ask God
what can I do to help somebody everybody
want to change somebody they don't know
how to go about it but did you yield
your heart to be a servant for Holy
Ghost to use you to bless others
remember what makes us human is what is
not our ability to think but our ability
to love which kind of love everybody has
somebody to love but every has somebody
say I don't love this person I don't
like this when you look at person on the
outside it will not take long to see
something you don't like nobody's
perfect but it takes a lifetime to see
the beauty in the heart of the person
beyond what you can say you say don't
reject anybody because of today tomorrow
is Mystery okay when ananas was saying
Paul was a bad person but Jesus saw the
future the future Apostle you say He's
My Chosen
vessel God is not looking at our
kindness our obedience now but obedience
in 20 years in 50 years to go somebody
can be good today but
tomorrow the mystery can be
bad you pretend for a long time but
eventually the real wonderful tomorrow
the real character will come out that's
why we should rush into decision to
judge too
quickly people judge Jesus on the
outside in John 7:2 some say he's a good
person some say he's a bad person he
deceased person even those say he's good
and welcome at P Sunday hosana hosana
the same people said crucify him crucify
him crucify him so we we shouldn't yeah
that's another thing we shouldn't be so
concerned about people's opinion about
us even people that we don't know what
should matter to us is God's opinion
about us and God tests our heart to
reward us the purpose of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ the purpose of
Salvation the purpose of the Holy Bible
can be summed up in one word
righteousness what is righteousness
right standing before God not right
standing before man right standing mean
rightful judgment for God's sake God
said to Abraham walk before me
blamelessly by doing what is right
thinking right speaking right acting
right according to the mind of God every
single day of Our Lives we are meant to
be like Jesus we have to behave like him
and the task is huge that's why Jesus
say carry your cross and follow me what
is your cross your cross is not the wood
the cross is your body the cross is
myself self self my self will that's
always wanting to go opposite to to what
God wants
absolutely if my flesh is crucified and
I carry the cross ask Jesus to help me I
will walk in the footstep of Christ in
righteousness every single day of life
if you do so you will have capacity to
bless people around you you will never
destroy any relationship Beyond repair
for tomorrow is Mystery there will
always room for forgiveness and your
marriage your relationship your friends
you will never lose a friend you will
never destroy any relationship being
repair people may may leave you but you
will never leave anybody but Jesus Will
service that
relationship thank you amen so thank you
so much for joining us and uh how to
service our relationship how not to
judge on a human level but correct in
God's love we can't do any of this
without the help of the holy spirit so
let's continue to ask the Holy Spirit to
give us more of him and take more of us
in Jesus name thank you that's the right
prayer take take more of me and give me
more of you Holy Spirit take more of my
lies and give me more of your truth Holy
Spirit of Truth forgive my lies help me
to be truthful Holy Spirit of humility
forgive my pride and give me your
humility lead me to humility these are
the things we should pray
for to put on Christ as our
righteousness every single day and in by
doing that you're servicing your heart
and if you service your heart then
definitely your relationships a service
because you relate with others through
your heart by doing so you are asking
Holy Ghost to fill you and when he fills
you he will fill you and that love will
overflow to others in Jesus name amen
amen