8/20/17 "According To The Sword"

8/20/17

5 Minutes of Focus
"According To The Sword"

For the Word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing the soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it JUDGES the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Heb 4:12 NIV

"No one can judge me, but God...You can't judge me." Honestly, I think that saying is just used as an cop out or excuse for the person saying it, to keep doing what they're doing.

But in the current culture we're living in...You're going to wish you had picked up that bible of yours more than on Sunday and judged somebody and some things too.

Why? Because the bible is  the only book I know, that will keep it real with you ABOUT EVERYTHING.

SOMEBODY: Right now, you're kinda involved  with somebody and you can feel something is wrong but  you're afraid to JUDGE them...So you keep giving them the benefit of the doubt (an undeserved opportunity).

Beloved, There is a difference between judging and being judgmental.
Judging means to decide, decree, pronounce.
Judgmental means having a negative, condemning, overcritical attitude towards somebody or something.

What I'm strongly suggesting you do is : Pick up that bible, that sword that's sharper than any double-edged sword; that sword that penetrates, divides the soul and spirit, that sword that JUDGES the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Pick up that bible and read it and JUDGE- decide, decree, pronounce to that person and/or situation what shall be, what's acceptable and not acceptable in your life.
That's what a double-edged sword does...It helps and it hurts. In this case, let it help you get to root of some lingering issues/questions that exist in your life right now.

Are you involved with a potential Boaz or a poisonous Judas? Judge them. Are you involved with Abigail or in a relationship from hell? Judge them according to the Word of God, according to the sword of the spirit.
Judge them according to the Word (sword) and not your personal opinion or others personal opinion of them...Now that would be judgemental.

The scripture that says: Do not judge, or you too will be judged in Matt 7:1-5 NIV is talking about having a judgmental attitude towards somebody when you, yourself are not perfect (there's a plank in your eye that needs to be removed).
But JUDGE is actually the same word DECIDE OR DECREE and the bible in
Job 22:28 AMPC tells us to make some decisions.

God would not have us to be indecisive  (promoting confusion)...So start JUDGING some people, things, situations, job opportunities, etc., DECIDE where's the best place for you to live, work, relocate to etc., DECREE over your child/children,  over that relationship, friendship, your marriage, family, business, ministry  etc. what shall be and what is and is not acceptable.
In Jesus name.

Simply put..
Focus Points:

1. HAVE A STANDARD and live by it...To do that successfully though requires JUDGING some people and things.

2. Ignore those that say, "Only God can JUDGE ME"....Not only do they not know the bible...They clearly don't know the difference between judging and being judgemental.

Do the research please and thank you...Geez.  LOL

Until Next Sunday.
LPS~ Love, Prophetess Stacy