Originally posted by Regret
They may be scripture, and God's words, but you use them to judge, and you are not appointed to judge your brethren. Here is some counsel from scripture:
John 7:24
Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”
Jesus is telling me to judge with "righteous judgment." There is a difference between condemning someone and judging someone. Only God is able to condemn (as someone to Hell for rejecting His love manifested in Jesus Christ). But judging with righteous judgment can be done by anyone.
Now, I am not judging my "brethren," my brethren/sisters are those who are born again, those who follow Jesus Christ. None of the people who I have identified as deceivers and antichrists are saved folk, they are all unsaved folk. Again, if saying what the Bible says is a crime then throw me in jail.
Secondly, judgment is not wrong per se as long as it is done with the right motive and not according to appearance but based on what is actually taken place. I already gave you guys/girls vivid examples of how we label things all day long and no one has a problem with it. But call a person who denies that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh a deceiver and an not the antichrist, and hypocrisy emerges. I have said all along an even shown/proven from the Bible that this is what God calls you if you deny that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh and yet you still balk. Just know that saying what God says about a matter is not a sin. If I were to say someting other than what God says (like you Regret and Peejayd) then I could understand getting upset. You (and anyone else who wants to get in on the action) have yet to convict me of saying something other than what God has said. That is why I quote the Word incessantly, so that I don't make the mistakes that you and others make of stating things that can not be validated by God's Word (the Bible). If Eve had quoted the Word she would never have been seduced by the serpent (satan). But did she do that? No, she started doing like you and many others who start rationalizing and reasoning and trying to think independent of God on matters that you should not (they are to critical). I have been called every disrespectful word that some of you could imagine simply because I think in harmony with God and His Word. I have been called a robot, a programmed person, accused of not having my own mind, and many other untrue things simply because I quote/and or speak God's Word. I do that so that you will know that it is not me saying these things. You guys/girls are really mad with God but in your blindness and anger you attack me (the messenger).
Saying what God has said has made me an unpopular person. Although I have had several people commend me via posts and private messages on what I am doing. In fact I just read one this morning. To God be the glory and His Son the Lord Jesus Christ for that. I take no credit for any of it. I am satisfied with knowing that my true rewards will be conferred on me when I stand before Jesus Christ and hear Him tell me, "Well done good and faithful servant...." He will tell me other good things but this is the main one that I want to hear. But the point is that I am not here to win any argument or popularity contests. It is obvious. If I was concerned with that it would be an easy contest to win. All I would have to do is say what you guys want me to say and I would be the apple of everyone's eye. But I refuse to do that. I will speak the Truth regardless of whether anyone likes it or not.
Call me whatever you want. But when I stand before Jesus Christ, He will not have to ask me,
[COLOR=red]"Why didn't you tell the people what I told you to tell them? Why didn't you tell the people that they were on their way to Hell? You knew that if these people died in their sins without calling on Me in faith, and asking Me to save them from their sins that they would go to Hell. You know that I am the only way to God the Father in Heaven. You know that all people are born sinners and in need of Me the Savior to wash away their sins. You know that there is a Heaven to gain and a Hell to shun. You know that there is coming a Day of Judgment (or reckoning and settling up). You know that all the religions of the world are false and futile attempts at getting to God. You know that My Word is true. You know all of these things and yet you didn't tell the people."
Jesus Christ will not have to say any of those words to me when I stand before His awesome, mighty, powerful, supreme Presence. But instead here is what I believe that I will hear from Jesus: [/color]
Matthew 25:21
His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
That is all I aspire to hear from my Lord, Savior, and God--Jesus the Christ of Nazareth.
I know one thing: if I was in the garden of Eden I would not have been deceived (based on how you all characterize me of always quoting God's Word). Jesus did it when the devil tempted Him and tried to get Him to sin. Every time the devil said something to Jesus, Jesus replied with, [COLOR=red]"It is written or It has been said," then Jesus would quote the Bible (mainly from the first five Books of the Bible). Eve didn't have the Bible but she still had God's Spoken Word. God told her not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil because if she did, then she would surely die. Actually God did not tell Eve, He told Adam. Adam probably relayed God's Word to Eve. But the point is that when the devil tempted Eve and tried to get her to sin, Eve should have quoted God's Word to the devil just like Jesus did. The devil would have left her alone just like He left Jesus alone. Any believer can resist the devil this way. Submit therefore to God (by trusting in His Word and speaking it when the devil tempts you and tries to get you to sin), resist the devil, and he will flee (as if in terror).[/color]