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Judging by Whose Authority?

Nationshaker you were made to walk in mercy, not measurement!

Matthew 7:1-2 "Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you." Yeshua said something frequently quoted, though not always understood: “Do not judge, so that neither will you be judged.” The Greek word translated as “judge” is krinō (κρίνω), and it means to separate, decide, evaluate, or pass a sentence.

As He continues with the Sermon on the Mount, Yeshua (Jesus) has so far been talking about the inner life of the heart. He has already dealt with anger, lust, retaliation, love for one's enemies, secret giving, prayer, fasting, mammon, worry, and the need to seek the Kingdom first. Now He considers how we look at other people. Kingdom life is not only shown in the way we pray, give, and trust God; it is also displayed in the way we regard our brother. The problem is not merely what we observe in others; the problem is the spirit in which we judge them. The judgment with which you judge people will be measured out to you, and you will receive back from them the very standard that you use. Consider the word 'measure', middah (מִדָּה) in Hebrew; it is also the same term used for a container, a portion, an exact quantity poured out. The container that you use when pouring out judgment on someone else is the same container that will be used to pour something back on you. Blessed belongs to the one who has traded the measuring cup of judgment for the measuring cup of mercy. Blessed is the one who sees another's weakness through the same grace that once covered his own, for the measure you pour out today is the very measure Heaven is already preparing to pour back into your own life, full, overflowing, and right on time. Do yourself a great favor, and check YOUR Container.

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Judging by Whose Authority?