A
depiction of Christ repelling spiritual corruption and darkness from
the life of a young sinner.
Today,
reply is on the wisdom of judging the conversion of others among
Christian believers; and that judgment, repentance and salvation are
operations that may be managed and completed only by GOD. Judgment
within the church of Jesus Christ is to be an operation of the Holy
Spirit, not the emotions, opinions, and politics of the flesh. To
arrive at justice, otherwise invisible elements and subtleties (i.e.,
barely visible differences; hidden shifts in focus, meaning, and
value)—both
good and bad—must
be uncovered and revealed. It is written: 1st
Corinthians 4: 1-5, King James Version (KJV): 1 Let a man so
account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the
mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man
be found faithful. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I
should be judged of you, or of man’s
judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 4 For I know nothing by
myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the
Lord. 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord
come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and
will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every
man have praise of God. One of the fighters in the “Yahoo!
Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID
“Anonymous” (no profile data shared) posted the following:
Christians:
If Jeffrey Dahmer truly repented as he says on YouTube "What if
Dahmer found God earlier", is he in Heaven? Isn't that unfair?
that
atheists yet go to hell, and such an individual gets the chance to
"Heaven" just for regretting 17 murders?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse
thee, and thou be found guilty. There is a generation that
curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. There is
a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet
is not washed from their filthiness. There is a
generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted
up. There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords,
and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the
earth, and the needy from among men. (Proverbs 30: 10-14,
King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Repentance Must Happen Now (06/07/2019); Become As
Little Children (12/13/2018); Foolish People and Unwise (10/26/2017);
Conversion is by GOD? (08/23/2016); Theoretical Forgiveness?
(07/03/2013); The Return in Glory? (07/04/2013); About Conversion
(09/03/2012); By Grace (09/04/2012)
“Anonymous”,
mature Christian believers usually agree, it is unwise to judge the
spiritual fullness and quality of others within the church; more than
a change of attitudes, behavior modification, and good manners must
appear. There must be an examination of the full spirit content
within the other. Our focus as those also in need of salvation
should be on displaying the image of Jesus Christ to the world, and
on fulfilling ones own accountability, commitment, and preparation.
The process and substance of human judgment emerge from and continue
aspects of our lives on the earth that are carnal, material, and
social. For believers to understand properly the divine process of
judgment, of repentance, or of becoming joined to divinity through
the resurrection of Jesus Christ first requires our acknowledgment
that GOD is a spirit who operates on the earth within the
consciousness and self-will (willpower) of created beings and living
creatures. Divine fullness (we also say, divinity; the Godhead; the
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) is present and active through law,
sacred principles for exchange and interaction, eternal purpose, and
the sovereign will of GOD. Just as divinity is the origin of
existence and life, GOD is the origin of forgiveness, mercy,
redemption, repentance, and salvation. In addition to grace,
impartiality and divine prerogative being elements in the
administration of sacred law, the inseparable aspects of spirit
substance within the makeup of GOD together determine the outcome of
all divine reviews. Included are faith, holiness, oneness without
sameness, personhood, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Judgment
appears as a further revelation of the unseen wherein the
righteousness of divinity will appear, rather than emotion, favor, or
feelings. Consider again the following that uses language from the
Bible:
1.
Ezekiel 18: 23-30, King James Version (KJV): 23 Have I any
pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD:
and not that he should return from his ways, and live? 24
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and
committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the
abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his
righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his
trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned,
in them shall he die. 25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not
equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your
ways unequal? 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his
iniquity that he hath done shall he die. 27 Again, when the wicked
man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed,
and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul
alive. 28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his
transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall
not die. 29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is
not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your
ways unequal? 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel,
every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD.
Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so
iniquity shall not be your ruin.
2.
Romans 14: 4, KJV: 4 Who art thou that judgest another man’s
servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be
holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
3.
James 4: 11-12, KJV: 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren.
He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother,
speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the
law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one
lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that
judgest another?
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 4. Revelation 21: 6-8, KJV: 6 And he
said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the
water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things;
and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful,
and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers,
and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in
the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second
death.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto
you according to your faith.
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