FEBRUARY 16 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#04-03 >>> Lessons, Lifestyle, and Parables of Jesus <<< JQ#4 “And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?” (Matthew 7:3)

LIVING FOR JESUS --- Daily Devotional

FEBRUARY 16  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#04-03 >>> Lessons, Lifestyle, and Parables of Jesus <<<   JQ#4  “And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?” (Matthew 7:3)

047 of 365 - Prayers to JESUS    

Jesus, Lord this is my prayer, of all the things I could be doing and all the places I could go, I have chosen to start each and every day by writing the Name above all names — JESUS! Lord, over the years as I have tried virtually every thing under the sun, nothing has ever given me peace nor made me a better person than calling on  the Name of Jesus! There is Truth and there is Hope, and there is the Assurance that what God has said He Will Do, He Does — Lord, Your Word is Holy and Your Way is the True Path of Righteousness so I pray for Your Guidance and Your Presence to lead me forward.     AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

FEBRUARY 16  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#04-03 >>> Lessons, Lifestyle, and Parables of Jesus <<<   JQ#4  “And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?” (Matthew 7:3) Jesus started this section by giving us a command to “Judge not…” (Matthew 7:1a) and there is a gnawing in my spirit that is linking this command to today’s new age definition of “tolerance”. Like so many other words used to control our thought process by whoever it is that thinks that the average man cannot think for himself, the new meaning of “tolerance” does not carry the same meaning that I grew up with. These verses from the Holy Bible are being used against Christians in this new age of “tolerance” as we are accused of being “intolerant” if we don’t accept people that have made different life choices than we as Christians have made under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and living a life as commanded by God Himself. When we look at “tolerating” people, the new age definition has rewritten the definition to mean that we completely accept them without passing “judgment” on them and have been led to believe that “total acceptance” is the “right thing” to do and they are using this command from Jesus “not to judge others” as proof that Jesus would have accepted them. The problem I have with that thinking is that if we “tolerate” the ungodly as defined by God Himself then we are putting man’s definition of “tolerance” above the Godly Moral Standard and effectively have made “Tolerance” our new god as we substitute God’s Moral Standard with new age “total acceptance” of every type of behavior in the name of “new age tolerance”! We have allowed our society to climb out on a very slippery slope by “accepting” without question the new definitions that are being imposed on our social philosophy. Two instances: (1) Abortion and (2) Same sex marriages. When did we as a society drop our Moral Standards based on God’s word and allow a government appointed representative body of 9 people (all lawyers) to decide what is “morally acceptable” by a simple majority of as little as 5 people and declare the behavior “legal” for millions of people? We as a society have allowed the establishment of a new godhead in the government that is “appointed” by the current administration and we are letting them use whatever political standard they chose to establish what is morally acceptable for our entire society?! “The LORD is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth…” (Isaiah 40:28) and yet the government in their thirst for “power and control” will soon be passing legislation to outlaw the use of God’s Moral Standard and new laws will be written to support this new moral standard based on this new definition of “Tolerance”! Talk about a “double standard” —they will outlaw the Bible first but then use it to justify their new “Tolerance” law because Jesus said “Judge not…” !?!?! This discourse on letting the world establish the Moral Standard is in my opinion the result of Christians “… giving what is holy to the dogs…” and “casting our pearls before swine” because I see the future of Christians (if we stay on this slippery slope) “trampled under [the government’s feet]” as they “turn and tear [Christians] to pieces…” (Matthew 7:6) Surely we must “educate” the government that “judge not” is to be applied to everyone that is not God, and that includes the entire government, elected and appointed! If we abandon God’s Moral Standard and replace it with a “opinion” from the “supreme court” comprised of “appointed” justices that cannot use God’s Moral Standard to make a decision, then there is no justice!!!