Part 3 How to Judge - Ami Yisrael · "And why do you look at the speck in your brother's ... made you a prince and a judge over us? ... (“derek” – the “road

Part 3 – How to Judge

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"Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 "For with what

judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the

measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3

"And why do you look at the speck in your brother's

eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4

"Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove

the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your

own eye? NKJ Matthew 7:1-2

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ESV Proverbs 21:3 To do

righteousness and justice is

more acceptable to the LORD

than sacrifice.

God commanded His people to

establish judges

The Messianic Kingdom is

dependent upon having qualified

judges

Judges must prepare themselves

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Review:

Avoid Having to Make a

Judgment.

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NKJ Exodus 18:14-16 So when Moses' father-in-

law saw all that he did for the people, he said,

"What is this thing that you are doing for the

people? Why do you alone sit, and all the people

stand before you from morning until evening?" 15

And Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the

people come to me to inquire of God. 16 "When

they have a difficulty, they come to me, and I

judge between one and another; and I make

known the statutes of God and His laws."

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NKJ Luke 12:14 . . . "Man, who made Me a judge

or an arbitrator over you?"

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ESV Matthew 18:15 "If

your brother sins

against you, go and tell

him his fault, between

you and him alone. If he

listens to you, you have

gained your brother.

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ESV Exodus 2:13 When

he went out the next

day, behold, two

Hebrews were

struggling together. And

he said to the man in

the wrong, "Why do you

strike your companion?" 14 He answered, "Who

made you a prince and

a judge over us? Do you

mean to kill me as you

killed the Egyptian?" 9

Judge by the Torah Only

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ESV Exodus 18:16 . . .

when they have a

dispute, they come to

me and I decide

between one person

and another, and I make

them know the statutes

of God and his laws

(torah)."

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NKJ Deuteronomy 4:2

"You shall not add to the

word which I command

you, nor take from it,

that you may keep the

commandments of the

LORD your God which I

command you.

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NKJ Deuteronomy 1:16

"Then I commanded

your judges at that time,

saying, 'Hear the cases

between your brethren,

and judge righteously

between a man and his

brother or the stranger

who is with him.

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Justice =

“tsedaqah” (ְצָדָקה – Strong’s 6666)

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Righteousness =

“tsedaqah” (ְצָדָקה – Strong’s 6666)

“tsedeq” ( ֶצֶדק – Strong’s 6664) “to be just, be righteous” (Strong’s)

“purity of heart and rectitude of life” (Unger’s)

“yashar” ( יָָשר- Strong’s 3477)

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KJV Job 8:6 If thou wert pure and upright (yashar); surely

now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of

thy righteousness (tsedeq) prosperous.

ESV Psalm 94:14-15 14 For the LORD will not forsake his

people; he will not abandon his heritage; 15 for justice will

return to the righteous (tsedeq), and all the upright

(yashar) in heart will follow it.

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“tsedeq” ( ֶצֶדק – Strong’s 6664) “to be just, be righteous” (Strong’s)

“purity of heart and rectitude of life” (Unger’s)

“yashar” ( יָָשר - Strong’s 3477) strait, correct, level

NKJ Jeremiah 31:9 They shall come with weeping, And

with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to

walk by the rivers of waters, In a straight (yashar) way in

which they shall not stumble; For I am a Father to Israel,

And Ephraim is My firstborn. 17

NKJ Deuteronomy 5:33 "You shall walk in all the ways

(“derek” – the “road” or “path”) which the LORD your God

has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be

well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the

land which you shall possess.

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ESV Proverbs 4:26-27 26 Ponder the path of your feet;

then all your ways will be sure. 27 Do not swerve to the

right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

KJ Psalm 96:12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it.

Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the

LORD. 13 For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the

earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, And

the peoples with His truth.

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KJ Psalm 96:12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it.

Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the

LORD. 13 For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the

earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, And

the peoples with His truth.

NKJ Psalm 119:142 Your righteousness

is an everlasting righteousness, And

Your law (torah) is truth.

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Seek the Truth Thru

Witnesses

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NKJ Proverbs 18:13 He who answers a matter

before he hears it, It is folly and shame to him.

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NKJ Deuteronomy 19:15-19 " One witness shall not

rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin

that he commits; by the mouth of two or three

witnesses the matter shall be established. 16 "If a

false witness rises against any man to testify against

him of wrongdoing, 17 "then both men in the

controversy shall stand before the LORD, before the

priests and the judges who serve in those days. 18

"And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and

indeed, if the witness is a false witness, who has

testified falsely against his brother, 19 "then you shall

do to him as he thought to have done to his brother;

so you shall put away the evil from among you.

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“darash” ּדרש

Strong’s 1875)














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NKJ Exodus 22:10-13 10 "If a man delivers to his

neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal

to keep, and it dies, is hurt, or driven away, no

one seeing it, 11 "then an oath of the LORD shall

be between them both, that he has not put his

hand into his neighbor's goods; and the owner of

it shall accept that, and he shall not make it good

. . . 13 "If it is torn to pieces by a beast, then he

shall bring it as evidence, and he shall not make

good what was torn.

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NKJ Leviticus 19:15 ' . . .

do no injustice in

judgment. You shall not

be partial to the poor, nor

honor the person of the

mighty. In righteousness

you shall judge your

neighbor.

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ESV Isaiah 11:1-4 There

shall come forth a shoot

from the stump of Jesse,

and a branch from his

roots shall bear fruit . . . 3b He shall not judge by

what his eyes see, or

decide disputes by what

his ears hear, 4 but with

righteousness he shall

judge the poor, and

decide with equity for the

meek of the earth . . . 30

Sit While Judging,

Don’t Stand

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NKJ Exodus 18:13 And so it was, on the next day,

that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people

stood before Moses from morning until evening. 14So when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did

for the people, he said, "What is this thing that you

are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit, and

all the people stand before you from morning until

evening?"

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NKJ Joel 3:11 Assemble and come, all you

nations, And gather together all around.

Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O

LORD. 12 Let the heathen be wakened, and

come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for

there will I sit to judge all the heathen round

about.

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NKJ Matthew 23:1-3; 23 . . . 2 . . . "The scribes

and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. 3 "Therefore

whatever they tell you to observe, that observe

and do, but do not do

according to

their works; for

they say, and

do not do. . .

NKJ Matthew 19:28 So

Jesus said to them,

"Assuredly I say to you,

that in the regeneration,

when the Son of Man sits

on the throne of His glory,

you who have followed Me

will also sit on twelve

thrones, judging the twelve

tribes of Israel.

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Review

Avoid having to make a judgment

Judge by the Torah only

Seek Truth through Witnesses

Sit while judging

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ESV Deuteronomy 1:17 You shall not be partial in

judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike.

You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the

judgment is God's. . .

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Peace be Unto You

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