STOP THE MADNESS!CHOOSE NOT TO JUDGE

Pastor Brent LokkerBlazing Fire Church — January 9, 2016

“Ironically this same tongue can be both an instrument of blessing to our Lord and Father and a weapon that hurls curses upon others who are created in God’s own image. One mouth streams forth both blessings and curses. My brothers and sisters, this is not how it should be. Does a spring gush crystal clear freshwater and moments later spurt out bitter salt water?

James 3:9-11 (Voice)

Strumming my pain with his fingersSinging my life with his wordsKilling me softly with his songKilling me softly with his song

Telling my whole life with his wordsKilling me softly with his song

Matthew 6:9-15

"This, then, is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. ' For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”

Proverbs 18

20 A man’s stomach will be filled with the fruit of his mouth. He will be filled with what his lips speak.

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

SOUND HARSH?

God is our very good and kind Papa.

He ALWAYS shows us first and invites us to live in our true image—the one that’s made just like Him.

He gives us all we need to walk in His ways. We lack nothing!

“Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.”

Ephesians 5:1-2 (Message Bible)

The Lord shows us the good life,the one full of love and motivated by love —

the one that keeps no record of wrongs

1Corinthians 13:5

Isaiah 43:25 "I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.

Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.

Hebrews 10:17 (Voice) I will erase their sins and wicked acts out of My memory as though they had never existed.

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” He also told them this parable: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.”

Luke 6:37-40

“It’seasytoseeasmudgeonyourneighbor’sfaceandbeoblivioustotheuglysneeronyourown.Doyouhavethenervetosay,‘Letmewashyourfaceforyou,’whenyourownfaceisdistortedbycontempt?It’sthisI-know-better-than-youmentalityagain,playingaholier-than-thoupartinsteadofjustlivingyourownpart.WipethatuglysneeroffyourownfaceandyoumightbeDittoofferawashclothtoyourneighbor.”

Luke 6:41-42 (Message Bible)

Luke 22:15-20 (The Voice) Jesus: It has been My deep desire to eat this Passover meal with you before My suffering begins. Know this: I will not eat another Passover meal until its meaning is fulfilled in the kingdom of God. He took a cup of wine and gave thanks for it. Jesus: Take this; share it among yourselves. Know this: I will not drink another sip of wine until the kingdom of God has arrived in fullness. Then He took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and shared it with them. Jesus: This is My body, My body given for you. Do this to remember Me. And similarly, after the meal had been eaten, He took the cup. Jesus: This cup, which is poured out for you, is the new covenant, made in My blood.