[The one] who judges according to the word and law of the Lord, and forms his judgments by the rule of charity, always begins with subjecting himself to examination, and preserves a proper medium and order in his judgments.
Thomas Brooks
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Breaking Barriers for the Gospel (Part 2)
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101% true 🔥🏴☠️✊
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His Throne
Psalm 9:7-8.
But the LORD shall endure for ever: He hath prepared His throne for judgment.
And He shall judge the world in righteousness, He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
In v. 6, David spoke to his enemies, also the enemies of God, who had been brought to dust. All their cities and monuments destroyed, all their power stripped from them, they had nothing left at all.…
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Jesus' Selfie
Jesus’ Selfie
When the Gentiles sin, they will be destroyed, even though they never had God’s written law. And the Jews, who do have God’s law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey it. For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It’s obeying the law that makes us right in his sight. Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they…
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Romans 5:18 (NKJV) -
Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.
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All God's Judgments are Righteous, Just and True
Holy, loving, faithful, gracious, compassionate, merciful, longsuffering God, is righteous, just and true, and so are all His judgments, in all the earth.
Thus says the Lord God: "I will take also one of the highest branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a high and prominent mountain. On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and it will bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar. Under it will dwell birds of every sort; in the shadow of its branches they will dwell."
"And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the LORD, have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; I, the LORD, have spoken and have done it." (Ezekiel 17:22-24)
"Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints! Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been manifested." (Revelation 15:3-4)
- A Walk In The Garden Devotions
Related Bible Readings: Deuteronomy 32:1-4; 1 Samuel 16:6-7; Psalm 19; Psalm 23; Psalm 75; Psalm 89; Psalm 105; Psalm 145; Proverbs 14:34-35; Ezekiel 31; Isaiah 46:12-13; Isaiah 61:8-11; John 7:24; Acts 10:34-48; Revelation 19 and further study Revelation in its entirety.
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aka which Judgment opening song has the better vibes and symbolism and relevance to the story, for funsies
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You know, I think my thing about liking “asshole Megatron” more than “good Megatron” (speaking in terms of IDW1) isn’t just the fact that I find evil Megatron more entertaining and sexy, but that I suppose I don’t like the way good guy/Autobot Megatron’s personality is?
Like mmmm I’m not trying to be one of those people who goes “he’s OOC!” or “he’s such a wimp!” or “he’s evil and doesn’t deserve to be redeemed,” but there was just something slightly grating about the way Megatron is/acts in MTMTE/LL. If I had to pick a word for it, he just seems very... self-pitying? Ratchet said it perfectly while the DJD were attacking and he told Megatron “Oh of course it’s all about you, what a surprise.”
There’s something about Autobot Megatron that makes me hate him as a person, not like in a “haha what a pathetic bastard” way the way I see villain Megatron, but in a way that’s like “god you are so fucking stuck up and annoying” in a non-enjoyable way. Maybe it’s because Autobot Megatron was a last minute plot change and I’m sensing how JRO “forced” Megatron to be part of the narrative last minute? But that would just be a matter of shoddy writing, and MTMTE/LL aren’t shoddily written.
It’s presumptuous to try and assume the motivation of an author, but I guess it kind of feels like JRO was trying so hard to make Megatron a better person that it backfired and made him more unlikeable in my eyes. Like, Megatron’s dialogue about how if he goes back towards violence he’ll never come back out again because the guilt will be too much is poetic yeah, it’s a very cute notion, but the context is that the fucking DJD (who Megatron made) is attacking and killing members of the Lost Light (who Megatron is in charge of) and was it supposed to make me think of Megatron as noble or pitiable or something? Because instead it just pissed me off and made me want to scream “this isn’t fucking about you Megatron, stop being an angsty mope and DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR ONCE instead of crying about how hard it is for you to not enjoy killing people.”
It’s fucking weird because I of course love the concept of redeemable Megatron, and I’m fascinated with the way in which he adopted violence as a coping mechanism for trauma, but the way he’s written in MTMTE/LL just makes him seem more like he’s a self-justifying asshole trying to make pitiable attempts at good deeds than like he’s actually improving as a person. Which of course is a problem caused by the fact that JRO shoved him into the plot last minute and it didn’t actually make sense for Megatron to be on the Lost Light.
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You Who Know More Truth And Judge Others By It Are Also Without Excuse
1 Therefore you are without-excuse, O human— everyone judging. For in what you are judging the other person, you are condemning yourself; for you, the one judging, are practicing the same things! 2 And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth upon the ones practicing such things.
Do You Think You Will Escape God’s Judgment When You Do The Same Things?
3 But are you thinking this, O human— the one judging the ones practicing such things and doing them [yourself]— that you will escape the judgment of God? 4 Or are you disregarding the riches of His goodness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that the good thing of God is leading you to repentance? 5 But in-accordance-with your hardness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing-up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath and the revelation of the righteous-judgment of God, 6 Who will render to each one according to his works— 7 to the ones seeking glory and honor and immortality in accordance with endurance in good work, He will render eternal life; 8 but to the ones indeed disobeying the truth and obeying unrighteousness out of selfish-interest, there will be wrath and fury.
There Is No Respect of Persons With God Regarding Sin And Judgment
9 There will be affliction and distress upon every soul of the person committing evil— both of the Jew first and of the Greek. 10 But there will be glory and honor and peace to everyone working good— both to the Jew first and to the Greek. 11 For there is no respect-of-persons with God. 12 For all who sinned without-Law will also perish without-Law, and all who sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law. 13 For not the hearers of law are righteous before God, but the doers of law will be declared-righteous.
For Gentiles Will Be Judged By Their Own Standards Insofar As They Agree With God’s
14 For whenever Gentiles, the ones not having the Law, are doing by nature the things of the Law, these ones not having the Law are a law to themselves, 15 who are demonstrating the work of the Law written in their hearts— their conscience bearing co-witness and their thoughts accusing or even defending between one another 16 on the day when God judges the hidden things of people according to my good-news, through Christ Jesus.
And Jews Will Be Judged By The Law They Rely Upon
17 But if you call-yourself a Jew, and rely upon the Law, and boast in God, 18 and know His will, and approve the things mattering— being instructed out of the Law— 19 and are confident as to yourself that you are a guide of blind ones, a light of the ones in darkness, 20 a corrector of foolish ones, a teacher of children, one having the embodiment of knowledge and truth in the Law, 21 then— the one teaching another, are you not teaching yourself? The one proclaiming not to steal, do you steal? 22 The one saying not to commit-adultery, do you commit-adultery? The one detesting idols, do you rob-temples?
Their Transgression of The Law Dishonors God
23 You who are boasting in the Law are dishonoring God through transgression of the Law. 24 For “the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you”, just as it has been written [in Isa 52:5].
Circumcision Will Not Help Transgressors
25 For circumcision profits if you practice the Law— but if you are a transgressor of the Law your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26 So if the uncircumcised one keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 27 And the uncircumcised one by nature who is fulfilling the Law will judge you, the transgressor of the Law with the letter and circumcision! 28 For the Jew in the visible thing is not a Jew, nor is the circumcision in the visible thing in the flesh circumcision, 29 but the Jew in the hidden thing is a Jew, and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit not the letter— whose praise is not from people, but from God.
— Romans 2 | Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT)
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
Cross References: Exodus 32:34; Exodus 34:6; Deuteronomy 10:17; 2 Samuel 12:5; 2 Chronicles 6:23; Job 34:11; Psalm 32:10; Psalm 56:7; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Isaiah 48:2; Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 9:25; Ezekiel 18:17; Ezekiel 20:27; Micah 3:11; Matthew 7:21; Matthew 12:41; Matthew 23:3; Luke 1:4; John 9:40; Acts 2:23; Acts 10:35; Romans 12:9; Romans 3:1; Romans 3:30; 1 Corinthians 7:19; 1 Timothy 1:17; James 3:1
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During his earthly ministry, Jesus did not allow cultural and prejudice barriers to interfere with the work entrusted to Him by His Father. What barriers prevent you from sharing the gospel? (Click/Tap below to listen to more)
The A Faithful Sower Podcast provides engaging messages anchored in God’s word and applies to relevant aspects of daily living and current events. All with a driven emphasis on discipleship and sharing the gospel.
Darryl Orrell is the founder of A Faithful Sower Publishing that sponsors A Faithful Sower Ministry. He serves as a ministry leader and teacher at Woodland Heights Baptist Church in…
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Saving from burning
Jude 22-23
Have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them from the fire; have mercy on others but with fear, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.
We must show compassion for the sinner —for they are headed to hell and it's our job to warn them as much (Ezekiel 33:8-9)— but never empathize with their sin. We are saving no one if we allow them to continue to burn, and we must be careful not to let their burning deeds affect us as well.
Why must we be fearful in our mercy? Because we often allow ourselves to get entangled with people, we may end up allowing our sentiment toward our fellow man to speak louder than Scripture.
We must be careful when approaching sinners. As Matthew Henry wrote, "This must be done with compassion, making a difference between the weak and the willful. Some we must treat with tenderness. Others save with fear; urging the terrors of the Lord. All endeavors must be joined with decided abhorrence of crimes, and care be taken to avoid whatever led to, or was connected with fellowship with them, in works of darkness, keeping far from what is, or appears to be evil."
It's one thing to sympathize with sinners (seeing how sin can lead one astray), but we must never empathize with sinners (embracing and approving of the sins committed).
We must be careful not to allow our hatred of sin to become hatred of the sinner. As Martyn Lloyd-Jones wrote, "Our anger must only be against sin; we must never feel angry with the sinner, but only full of sorrow and compassion for him."
And while we must never rejoice in a sinner's demise, we must rejoice in God's justice being applied to sinners. As Psalm 58:10-11 tells us, "The righteous will rejoice when he sees vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. And people will say, 'There certainly is a reward for the righteous; There certainly is a God who judges on the earth!'”
Because God is love, and He is also just, we must rejoice whether He shows mercy or He judges righteously.
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nah, honestly tho, i’ll be with a meta post until it starts going on about what characters “deserve” and then it’s lost me completely.
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Psalm 119:160 (CSB) -
The entirety of Your word is truth,
each of Your righteous judgments endures forever.
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God's Righteous Judgments Graphic 09 Visit https://www.billkochman.com/Graphics-Library/ to see more. "God's Righteous Judgments" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse034.html "Condemnation, Damnation and Judgment" KJV Bible Verse List: https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse147.html Article: "The Judgment of Angels, Demons and Men": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/judgang1.html Article: "God's Mercy, Judgment and Fallen Angels": https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/godmrcy1.html https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/gods-righteous-judgments-graphic-09/?feed_id=156829&God%27s%20Righteous%20Judgments%20Graphic%2009
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