The Conscience

I came across a passage in my daily reading that I thought I would share with you.  It is a passage that I had never heard talked about before but I thought it was very powerful.  This passage didn't create an illustration in my mind (as other passages often do--of which I post here); but made me think and examine myself.



1 Corinthians 4:4
My conscience is clear, but that doesn't prove I'm right.  It is the Lord Himself who will examine me and decide.

Valentine's?

Should matter what day of the year it is when we show others we love them?  That God loves them?
What daily practise do you have with your words and actions?
Does it matter what the person dresses like?  Smells like?  Acts like?  Where s/he lives?  How much money, or what possession,  s/he has to give you?  How old that person is?

What are you giving out?  Judgements?  Gossip or malicious or lying words?    Love?
God loves them. 
We need to show it.

Matthew 7:1&2
Luke 6:37
Proverbs 20:19
Psalms 34:13&14
Luke 10:25-37
Luke 6:27-36

Me? Gossip?

Our tongue can be the deadliest weapon.
Our tongue has the power to heal or hurt.  To empower or repress.  Praise or curse.  (James 3:8-10)
We are warned repeatedly in the Bible, God's word, not to take part in gossip...but we all do it.
"...did you know (insert name) has/does/ is doing..."
"...did you hear about what (insert name) has done..."

STOP RIGHT THERE.  If it's important for me to know, (insert name) will tell me.

James 1:26, it says "If you claim to be religious but don't control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless."

I think  it's time we learn to talk all over again.
Don't listen to, or say, anything that would destroy someone else.  Who are we to judge?

Create a motto for yourself.  "my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies" (Job 27:4)
And start finding new friends..."A gossip goes around telling secrets, so don't hang around with chatterers" (Proverbs 20:19)



More verses to think about:

Psalm 34:13
Proverbs 11:13, 15:4, 16:28, 18:8, 21:23, 26:20
2 Peter 2:1


 

Judging

It's so easy to judge people by the way they act, look, react.  But do you know who they are?  What their background was like?  How their day is going.  What is going on in their life, at that moment or point in time.
We can't look at a person and say we know who they are.

Matthew7:1,2 " Do not judge others, and you will not be judged.  For you will be treated as you treat others.  The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged."

Luke 6:37 starts the same.  "Do not judge others...."

James 5:9 "Don't grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged.  For look--the judge is standing at the door."