judging others

one sunday in church scott said that if your car is broken don't
take it to some one just because he says he's a christian. (forgive me scott if i have misquoted you - it was a long time ago) some people that profess to be christians do not live lives that bring glory to God.

the greatest commandment a christian has is to love the lord your
God with all you heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and
with all you strength. everything we have is from Him, we owe Him no less.
His second commandment is to love your neighbour as yourself. if you really love God with all your heart this will be how you live your life. we have all sinned and when God gave the 10 commandments to moses ex 20.1-17 He didn't say that it was a worse sin to murder or to steal or commit adultery. a sin is a sin is a sin. and God hates each sin equally. but he does love the sinner. he loves each one of us equally.

i went to a church in san jose in october. the pastor asked if
there was anyone there that hadn't been there before to raise their hand. then he asked where everyone was from. there were
people there from honduras, el salvador, columbia, bolivia, brazil,
nicaragua y chile. people from different nations and races all
together under one roof for one reason, to love and worship and
praise god. and God loved everyone of them equally.

it is not up to us to judge anothers sin. God will judge each one
of us rev 20.12. mat 7.1-5 but for the grace of god i could be a
prostitute dying of aids begging for money, but for the grace of
god jose could be a beggar sitting on the streets of san jose, but
for the grace of God danny could be a hungry alcoholic watching
others eat but unable to buy food himself because he's spent all his money on booze, but for the grace of God pastor jose could be a drug addict laying in the street. you don't know my past or my sins and i don't know yours. it doesn't matter because i am not qualified to judge you and you are not qualified to judge me. what's in your heart and how you live your life is between you and God, but don't be fooled into thinking you are righteous and holy if you are not living your life according to the 2 great commandments Jesus gave us. you may be kidding yourself, fooling others but you are not kidding God.

when Jesus commanded us to love our neighbour he didn't mean just the sweet little old lady that lives next door or the nice family down the street or the hard working man that worships beside you in church, He meant everyone.

God loves everyone and 1 tim 2.3-6 He says He wants ALL men to be saved and we don't know the circumstances of their life that may change and the prostitute, alcoholic, beggar or drug addict may become beloved children of God, passionate disciples serving Him and tellling others about Him. 1 tim 2. 5 and 6 Christ Jesus who gave Himself as a ransom for ALL men.

God wants you to love everyone as you love yourself. He made us all different. how boring life would be if we were all the same but He gave us all the same capacity for loving Him and others. if
everyone obeyed these 2 commandments there would be no wars, no racism. love your neighbour whether they are panamanian,
nicaraguan, honduran or guatemalan. you never know if one day they may be your pastor.

1 john 4.7-12 and 19-21

luke 10.25'37 love the lord your god with all your heart, soul,
etc. here tells of the good samaritan it is significant that the person that Jesus commended was neither the religious leader nor the lay associate, but a hated foreigner. bitter hostility existed between jews and samaritans in Jesus' day but Jesus asserted that love knows no national boundaries.

1 john 2.4-6 the man who says 'i know Him' but does not do what He commands is a liar and the truth is not in him. but if anyone obeys His word God's love is truly complete in Him. this is how we know we are in Him. whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.

1 john 4.7-12