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Recently, i believe God is doing a new work among His people. Its is such a great thing that i want to be a part of. It is the work of God uniting the many denominations of Christianity into ONE BODY OF CHRIST. It is so great that satan desires to fail it.

And this is one tool that he uses to divide the holy Catholic church.... judging

St Paul says in his epistle to the Romans:
"Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things."

Its true, we are all sinners who fall short of God's glory and we cannot judge. We are in NO PLACE to judge becos we are imperfect.

Sometimes, it pains me to see pastors and members among my brethren to judge and evaluate other people and ministries. And sometimes, I TOO DO THE SAME.
Truthfully, it is very tempting to judge and evaluate something academically like what our schools and learning places teach us to do.

But if we do so, that is not how we as a church will be growing. We will be hurting others and ourselves in the end. We will sin against God and be puffed up like a over-sized souffle.

Its very hurting and painful towards someone if we judge and evaluate someone's work. It so does not build them up. In turn, it tears them down and then hurts them on the inside. It makes them turn cold towards us.

No wonder our LORD Jesus told us:
"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. "
and
“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you."

Let us instead in GENUINE LOVE build up and help one another.
Lets ask our dear Abba to grant us strength to love one another that we may be able to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace which the Holy Spirit desires so much.
And let us not grieve the Holy Spirit of God too =)

God bless you all in Christ Jesus richly!

if you all need anything in prayer do leave a comment =)

Malchus and us

Shalom viewers!
Thank God for a week of holiday. Its a good breather for me although it might be boring for me sometimes but still thank God!

I'd like to share something with you which really touched me when meditating on the 2nd station of the cross where Jesus was betrayed and arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane

This is a picture where Peter cuts off Malchus' ear in wanting to protect Jesus.


I was looking at the Gospel according to John ( John 18:1-11)

What God impressed on my heart was the high priest's servant Malchus whose ear Peter cut off with a knife in responding to defend Jesus.

As i meditated on it, it strikes me that we too are like Malchus.
We deserve to be cut into pieces because of our sins. BUT Jesus in His infinite mercies has not done so.
INSTEAD He took our infirmities, our sins, our wounds and pains, our wrongdoings and put them on His body.

He then took us from the doom which we were going towards and set us on a place where we could stand. He healed our wounds and restored us to become the person He wants us to be.

How loving is our God!

Jesus too is so loving as He in His painful and bitter baptism showed such great mercy!
As the redeemed, let us strive to become like Him each day!

I hope you are encouraged by this post =)


Shalom and blessings to you in Jesus Name!