RE: Bible way to Heaven
October 11, 2015 at 6:30 am
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2015 at 6:34 am by I_am_not_mafia.)
(October 11, 2015 at 5:11 am)Randys brother Wrote: Sounds like a contradiction doesn’t it? But you need to understand the biblical situation, when scanning the scripture take these into consideration who is saying it? Who is he saying it to?, what else did he say at that time, while in speech? Did he just say “hello” or did he say “hello, how are you” and why did he say it?
"The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good." Psalm 14:1
And verse
"You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?" Matthew 23:17
Which seem to contradict Matthew 5:22 which you stated?
"But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell." Matthew 5:22
In Mathew 5:22 Jesus teaches that you should not call anyone a fool, contextually He was speaking of those who were unrighteous angry. That is why Jesus mentions anger in this verse. So there is anger which is just and is not sinful (Eph 4:26) and then we have the wrong type of anger, which is sinful (James 1:20) When God is angry with someone, He is always righteous in His anger. Jesus, being God in flesh (John 1:1, 14, 20:28, Col. 2:9), can righteously be angry with people and pronounce upon them the foolishness of their deeds--which He did (Matt. 23:17). Also, undoubtedly, Jesus knew Psalm 14:1 which says, "The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God' . . . '" Jesus didn't forget the well-known verse, and God is not wrong for calling someone a fool, especially when it is true.
In conclusion we see that what Jesus condemned is when calling someone a fool, without righteousness, which does not fit the later citations of Jesus' labelling the hypocritical Pharisees as fools.
I have every right to call a person who does unjust, things a fool and also to advice (James 5:19) then you will throw (Matthew 7:1) Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me take the speck out of your eye," when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. (Matt. 7:1-5)
Now don’t be fool think, break it down, it becomes clear that Jesus was not telling his disciples that they could not ever judge the behavior of others. Rather, he was cautioning them to live righteous lives themselves so that their judgment of others’ behavior would not be rash judgment and their efforts would be effective in admonishing their neighbors.
Let’s, look at the first line of the verse, “Judge not, that you be not judged”. This can also be constructed to mean that a person may escape even God’s judgment simply by not judging the behavior of others, but everyone is judged by God, so this cannot be a proper understanding, Jesus then goes and makes his statement in a positive way “With the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get." Jesus does expects his disciples to judge but he warns that they, too, will be judged in a like manner. So it means that if I correct you with the right reason, it will glorify God, but if I correct you falsely, it means that it will not glorify God but only add to his anger.
Needs more green font.
