(June 27, 2015 at 9:43 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Matthew 18:18. Please put in layman"s terms. Working IQ of 100.
18 “I can assure you that when you speak judgment here on earth, it will be God’s judgment. And when you promise forgiveness here on earth, it will be God’s forgiveness.[[url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mat+18&version=ERV#fen-ERV-23428c][/url]
This is one of my favorites.
What Christ is saying here is if you open you mouth and cast judgement on someone, then God will inturn use that very same measure to judge you. Like wise if you forgive someone then inturn God will use your very same measure to forgive you.
This is illustrated in the parable of the wicked servant which follows in verse 21 through the end of the chapter.
