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condemned? All the while those making the judgments think their thoughts are right and
in keeping with the mind of Christ.

John 16:2-3
“They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is
coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service
to God. And these things they will do, because they have not known the
Father, or Me.”

If we do not know Christ or the Father, even as James and John did not know the
Spirit they were of, we will make judgments that are antagonistic to the judgments of God.
You may believe you would never misjudge things so badly, yet if you judge any matter by
the seeing of the eye or the hearing of the ear, you are already on the wrong track and
operating contrary to the example of the firstborn Son of God.
Suppose you saw a man confessing the name of Christ and he was casting out a
demon, speaking forth the word of God, or even performing a miracle. Would you not
conclude that such an one must be walking in righteousness? Would you not judge that this
person must certainly be one of God’s favorite sons, and walking in the pleasure of Yahweh?
Yahshua did not judge in this way.

Matthew 7:21-23
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven; but
he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day,
'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons,
and in Your name perform many miracles?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never
knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.'”

I scarcely believe there is a Christian today who would judge things as Yahshua did in
this Scripture. Most would stand up alongside these and say, “But Lord, they were
confessing Your name and doing many good works. They were casting out Satan. How can
you condemn these as lawless?” If we judge events by what our eyes see and ears hear we
will stumble badly. We will end up approving that which Christ condemns and condemning
that which He approves.
It is pride to think that we can judge matters ourselves and come to a righteous
understanding of a matter. The soul of man, no matter how educated in the things of God,
is inadequate for the task of making righteous judgments. There is one unfailing source of
righteous judgment in all of creation, and that is Yahweh. We only know righteousness, and
we only judge a matter fairly, as we receive His mind and thoughts. This is how Yahshua
judged all things. He looked to the Father and received His judgment.

John 5:30
"I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is
just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.”

It was not the hearing of the ear that Yahshua referred to in these words. It was
hearing by the Spirit. Yahshua never did anything of His own initiative. He did not even
speak a word of His own initiative, but only spoke the words the Father commanded Him