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Reflections of a Christian part 2
Many people seek judgment in what another person does. They focus on someone else with their eyes, but they themselves miss many things. It is logical that after a while they no longer see this, because their eyes are always only aimed at another. When I look to the left and things happen to the right of me, I can never see that. We should focus more on ourselves then on another. When we see another person sinning, then we should direct our eyes to ourselves. We should not bear judgments about the other, because then we judge only about ourselves, as it is written. That is pure truth. After all, we are all human beings. When we judge another person, we judge ourselves because we are human too. If we judge sins about another person, we only judge of that same sin, which may have a different expression in ourselves, in ourselves. It is true, it is written that we should point out another’s sin because it is better to do that then to keep silent because of love. I'm sorry, I cannot. My eyes are not focused, only on what others do, but also on what I do myself. I recommend to everyone, what is also written, that when one sees someone sinning one has to pray to God for the forgiveness of this sin. And God will then also forgive sin and give life to the person.
But in this time that is no longer important. It is no longer important that God forgives us. No, we prefer to emphasize sin in another than to pray for forgiveness. It is much more important to point others to sin in them than to pray for forgiveness for them. I cannot handle that. I think that is very fleshly behavior. There is nothing spiritual about that. Pointing to sin could be a good thing when it happens in complete and pure love. But that is not the case in this age. We cannot do that anymore. We are too far in the fleshly field. Sin has kept ugly in us, and where we may have had some kind of goodness in the past, I believe many people are so poisoned by the sins that even when they try, they can never do the right thing. They can do good, but it all has selfish reasons. There is no goodness in such acts, though one can make others feel good with it, there is only goodness in deeds that are unselfish. There is only goodness in those deeds, which do not bring anything on the table for ourselves. When I see others pointing to sin, I see what that degenerates into. It degenerates into a discussion between both parties, which does not suit anyone. Pointing to sin has become a weapon of evil. We would better stop that behaviour, because we cannot do it. We cannot do it because we do not have the right. There may be people who do have that right and so can do it, but 95% of those who do it, and all who I have seen it, cannot. Both parties focus on each other as devouring beasts. Which one beast thinks that it is bigger than the other beast. In reality, they are two beasts that think of nothing but the destruction of the other. Note, it may not always start that way, but that's how it ends. The moral of the truth is hard to find. The moral of truth is love. And if we cannot point to the sin of another, without showing understanding and love, then it is better that we pray for that person for forgiveness, because there is love and understanding in that.
So yes, it is written: it is better to point to sin than to keep silent from love, but I say: it is better to keep silent about the sin of another, to look at yourself and to harvest understanding. Knowing that you need forgiveness and then pray to God, for forgiveness of the other's sin. That is much better than taking the stick that evil puts before you. We should not pick up that stick and use it to hit another because the stick hits our self too each time. In this way we hit another, but each time the stick rebounds and we hit ourselves. We are destroying each other.
Reflections of a Christian part 2
Many people seek judgment in what another person does. They focus on someone else with their eyes, but they themselves miss many things. It is logical that after a while they no longer see this, because their eyes are always only aimed at another. When I look to the left and things happen to the right of me, I can never see that. We should focus more on ourselves then on another. When we see another person sinning, then we should direct our eyes to ourselves. We should not bear judgments about the other, because then we judge only about ourselves, as it is written. That is pure truth. After all, we are all human beings. When we judge another person, we judge ourselves because we are human too. If we judge sins about another person, we only judge of that same sin, which may have a different expression in ourselves, in ourselves. It is true, it is written that we should point out another’s sin because it is better to do that then to keep silent because of love. I'm sorry, I cannot. My eyes are not focused, only on what others do, but also on what I do myself. I recommend to everyone, what is also written, that when one sees someone sinning one has to pray to God for the forgiveness of this sin. And God will then also forgive sin and give life to the person.
But in this time that is no longer important. It is no longer important that God forgives us. No, we prefer to emphasize sin in another than to pray for forgiveness. It is much more important to point others to sin in them than to pray for forgiveness for them. I cannot handle that. I think that is very fleshly behavior. There is nothing spiritual about that. Pointing to sin could be a good thing when it happens in complete and pure love. But that is not the case in this age. We cannot do that anymore. We are too far in the fleshly field. Sin has kept ugly in us, and where we may have had some kind of goodness in the past, I believe many people are so poisoned by the sins that even when they try, they can never do the right thing. They can do good, but it all has selfish reasons. There is no goodness in such acts, though one can make others feel good with it, there is only goodness in deeds that are unselfish. There is only goodness in those deeds, which do not bring anything on the table for ourselves. When I see others pointing to sin, I see what that degenerates into. It degenerates into a discussion between both parties, which does not suit anyone. Pointing to sin has become a weapon of evil. We would better stop that behaviour, because we cannot do it. We cannot do it because we do not have the right. There may be people who do have that right and so can do it, but 95% of those who do it, and all who I have seen it, cannot. Both parties focus on each other as devouring beasts. Which one beast thinks that it is bigger than the other beast. In reality, they are two beasts that think of nothing but the destruction of the other. Note, it may not always start that way, but that's how it ends. The moral of the truth is hard to find. The moral of truth is love. And if we cannot point to the sin of another, without showing understanding and love, then it is better that we pray for that person for forgiveness, because there is love and understanding in that.
So yes, it is written: it is better to point to sin than to keep silent from love, but I say: it is better to keep silent about the sin of another, to look at yourself and to harvest understanding. Knowing that you need forgiveness and then pray to God, for forgiveness of the other's sin. That is much better than taking the stick that evil puts before you. We should not pick up that stick and use it to hit another because the stick hits our self too each time. In this way we hit another, but each time the stick rebounds and we hit ourselves. We are destroying each other.
