ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME!
Holy cats do you hear this almost everywhere? I have heard and read this idiom about 20 times in the past week from various sources. So it got me to thinking of some fun hypothetical sceniaros... try and track with me (yeah, I will probably step on someone's toes...) :
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1. I am the boss and I will do and say as I please! I make the rules only God can judge me.
2. I was polishing my car that no one is even allowed to breath on today, my spouse and the kids brought home the groceries, it's about time, someone needs to get that kitchen clean and make supper! I'm not cleaning I have to polish my rims! Only God can Judge me.
3. IT'S SELFIE TIME!!!! I upload at least 10 to 15 pictures of me a day! Like seriously I am AWESOME! Don't be hating! Only God can judge me.
4. OMG! That totally sucked! But only God can Judge me!
5. Sunday is my "family day", we sit on the couch and play video games together. Don't judge me! Only God can judge me!
6. Holy Crap! I hate my parents! They suck! They have no clue what it's like to be a teenager! All they do is yell at me and Judge me! They can't do that! Only God Can Judge me!!!
7. I killed something today. I'm not going to tell you what it is, but I put it out of it's misery. Don't tell anyone cuz I'll hate you for it! Only God can Judge me!
8. This person beside me isn't my spouse, but dayumm!!! The sex is better with them, then with my spouse! Besides, my spouse is mean to me. Don't judge me! Only God can judge me.
9. I went to the 7-11 today and took a chocolate bar without paying for it, as I left the store, I told the girl behind the counter, it's ok, only God can judge me!
10. I said what I said to protect you from the truth. You know everyone hates you. I was just making things easier for you, so what if I lied? Don't judge me, Only God can judge me!
11. I want everything the Jones have! They have the biggest house on the block, the coolest car and all their kids dress in the latest fashions!!! Did you see Mrs. Jones! Holy crap she's smoking hot! I'd do her any time anywhere! He don't deserve her, he's a jerk. But don't judge me, cuz Only God can judge me!
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Folks, most of these have actually been done and said so many times it's become part of our gross and ever increasingly godless culture. Did you catch what I did? I want to point something out, maybe you caught on to my list there, maybe you didn't... but here you go:
Exodus 20 King James Version (KJV)
20 And God spake all these words, saying,
2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which theLord thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Anything that has been Highlighted is in direct correlation to the above hypothetical statements in order of appearance in the 10 Commandments.Now, this is how I perceive the ridiculous idiom. This "Only God Can Judge Me" is THE LAMEST statement I have ever heard. Folks, God has ALREADY JUDGED US. Why the heck do you think Jesus came? For skits and giggles? What? Are you new? He came to absolve us from the SINS that we have/are going to commit so that we, when we get to heaven will be in RIGHT STANDING with the Father God!
To sit here and say "Only God can Judge me" is an oxymoron. It contradicts itself. You know the truth, that's that conviction you feel in your heart. You know that the things you are doing are in direct conflict with What God has decreed. All your doing is making excuses for your behaviour instead of owning up to them and turning away from them.
NEWS FLASH - Only Jesus made it through this life perfect! We sin. Some more than others, some intentionally and some not so intentional. But we also have GRACE AND FORGIVENESS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST!
How can you who claim Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, knowing His Words and His Will (you have a bible) still say "Only God can Judge me". Is that some sort of justification for living in sin? If you know you have sin, Get Right with God PDQ or faster! Don't allow your sin to rule your life!
Friends, Jesus DIED for you while you were still in your sin. How hard is it to live from Him?
Our pastor said something really great this past Sunday: FIGHT FROM VICTORY... We already won the war, so fight from the grounds that you are SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH JESUS.
We all ought to try something new...
LETS STOP FINDING SCRIPTURE TO VALIDATE BAD BEHAVIOUR --- FIND SCRIPTURE THAT CHALLENGES YOU TO GODLY LIVING.
