WHAT IS THAT TO THEE
“THEN PETER, TURNING ABOUT, SEETH THE DISCIPLE WHOM JESUS LOVED FOLLOWING; WHICH ALSO LEANED ON HIS BREAST AT SUPPER, AND SAID, LORD, WHICH IS HE THAT BETRAYETH THEE?.... PETER SEEING HIM SAITH TO JESUS, LORD, AND WHAT SHALL THIS MAN DO?
JESUS SAITH UNTO
HIM, IF I WILL THAT HE TARRY TILL I COME, WHAT
IS THAT TO THEE? FOLLOW THOU
ME”. JOHN 21/20-22.
THUS SAITH THE LORD:
“FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE UNTO A MAN THAT IS AN HOUSEHOLDER, WHICH WENT OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING TO HIRE LABOURERS INTO HIS VINEYARD. AND WHEN HE HAD AGREED WITH THE LABOURERS FOR A PENNY A DAY, HE SENT THEM INTO HIS VINEYARD. AND HE WENT OUT ABOUT THE THIRD HOUR, AND SAW OTHERS STANDING IDLE IN THE MARKETPLACE, AND SAID UNTO THEM; GO YE ALSO INTO THE VINEYARD, AND WHATSOEVER IS RIGHT I WILL GIVE YOU. AND THEY WENT THEIR WAY. AGAIN HE WENT OUT ABOUT THE SIXTH AND NINTH HOUR, AND DID LIKEWISE. AND ABOUT THE ELEVENTH HOUR HE WENT OUT, AND FOUND OTHERS STANDING IDLE, AND SAITH UNTO THEM, WHY STAND YE HERE ALL THE DAY IDLE? THEY SAY UNTO HIM, BECAUSE NO MAN HATH HIRED US. HE SAITH UNTO THEM, GO YE ALSO INTO THE VINEYARD; AND WHATSOEVER IS RIGHT, THAT SHALL YE RECEIVE. SO WHEN EVEN WAS COME, THE LORD OF THE VINEYARD SAITH UNTO HIS STEWARD, CALL THE LABOURERS, AND GIVE THEM THEIR HIRE, BEGINNING FROM THE LAST UNTO THE FIRST. AND WHEN THEY CAME THAT WERE HIRED ABOUT THE ELEVENTH HOUR, THEY RECEIVED EVERY MAN A PENNY. BUT WHEN THE FIRST CAME, THEY SUPPOSED THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED MORE; AND THEY LIKEWISE RECEIVED EVERY MAN A PENNY. AND WHEN THEY HAD RECEIVED IT, THEY MURMURED AGAINST THE GOODMAN OF THE HOUSE, SAYING, THESE LAST HAVE WROUGHT BUT ONE HOUR, AND THOU HAST MADE THEM EQUAL UNTO US, WHICH HAVE BORNE THE BURDEN AND HEAT OF THE DAY. BUT HE ANSWERED ONE OF THEM, AND SAID, FRIEND, I DO THEE NO WRONG: DIDST NOT THOU AGREE WITH ME FOR A PENNY? TAKE THAT THINE IS, AND GO THY WAY; I WILL GIVE UNTO THIS LAST, EVEN AS UNTO THEE.
IS IT NOT LAWFUL FOR ME TO DO WHAT I WILL WITH MINE
OWN? IS THINE EYE EVIL, BECAUSE I AM GOOD”? MATH. 20/1-15.
(evil, “poneros”, meaning, evil which corrupts others,
malevolent, malignant, particularly as causing pain or hurt, hurtful, with
injurious words, referring to envy, evil thoughts, malice, affliction). The
same word for evil is written in Math. 6/23.
There is a common attitude in human nature that judges others according to preconceived ideas, philosophy, humanistic traditions, and really, none of these have any foundation in Holy Dogma at all, EXCEPT TO EXPOSE A FAULT THAT LIES WITHIN US, NOT WITHIN THE ONE WITH WHOM WE PERCEIVE IS DOING SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD JUDGE AS BAD MANNERS, DISRESPECTFUL, NOT CUSTOMARY, NOT THE DONE THING: AS A MATTER OF FACT, IN OUR OWN SELF RIGHTEOUS ESTEEM, WE CONDEMN THE ONE WE PERCEIVE TO BE AT FAULT.
ESPECIALLY IF THE ONE WE ARE LOOKING AT BELIEVES, AND
BODLY DECLARES THAT LOVING FATHER, JESUS, HAS TOLD, LED HIM/HER TO DO A
PARTICULAR THING THAT ON THE SURFACE OF THINGS, DOES NOT SIT RIGHT WITH US,
MAKES US FEEL UNCOMORTABLE:
In Math. 20/1-15, Jesus gives a strong lesson to self-righteous religious hypocrites by telling them,…..HE CAN DO WHAT HE WILLS WITH WHOMEVER HE WILLS: HE ASSERTS HIS DIETY, HIS POSITION WHICH IS,…ABOVE THE LAW”,…………. BECAUSE HE IS THE LAW GIVER: JA. 4/12. HE DISPLAYS HIS THOUGHTS, WAYS, AS BEING CONTRARY TO WHAT THE FALLEN SINFUL NATURE INHERENT TO US ALL (which has to be “crucified with him, denied”), WOULD DEEM TO BE GOOD MANNERS AND FAIRNESS IN A GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCE:
THUS SAITH THE LORD:
“IS IT NOT LAWFUL FOR ME TO DO WHAT I WILL WITH MINE
OWN”?
“FOR MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS, NEITHER ARE
YOUR WAYS MY WAYS, SAITH THE LORD”. IS. 55/8.
In John
21/20-22, Jesus tells Peter, (after telling Peter about his death bringing
glory to God), when Peter questions Jesus, “WHAT SHALL THIS MAN DO”? (pointing
to John), JESUS TELLS HIM TO,………..MIND
HIS OWN BUSINESS,……… WHAT CONCERN IS IT OF YOURS IF I (CHRIST) DECREE THAT
HE NEVER DIES?
YOU “FOLLOW ME”, YOU CONCERN YOURSELF WITH YOUR OWN
WALK, YOU CONCERN YOURSELF WITH YOUR OWN CALLING, YOU CONCERN YOURSELF WITH YOUR
OWN SALVATION, OBEDIENCE TO ME, “WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND
TREMBLING”, AND DON`T YOU WORRY ABOUT ANYONE ELSE`S WALK IN OBEDIENCE TO ME,
IT`S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
All too often we
are quick to jump on these band wagons to point others perceived faults out,
WHEN REALLY, THE ONLY REASON WE DO IT, IS TO DISPLAY TO ONE AND ALL THAT WE ARE
NOT LIKE THAT, SHOWING OFF OUR,…………….. RIGHTEOUS, HOLIER THAN THOU ATTITUDE,…….OR,….BECAUSE
WRONG TEACHING, PREACHING HAS MOULDED INTO US, A TRADITION, (BELIEF) OF
MEN, CONFUSION, TO THE POINT WHERE WE STUMBLE, REACT AND ARE OFENDED
WHEN SOMEONE TESTIFIES TO SOMETHING THAT LOVING FATHER HAS TOLD THEM TO
DO,….AND WE DON`T AGREE WITH IT:….. REMEMBER,…….
IT IS NONE OF OUR BUSINESS, EXCEPT TO KEEP ON LOVING THEM, PRAY FOR THEM, AND
SUPPORT THEM, EITHER IN THEIR MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT LOVING FATHER SAID, OR
ENCOURAGE THEM TO STAND IN FAITH AND WAIT ON THE LORD FOR THE PROMISE TO COME
TO PASS:
IT IS BETWEEN THAT PERSON AND JESUS, IT`S THEIR BUSINESS, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE ACCOUNTABLE, RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THEY DECLARE LOVING FATHER HAS TOLD THEM TO DO OR SAY: MATH. 12/36, RO. 14/12, 2 COR. 5/10. THEY, AS WE ALL, WILL HAVE TO GIVE ANSWER FOR OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS:
THUS SAITH THE LORD:
“SPEAK NOT EVIL ONE OF ANOTHER, BRETHREN. HE THAT SPEAKETH EVIL OF HIS BROTHER, AND JUDGETH HIS BROTHER, SPEAKETH EVIL OF THE LAW, AND JUDGETH THE LAW; BUT IF THOU JUDGE THE LAW, THOU ARE NOT A DOER OF THE LAW, BUT A JUDGE. THERE IS ONE LAW GIVER, WHO IS ABLE TO SAVE AND TO DESTROY: WHO ART THOU THAT JUDGEST ANOTHER”? JA. 4/11-12.
If a brother/sister declares that Loving Father has spoken to them about an issue, and it doesn`t sit right with us,…..THEN THE PROBLEM IS NOT THEIRS, IT`S OURS, WE ARE THE ONE`S WHO HAVE THE PROBLEM,……….IT`S TIME TO PULL THE PLANKS AND SPLINTERS OUT OF OUR OWN EYE.
“AND WHY BEHOLDEST THOU THE MOTE THAT IS IN THY
BROTHER`S EYE, BUT CONSIDEREST NOT THE BEAM THAT IS IN THINE OWN EYE? OR HOW
WILT THOU SAY TO THY BROTHER, LET ME PULL OUT THE MOTE OUT OF THINE EYE; AND,
BEHOLD, A BEAM IS IN THINE OWN EYE? THOU HYPOCRITE, FIRST CAST OUT THE BEAM OUT
OF THINE OWN EYE; AND THEN SHALT THOU SEE CLEARLY TO CAST OUT THE MOTE OUT OF
THY BROTHER`S EYE”. MATH. 7/3-5.
THUS SAITH THE LORD:
“BUT LET EVERY MAN PROVE HIS OWN WORK, AND THEN SHALL
HE HAVE REJOICING IN HIMSELF ALONE, AND NOT IN ANOTHER. FOR EVERY MAN SHALL
BEAR HIS OWN BURDEN”. GAL. 6/4.
In John 21/20-23. “The emphasis does not rest on the rather mysterious reference to the fate of the beloved disciple, but on the individualization of the call to discipleship. The specifics may vary from one individual to another, but the demand for obedience is the same”. Quote from the New King James Version Holy Bible.
It`s not up to any of us to question or judge what a brother or sister believes and testifies Loving Father has directed them to do, scrutinising Loving Father`s perfect will for their lives, IN SO DOING, WE CRITICISE AND JUDGE THE LORD HIMSELF:
THUS SAITH THE LORD:
“I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I WILL HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I WILL HAVE COMPASSION”. RO. 9/15.
“THEREFORE HATH HE MERCY ON WHOM HE WILL HAVE MERCY, AND WHOM HE WILL HE HARDENETH”. RO. 9/18.
“NAY BUT, O MAN, WHO ART THOU THAT REPLIEST AGAINST GOD? SHALL THE THING FORMED SAY TO HIM THAT FORMED IT, WHY HAST THOU MADE ME THUS? RO. 9/20.
“HATH NOT THE
POTTER POWER OVER THE CLAY, OF THE SAME LUMP TO MAKE ONE VESSEL UNTO HONOUR,
AND ANOTHER UNTO DISHONOUR”? RO. 9/21.
“HIM THAT IS
WEAK IN THE FAITH RECEIVE YE, BUT NOT TO DOUBTFUL DISPUTATIONS. (“diakrisis”,
meaning, to distinguish, decide, judge, scrutinising of thoughts, i.e., not
with searching out and pronouncing judgment on their opinions, doubts,
scruples). FOR ONE BELIEVETH THAT HE MAY EAT ALL THINGS: ANOTHER, WHO IS WEAK,
EATETH HERBS. LET NOT HIM THAT EATETH DESPISE (“exoutheneo”, to bring to
naught, treat with scorn, to reject with scorn) HIM THAT EATETH NOT; AND LET
NOT HIM WHICH EATETH NOT JUDGE HIM THAT EATETH FOR GOD HATH RECEIVED HIM. WHO ART THOU THAT JUDGEST ANOTHER MAN`S
SERVANT? TO HIS OWN MASTER HE STANDETH OR FALLETH. YEA, HE SHALL BE HOLDEN UP:
FOR GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE HIM STAND”. RO. 14/1-4.
“BUT WHY DOST THOU JUDGE THY BROTHER? OR WHY DOST THOU
SET AT NOUGHT THY BROTHER? FOR WE SHALL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF
CHRIST”. RO. 14/10.
So, when a brother or sister declares, testifies
something that they believe Loving Father has told them to do or say, it`s not
up to us to judge them, (unless it is obviously sin, transgression of Loving
Father`s Word), REMEMBER,….IT`S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS:………………………… SO,……………………………
………………………………..WHAT`S IT TO US:…………………………………….
THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD:
“IS IT NOT LAWFUL FOR ME TO DO WHAT I WILL WITH
MINE OWN”?
IS THINE EYE EVIL, BECAUSE I AM GOOD”?
“THE LIGHT OF THE BODY IS THE EYE: IF THEREFORE THINE
EYE BE SINGLE (“haploos”, meaning, not complex, easy, used of the eye as not
seeing double as when it is diseased. When the eye accomplishes its purpose of
seeing things as they are, then it is haplous, single, healthy, perfect.
Singleness, simplicity, absence of folds, not duplicitous.) THY WHOLE BODY
SHALL BE FULL OF LIGHT. BUT IF THINE EYE BE EVIL, THY WHOLE BODY SHALL BE FULL
OF DARKNESS. IF THEREFORE THE LIGHT THAT IS IN THEE BE DARKNESS, HOW GREAT IS
THAT DARKNESS”! MATH. 6/23.
“TAKE HEED THEREFORE THAT THE LIGHT WHICH IS IN THEE
BE NOT DARKNESS”. LUKE 11/35.
“WHEREFORE LAY APART ALL FILTHINESS AND SUPERFLUITY OF
NAUGHTINESS, AND RECEIVE WITH MEEKNESS THE ENGRAFTED WORD, WHICH IS ALBE TO
SAVE YOUR SOULS.
BUT BE YE DOERS OF THE WORD, AND NOT HEARERS ONLY, DECEIVING YOUR OWN SELVES. FOR IF ANY BE A HEARER OF THE WORD, AND
NOT A DOER, HE IS LIKE UNTO A MAN BEHOLDING HIS NATURAL FACE IN A GLASS: FOR HE
BEHOLDETH HIMSELF, AND GOETH HIS WAY, AND STRAIGHTWAY FORGETTETH WHAT MANNER OF
MAN HE WAS. BUT WHOSO LOOKETH INTO THE PERFECT LAW OF
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