World News Through the Third Lens: Judging and Being Judged

"Judge not, lest ye be judged," (Matthew 7:1) is a Scripture often quoted by people who respect neither God nor His word, just to silence someone who may be speaking Biblical truth. I wish to say at the outset, that i do not set myself up as judge over Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan - the Lord is more than capable of doing that. However, He will judge according to his revealed word. He is not going to pull out some ancient rule book that no one has ever seen and judge everyone according to some secret code. The general principle behind this statement can be seen in these two antithetical promises of God found in Deuteronomy 28.

"If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all His commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God." (Deuteronomy 28:1-2) The antithesis: "However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all His commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:" (Deuteronomy 28:15).

It should come as no surprise to you that there are judges in the modern world who place themselves above God, and judge according to some undefined standard that changes and evolves through time. They judge according to situational ethics or relative truth; meaning that there is always a surprise lurking in their judgment. There is some serious evidence that the current Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, is one of those judges. There is evidence abounding that she is anti-life/pro-abortion; that she is pro-LGBT while at the same time supporting Sharia concepts which condemn LGBT people to death. It looks like she is for anything that is against Christianity and the bedrock truths of the Bible, which will never pass away. (Matthew 24:35) The video clip at the following link is evidence of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZNQ7qcQ4&feature=player_embeded

Through the Third Lens of Scripture: The judges of Israel, who refused to judge according to the word of God wound up high on God's own judgment list. The directives given to judges was clear, as in this passage from 2 Chronicles. "He (Jehoshaphat) appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah. He told them, 'Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for man but for the Lord, who is with you whenever you give a verdict. Now let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.....You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the Lord. In every case that comes before you from your fellow countrymen who live in the cities - whether bloodshed or other concerns of the law, commands, decrees or ordinances - you are to warn them not to sin against the Lord; otherwise His wrath will come on you and your brothers. Do this and you will not sin......Act with courage, and may the Lord be with those who do well.'" (2 Chronicles 19:5-7, 9-10, 11b)

God's view of those who take the law into their own hands and judge with partiality is clear throughout Scripture. "Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly." (Leviticus 19:15) "So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law." (Malachi 2:9).

Lawlessness is already running rampant in the land. The executive branch of the federal government has been usurping powers not granted to it by the Constitution, and we have seen several signs of a judiciary legislating from the bench. The people have become confused and don't know where to turn. "We all growl like bears, and moan sadly like doves; we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us. Justice is turned back and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street and equity cannot enter." (Isaiah 59:11,14). Read the rest of Isaiah 59. Apart from God, and His Savior - the Lord Jesus Christ - there is no help. But they who put their trust in Him will not be disappointed.