#biblicallyminded

Take a moment, and remember this: God has forgiven you already. You didn't earn it through works, you know well you don't deserve it, BUT He saw you worthy of His forgiveness... so why not do likewise to yourself?

Forgive also those who harmed you in the past. Even if they don't deserve it, they too are worthy because Christ died for them as well.

Maybe they didn't know how to treat others, maybe they too were hurt, maybe they too were hating themselves, maybe they were lost, betrayed, or even confused and wanted to find a way to release that hurt but didn't know where or how... You never know.

Either way it's not your place to judge a person (including yourself) whom was knitted together by the Word of God based on your own philosophy or feelings. If you do, it's not wise and not profitable, so repent [change your mind] from that mindset.

Don't EVER get angry at yourself or another person when things go down... but do get angry at the demon of bitterness, hatred, unforgiveness, and unworthiness that tries to rip you or anyone apart.

Forgive because He forgave you.

Love because He loved first.

You are healed, you are stronger now because of the Messiah who dwells in you.

“(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)”

- ‭2 Corinthians 5:7 KJV‬

To those who say God judges you by what He SEES you doing in the FLESH (keeping the Law or not), wouldn't God be guilty of NOT being in faith?

Wouldn't that make the Holy Spirit guilty for not being flesh ever?

Wouldn't God be unjust to tell you to walk in faith if He Himself didn't do the same?

Here's the thing: over and over in scripture you see God being a viewer of the heart - seeing things empathetically and faithfully. He never judges a person based on the flesh or even their soul (1 Samuel 16:7), but rather He looks at the heart - the spirit.

So to place the impression that God looks at a person in the flesh, would consider the audience to believe God is not faithful. By that's not true, because God IS FAITHFUL! (1 Corinthians 1:9).

So therefore if God is faithful that means He is not judging you based on the flesh! He's looking at who you are in the Spirit: Messiah! ( Christ! )

It's never wise to use the Word to win debates against man's own philosophies, nor is it wise to be caught up or stress yourself over the trends of today and argue against them constantly. And it's not wise to use trends against the populous to prove a point or show your way is better.

Jesus did not come down for you to win arguments so you can make yourself look smarter or better than anyone. He didn't die so you can win fights with your peers or conquer the world with an iron fist of doctrines.

Nor did God ordain you to damn the homosexual, fight the atheist, kiss the crooked, praise the proud, fear the forgeiner, forget the prostitute, con the drunk, censor the Word, nor belittle the Lukewarm Christian/ religious practioner.

He called you to resist principalities and powers, NOT PEOPLE!

He called you to cast down ideologies and vain philosophy with the Truth, not people who simply don't agree with you.

He called you to be empathetic not apathetic nor sympathetic.

The best way to show others that God is trustworthy and sees us worthy of His love and blessings is simple: be a living epistle.

See Christ living in everyone.

See everyone as an anointed one (Messiah)!

Act in grace and mercy with Love motivating your for the sake of Messiah. Empathise what the Spirit sees in each of us and uphold that identity.

The best way to describe on the cross was an identity swap.

As Christ became everything you were, you became everything He is.

Christ willingly became your sin and took your sickness, cancer, mental illness, unforgiveness, bitterness, depression, guilt, unrighteousness, anxieties, dumbness, poverty, weakness etc. He was crowned King of the Cursed in short.

While you became Him and have His righteousness, redemption, wholeness, peace, love, forgiveness, wisdom, joy, healing, prosperity, strength, faith, mercy, knowledge, hope etc. He crowned you with His Crown and keys to the Kingdom. You have spiritual gifts through Him now.