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Daily Devotionals
Voice of the Lord
Don't judge, so that you won't be judged (Matthew 7:1).
Amind submitted to the Word of God, transformed by meditating on the Torah and the life of Yeshua, can make solid moral distinctions. Yet our culture encourages moral equivocation. A murderer is excused because his condition is society's fault. An adulterer is no worse than the spouse who did not offer enough attention. Scripture is also used among believers in the spirit of moral equivocation. It is argued, "Don't judge, and you won't be judged" (Luke 6:37). With such broad application of God's Word, the adulterer is free to leave his wife and family, marry another, and continue in spiritual leadership. "We must not judge,"we are told, but this self-protective outlook shields us from bearing the cost of taking a righteous stand.
Right and wrong are defined in God's Torah. The Torah provides a standard by which to evaluate people, congregations, businesses, governments, and especially ourselves.
Yeshua, the living Torah, is also our moral compass by which we can discern—and judge rightly—what is just, right and morally acceptable to God. Let us not neglect our responsibility to make moral judgments in accordance with God's Word.
...use God's Word to distinguish between right and wrong, and to be a person of strong moral conviction.
DJ
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