11/30/2012

• REDEEMED WITH JUDGMENT. PREACHED IN 2000 IN DENVER, CO

  This sermon was preached originally in 2000 in Denver CO at First Apostolic Assembly, Seventh Day.

  It is wonderful to be a child of Yahvah and a part of His Assembly, in which the following is true. “But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”
  

  Babylon, though, maintains that one may not judge, so consequently, righteousness is lacking. But the Scripture  itself refutes this view and rather calls upon the people of Yahvah to judge. This sermon shall further inform you on this topic.
  

  “Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.” Heb 12:11. Judgment, for the present, does not seem pleasant, but it yields the fruit of righteousness. Judgment is a part of the Assembly of Yahvah. The theory that we are not to judge is a false doctrine much to the devil’s liking. In Babylon, the order is that one must sin, but may not judge. But the Scripture teaches that one must judge, but may not sin.
  

  The following two scriptures are often used to endaeavour to prove that one may not judge. Yet, when these scriptures are taken in context with the previous and following verses in their respective chapter, they do not state that one many not judge.
  

  Mt 7:1 “judge not, that ye be not judged.” Verses 3-5 deals with hypocrites who have a beam in their own eye (meaning they themselves have some big problems), yet want to judge their fellow men who have only a mote (a small splinter) in their eye. Such are not fit to judge. It brings more condemnation upon themselves. But verse 5 states that it is first necessary to remove the beam, and then they could see clearly to cast out a mote in a brother’s eye.
  

  The second Scripture is in 1 Co 4:5: “Therefore judge nothing before the time, until Yahvahosha comes, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of Yahvah.” this verse means that we are not to judge rashly, but only after we have gathered sufficient, reliable information in order to make righteous judgment. If the Apostle Paul really meant that we are not to judge, then he would have been a hypocrite, for in the very next chapter, verses 3-5, he judges specific people.
  

  Here then are seven Scriptures that show that it is right and necessary to judge: “Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.” Isa 28:17. The devil builds for himself places of refuge, which are destroyed only by the judgments of Yahvah. In Babylon, who says, “don’t judge,” these places of refuge may remain, and for this reason, Babylon is on a constant spiritual decline.
  

  When some time ago, the question arose in Babylon whether it be right for women to cut their hair, a Babylonian preacher expressed himself thus: “It is not written in the Scripture that women may may not cut their hair. But it is written, that one is not to judge.” Consequently the matter was left for each woman to choose whether she wanted to cut her hair or not. Either way, she was not to be judged! Hence, the devil managed to bring more worldliness into the so-called Assembly, where judgment prevails, the devil cannot enter so easily and if he does, his hiding place is quickly exposed and destroyed by judgment.
  

  “Woe unto you, scribe and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.” Mt 23:23. Someone said we were as the Pharisees, because of our manner of dress, and that Yahvahosha despised the Pharisees. But, according to this Scripture, we can see that Yahvahosha marked those as Pharisees who omitted judgment. hence, Babylon can be labelled as Pharisees, for they are these that omit judgment!
  

  “Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the fact of the man; for the judgment is Yahvah’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.” Dt 1:17. This Scripture shows clearly that a righteous judgment was exercised among the people of Israel.
  

  In Ps 33:5, we read that Yahvah loves judgment, and whatever Yahvah loves, His children love also. Moreover, David, according to the Scripture, loved judgment just as Yahvah loves it, for in Ps 103:6 we read “Yahvah executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed,” and 2 Sa 8:15 says, “David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.” When two people both love the same thing, they get on well with one another. Such was the relationship between David and Yahvah. And because they both loved judgment and righteousness, we read that David was a man after Yahvah’s own heart (Ac 13:22).
  

  Ps 122:1-5 “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of Yahvah. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together. Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of Yahvah unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of Yahvah. for there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.” In Jerusalem, which is a type of the Assembly of Yahvah, there are thrones of judgment set up. No one who is the Assembly can bypass judgment, and the devil has no chance to enter in.
  

  Isa 1:26-27 “And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and by counsellors as at the beginning, afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.” We are saved by judgment. Can we see what Babylon misses by omitting judgment?
  

  Some time ago, a political party in Russia aimed to release prisoners and to abolish law courts, so that every person might enjoy life and be free. It should be no surprise that this party partially consisted of criminals! Of course, criminals would be favour of prison, so that they themselves, who rightfully ought to be judged and imprisoned, might evade punishment. Likewise it is with people who maintain that one may not judge. They hold this opinion because they themselves need judgment, but would like to get around it.
  

  Matthew 13 addresses the fact that the wheat must be separated from the tares. This can happen only through judgment. We see, therefore, that the Scripture demands that we exercise judgment. Many people claim that man is not to judge, but should wait until Yahvahosha comes to set all things clear. Yet one must not forget that when Yahvahosha comes, He will indeed settle all to make things right. let us rather allow ourselves to be judged now, while we have the opportunity to see ourselves for what we are and to make the necessary changes.
  

  Furthermore, Babylonians who declare that one may not judge, actually do judge, although with unrighteous judgment-a judgment which Yahvah hates.
  

  Already in the Hebrew Scriptures, Yahvah’s hatred for unrighteousness is evident in that he forbids merchants to use divers weights-a heavy weight for purchasing merchandise and a light weight for selling merchandise. In Babylon there are various parties. One Babylonian accepts everything that his “party member” does, but when his “opponent” does something “wrong,” then judgment is laid on even more heavily than one would experience in the Assembly of Yahvah.
  

  In Eccl 3:16 we read, “And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there, and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.” This is true of Babylon.
  

  Another example of Bablylon’s unrighteous judgment: A Babylonian strictly defended that one may not judge. But one day he saw some young people of the Assembly of Yahvah walking along the street. He dare to declare that they were proud. did he not judge and indeed unjustly? How could he say of people whom he observed but a few seconds, that they were proud? He neither knew their lives or their spirit.
  

  Here are two more Scriptures referring to an incident in the Hebrew Scriptures. Nu 25:6-8 “And behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moshe, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israle who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aharon the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through , the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.”
  

  “Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; and so the plague was stayed.” Ps 106:30. We see that it natters not to the devil if we just cry. We must take the sword in our hand and pierce through the invading spirit, thereby exposing it. this happens, for example, when we precisely name things out. Verse 31 goes on to say that Phinehas’ judgment “was counted unto him for righteousness.”
  

  In Isa 41:15-16, Yahvah compares His people with a threshing instrument. A threshing machine drives along its path and carries out in threshing work on all that is in its path; fearlessly, uncompromisingly, and without respect of plants. This is how we must be-fearless, uncompromising, and without respect of persons.
  

  “Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe…When Jeremiah was entered int the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out, and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Yahvah? and Jeremiah said, There is; for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. Moreover Jermiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? therefore hear now I pray thee, O my ruler the king; let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee, that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street…” Jer 37:15-21.

  This was a matter of life and death. If Jeremiah had been forced to go back into the former prison, he would have died. Nevertheless, he did not hesitate in telling the king the direct word of Yahvah, though it was a hard saying≥
  

  Let us also, without fear, tell people around us the mind of Yahvah. His righteous judgments, for the multitudes need to hear them that they might know how to prepare to meet their Yahvah, and to flee from the wrath to come.
  

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