Nope. Only God judges Sin. Because only God sees the full picture. Humans judge outward actions based on outward appearances based on what they think they know, which can be extremely false, limited, and misunderstood. While God alone knows what is really going on.
Judge not or you will be Judged. Just don’t do it. Even if you think you are in the right and believe it with all your heart. If you point a finger at someone else, you will find far more fingers pointed right back toward you. And you will hear uncomfortable truths you do not want to hear.
That is telling, @PeterC . You just showed a picture of a book and said, this is God. A book is a material object that has no life in and of itself. One might ask if this is idolatry. Even if the book talks about Him, quotes Him, and reveals Him to the world…God is not a book. God is God.
The Church once said the universe circled the Earth. It said many things as if they were fact. And eventually, those notions were proven false. Lies.
When you commit idolatry with an idea or a false notion, that idea must remain true in order for your “faith” to be real too. More so if you want to keep power over others who might question your knowledge when you are proven wrong. Otherwise, you may eventually find that you have no “faith” at all. You will lose that “faith”, along with the “faith” placed in you by everyone who witnesses the revelation of Truth. And there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you realize the wicked actions that were done in the name of a false notion rather than for the Living God who does not approve of those wicked actions. Who is a Just God in every way and sorts the weeds from the grain.
And you can of course close your eyes and cover your ears and sing, “LA LA LA,” every time someone tries to show you Truth, but a “faith” in delusions will hardly save you, let alone move mountains.
However, when you put your Faith in the Living God, a God who identifies Himself by simply saying, “I AM WHO I AM.” you cannot contain that God with any sort of idea, thought, or understanding. You might as well try to wrangle a tornado with a lasso.
Just ask the Israeli priests who insisted that Christ would come a very specific way, with an army full of men to set them free from their physical captors. They did not accept He would come How He came, to do What He did or How He did it, so they could not see Him, receive Him, or be saved by Him. You do not tell God Who He is. He tells you.
Because of this, it would be wise not to create sacred cows and hold on so tightly to them. And it would be wiser still to just spend more time talking with God.
Now THIS made me laugh. Because it is absolutely TRUE. Proven TRUE. (Psychology, Science) is based on observation of occurrence, like meteorology. Anyone can look at any accusation and ask, is the accusation true of the accuser. It’s fascinating how often it is TRUE. But don’t take my word for it… “One Day…”
@ALL , how is the start of the mini Ice Age going for you all? You should know, this is just the start. The arctic cold will last for longer and longer periods until the summer growing months are only two months long. How do I know this? It is a recorded pattern that reoccurs over long stretches of time.
I don’t think it is purely coincidental that ICE is in the news in more ways than one. There is something about symbols one should pay attention to. I believe God is in some ways a poet. And history is loaded with moments where symbols and metaphors danced in real events even as they spoke to those who were listening and paying attention. It is subtle and easy to miss by those who narrow their view. And a narrow view will not save you. Just ask the Israeli priests in the times of Christ.
