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One of the things I disagree with the most is when people say, only God can judge me.
Sol Chung challenges the phrase 'only God can judge me,' emphasizing accountability, true love, and growth in faith.
Key Takeaways
- Accountability and repentance are essential in the Christian faith.
- Discernment is necessary, but condemnation is not the role of believers.
- True love involves honest correction, not silence or avoidance of conflict.
- Admitting faults and working on them is a crucial step toward spiritual growth.
- God’s grace enables believers to be made perfect, encouraging ongoing faithfulness.
Summary
- The phrase 'only God can judge me' is often misused to avoid accountability and change.
- God’s judgment is not based solely on actions but on mercy and grace, prompting repentance.
- Biblical judgment involves discernment without condemnation or deciding others' eternal fate.
- True love involves correction, conviction, and helping others recognize right and wrong.
- Avoiding truth for comfort or peace is harmful; real peace comes through restoration and honesty.
- Repentance starts with admitting faults, not immediate perfection.
- There is a significant difference between denial and acknowledging a problem while working on it.
- Humans are made perfect through Jesus’ sacrifice, not their own strength.
- Believers should not run from mistakes or God but bring their failures to Him.
- The video encourages continuous growth and walking towards God despite failures.
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I do not think any of us would actually want that, because if God judged us purely based on what we've done, all of us would be on the cross.
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None of us actually deserve his mercy, none of us actually deserve his grace, that is exactly where we repent and why we take accountability.
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Our modern understanding of the word judge isn't what the Bible says when it talks about judgment, and it has become a twisted way to dodge and to avoid changes to facing the truth.
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When Jesus says, judge not lest you be judged, that doesn't mean that you can't discern fruit, it doesn't mean that you can't recognize what is destructive or sinful, it means that you do not have the authority or the right to condemn someone or to decide their eternity.
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You do not have that right, whatever metric that you use to condemn others will be used on you, so yes, if we are proud of our sins, I think that we should be judged.
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And that is not unbiblical, discernment is needed, condemnation is not.
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So when you truly care about someone, when someone truly cares about you, it's not always about condemnation, it's correction.
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It's conviction, it is love, it is someone trying to help you identify what is right and wrong.
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And I do not think that we love each other enough, because we are always too willing to lie to each other just to protect peace.
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We protect comfort and appearance and what we call love, but real love does not stay silent and just run from conflict because it feels uncomfortable.
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I heard this once from Pastor Anthony Mitchell when he said this, I do not fear that people will not come to church next week, but I do fear that my blood is on your hands because I didn't tell you the truth.
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That matters, that real love has restoration, has the goal of protecting peace and the goal of protecting love.
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It has a godly peace that actually transforms your life, momentary peace is not always real peace.
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Sometimes avoiding the truth feels easier now, but it hurts later.
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Repentance and change begins with admitting that something is wrong, it does not mean that you change overnight, but there is a huge difference between saying, I know that I know that this is a problem and I am working on it.
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And saying that, I do not think that this is a problem at all, there is a big difference.
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You can continue to deny and keep going, or admit it and say, I have not fixed it yet, but I will.
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Outwardly, it might look the same, but inwardly, it's completely different, that is the difference.
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We were never meant to be perfect by our own strength, for by one sacrifice, he has made perfect forever those who were being made holy.
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So do not run from your mistakes, do not run from God when you fall, identify it, acknowledge it and bring it to God, bring it to your father.
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So stop looking down on yourself, choose growth and keep walking towards God, and that is my prayer for you, to keep walking towards God, even when you fail, even when you mess up.
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And that is my prayer for you.
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In Jesus name.
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Amen.
Topics:Godjudgmentaccountabilityrepentancegracelovecorrectionfaithspiritual growthJesus
