Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

Lucy #548: Then you state that, ―I know what the Word of God expects of us.‖
No, this is actually not the case, my Friend. You know what you think the Word of God
expects of you … And you know what your version of the Word of God expects of you. And
Jesus himself makes it quite clear that if that particularly unique version is going to have you
judging other people, then you need to keep it to yourself!
―Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be
condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. A good
measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure
you give will be the measure you get back … You hypocrite, take the plank out of your own
eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck of sawdust from your brother‘s eye….
How can you say to your brother, ‗Brother, take the speck out of your eye,‘ when you yourself
fail to see the plank in your own?‖ ~ Jesus Christ (Luke 6:37-42)
―Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter
the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever becomes humble like a young child is the greatest in the
Kingdom … Be perfect [in your Love] as your heavenly Father is perfect … Do not judge
others, so that you might also not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be
judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you receive in return … Let the little
children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the Kingdom of God
belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child will
never enter it.‖ ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 18:3-4 + Matthew 5:48 + Matthew 7:1 + Luke 18:16-17)
―But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to
judgment; and if you denigrate a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and if you say,
‗You fool‘ to another, you will be liable to the fire of Gehenna … You judge by human
standards; I judge no one … For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble
themselves will be exalted.‖ ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 5:22 + John 8:15 + Matthew 23:12)
―If you truly Love me, you will keep my commandments … I now give you a new
Commandment: that you Love one another. Just as I have Loved you, so you should also show
one another Love. Indeed, by this everyone will know that you are my disciples: when you show
Love for one another … [T]he greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the
leader like one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves?
Is it not the one at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.‖
~ Jesus Christ (John 14:15 + John 13:34-35 + Luke 22:26-27)
―And beware of practicing your piety before others … Do not judge by appearances, but
judge with impartial judgment … And on that day you will know that I am in my Father, and that
you are in me, and that I am in you. They who have my commandments and keep them are
those who Love me; and those who Love me will be Loved by my Father … Those who Love
me will keep my word, and my Father will Love them, and we will come to them and make our
home with them … And this is my Commandment: that you Love one another just as I have
Loved you.‖ ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 6:1 + John 7:24 + John 14:20-23 + John 15:12)
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