Daily Devotional, Year 4 – December 15 (The Evil-Eyed Pharisee Scorner, Part 10: “Through the Loving Eyes of Jesus”)
By admin On July 24th, 2024
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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – December 15
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The Evil-Eyed Pharisee Scorner,
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Part 10:
“Through the Loving Eyes of Jesus”
To read Part 1, click here…November 3rd (The Evil-Eyed Pharisee Scorner!)
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“Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them;
for they know not what they do.”
Luke 23:34
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“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His Handiwork”
Psalm 19:1
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Why should it be such an unbelievable phenomenon that God has etched three faces in the Moon, representing the three factions within the church-world?
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After all, the Gospel is inscribed in every aspect of nature!
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From the tiniest atom to the greatest galaxy, and beyond, God has inscribed some aspect of the Gospel.
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Full moon over 96th St – by ed yourdon – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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“THE MOON INTO BLOOD”
Joel 2:31
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But the Moon is our object lesson for today.
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And each of its three faces were purposely inscribed by God to teach us about our own self.
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3rd Face in Moon-scavenger-www.signsofheaven.org
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“BEWARE OF DOGS, BEWARE OF EVIL WORKERS, BEWARE OF THE CONCISION!”
Philippians 3:2
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Take for instance the second face: the wolf, or perhaps a fox, or a dog.
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This wolf-like face with one raised eyebrow, gives us a fitting portrait of a scornful, judgmental human.
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And it reminds us of the Old Testament sect, known as The Pharisees, or “Dogs…the Concision”. Philippians 3:2
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Yes, those Pharisees were a very judgmental group, who took pride that they were very moral and upright, and looked down upon others whom they supposed were not so morally upright.
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A WORLD OF INEQUALITIES!
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In this very proud world, there are many things which cause us to judge and scorn.
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And there are many people who just seem to be magnets for others to judge and scorn them.
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And because we all innately possess pride in our hearts, looking down upon, and judging others, comes to us about as natural as breathing!
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Quite often, we’re not even aware that we’re doing it!
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The Mockers by Illarion Michajlowitsch Prjanischnikow -Wikipedia – Public Domain
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“But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise”
1st Corinthians 1:27
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We judge those who look funny or dress weird.
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We judge those who habitually make poor decisions in life.
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We judge the quirky mannerisms and odd behavior of old people.
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And we often judge those whom we think are “lazy”…
…or dirty…
…or poor,
…or rich…
…or “nerds”…
…or “hip”…
…or in a cult…
…or in a world-loving gospel…
…or are “too religious”…
…or believe supposed false doctrines.
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kids – children – Mohawk haircut – cropped and altered image – Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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GOD, NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS
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This entire world is full of inequities.
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And people tend to judge just about anything and anyone 
whom they see as being less than themselves in some way!
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But listen to what Peter had to say about God…
…”Then Peter opened his mouth,
and said, Of a truth I perceive
that God is no respecter of persons…”
Acts 10:34
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God values the soul of the poor drunken beggar just as much as the soul of the wealthy entrepreneur.
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He values the soul of the high-stepping politician just as much as He does the starving multitudes in third-world nations.
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He bled and died to save even that poor, miserable wretch bent over from a life of drug abuse!
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Drunk Panhandler – Wikipedia – Public-Domain
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“JUDGES OF EVIL THOUGHTS?”
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Listen to James speak about judging…
…”My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ…
with respect of persons.
For if there come unto your assembly a man
with a gold ring, in goodly apparel,
and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment…
and say unto him (the rich),
‘Sit thou here in a good place’;
and say to the poor, ‘Stand thou there’…
Are ye not…become judges of (with) evil thoughts?
James 2:1-4
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Well, none of us can say that we haven’t judged or even scorned somebody.
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And probably, most of us have done so, a multitude of times!
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Job rebuked by his friends – Wikimedia – US Public Domain
Fat People – cropped image – Wikimedia – share-alike license
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“GOOD NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY”
Proverbs 25:25
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The Good News is, that this is still the Day of Salvation!
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And God is giving us just enough time to repent of this horrible crime against Heaven.
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And God will sit as a purifier of our hearts, and remove all Pharisean pride, if we will just cry out to Him for mercy.
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But just one tidbit of advice which will be a benefit for each of us…
…whenever we catch ourselves judging another individual,
for Heaven’s sake, simply begin praying
for God’s blessing on that dear soul
for whom Christ also bled & died!
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Drive out all my foolish proud judging! Purify my heart. Give me the mind of Christ, so that I too can become meek and lowly on heart…
Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read…
January 20th (3 Fingered Judgment-Day)“,
…or you can also read…
“September 30th (How To Spot The Biggest Sinner!)”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN
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“THE SCORNER (THE PHARISEE)”
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“For from within, out of the heart of men,
proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications,
murders, Thefts, covetousness,
wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness,
AN EVIL EYE, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
All these evil things come from within,
and defile the man.”
Mark 7:18-23
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Please tilt your head to the left.
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Do you see a man with a very long pointed nose? 
(Obviously, the sketch to the right is just an exaggeration in order to help you find the face in the photo to the left.)
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Do you see an angry look? His right eyebrow is raised as if he is judging.
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This second face in the Moon appears to be that of a combination of a man as well as a fox.
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Or maybe a wolf. Doesn’t he have a long narrow nose like a wolf or fox? Maybe even a dog.
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Nevertheless, the expression on his face, as he appears to look down upon the Earth, is that of scorn.
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Unlike the first Moon-man’s sad shock and awe; this ‘man/fox/wolf/dog’ appears to be that of anger and scorn.
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As if he is disgusted at the sinful planet below.
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He is very moral, you see!
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Moon Into Blood Trilogy: 2nd Face: The Pharisee Scorner”…
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TOMORROW:
April 4 (A World of Lies, Part 15: “Rascals Then, and Rascals Now!”)
Tissot – the Pharisees and the Herodians conspire against Jesus – www.joyfulheart.com
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