Daily Devotional, Year 4 – December 15 (The Evil-Eyed Pharisee Scorner, Part 10: “Through the Loving Eyes of Jesus”)

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Jas_5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
1Pe_3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

1Jn_3:17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

Joh 11:35 Jesus wept.

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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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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! 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.

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, judgmental 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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Moon – Public Domain – 2nd face Pharisee Scorner – by Cezar Popescu for Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain – cropped, highlighted & rotated photo

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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.

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.

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.

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

Well, none of us can say that we haven’t judged or even scorned somebody.

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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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

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“THE SCORNER (THE PHARISEE)”

“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

Please tilt your head to the left. 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.)

Do you see an angry look? His right eyebrow is raised as if he is judging.

This second face in the Moon appears to be that of a combination of a man as well as a fox.

Or maybe a wolf.

Doesn’t he have a long narrow nose like a wolf or fox?

Maybe even a dog.

Nevertheless, the expression on his face, as he appears to look down upon the Earth, is that of scorn.
Unlike the first Moon-man’s sad shock and awe; this ‘man/fox/wolf/dog’ appears to be that of anger and scorn.

As if he is disgusted at the sinful planet below.

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He is very moral, you see!

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