DECEIVED

Dear One,
    To keep your mind from judging another person -- which is persecuting the person in your thoughts and words -- instead of joining with the judgments that come to your mind or from others, train your mind to only consider others as being deceived rather than guilty.  That will identify whom the real culprit is, the devil, rather than the person who obeyed the temptation.  Leave any verdict of guilty to be determined by your courts of law.  If the incident is not in a court of law, then it's none of your business whether to determine guilt or innocence.  When you do become judge and jury, you have sown seeds into the devil's garden and you will be judged, yourself, in some way by others or by circumstances. (Romans 7:10-17)
     Since Jesus died for the sins of the whole world, all people are innocent in My eyes because I walked in the flesh of Jesus and I know the temptations that He had to overcome in order to stay in unity with Me.  He was tempted in every way but he didn't obey them, only because of the presence of My Spirit in Him who gave Him the power to resist the temptations. (I John 2:1-2)
     In your courts of law an accused is allowed to present his background, his human heritage, his education and his beliefs before being sentenced by the judge.  All of those elements enter into the degree of punishment for his illegal actions. Yet, some of My children use religious or civil laws in order to judge people without knowing the inadequacies of their parents, their family customs, their lack of education, their lack of religious training or their actual guilt or innocence in order to judge others.  In doing so, they bring judgment upon themselves and their own families. (Matthew 7:1-2)
    When My children observe someone whom they consider having sinned or broken the law, My children shouldn't immediately judge the person, as tempted by the devil.  Instead, My children need to have the mindset that the person was deceived by the devil's temptations and obeyed him without knowing that the devil was at the core of the action.  My children need to extend mercy to the lawbreaker instead of judgment. When you do, you receive mercy instead of judgment for yourself and your family members. 
    So when you are tempted to judge someone, train yourself to always extend mercy to the lawbreaker and consider the person as being deceived rather than condemned.  When you do, you are fulfilling the ministry of Christ who forgave two lawbreakers while on the cross. (Luke 23:34 and 42-43)  He even forgave the ones who condemned Him to death. 
    "Deceived" and "forgiven" should be your immediate reaction to a religious or civil lawbreaker instead of your determination of "guilty" and "condemned".  When you do, you sow My seeds of mercy into the earth instead of sowing the devil's seeds of judgment into the earth.  You will reap what you sow.  There is no other alternate spiritual law to sowing seeds and reaping what you have sown. It happens every time.  (Galatians 6:7-10)
     You are deceived by the same devil when you judge someone, heaping upon the person condemnation, guilt and shame.  (I John 3:8-10) You don't know the evidence or all of the extenuating circumstances; yet, you think that, because you are My child, that you deserve to extend judgment.  You have it backwards if you believe that.  As My child it is your duty to extend mercy and forgiveness, love and peace.
     I understand all motivations to do evil.  It goes back to the garden of Eden when satan was allowed to enter the earth by the first man.  So the guilty one is always the devil.  The only thing of which My children are ever deemed guilty is being deceived.   Being deceived is never grounds for judgment or punishment because everyone is deceived, deceived by the devil even to judge others.
     Practice being merciful by determining a person who is caught in a sin, iniquity, or a trespass as having been deceived rather than condemned and in need of punishment. When you can do that, you are acting as My child because you have become merciful, just like Me.
     The merciful obtain mercy.  Those who judge receive judgment.(Matthew 5:7; Matthew 7:1-2)   
     I am merciful, forgiving and peaceful.  My children should be merciful, forgiving and peaceful.  I said that the peacemakers are called My children. (Matthew 5:9) 
     Your Father of Love and Mercy