My Dear Precious Child,
Jesus Christ said that He is the light of the world and the people who believe in Him walk in light and there is no darkness because they have the Light of Life in them.(John 8:1-12) He demonstrated His words when the religious and political Pharisees and scribes brought to Him a woman whom they had caught in the act of adultery. They reminded Jesus that the religious and political laws said that she should be stoned to death. They tested Jesus on His religious and political loyalty to the national laws by asking Him if He agreed with their punishment for the woman. Jesus bent down and started writing in the dirt their own sins and told them whoever was without sin should throw the first stone to kill her. One by one the religious and political leaders left, recognizing their own hypocrisy in accusing her. That left only Jesus to comfort the lady. He asked her who was going to accuse and condemn her. She answered that there was no one. Jesus assured her that He did not condemn her either. He told her to go on her way and refuse to yield to the demon of adultery again.
Through that demonstration of My mercy and compassion, Jesus proved that He is the light of the world because He did not choose to condemn her for having the darkness that caused her to commit adultery but, instead, He forgave her and gave to her the spiritual power not to sin again. The Light of Life in Jesus had refused to search out darkness in the woman but instead He looked on the need for My forgiveness in her. He spoke that He is the light of the world and that anyone who follows Him will never walk in darkness but will have the Light of Life residing inside of himself or herself.
Immediately the Pharisees accused Jesus of being on her side inside of being on the side of the religious and political laws, to which Jesus answered that He was not blowing His own horn or bragging, but that He knew where He came from and where He was going but that the Pharisees did not know where they were from or where they were going. (John 8:13-14)
Then Jesus summed up the truth in the entire incident by teaching about His being the light of the world, a bright light of goodness in a dark world, contrasting His mercy and compassion with the thoughts, words and actions of the Pharisees in their eagerness to accuse, arrest and punish the woman for religious and political sins. He saw the opportunity to help her instead of punishing her for failing to obey religious and political laws. Instead, the Pharisees and scribes sought out the darkness in her instead of the need for My light, but Jesus sought the need for My light in her and satisfied Her need for light by forgiving her and giving her power, by His words, not to yield to the demon of adultery anymore..
To finalize His teaching and to emphasize the truth found in the incident, using the incident with the adulterous woman Jesus told the Pharisees that they judge people by human standards but that He does not judge anyone. He said if He did judge someone -- probably talking about His judging the Pharisees for their lack of mercy -- then His judgment was sound. Jesus said that I am identical to Him, with the Light of Life in Me and that I am a witness to His being the Light of Life with no darkness in Him. (John 8:15-18) He attested to the truth that I judge no one and that He judges no one.
Jesus' discernment and My judgment of the actions of the Pharisees and scribes is the kind of judgment in which you must learn to operate, meaning discerning the demons who motivate the Pharisees and scribes, condemning those demons of judgment that motivates them; not condemning the people, but identifies the demons behind their judgment and casting them into hell. That is My justice.
When you have My Light of Life in you, there is no temptation to look for the darkness of sin in people, but instead there is My mercy which gives to people the Light of Life which is found in Christ Jesus, in My Holy Spirit and in Me. It's called forgiveness, mercy and compassion (John 20:21-23)
Jesus had taught that you should not judge other people by condemning them in your thoughts; because, if you do judge someone, the devil will see that you will be judged and condemned in return by the same standard.(Matthew 7:1-5) The devil tempts you to judge someone and when you do judge the person, he heaps his judgment upon you through other people. Jesus said to take the boulder of judging other people out of your eye so that you can help other people take the tiny splinters out of their eyes, speaking of their sins, just like Jesus did the woman caught in adultery. He had no judgment and condemnation for her, only mercy and forgiveness. That is the Light of Life.
The final truth of the teaching was spoken by Jesus by telling His followers that if they judge someone, they are throwing pearls before swine. The pearls are My children made in My image. If you judge and condemn a person, you are turning him or her over to the devil to be judged by him also and the demons behind your judgment will turn on you and tear you apart also. (Matthew 7:6) In other words, if you yield to the devil's temptation to judge someone, the lives of both you and the person that you judged and condemned will be torn apart by the demons of judgment.
All of the teaching of Jesus were to alert you to the tricks of the devil so that you will recognize him and cast him out of your thoughts, your attitudes, your words and your actions. In saving you from participating in doing the devil's will, Jesus Christ is your Savior, your rescuer and your light. He is your Big Brother in both spiritual and earthly matters.
Heed the words of Jesus. He said that not one word of his teachings will pass away but that the truths in them will be your guide. He warned you in many ways and My Holy Spirit amplifies those warnings to you in your thoughts so that you will access all of the truth in them which will save you from the curses of the devil that came into the world when Adam opened the door to evil. (Genesis 3:11-19)
You have everything necessary to have the blessings of My kingdom of heaven while you live in the earth. Follow Jesus' teachings and the Holy Spirit's alerts and guidance for you when you are getting into enemy territory by beginning to judge and condemn someone. Immediately cast that temptation to judge and condemn someone and the demon behind it into hell.
I said that My words are Life and they are Truth. Heed them and you will have the abundant life of compassion, mercy, forgiveness, love and peace while you live in the earth. You will declare, "What a wonderful life I have living in the Kingdom of God!"
Your Father of Light and Guidance
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