What separates you from a sinner

When I woke up this morning, My mind was actually in a another direction then what God laid in front of me. But what he laid in front of me ties into yesterday reading too. When I woke this morning, I thought about talking about judgement of others. I had read a chapter before but could not remember. Where the Bible talks about how these people were cast away because of their background and society status. I was looking for this chapter and came across Luke 6:22 which reads,

"Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the son of Man's sake"

Reading this it does tie into what I was looking for, but it is not the exact message I was looking for. But look at what it is saying about people hating you. When another person takes the time to build up hate against you, it is because you are blessed and they use one of the sins of envy against you. It is uncommon to not tie hating someone with the sin of envy. Most the time these people will sit and throw dirt on your name for their pleasure. One most understand not the let this damage or lower ones thoughts of one self. Nor should one look at this person a return hate. For Luke 6:27 reads,

"But I say to you who hear, Love you enemies, do good to those who hate you,"

This is something most people refuse to do. Which brings me back to what I said yesterday and another theory I go by. A person never knows what another person is going through, and you never know if it is your guidance that they need to better them self. These are things one must think of before they let anger set into their heart, because of what one feels or is saying about them. One must truly believe that what another person is saying about them is not true, and also realize that they are blessed.

I mention in another entry that when I wake, I pray for all those who have touched my life. Whether they are still in my life, no longer in my life, did me wrong in the past, or felt I did them wrong in the past. Luke 6:28 says,

"Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you."

Something that is hard to do. It is hard because one lets anger set into their heart, and once a person has done this the cast away God from their heart. It is one thing to be at fault for not following God's word, but to let someone else control your emotions so much that one forget Gods words is only that person's fault. One must pray for that person and figure out what the source of their anger is. When you pray you must truly mean it. Do not do it just because the word of the bible says it, It has to truly come from the heart.

I also talked about giving people another chance. For if a person comes to you and ask for forgiveness and request to reenter you life, One most look into their heart and determine if this request is pure. Do not let anger cloud ones judgement. Luke 6:30-31 reads.

"Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise."

Like I said if someone ask for forgiveness, you have to search in ones heart to do so. None of us is perfect, and they is going come a time when you might do someone harm, and it going be you that is seeking that forgivingness from another.

But Like I stated in the start, what separates you from a sinner? Luke 6:32 reads,

"But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them."

Look at what that is saying. Just loving those who love you, does not separate you from those who are classified as sinners. You and a sinner is just alike if one can not look into their heart and find love for one that hates them. A person must dig deep sometimes to find an understanding to another hate, but they still have to look at the fact, they do not know what the source is. Maybe God placed you in this person life to heal that part of that person. I know someone once told me it takes two to change certain situations. Are you any better then the other person who refuses to change if you give up on them. Are you not just another person who has decided to give up on them. Luke 6:34 reads,

"And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back."

So because one was not responding the way one would like, one decided to give up on the other individual. But I am also going flip what that verse another way and talk about my life experience. I have in the past complained about, "I have done good for others, and look at my life. Nothing has fall in place for me" I have learned that I should do to others with out expecting anything in return. If God sees what one is doing is pure, do you not believe that one day it will be re-payed? People have to realize that patients is something we all most learn. Things will come to us when we need them. Rushing into things never turned out good for anyone. When one does something just because they expect something in return, they are no better then a sinner. One is basically saying that what they just did, did not come from the heart. I have had that problem before, throwing situations in another person face, "Well I did this for you, and this is how you treat me?" If another person can not see what you have done for them, it is not for them to see. In the end it is God who sees what one has accomplished and it is God who will reward another individual rightfully. The rewards from God are greater then any reward any earthly person can provide another. Luke 6:35 reads,

"But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to unthankful and evil."

One most understand that doing for another is never being a fool. The only fool is one that thinks and does like a sinner. The thing that separates one from a sinner, is thinking like God.  Luke 6:36 reads,

"Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful."