and then 1 corinthians 4.5 (ms), so don't get ahead of the MASTER and jump to conclusions with your judgments before all the evidence is in. when HE comes, HE will bring out in the open and place in evidence all kinds of things we never even dreamed of—inner motives and purposes and prayers.
now to understand this you have to understand the verses around it. what paul is talking about is motives. everywhere paul went his motives were constantly being challenged, questioned. he is saying don't judge people's motives, wait until HE comes. it's premature to judge people's motives.
why is it premature? because nobody really knows what's in somebody else's heart. you can guess but you don't know. and to judge somebody means we're judging without the facts. only GOD has the right to judge because HE can see in the heart.
he says that when the LORD comes back HE will bring out in the open and place in evidence all kinds of things we never even dreamed of—inner motives and purposes and prayers. i have a hard enough time just trying to figure out my own motives about a lot of things, much less making a good guess at yours. so do you.
a lot of times we don't know why we do what we do. so what makes us think that we can figure out what makes other people do what they do? we have a hard enough time just judging our own selves but one day it's going to be brought to light.
why do we do that? again it is pride. We are playing GOD
just some thoughts from the front porch...
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