Judgment and Discernment

Judging. Well, in some ways it is wrong but for me my conviction is that without judgment there can be no progression. Because with judgment comes correction and correction brings a straightening of direction and thus progression in our walk with Yahweh. Many oftentimes quote what Yeshua said in the Gospel of Matthew:

[Mat 7:1-3] Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

But oftentimes they forget when Yeshua continued to expound a bit more on judgment in the Gospel of John:

[Joh 7:24] Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

I believe that that just sums up what Yeshua meant when He said to judge not and yet to judge righteously. There is no contradiction but rather this is what has been revealed to me by the Holy Spirit. Oftentimes we judge others on their outlook on life, their outward apparel, and not the life they live behind closed doors. The Lord Yeshua has called us to judge or if in another word to discern between good and evil, the holy and the unholy. Because another office of a king is not just to rule and reign but also to execute righteous judgment where it is due. What appears on the outside may not be what lurks on the inside. If we simply judge based on our outward guise then we would incur much errors and perhaps even sin. But to me it is a greater sin that we do not judge at all. Because then how will we know what is from Elohim and what is of the enemy if we do not exercise judgment and discernment. True, everything comes from and with the permission of Yahweh and nothing can touch us unless it is by the hand of Elohim allowing it so. But not everything that He allows is beneficial to us. Things come our way that He may test us as to whether we would walk in His ways or no.

[Deu 8:2] And thou shalt remember all the way which יהוה thy Elohim led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep His commandments, or no.

So we need righteous judgment or righteous discernment to be able to continue on with our walk with the Lord Yeshua Messiah. The conviction I hold is that in these last days we cannot progress even a step further without the working and guidance of the Holy Spirit leading us. Now I believe that without discernment there can be no progressive revelation of Messiah. For only those who are able to judge and discern righteously are liable to eat the meat found in the Bible. Milk belongs to those who have yet to exercise their senses to be able to discern between what is of Yahweh and what is not.

[Heb 5:13-14] For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

In fact I found that in both offices that Yeshua Messiah had redeemed us into: as kings and priests both require discernment and judgment to be administered to. As kings we not only rule and reign but also execute righteous judgment where judgment is due. And as priests we have need to be able to discern between holy and unholy.

[Lev 10:10] And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

[Psa 72:1-2] Give the king thy judgments, O Elohim, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

Solomon judged righteously. In the case of the two harlots and their child if we were to go with what seemed natural then the child would belong to her who replaced her dead child with the other's. Simply because the child was in the care of the former harlot in the eyes of the people. But Solomon saw further because he had the wisdom of Yahweh upon him.
The gift of discernment was upon him and it allowed him to execute judgment righteously. How much more us now that we have in our lives and our being Someone Who is greater than Solomon in the aspect of wisdom? Yeshua Messiah is the wisdom of Elohim and the power of Elohim manifested and it would be a shame if we did not use said wisdom to be able to discern in these last times.

[Mat 12:42] The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

[1Co 1:24] But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, the Messiah is the power of יהוה, and the wisdom of יהוה.

Judging one another is needed. More so for me. If we keep laying on ourselves all these sweet words our pride will go unchecked. Judgment serves to correct the wrong in one's life but without judgment you allow yourself to grow as you please. Like a plant that has no support growing up will eventually reach a point in time where it can no longer bend how it ought to. For me, to not judge is to not use the Elohim given wisdom that He has blessed us with to discern between good and evil. And one day, if this keeps up; this 'no judging' debacle, we will find Yahweh taking back the wisdom He gave us with the intent we use it fully.

[Pro 1:20-33] Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of יהוה: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

-Wednesday, 16th November 2016, 1 year 2 months 9 days, 2342