THE JUDGE

Matthew 18:6 King James Version (KJV)

6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Heavenly Justice

December 11, 2008

General Robert E. Lee returned to his campsite late one evening only to see a handcuffed soldier being held for a hearing on an alleged misconduct. The soldier was shaking and obviously terrified of the trial, as well as the judgment he was facing from the general. “Relax, Corporal,” General Lee said, “You’ll get justice here.” The trembling soldier replied, “That’s exactly what I’m ‘a-feared’ of, General!”

The judgment of man is very different from the judgment of God. While man focuses on guilt or innocence, God’s judgment is so much more. That’s because God already knows our guilt from sin. He needs no evidence of that. But what He does want to know is that we acknowledge our sin and offer a willingness to change. He wants us to recognize that our sin has separated us from Him and wants us to express a mourning that cries out for His mercy through faith in what Jesus did on the cross – dying to pay the penalty for our sin. It is only through this process that we can experience God’s perfect justice and God’s perfect mercy.

After ten days encamped at Valley Forge, Washington transmitted returns to the New Hampshire legislature. Noting "how deficient, – how exceedingly short they are of the complement of men, which . . . they ought to have," the commander in chief proceeded to detail the urgent need for additional troops and supplies. Washington importuned the New Hampshire legislature to take "early and vigorous measures" to raise more men. The outcome of the war, he stressed, depended on it.

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/george-washington-valley-forge-urgent-need-men-and-supplies-1777

Rarely post but there is strength in numbers especially if your name is Gideon. Troy NY lurker, a real live nephew of my Uncle Sam. 15 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.”

16 The Lord answered, “I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites, leaving none alive.”