Mao jud nay panudlo sa "ato" nga simbahan MDB nga ang atong kaluwasan nag-agad ra gyod sa Ginoo, sa iyang pagkamaloloy-on, dili sa atong achievements, accomplishments, mga buhat or because we deserve it, even if we sometimes tend to think so. Si Hesus na bitaw niingon nga "I didn't come here to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through "HIM".... "you have already my "WORD" who will be your judge." Ug bisan pa ana na panultion, still, the prerogative to judge in not on "US" but God's... ambot unsay lisod sabton ana nga usa ramay sugo sa Ginoo... go and proclaim the mercy and love of God and summon His disciples "love one another as I have loved you." I don't remember Him telling any of His disciples at any time nga "palihog kuno kog bantay sa mga tawo kung kinsa nilay "good boys & girls" ug kinsa pod tong "naughty & bad." Si Santa Claus nuon sa usa ka Christmas carol bwahahaha.
Ug unsa man diay love nga gipakita sa Ginoo, di ba magpakamatay man para sa iyang mga isig kaingon, even His enemies and persecutors. Aguy! He died for all of us even when we were His enemies because of our sins. Ambot nganong motipas man jud ta, even aning aspetoha sa Biblia. Di ba ingon man pod siya: "Do not judge and you will not be judged?"
So where do we stand? Unsa man jud ato pagtoo, we're really better people or less evil than these "least of our brethren?" Aguy! Believe it or not, the greatets sin in the world is the sin of PRIDE coz we always think - whether we admit/realize/know it or not - that the world revolves around us or the self. We're (our self) the measure of everything that's good and right (hasta gani mga gagmay bata atong kasab-an kay di sila mo act like our "self" in certain situations. It's always the "other" person who's imperfect and less loved by God and not us/self. Sometimes we think that way individually or as group or as a Church.
Moa jud nay aong kahadlokan kung wa nako aning kalibutana and I'll be facing my JUDGE, because by then, I'll be walking "the last mile, baby" matud pag professor nako sa DOGMA. It's all between me and God, dili ku gunsay gebuhat sa uban. Wew!
And I'll never forget what Jesus said (to the judgmental crowd): mauna pa nato mga k******n, mga borikat, mga b***t, mga tomboy, mga aditz2x, mga kriminal, ug ubang mga makasasa ngadto sa gingharian sa Diyos."
I wonder why He said that. Huh!
Did He really say that? You bet!!!
Gisampolan paman gani tas Ginoo didto sa krus... hayaha sa kawaton oy!
You'll never know how God's grace works!!!
Well Said, Father L!
We are not here to condemn, nor are we here to negate, but to share the truth. What kind of brother would I be if I told only what sounded good to the ear and yet deep in my heart and to BIBLICAL and CHURCH teaching, is considered wrong?
So we, being Brothers and Sisters, should be truthful to one another, and not merely tell them something--just because it 'sounds good', yet betray all the teachings that we hold true--and which resound in our hearts.
To do so, is what Jesus Christ OUR LORD reminds us is an act of Pharisees. Hypocrites.
We are here to support one another. Because WE ARE ALL SINNERS.

You, Myself, from the priests, to the ministers, to the laymen, to everyone.
But we are in this together. So we are not only to hear TRUTH, but to share TRUTH.
God Bless~
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