Judge not... Before the Appointed Time

How many times have we jumped to conclusions. When we look at a person, we tend to draw a picture of the person in our mind and there are occasions when we label a person as a worthless creature even before the person could have a say.

When Landau Eugene auditioned for a competition to showcase his talent, the judges mocked at him. His social status and the way he carried himself made the judges to think that he was a nutcase. But the moment he opened his mouth to sing, he silenced the judges with his voice.

In today's world, everybody are taught to carry themselves very well. In most of etiquette training sessions, the trainer always forces the trainees not to be themselves; but to be someone whom others will accept. Everyone are taught to throw attitude. But in the attitude era, there are still simple creatures who come to the stage without any glamour and they just take the world by storm. Asif Ali is one such person. The judges sarcastically took him for a ride by insulting him for his mannerisms. This guy knocked them when he started to sing.

Similarly we would have seen the story of Susan Boyle and Kevin Skinner too. In the Bible we see a story about a man who was not good looking and he did not have the talent to speak well and everyone who listened to him mocked at his inability to convince them with his speech. But He had a secret weapon and that is his writing skills. God used this man to write 13 books in the bible. His name is Paul. We read in 2 Cor 10:10 about what people thought about him.

"His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing."

The lessons we learn from this article is this

1) Never judge a book by its cover

2) Judge not before the appointed time.

3) Never jump into conclusions.

When you see someone who doesn't carry himself well, please  don't underestimate the person. Encourage him and try to bring the best out of him. Our sarcastic insults can kill the greatest talents around us.

The only thing that one has to do behind a back of a person is "Pat his back"

-Shielded in God's Love

Prason

How to Identify a Christian Preacher in the Internet world?

Jesus gave a clue to recognize false prophets. The clue is found in Matthew 7 :16 

Matthew 7 : 16 - By their fruit you will recognize them (False Prophets)

"So, if a preacher has good fruit, then he should be a true man of God " - This is what many would think when they read the above verse. So many preachers are careful to depict only good fruit. In the online world, depicting the good fruit is not an easy joke. Many preachers are judged 

1.By their personal life:

The personal life of many preachers are mostly private and unless they are followed by paparazzi every now and then, the personal life is not easily known to the outside world. So it is not easy to judge a preacher by his fruit in his personal life.

2.By the doctrines they preach :

When it comes to the doctrines they preach, many christian believers blindly believe what ever a preacher preaches. They never cross check with the scriptures like the Bereans. So unless and until the believers have a closer walk with God, they will not be able to judge the preacher by his fruit in his preaching.

A name sake christian will never be able to identify a preacher by his fruit. Such a person will search for external cues to identify a preacher. Some preachers use 5 different posing styles to make a name-sake Christian to believe that he is a True servant of God. These 5 different posing styles of preachers can be found in the website/ Facebook page of such preachers.

Note : A real believer will never fall to the following different 5 poses.

Pose number 1 : The Crowd Puller

The preacher would appear in a photo-shopped picture in which he will be shown as preaching to a large crowd. 

The face of the preacher would occupy the main position in the picture. 

Additional lighting are also used to create glamour effect to the preacher.

Some preachers use a halo around their head.

In this picture, we can see that a Bible, a hand and fire flowing from the hand are used. This signifies that the preacher is a fire engine and he can produce fire from his hand. 

Pose 2 : The Praying man

The praying man pose is a very simple and easy pose. 

The preacher just has to close his eyes and fold his hands in front of the photographer. 

The cameraman would click this photo. This photo will be used by the preacher in his facebook page or on his website. 

Some preachers make this snap look realistic by kneeling down and posing for the snap. This pose effectively makes the namesake christian to believe that the preacher is a mighty praying servant of God.

Pose 3: Arms wide open pose

The preacher gives his best smile. He brushes his teeth well before he gives that smile.

Then he extends his arms and faces the cameraman.

He then makes a hand gesture as if he is holding a big bucket.

This pose gives an impression that the preacher is friendly, warm, compassionate and greets every one with his friendly open arms.

Pose 4 : Enter the microphone

The preacher holds a cordless microphone


Then he gives a constipated expression.


The camera clicks now


A graphical background is then added to add light to the picture.


If the preacher has pimples and blackmarks on his face, photoshop comes into the picture.


The constipated expression gives an impression that he is preaching boldly for Christ. Some namesake christians would also think that the preacher is a roaring Lion or a Tiger for Jesus.

Pose 5 : The Bible man

This is the toughest of all poses. 


The preacher has to balance the bible in one hand. He has to use his other hand to show a gesture that no one knows. In addition to this he has to give that "milk flowing face" pose.


Doing all this can be done only by an expert in this field. Once all these three poses are balanced and executed by the preacher, the camera man clicks the photo.


This photo is then added to the facebook page /website of the preacher. Such a picture tells us that the preacher is a great Bible scholar. It also makes the namesake christian to believe that he is an anointed man of God.


Yes! This is how a namesake Christian will judge a preacher. 


The Bible says  "  Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart" in 1 Samuel 16:7.


Unless and Until a believer has a closer walk with God, he will not be able to know anyone by their fruit.

Stay Blessed

Shielded in God's Love

Prason.