Quotes About Judgment

If you don't see it with your own eyes or hear it with your own ears, don't invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth.

Experience is knowing what not to do and knowing when not to do it.

Thus the body opens with a vision of the heavenly Bridegroom, the Son of Man, and it closes with a vision of the heavenly bride, the new Jerusalem. Toward the end of the body are the contrasting visions of the judgment of the harlot Babylon (17:1-19:111) and the joy of the bride Jerusalem (21:9-22:9). Thus 22:6-9 is the climax of the body and the opening of the epilogue-a literary interweaving of themes characteristic of Revelation elsewhere.

These interludes, which impede the advance of the seal and trumpet cycles toward their climax, inject into the experience of hearing or reading the Book of Revelation a taste of the divine delay, which prolongs the time for repentance while it deters the martyrs' longed-for vindication: "How long, () Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" (6:111).

In contrast to the interludes that delay the cycles of seals and trumpets, nothing impedes the relentless outpouring of the seven bowls of wrath, for they are the last judgments on earth, completing the wrath of God (15:1). The seventh trumpet, which contains the bowls, signals the end of divine forbearance: "there will be delay no longer, but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished" (10:0-7).

There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.

If you are deemed insane, then all actions that would oherwise prove you are not do, in actuality, fall into the framework of an insane person's actions. Your sound protests constitute denial. Your valid fears are deemed paranoia. Your survival instincts are labeled defense mechanisms. It's a no-win situation. It's a death penalty really.

I go on the presumption that everyone's full of shit until proven otherwise, and this usually serves me in good stead.

we must be open to the fact that in regard to some ethical judgments, our focus will be more on the wise, judicious course of action than on the absolute right course of action.

You judge people in the context of their time, not in the context of ours.

You can never be free of their criticism until you no longer seek their praise.

What it taught me was forgiveness. It taught me that when people present themselves in a certain way, there's probably some back story or issue or reason for the way that they are. It's not you. It's them. And a lot of times, its about something that's completely out of their control

There is nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (209) - "Effort is Everything" by Bud Selig

When you don't understand something, you label it and condemn it" (94) - Danny Glover, "The Fundamental Things

Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons.

There's nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (210) - Bud Selig "Effort is Everything

Always pay close attention to how a person speaks about other people to you, because that's exactly how she/he will speak about you to other people. It's axiomatic that whoever gossips to you will always gossip about you. Stay away from Gossipers!

Augenmaß kommt von wertvollen Erfahrungen; und paradoxerweise, wie "wertvolle Erfahrung" ist das direkte Produkt viele schlechte Entscheidungen in der Vergangenheit gemacht.

Character is the most important and differentiating aspect of human life. In my view, when Wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when Health is lost, something is lost; but when Character is lost, everything is lost. You can judge the Character of a woman/man by how she/he treats fellow people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people and animals who can't fight back. Character is the biggest asset, so don't lose it for any price.

Never judge others using the prism of your preconceived notions. You will never know the mountains of challenges and the oceans of searing sorrows they had to cross to be who they are today. The game of Life is never so easy to play for many oftentimes.

Siempre prestar mucha atención a cómo una persona habla acerca de otras personas a usted, porque eso es exactamente lo que él / ella va a hablar acerca de usted a otras personas. Es axiomático que quien cotillea a usted siempre chismes acerca de usted. mantenerse alejado de chismosos!

There're only two kinds of people in this world- those who think that there are two kinds of people, and those who know the truth.

Who's going to rob a black man on a bicycle?

Genesis, in fact, is in various ways almost nearer the New Testament than the Old, and some of its topics are barely heard again till their implications can fully emerge in the gospel. The institution of marriage, the fall of man, the jealousy of Cain, the judgment of the flood, the imputed righteousness of the believer, the rival sons of promise and of the flesh, the profanity of Esau, the pilgrim status of God's people, are all predominantly New Testament themes.