Matthew Chapter 18, verses 1 through 17 in the Bible is a very serious admonishment and warning from Love himself. It is meant to alert people that they just cannot get away with hurting Love’s believers and get away with it without being responsible for their actions.
Some people believe that they can do anything that they want to anyone that they want to without having to be responsible for their actions. Love does not only wait for eternity to judge but does met out judgments even today, in our times, not just two thousand or more years ago.
When will people believe. When will they make the connection. When will they make some common sense observations, associations and conclusions.
Some people have a promise and protection from Love that discourages others from doing them harm. In Matthew 18:1-17, Love states in an admonishment and warning the following:
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MATTHEW Chapter 18:
" 18:1
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
18:2
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
18:3
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
18:4
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
18:5
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
18:6
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.
18:7
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
18:8
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
18:9
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
18:10
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
18:11
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
18:12
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
18:13
And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
18:14
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
18:15
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
18:16
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
18:17
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. "
In essence what is being said is that anyone who deliberately, willfully and wantonly hurts one of Love’s believers hurts themselves much worse by putting a curse from Love on themselves by their own doing. This curse, by my own observations, has taken the form of personal injury even unto death by both Love’s Law and Man’s Lawful Legal Systems. It is also apparent it has caused financial, reputational and material loss through Lawful means.
In, especially, the last thirty years I have observed as well as been informed of the debacle of numerous individuals and businesses that have failed due to the Matthew 18: 1-17 principle’s influence. They deliberately harmed me in some way, shape or form. Let me emphasize that their actions to me were not necessarily the only wrongs that they did to believers but what they did to me may have been the “straw that broke the camel’s back”. In other words they pushed it with Love once too often.
Some of these tragedies are as follows:
I was informed that one party permanently injured himself and is confined to a wheel chair or the like. That person lied to me saying that he would follow through with a commitment to me that he did not. Same caused great embarrassment to me and contributed to the end of a promising business arrangement. To my knowledge he never undid his wrongs.
A party that sabotaged my work product, lied about my countenance and then lied to my employer about same in an employed circumstance which caused me be to be fired, died in an automobile crash a while later. He never undid his wrongs.
One person who I never met before did not like the color of my skin and taunted me in any way that he could, spitting in my face and then further taunting me against the better judgment and advice of his like raced persons around him who considered me a friend. About a year later that person lost control of his automobile and flipped it over causing himself to be decapitated. I was later informed by someone in that prior group of this incident. He never undid his wrongs.
One executive in prime health lied about my countenance and conduct at his institution and interfered with my business and appellate court case. He died of a sudden, fast moving cancer in six to nine months after his acts of aggression. He never undid his wrongs.
One man who shot at me, shot another person, lied to the police about the shooting incident with me and lied to the court about a physical attack he perpetrated against me causing me some larynx and chronic back ailments, as well instigated false court claims through other persons against me, died of a heart attack in his mid thirties. He continued in his wrongs.
At least one if not a couple large corporations suffered huge losses, had to sell their office buildings and lay off and fire thousands of employees, spin off large divisions of their conglomerate and relocate to a more low profile environment, suffer convictions and heavy fines from illegal retailing or business policies and have yet to properly recover due to their dishonest and recalcitrant involvement in various aspects of the community life and my life over especially the last thirty years. It shows that huge corporations cannot get away with robbing, stealing and deceiving the public, especially Love's public. It shows that even they cannot get away with trying to crush the "little" guy or even one person who is Love's and walk away untarnished, untouched and with out major damage if not demise when they harm even one of Love's "little" ones! They still bear a millstone around their neck because they still have not fully undone their wrongs. The power is not in the corporation the power is in Love. Selah!
One person who was trying to degrade my countenance suffered broken bones in their foot a few days after their attempt. With this person it still remains to be seen whether there will be a continuation of wrongs.
A man lied to me as to his abilities to help and suffered a heart attack shortly afterward. He continues his recalcitrance will he continue in his wrongs? A millstone surely weighs about his neck.
There are judges who have ruled improperly and violated even their own codes of ethics in my cases. Some have passed on, some have suffered demotions and some are on the precipice of similar destruction. Many of these judges said they were or are "little" ones of Love. Wasn't it President Abraham Lincoln who said you can fool some of the people some of the time and you can fool some of the people all of the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time? These judges were challenged in Love to do Love's bidding in their forums. Will they continue in their recalcitrance and continue in their wrongs? Even more so will those who say they are Love's "little" ones carry an even heavier millstone when they willfully and wantonly violate their own code?
These are but a few of the many scenarios that I have become aware of over the years. There are more but they don’t come to mind at this time but will be entered here as I think of them or are made aware of them.
I hope certain persons become wise and get with the program so that they do not have to suffer whatever Love dictates for their wrong doing.
There are some right now who are doing me similar wrongs and certainly are quenching the spirit of Love. Love might not wait for them any longer and they might suffer the consequences. Time will tell. The clock is clicking downward.
I give this information in Love so that some may be able to stop their downward swing and undo their wrong doing, whether it was toward me or someone else Love considers his own. Undoing a wrong, somehow, some way is the only way I understand that Love’s curse, (millstone), can be taken off a person’s or business' “neck” and accountability! It is a big responsibility! Can those responsible do it before Love does it to them in his own timing? Time will tell. Those sad accounts noted above apparently did not care. Matthew 18:1-17 in the Bible is not there for decoration. Like the saying goes those who are fore warned are fore armed. Will they use that blessing? As Diogenes said "The foundation of every state is the education of its youth." Will its "youth" become "educated" will they become"wise"?
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