Many people in this world try to do what is good and to help other people. We see the good things that people do, and we are impressed with their generosity and their kindness. However, all that we can see and really know about a person are their outward actions. No human being can really know what is deep down in the heart of another person no matter how close two people are.
Proverbs 16:2 tells us, "All a person's ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord." This Proverb is telling us that each person believes that they are doing what is right. However, the Lord when He judges each person according to their deeds will know what the true motive of each action was. The Lord sees the heart of each person, and He is the one that can judge the thoughts and the intents of each person's heart. He will know if we have acted with pure motives or with impure motives. The Bible says that the Lord will reward each person when He comes according to what that person has done. If a person has done something with an impure motive, even if it is something that is outwardly good, the Lord will know the true state of the person's heart.
The Bible says that all judgment has been given to Jesus Christ the Son. According to John 2:25, Jesus knows what is in each person. That means that He does not judge by outward appearances. He looks at the heart.
Because we cannot see into a person's heart is the reason that Jesus tells us in the Sermon on the Mount that we are not to judge others. We do not have the means by which to make a right or complete judgment. Only Jesus can look at the heart of person and judge their intents and motivations.
Each of us most strive to follow Jesus and act out of pure motives. We should do good in this world and follow the Lord out of a heart filled with love for the Lord and for our neighbor.
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