Monday, September 19, 2011

Looking At The Soul of the Sinner




We live in a world in which at all times we can be influenced by things that are good for us or things that hurt us, and it is up to each one of us to know how to choose which path to follow and not be influenced by anything, and live only by faith.
Zacchaeus was a tax collector who cheated others, but at the same time Jesus was not concerned with his sin. When Jesus passed by, he looked out for him and climbed as high as he could in a tree to see Jesus. Seeing his attitude, He said He would be at his home that very same day, but those who saw him only as a sinner, did not accept the attitude of Jesus and murmured as if they were not in agreement that Jesus would go to the house of a sinner.
Jesus really is wonderful. He does not look at the exterior, but rather the interior. Because if it were not so, many of us would not have achieved our salvation.
Too many people are living wrong, committing robberies, prostitution, murder, but have not had that opportunity to receive a good influence to change their lives.
When Jesus did not look at the sinner, but looked at the soul of the sinner who was with Him, there was regret and he said: I will give half of my possessions to the poor and if I cheated anyone, I will restore it fourfold, or in other words, he regretted his actions and had an encounter with God.
And Jesus said: Today salvation has come to this house.
Many people are not seen as souls but as disturbed, murderers, liars, thieves, or said to live in the flesh, but only with a gesture of love and solidarity and influenced by the power of God in their lives, they can take a step and change the course of their lives.
I thank God because every day I learn the true love for souls, to love people on the inside, not the outside, not judging, but being a good influence with good attitudes and leading them to an encounter with God, and the results have been wonderful every day.

Time passes by quickly, and many people are dying and instead of being a good influence to others, by looking at the inside and not the outside, we lose the opportunity to win souls for the Kingdom of God with prejudice, with disfavor, and unfortunately this type of behavior only displeases God and gives pleasure to evil.
“But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”