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"What is it to you if he remains till I come. You follow me." Jesus (Jn 21:22) We need to not worry about "the other" why does everything have to be a competition? Why is it my kingdom come instead of His kingdom come? Why do I think I have to defend even His kingdom, can't He do that? Who can stand against The Lord? Who can take something out of His hands? Can someone slip past all the angels, sneak up behind the throne (Is there a behind the throne?) and sneak off with one of God's promises, or a little part of His kingdom?
There was a time when people where healing some people, or casting some demons out, and the disciples asked Jesus if they should stop them, and Jesus said to let them alone, If we're not against Him, we're for Him. Also there was a time when the disciples wanted to call down fire from heaven to consume people and Jesus said that they didn't know what they were asking. I think we have an amazing amount of authority and we've been calling down way to much fire on people's heads.
My daughter is really struggling, and God convicted me this morning that I'm not willing to carry her burdens, the the scripture instructs us to carry one another's burdens. oops! Even if their in sin Lord? He who is without sin cast the first stone. Even if it's annoying....don't get an answer for that one.
If someone comes to us in their flesh, or with their sin, doesn't God say we can retain the sins of another? But do we want to? NO!! But He does! He wants to get rid of their sins, of their burdens, yet we aren't willing to help them carry theirs? Well it's their fault. What kind of a response is that?
Was it His fault He had to go to the cross? NO! But He did it for us anyway, and so must we carry one another's burdens. (Gal 6:2 Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.) A good translation will say bear one another's burdens, and it literally means "the idea of removal" man, I got to remove that mess? YES!!
So Lord help us to remove the mess off people's lives, but let us do it in love and patience, in Jesus Name!
Here's an adendum!
Matthew 7 >>English Standard Version

Judging Others
1“Judge not, that you be not judged. 2For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
6“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.Ask, and It Will Be Given
7“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!The Golden Rule
12“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Oohh, convicting!