WITH THE MEASURE YOU USE
"For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; AND WITH THE MEASURE YOU USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU."
Matthew 7:2 (NKJV)
37 JUDGE NOT, AND YOU SHALL NOT BE JUDGED. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. FOR WITH THE SAME MEASURE THAT YOU USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU.”
Luke 6:37,38 (NKJV)
The Bible passage above is usually used in connection with money, but the passage is not talking about money alone.
Although, it talks about giving in verse 38, but the subject of discussion started in verse 37 where the paragraph commenced. You know, the Scriptures were not written in chapters and verses, they were later added for easy reference.
Jesus was saying, if you judge others, you also will be judged; if you condemn others, you will be condemned; if you forgive, you also will be forgiven. If you give, it will be given to you (Luke 6:37,38).
He said further: “THE SAME MEASURE THAT YOU USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU" (Matthew 7:2).
The measure will be pressed down, shaken together and running over, and it would be put into your Bossom.
In other words, what you get in return will be much more than what you give.
Now, if you judge others, you get stricter judgement; if you condemn, you get greater condemnation in return; and of course, if you forgive others, forgiveness will be showered on you; and also in every other area of life.
Whatever you do, you harvest back bountifully. If you also give money, you harvest the same bountifully (2 Corinthians 9:6).
“THEREFORE, WHATEVER YOU WANT MEN TO DO TO YOU, DO ALSO TO THEM, FOR THIS IS THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.”
Matthew 7:12(NKJV)
• Whatever you want others to do to you, do also to them. If you want them to do good to you, then go ahead and do good to them; and however, if it is evil you want others to do to you, you go ahead and do it to others.
• There is a reward for everything you do, it is a seed: "KNOWING THAT WHATEVER GOOD ANYONE DOES, HE WILL RECEIVE the SAME FROM THE LORD, WHETHER HE IS A SLAVE OR FREE" (Ephesians 6:8 NKJV).
And ultimately, there is a reward awaiting every individual when his or her journey on earth ended:
11 HE WHO IS UNJUST, LET HIM BE UNJUST STILL; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still. 12 "AND BEHOLD, I AM COMING QUICKLY, AND MY REWARD IS WITH ME, TO GIVE EVERYONE ACCORDING TO HIS WORK.”
Revelation 22:11,12 (NKJV)
Peace.