LUKE 13:10-13 CRITICISM

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IF JESUS WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO THE CRITICISM AND LOST SIGHT OF HIS MISSION BECAUSE SOMEONE HAD AN OPINION

WHAT IF JESUS’ NEED FOR ACCEPTANCE WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER THAN HIS MISSION TO HEAL AND DELIVER, THIS WOMAN WOULD HAVE SPENT A LIFETIME OF LIVING DEFORMED

YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH CRITICISM IF YOU PLAN ON BEING SUCCESSFUL

PRAY

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WORD CRITICISM IT IS ROOTED IN THE WORD CRITIQUE

ALL CRITICISM IS NOT BAD

YOU NEED CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM

KOLHI WOULD NOT BE KOLHI WITHOUT CRITICISM

CRITIQUE MAKES YOU BETTER ANDTO LIVE IN A WORLD WITHOUT ANY CRITICISM IS DANGEROUS

YOU NEED SOMEONE BOLD ENOUGH TO CRITIQUE YOU AND SAY I LOVE BUT THAT DOESN’T LOOK GOOD ON YOU

A TRUE FRIEND IS SOMEONE BOLD ENOUGH TO CONFRONT YOU IN A LOVING WAY

THAT IS A TRUE FRIEND-YOU HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM....

GOOD FRIENDS CAN SAY TOUGH THINGS BECAUSE THEY LOVE YOU

PEOPLE THAT LOVE YOU WILL INVEST IN YOU ENOUGH TO EVEN HAVE A FALLING OUT WITH YOU

IN IMPOSTER IS ALWAYS SAYING WHATEVER YOU WANT TO HEAR

COMPANIES FALL, MINISTRIES, FAMILIES FALL BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE ANYONE TO SAY THE TOUGH THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SAID

CRITICISM IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING

CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM WILL BRING A CHANGE WHILE COMPLAINING WILL BRING DOWN

BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING AND GET CALLED A JUDAS EVERYTIME THAT YOU DISAGREE

ALL CRITICISM IS NOT BAD, JUST LIKE ALL GOOD SPEAKING IS NOT GOOD

IF THERE ARE PEOPLE SPEAKING GOOD ABOUT YOU ALL OF THE TIME, YOU CAN TRUST THAT THEY DON’T LIKE YOU

JESUS EMBRACES PEOPLE THAT I THOUGHT THAT HE REBUKE AND REBUKES PEOPLE WHO I THOUGH THAT HE WOULD EMBRACE

WHEN PETER COMES TO HIM ABOUT NOT GOING TO THE CROSS, JESUS CALLS HIM A DEVIL

WHEN JUDAS BETRAYS HIM, HE CALLS HIM FRIEND

SOMETIMES YOU CANNOT EVALUATE A PERSON BY THE MESSAGE THAT THEY BRING

SOMETIMES THEY WILL BRING A CONFRONTATIONAL MESSAGE THAT WILL BETTER ME

BUT I DON’T BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN HELP ME BY TALKING ABOUT ME

YOU CAN’T TRY TO HELP ME BY TALKING ABOUT ME

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE THAN TALKING TO THE PERSON AND TALKING ABOUT THEM

EVEN THOSE THAT CRITICIZE US WITH EVIL INTENT, IF WE LOOK CLOSE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT HELPS

TAKE WHATS GOOD AND LEAVE WHAT BAD

ONE THING IS SURE, WHEN YOU ARE CRITICIZED, YOU ARE NOT IGNORED

YOU HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT YOU

PEOPLE WHO DRAW ATTENTION WILL DRAW CRITICISM

THE MOMENT THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL DO SOMETHING IN LIFE, SOMEONE WILL NOT AGREE THAT YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING

SOMEBODY IS GOING TO TRY TO KILL WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE COMMITTMENT AND CHARACTER TO PROCEED TO YOUR DESTINY AND PURPOSE

YOU WOULD THINK THAT IF YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON, TRYING TO DO A WONDERFUL THING THAT YOU WOULD BE SUPPORTED AND VALIDATED

THIS TEXT IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS JESUS BEING CRITICIZED

HE IS A GOOD PERSON, AT A GOOD TIME, DOING A GREAT THING AND HE IS CRITICIZED

DON NOT LET CRITICISM SHUT DOWN YOUR ASSIGNMENT

YOU CAN’T GIVE UP IF YOU WALK AWAY OVER SOMEONE’S OPINION

I DON’T NEED GOOD THING WHEN THINGS ARE GOOD

I NEED GOOD THINGS WHEN THINGS ARE TOUGH

GOOD LEADERSHIP IS DETERMINED IN TOUGH TIMES AND NOT GOOD TIMES

GOOD LEADERSHIP IS PROVEN IN BAD TIMES

PEOPLE RESPECT YOU WHEN YOU CAN TAKE A LICKIN AND KEEP ON TICKEN

SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE TO WARN YOU THAT EVERYONE IS NOT FOR YOU SO OTHERS WON’T DESTROY YOU

PEOPLE WANT YOU TO FILE BANKRUPTCY, LOSE YOUR MARRIAGE, HOUSE

BUT I’’M ON A MISSION AN HAVE TO BE TOUGH ENOUGH TO KEEP WALKING REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU SAID

I’M SUPPOSED TO BE DIFFERENT

LOOK AT THE FAITH OF THIS CRIPPLED WOMAN

NOT THE FAITH THAT GOT HER HEALED

THE FAITH THAT SAYS, THIS WOMAN CAME TO THE SAME PLACE FOR 18 YEARS WITHOUT ANY CHANGE WITHOUT GIVING UP

THIS WOMAN HAD FAITH BEFORE SHE GOT HEALED

THE FAITH TO BE NICE WHEN OTHERS ARE NASTY

THIS WOMAN HAS GONE TO A GLORY-LESS PLACE FOR 18 YEARS WHERE GOD WAS AND IS NO LONGER

SHE COMES TO A SERVICE WHERE NOTHING HAPPENS

SHE COMES AND LEAVES THE WAY SHE CAME-FOR 18 YEARS

18 YEARS OF LISTENING AT CONTRADICTORY VOICES

SHE HAD TO HAVE HELP LIFTING HERSELF UP AND HELP DOING EVERYTHING

BEING AT THE MERCY OF OTHERS-18 YEARS-DEPENDING ON PEOPLE

LOOK AT HER COMMITTMENT ANDF FINALLY SHE COMES AND JESUS IS THERE

THIS MIGHT BE THE DAY—THIS MIGHT BE THE DAY

WHY DID YOU COME TO CHURCH?

THIS MIGHT BE THE DAY

I CAN’T GIVE UP YET, THIS MIGHT BE THE DAY

AND JESUS BEGAN TO TEACH, WHILE HE WAS TEACHING, HE SAW HER

IT IMPLIES OTHER PEOPLE DIDN’T

PEOPLE CAN BE WITH YOU BUT NOT SEE HER

JESUS SAW WHAT 18 YEARS OF STRUGGLE COULD DO

DON’T YOU THINK GOD SEES YOU

GOD SEES YOU, CIRCUMSTANCE, TEARS, YOU DON’T HAVE TO DESCRIBE IT-HE SEES YOU

HE CALLED HER, HE’S CALLING ME

HE CALLS A CRIPPLED WOMAN WHO COULDN’T GET UP

GOD ALWAYS ASKS YOU TO DO WHAT YOU CANNOT DO

STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND

YOU NEED A CALLING THAT IS BIGGER THAN YOU

THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE RUNNING WITH

GOD IS CALLING YOU

AFTER 18 YEARS OF WAITING, SHE GOT THE CALL, HE SPOKE A WORD TO HER THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW

HE TOLD HER SOMETHING THAT WAS TOTALLY CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT SHE KNEW

THE MOST INTERESTING PEOPLE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE INSIGHTS ABOUT YOU THAT DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOU

JESUS SAYS, WOMAN THOU ART LOOSED…NOT YOU WILL BE OR GOING TO BE

YOU ARE LOOSED AND YOU DON’T KNOW IT YET

YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE

DO YOU NEED SOME UPDATED FILES ABOUT WHO YOU ARE OR ARE YOU STILL WALKING IN WHO YOU WERE

IT IS UP TO YOU-YOU CAN GO HOME STILL BENT OVER OR YOU COULD GO HOME FREE

WOMAN, THOU ARE LOOSED FROM THINE INFIRMITY

AFTER 18 YEARS OF DYSFUNCTION, I’M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF THAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW

YOU HAVE BEEN THINKING THAT YOU ARE CRIPPLED BUT THE MOMENT THAT YOU REALIZE THAT YOU ARE LOOSED

YOU’VE BEEN THINKING THAT YOU CANNOT LEARN, IMMEDIATELY SHE STRAIGHTENED UP-IMMEDIATELY

AFTER 18 YEARS OF BEING TWISTED UP, SHE STRAIGHTENED UP HERSELF

I DID IT MYSELF, I GOT THIS, I’M GOOD, I DID IT MYSELF

SOMEONE IS ABOUT READY TO GET A BREAKTHROUGH THEMSELF

SHE NOW HAS PHYSICAL INDEPENDENCE, IN THIS PRAISE MOMENT THAT WE STEP INTO THIS TEXT AND EVERYONE IS HAPPY EXCEPT...

WHENEVER YOU REJOICE, NEVER LOSE SIGHT THAT THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE THAT IS NOT HAPPY FOR WHAT GOD IS DOING IN YOUR LIFE

WHILE YOU START THE BUSINESS, GET MARRIED, HAVE THE NEW BABY, RUN THE MINISTRY, NOT EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS HAPPY

SOME OF THE CRITICISM COMES AS A DISTRACTION TO ROB YOU YOU FROM THE BEAUTY OF THE MOMENT

SATAN SAYS, IF I CAN’T STOP THE HEALING, I WILL STOP THE JOY

HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT A LOT OF BAD NEWS COMES AT GOOD TIMES

JUST WHEN THINGS ARE FALLEN INTO PLACE

IT IS BECAUSE IT COMES TO STEAL THE JOY FROM THE MOMENT IN THE SOUL THAT HAS BEEN DEB]NIED SO LONG

THERE IS NO LOVE LIKE THE LOVE THAT COMES TO A LONELY HEART

IT IS ON THE CANVAS OF 18 YEARS OF LACK OF JOY AND BEFORE SHE CAN SWALLOW

HERE IS THE VOICE OF THE CRITICISM

I’LL GIVE YOU 4 CRITICS

THERE IS NO VOICE LIKE THE VOICE OF A RELIGIOUS CRITIC

YOU HAVEN’T BEEN BEATUN UP UNTIL YO HAVE BEEN BEATEN BY A BIBLE

A RELIGIOUS CRITIC WILL USE SCRIPTURES TO VALIDATE ITSELF---SPIRITUAL TERMINOLOGY

THEY USE IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE DISCLOSED 18 YEARS OF POWERLESS MINISTRY

ANYTIME THAT YOU ARE ABOUT READY TO BE EFFECTIVE, ANYONE WILL USE WHATEVER THEY CAN

THEY HAD THE LETTER OF THE TEXT BUT NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE TEXT

ANYTIME SOMEONE’S CRITICISM DOESN’T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IT COME FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE

INSTITUTIONAL CRITICISM

CRITICIZE BEHAVIOR THAT IS OUT OF THEIR CONTEXT WITH POINT OF REFERENCE

YOU DON’T FIT INTO INSTITUTIONALIZED THINKING-WE DON’T DO THAT AT OUR CHURCH

ANYTIME THAT YOU DON’T FIT THE INSTITUTION, YOU WILL BE CRITICIZED

2. POSITIONAL CRITICISM-THEY CRITICIZE BASED ON THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND PRIORITIES-THEIR PERSPECTIVES BECOME STANDARDS

3. INTIMIDATION BASED CRITICISM-THEY CRITICIZE BECAUSE YOUR SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS THEIR DEFICIENCIES-THE HATERS, THEY ARE ENVIOUS

4. ASSOCIATIVE CRITICISM-THEY CRITICIZE TO ATTACK WHAT YOU REPRESENT-SOME PEOPLE HATE YOU BECAUSE YOU CONNECT WITH CERTAI N PEOPLE

JESUS DID NOT ALLOW THE CRITICISM TO DETER THE MISSION AND THE CRITICISM IS TO DEFINE THE MOMENT OF YOUR VICTORY. I AM GOING TO FINISH IT.