"Judge
not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned.
Forgive, and you will be forgiven. – Luke 6.37 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye,
but do not perceive the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your
brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,' when you
yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove
the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck
that is in your brother's eye. – Luke 6.41-42
It is kind of scary how quick the world has become in
jumping at the chance to judge others for nearly anything. It is even worse to
see how Christians do the same thing. Whether it is sports or politics or
anything it seems that the first thing we do now, before we even talk about the
issue, is to condemn the other side. We seem know to judge people or groups by
whether we like them or not. If our side does something it is fine, if the
other side does something it must be bad. We won’t forgive, we won’t give the
benefit of the doubt – we would rather just judge, condemn, and move on.
But God calls His people to a different standard. Stop judging
others. You have enough issues of your own. You are so quick to judge that you
ignore your own issues. Deal with your flaws and then you can help others with
theirs.
Someone must do something to break the cycle that we
are spiralling down into. It is time for God’s people to take the high road and
set a pattern. Love instead of judge because love chooses not to think evil. We
can’t overlook known sin, but we don’t have to deal with it in an arrogant,
holier than thou judgemental attitude. Keep in mind what we have been forgiven
us before we judge others.
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