In today's world , its very common to JUDGE people .
Even many believers, simply draw a
conclusion or judge others with out knowing anything or little .
Whenever we make a judgment, we do so based
on what we have seen and sometimes that’s not enough to provide the whole
picture.
Human judgment is limited to the
information which we put into it and sometimes that isn’t enough to make an
accurate judgment.
Jesus talks about the same point in the Matthew
7: 1-6 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For
in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you
use, it will be measured to you. “Why do you look at the speck
of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own
eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck
out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?
this is often what we do when we criticize
others. We look at some little matter in another persons’ life and criticize
them for it while ignoring a much worse sin in our own life. Before we get too
concerned about correcting others, we need to correct ourselves.Jesus clearly
said You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will
see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Story of the Wife and the Window :
It was in response to this sort of critical attitude that Paul responded 1 Corinthians 4:3-5 " I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself .My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me.Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.
You need to develop this kind of attitude towards judging others and judging yourself , its very clear from word of God that the Judgment is in Lord's hand so its not your duty to judge others or judge yourself .
If
we look at in Gospel John 8 , Jesus didn't judge the sinful woman, Jesus
is confronted by a mob pushing before it a woman that was caught in the act of
adultery. The mob tried to use her, as if she were a thing, in order to trap
Jesus. The Jewish law said she must die. Roman law said that she couldn’t be
killed without their permission. There was never any doubt about her guilt, nor
was there any doubt as to the seriousness of her action.
So what did Jesus do when confronted by this sinner? First, he refused to look down on her. He wouldn’t allow the mob to treat her as a thing. Rather he forced the mob to consider their own sin. But, second, he didn’t justify her behavior. He wouldn’t refer to her action as anything other than sin. He forgave her and challenged her to stop sinning.
So what did Jesus do when confronted by this sinner? First, he refused to look down on her. He wouldn’t allow the mob to treat her as a thing. Rather he forced the mob to consider their own sin. But, second, he didn’t justify her behavior. He wouldn’t refer to her action as anything other than sin. He forgave her and challenged her to stop sinning.
God is warning us to avoid the extremes of judgment and to pray about others rather than judging . We need to be careful not to become harshly judgmental, looking for faults, taking the opportunity to look down on others from our position of self-righteousness.
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JUDGING OTHERS does not define who they are , IT DEFINES WHO YOU ARE "
Lord, Help me not to judge others and judge our self .. AMEN ... !
Lord, Help me not to judge others and judge our self .. AMEN ... !
GOD BLESS YOU ... :)
In Christ ,
Shekinah
Youth .