Do Not Judge
Luke 6:37 (NLT) “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven.”
We live in a day and age where it is very difficult not to judge others. Most comedians get their material from the imperfections of others. Or at work, when a woman walks in a room, in 30 seconds, the other women have looked at her hairstyle, makeup, lipstick color, style of clothes, style of shoes, her purse, determine if everything matches, and determine if what she wore was in style for today’s trend, or leftovers from the 1980’s. For men, it’s about the car you drive. The dangerous thing about placing judgment on others is that you are now separating yourself from others to be in a category that is better than others. There are words to describe those categories or types of individuals who judge and act as though they are better than others, but I will not list them here.
In today’s culture, there are some countries that will arrest you for preaching the gospel in the streets. Some of today’s generation call it hate speech because it is against what they want and believe. If you asked them why they consider preaching the gospel as hate speech, the first answer they would say is, “…because you are judging my lifestyle and the way I want to live.” As a Christian believer, our job is not to judge others. God is the one who will judge later. But the Holy Spirit is the one who does the convicting. There is a difference between conviction and judgment. Conviction is when the Holy Spirit points out a person’s sin and gets them to acknowledge that it is wrong and they need to change. Conviction pulls you to God. Judgment points out a person’s sin and the punishment they deserve.
Jesus says that we should never judge others. The reason is that when you do, you are elevating yourself to be more righteous than the other person. You are almost trying to position yourself as the highest authority, the judge. And that is reserved only for God and Jesus. In the same chapter of Luke 6, Jesus continues to explain the pointless reason for judging others.
Luke 6:41 (NLT) “And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eyewhen you have a log in your own?”
Judging others blinds you from seeing the things you need to change in your own life. Judging others is a by-product of Pride. And we all know God hates Pride. If you judge others, it WILL come back at you, and God will be the Judge.
Be Blessed!
Ron
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