Matthew 7:1
1 “Judge not, that you be not judged.
I don’t know what the civil war would have felt like. Brother against brother, the country was filled with people who loved and hated the same people. Our world today is taking on some of that tinge. We are mandated to vilify a huge number of people, and while it used to be a manageable group, it’s now just about everyone. It's here that Jesus’ radical command strikes like a lightening bolt.
Jesus has commanded the finger waving Pharisees and the easy-going tax collectors to hand God’s responsibilities back to God. It just isn’t our job to judge other people. Right is still right and wrong is still wrong, but we can never overstep our role. We tell the world about sin and about God’s grace and forgiveness not as God’s judges, but as fellow sinners amazed by God’s grace.
Prayer prompt: Lord, teach me to see things through Your eyes, loving all and trusting You to judge.
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