Maybe our pride gets in our way in these instances, or perhaps we get lazy in our own lives (with our devotions or obligations to our church) and judging others is our way to make up for the insecurities we are feeling. Either way, we can never make ourselves feel better by bringing someone else down. But our job - our mission - is to keep OURSELVES in line, not everyone else! Jesus taught us that...
John 8:2-7(NIV)
2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Always when judging
Who people are,
Remember to footnote
The words "So far."
~Robert Brault
photo - http://artmight.com/Artists/Rembrandt-1606-1669/Christ-and-the-Woman-Taken-in-Adultery-WGA-36100p.html
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