Jesus, Is The Judge!
Thursday's Devotion (6-5-03)
"Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way." Romans 14:13 (KJV)
We shouldn't judge
anyone else, because when we do we're being bad witnesses. Not only are we being
bad witnesses, but we're persecuting another human being and we could be a
stumbling block. We could be the stumbling block that makes another Christian,
fall. None of us are perfect, so we might as well not judge anyone else. We all
have problems and we all sin, so how can we judge another person, when we're no
better? It's about as ridiculous as this, imagine if I just stole something and
walked up to you and accused you of stealing. How would that make you feel? How
about if I lied and walked up to you and accused you of fornicating? My point is
all sin is the same and I'm just as bad as you and you're just as bad as me. All
sin is equally as bad in God's eyes. So, why judge another? We're all sinners
and we have no right to judge another. For what judgment we judge another with,
we will be judged. Another reason we shouldn't judge is this, Christ, died for
another sinner, just like He did for you. If Christ, can accept someone how can
you judge that same person? Are we putting ourselves above Christ? Jesus Christ,
is the only one who can judge us. It's just not our place. Also, if we go around
judging what good are we doing? How are we of any use to God? We really can't be
because God, doesn't want us to make others feel bad. If you weren't born again
and someone walked up to you, wearing a Jesus t-shirt and said, "You're nothing,
but a dirty sinner!" What would you think about Jesus? God, doesn't think of us
as dirty sinners, so why judge another? When you judge someone else, do you know
what will happen? You're opening the doors for Satan. He'll come in and tell
you, "You just judged that person, you're in trouble! You call yourself a
Christian?" He'll make you feel all condemned. If you judge not, you won't be
judged. With all of this being said, does it fully convince us not to judge
another? We need to admit that we have a problem of judging others, if we do. To
tell you the truth, I have a problem with it. It's a bad habit, that I need to
get out of. I'm getting better with it, I mean I don't judge people all the time
over everything. But I'll catch myself once in a while. With that being said,
did any of you just pass judgment on me? I was just asking because if you did,
like me you need to realize that's a problem in your life. Remember Jesus, is
the one who will pass judgment. Jesus, is the judge!
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Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you for today's message and bless this message. Please
help us not to judge another. We ask for your forgiveness for all the times
we've judged another. We also ask for forgiveness for all of our other sins. We
also forgive those who've done us wrong. In Jesus, name. A-men!
God bless!
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