Do You Know The Damage You Might Cause?

Monday's Devotion (1-12-04)

"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)

When we judge others, we are putting a stumbling block in someone's way. We can make someone fall by being so harsh with our judgment or be judging them at all. If we start to judge another person, we need to look at ourselves and know that we aren't supposed to judge others. If you're a murderer and I judge you, I'm not doing any better than you. Because if I judge you, I'm sinning just like you sin, when you murder. Of course a murderer has to be trialed and judged to go to prison, but that's not my place to judge them. If their a murderer and I say, "That person is horrible!" That's not place to say. It is Jesus' job to judge. I can be judgmental like that too. If I watch on television and see what horrible thing someone has done, I can get judgmental. If we're too busy judging, how can we make a difference? How can we save a soul, if we are judging someone? How can you save the same soul, that you condemn. You have to have the love of God, in you to save someone else. You have to be humble and know that you're a sinner to save another sinner. If someone is a thief, you can judge them or you can save their soul and change their life style, by being an example. If I was a thief and someone judged me harshly, I'd probably just go steal from them because they made me mad. However, if someone was nice to me, after all the wrongs I did, I would want to change probably. We are responsible for turning someone away from the Lord. I've heard of people, that were judged so harshly that they back slid, away from the Lord. Ask yourself, "Do I know what damage my judgment causes?" That's kind of a powerful question. Think about that and judge not. I admit that I need to get control and not be judgmental too. It takes work and prayer. It's sometimes hard not to judge someone.

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message. Please forgive us of all our sins and we forgive those who've wronged, us. Help us not to be judgmental against others. Help us to always know that we are sinners, saved by grace and not by our own works. In Jesus, name. A-men!

God bless!

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