Our pastor hit the nail on the head today. He was preaching on how we as Christians sit back and judge others before we attempt to help them. It seems that our judgment of others is just a stones throw away.
John 8:6-8
6They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. 7They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, "All right, stone her. But let those who have never sinned throw the first stones!" 8Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.
What was Jesus writing ...the answer is we don't know. But it could have been a lot of things. It could have been the people in the crowds sins, it could have been those who had been with this lady, it could have been a bible verse but we really don't know. The real statement was made. This is the question I ask you. What did the stones represent? (judgment).
Matthew 7:1-3
1"Stop judging others, and you will not be judged. 2For others will treat you as you treat them. Whatever measure you use in judging others, it will be used to measure how you are judged. 3And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own?
We are not called to judge. We are called to love them unconditionally. So we need to remove those logs first. Then we will see that the speck in others eyes is nothing that Jesus can't handle. Our job is to be there and help in anyway. Let's leave judgment where it should be left. In the hands of God.
Matthew 7:21-23
21"Not all people who sound religious are really godly. They may refer to me as `Lord,' but they still won't enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The decisive issue is whether they obey my Father in heaven. 22On judgment day many will tell me, `Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.' 23But I will reply, `I never knew you. Go away; the things you did were unauthorized.
Religion needs to die. Let faith live and thrive instead.
No comments:
Post a Comment