Judged
“Do not judge, so that you may not be
judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you
give will be the measure of what you get. Why do you see the speck in your
neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? Or how can you say
to your neighbor, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while the log is in
your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then
you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor’s eye.
Confront sin before it confronts you.
Do not be judgmental, but do correct with love. The Bible makes it clear that
we are responsible to humbly confront fellow believers
when we see them caught in sin. Jesus did not say we should not confront sin. He
said we should be careful in making judgments. We must give others the benefit
of the doubt, recognizing our own limitations. And we must reject any feeling
of spiritual superiority, lest we also fall into sin.
Confronting
someone is a serious responsibility. Exercise it carefully, and always beware
of judging.
Judge yourself
before you judge others.
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