Judge
not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned:
forgive, and ye shall be forgiven (Luke 6:37).
As a Christian, one of the features of your
recreated human spirit is love, and love doesn’t judge or slander others. Never
tell stories that’ll make your hearers dislike those you’re talking about. It’s
wrong. When you judge others, God ignores you. You might want to ask, "How
do you know?"
One day, Jesus was sitting somewhere and the Jewish
leaders and men chased after a woman whom they said was caught in the very act
of adultery. So they said to Jesus, "...Master, this woman was taken in
adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should
be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might
have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the
ground, as though he heard them not" (John 8:4-6).
These scribes and Pharisees were ready to stone the
woman to death, according to the Law of Moses, and wanted Jesus’ opinion. The
Bible says Jesus ignored them and wrote with His finger on the ground, because
that’s what God does to judgmental people. Jesus said, "I do what I see my
Father do" (John 5:19). So, when He ignored them, He was expressing
the Father’s response to judgmental behaviour.
When He eventually raised His head, He said to the
woman’s accusers, "Let the one without sin cast the first stone"
(John 8:7). But they couldn’t. So, one after the other, they dropped their
stones and left, leaving the woman alone with Jesus. Then Jesus said to her,
"..hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto
her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more" (John 8:10-11); and
she was delivered from the mob.
We’re to act like Jesus; He said, "I wouldn’t
condemn you, go and sin no more." Jesus recognized her sin; meaning we can
recognize when people do something that’s wrong; yet, like Jesus, don’t judge
them.
Give a good picture about others; don’t be the one
to project them in a bad light. Your role is to propagate love.
Prayer
Dear Father, thank you for sending your Son Jesus
in the likeness of men, to show us how to live. As He is, so am I in this
world, full of love and compassion and knowing what and how to answer every
man. My words bless and lift, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further Study: Ecclesiastes
5:2; Romans 14:4
1 Year Bible Read Plan : Colossians 2:6-23 Isaiah
48-49
2 Year Bible Plan : Hebrews 3:1-11 Ezekiel 1-2
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