James 4:11-12 (New Living Translation)
Warning against Judging Others
11 Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you.
12 God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor?
How many times have you felt that another Christian wasn't living the way that you thought they should, and then told someone else about it?
We slander people all the time and it's wrong. We see only the bad in others and then condemn them as if we know them better than God does. That's not the way that God intended it to be.
We are to love one another and do it in the same way that we want to be loved. God knows what's best for us and He tells us what to do, not the other way around. God makes the law and we obey it. It's very simple. The next time you feel compelled to talk bad about your brothers or sisters, remember:
You have the right to remain silent!
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my goodness I surly was that person, until God told me that I was not the sin police, and my job was to always walk in His love. not so easy but if I allow His spirit to act before me it's easy.
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Thanks, God knows how to handle us doesn't He?
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