Thought of the Day: Judgment

Greetings in Christ Jesus, Fellow Soldiers.

Why should we not judge? Is it because judgment is wrong?

Not at all. God is our judge, and as He is holy and we are sinful, He is justified in His judgments against us. No one has the right to judge as God does. No one has earned damnation like we have.

We refrain from judgment because if God had judged us as we deserved, we all be damned. In mercy, He judged His Son in our place. When you notice that you're judging another, remember what your sin has earned and what you now have in Christ. Use such an opportunity to examine your own heart of its sin and lay it before the God who no longer judges, but justifies you and makes you more holy.

Then show mercy. Take the person who has earned your wrath and love them until your wrath breaks, by God's grace.

Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, was raised--sits at the right hand of God and intercedes for us. (Rom. 8:34)