“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
How many times have we wished that Radical Jesus had never spoken these words? Our hearts have a hair trigger to recognize the faults of our brothers and sisters but we are blind to our faults and we often don’t hesitate to point these faults out loudly. Certainly, we think, we have the right, NO! the responsibility to tell our brother when he has failed. Our faults? Well, those are our personal issues that are above your reproach because I have submitted them to the Lord.
Jesus points us in a different direction, a radical direction. He lays claim to being the only One able to judge the hearts of men and women. His perfection gives Him the sole right to stand above our broken lives and remind us, gently or not, of our failings. Fortunately, he doesn’t leave us in our pathetic state. Once He gets our eyes off of our brother and onto Him, the Radical One leads us to a higher order of awareness. Be blessed my brothers and sisters.
LOVE | ACCEPT | FORGIVE 