Judge Others So You Feel Better About Yourself

One of my biggest weakness, and honestly many Christian’s weakness is to judge others. What does it mean to judge someone else? When you look at another person in a position to decide if they are sinful, guilty, and deserve punishment. To do so is such a dangerous game that Paul lays down a serious rebuke to the church in Rome he oversees:

” ¹ You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. ² Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. ³ So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?”

We see Paul teaching the early church that to judge others actually calls down judgement on yourself. You “condemn” or in other words, damn yourself! He even catches them in the fact that the very things we judge, we are probably guilty of! He reminds us that God judges based on Truth, because God invented the Truth to base in on.

Why do we judge? Why do you judge?

I know for me it usually makes me feel better about myself…which is incredibly wrong! We judge because it can be fun to belittle others. We judge because we have been judged by others. We are essentially spiritual bullies. Bullies hurt others because they are hurting. The same is true for us as we judge others.

So what do we do to stop?

You need to remember your own sin. What?! I thought when God forgives us we forget it?! Find that in the bible for me and I’ll buy it. That’s not the case. Have you ever seen how often even Paul reminds his readers of his own sin, his past, his thorn in the flesh? Let me put it this way, do we forget History because it is in the past? NO!!!!!! We remember History to learn from. Do remember who you WERE so that you can take joy in who you ARE today! And in remembering the past sin, the past man or woman, you will be sensitive to others and put down the Judge Judy act.

What do you think? How do you deal with this issue?