Put Down The Gavel
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“Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged. For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measure you use. Why do you look at the splinter in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the beam of wood in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,’ and look, there’s a beam of wood in your own eye? Hypocrite! First take the beam of wood out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother’s eye.”
As Christians, it can be easy to feel like it’s our place to pronounce judgment over others.
Scripture doesn’t say that we should not be discerning or exercise judgment at all; however, we are not to sit in a place of judgment over others. Doing so makes us liable to God’s judgment, as we are taking His rightful place as judge. Those classmates of mine 16 years ago took on God’s place as judge in my life by declaring that I wasn’t good enough because of the shoes I wore (or, to put it more accurately, the shoes I couldn't afford to wear). That was not their place then, and it is not mine or yours today.
The role of judgment is to help one another see the places we may be misguided in our walk with the Lord. We must do so from a place of love, with the hope of restoration for the person we are "judging." We should prayerfully point them to the better way, following Jesus' example from the story of the woman caught in adultery (John 8:1-11).
This week, take some time to reflect on how you may be judging others in a way that isn’t consistent with the way of Jesus… A way full of grace and truth. A way that is slow. A way that is genuine.
Put down the gavel, step away from the bench, and walk alongside others with grace and truth.
The role of judgment is to help one another see the places we may be misguided in our walk with the Lord. We must do so from a place of love, with the hope of restoration for the person we are "judging." We should prayerfully point them to the better way, following Jesus' example from the story of the woman caught in adultery (John 8:1-11).
This week, take some time to reflect on how you may be judging others in a way that isn’t consistent with the way of Jesus… A way full of grace and truth. A way that is slow. A way that is genuine.
Put down the gavel, step away from the bench, and walk alongside others with grace and truth.

Author: Andrew Archer, Student Ministry Director
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