Romans 2:1 “Therefore you have no excuses, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are now doing the very same things.”
When the Apostle Paul wrote the letter to the Roman people, which we refer to today as the book of Romans in the Bible, he took great care and time to explain to the people that we are all equal, Jew and Gentile alike, and that we all need the mercy of God through Christ Jesus to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Paul wanted the people of Rome to understand that no one person was more important than the other and that we need to be careful when we passed such judgment. Paul’s scriptures are great teaching tools and the principles of his scripture, as with all scripture hold true even in today’s sinful and immoral world.
When we look at the scripture above, it always makes me laugh, because we as Christians do it so often and never realize it. We are quick to condemn a person for his or her actions and seem to classify their sin at a much higher level than our own, when in reality sin is sin. We like to classify our sins; maybe to comfort ourselves or to place ourselves at a higher value than those we are condemning. We look at the splinter in the eyes of others and soon forget about the plank in our own eye. In reality we all sin, so why do some of us act like we don’t, or that we are better than someone that is caught in a sin?
When I look at our world I see a lot of people that are hurting and in need of love, they are just waiting to be loved by someone, but yet most of us would rather just not love the sinner, because we become too overwhelmed with the sin itself. I’m not saying that we should ignore the sin, since we are all called to hold one another accountable, but when you place yourself at a higher level than another person you become the person Paul is talking about in the scripture.
The world is full of sinners and yes the church is full of them as well, from the pulpit to the pews! So why are we a society of Christians that seems to want to push someone away due to their sins? I am not worthy to stand on the pulpit and you are not worthy to sit in the pews, but like all whom sin, Christ Jesus has paid the debt for all of us. I’m not asking you to ignore the sin, I’m just asking you to remember the mercy that has been shown to you by Christ Jesus, and I only ask that you pass that same mercy on to others.
Sincerely,
Sinner Doug