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15 Oct 2009 - Do not judge....


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Many times, we as human fail to recognize or does not seems to be able to practice this simple yet difficult task of NOT JUDGING OTHERS...

Many times, I realized people around me, even me myself at times, so easy to draw a conclusion or judgment upon someone else behavior or wrong doing....

"Eh that girl got pregnant by her boyfriend, what a tart. Knew she is a slut since last time...."
"That guy ah, great drama king. Pretend good but actually ....."

Who are we to judge others?
Unless we can put up our head and declare ' I am 100% blameless/faultless/sinless'
Then maybe then we can consider having the license to start judging others..

"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"
Matt 7: 1-2

It's so easy judging others... pointing out people's fault and wrong but never did we realize our fault and wrong is almost equal or maybe even bigger..

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, let me take the speck out of your eye, when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?
Matt 7: 3 - 4

It's sad when people keep holding on to this judging attitude and judge those that have fallen or sin even if the person had repented...

Judging only make those that repented more difficult in starting a new life cause of the condemnation and guilt that people keep imposing upon their life...

Instead of continue judging and condemning others that had fallen short and tried to stand up again....

Shouldn't we clap and cheer for them? Encouraging them? Telling them well done for waking up & welcoming them into the new road of life... a road of freedom & being set free from the past bondages as it no longer be able to haunt them for they are set free and cleanse?

Those that realized they had been wrong & want to change their life... its the beginning to the road of victory...

Do we not realize that it takes a lot of effort and boldness to walk that road?
They do not need additional condemnation & guilt to be inflicted upon them, as I believe they already have tons of guilt & feeling of self condemnation weighing them down...

I always love the scene where a huge crowd of people wanting to stone a prostitute to death because of her immorality and then one by one of the crowd, throw down the stone and leave when this question struck them.....

"WHO WITHOUT SIN, THROW THE FIRST STONE"

Who have not sin before? There is no such thing as too big or too small of a sin that God cannot forgive.. On the day, the very hour at the cross, "IT IS FINISH...IT IS DONE"

We are no longer subject to the slavery of sin or the guilt of it...

Same to every pain, every hard ship, every betrayal, every addiction..... the list can go on and on...


That's just my thoughts in general...not pointing to anyone...



1) Lets be honest and humble ourself in repentance
2)There is no sin that is too shameful nor to big for God, come to him. Nothing change His love
for you no matter how much you have mess up. By his grace & mercy, you are forgiven.
3)The pain or brokenness maybe so intense, surrender your pain to the Healer...

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