Saturday, May 28, 2011

On Judgement and Forgiveness

I have most recently seen injustice in my own church. How does one reconcile when Christians mistreat each other and practice such brands of judgment seldom dished outside of a body of believers? I have seen people practicing biblical (some just opinions about how things ought to be)standards, enforcing the rules in such a non-loving manner that it begs the question, "do they really hear their rebukes"? Do they really get their tone? It has prompted me to thinking that we in the church should spend a little more time practicing the spirit of meekness.

Gal 6:1 says, Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. I like the spirit of meekness part; I also like the ye, which are spiritual part as well. The Bible warns us to pay consideration here since we all can be tempted in the same manner. In other words self-righteousness will surely lead to judgment. Pride goeth before the fall does it not?

Finally, think about our own judgment of those who judge in unloving manners, with no semblance of meekness. Are we not considering that we all deserve hell and the penalty for sin, that in the eyes of God any righteousness that we have is inputted by Him on behalf of Christ's atonement? We must practice the blessedness of forgiveness, then as God extend to usward. How oft should our brother offend thee (and others)? Christ answered infinitely so. Lets not live under the judgment of God because we fail to practice Biblical standards in a fully Biblical way. Lets also lovingly forgive fully those who practice injustice in church with the same meekness that we demand of them. Hey Crow, that goes for you too!

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