IT’S EASY TO TAKE  SALVATION FOR GRANTED!  DIFFICULT FOR MANY TO ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES!

Robert Rombough June 7th, 2025!

Romans 14:12 So then every one of us shall give an account of himself to God.

SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION!

Matthew 7:1
[1]Judge not, that ye be not judged.

OBSERVATION!

Jesus tells us to examine our motives and conduct, instead of judging others. We often feel a perverse pleasure when we bring someone down.

Most often the faults [that bother us] in others, are the very traits we dislike about ourselves. Our bad habits and behaviors are the very ones that we most want to point out in others.

Do you find it easy to catalog others’ faults while excusing your own? Criticism of others will lead to disdain for them and eventually will make you feel contempt for another person also created in God’s image. Which leads to the person eventually in your eyes being despised!

If you are ready to criticize someone, check to see if you deserve the same criticism. Judge yourself first, and then kindly forgive the other person.

COMMENTARY!

The prohibition Judge not. We must judge ourselves, and judge our own acts, but we must not judge our brother, not magisterially assume such an authority over others, as we allow not them over us: since our rule is, to be subject to one another.

Be not many masters, James 3:1. We must not sit in the judgment-seat, to make our word a law to every body. We must not judge our brother, that is, we must not speak evil of him, so it is explained, James 4:11. We must not despise him, nor set him at nought, Romans 14:10. We must not judge rashly, nor pass such a judgment upon our brother as has no ground, but is only the product of our own jealousy and ill-nature.

We must not make the worst of people, nor infer such resentful things from their words and actions as they will not bear.

We must not judge uncharitably, unmercifully, nor with a spirit of revenge, and a desire to do mischief. We must not judge of a man’s state by a single act, nor of what he is in himself by what he is to us, because in our own cause we are apt to be partial.

We must not judge the hearts of others, nor their intentions, for it is God’s prerogative to try the heart, and we must not step into his throne, nor must we judge of their eternal state, nor call them hypocrites, reprobates, or castaways, that is stretching beyond our line, what have we to do, thus to judge another man’s servant? Counsel him, and help him, but do not judge him.

OBSERVATION!

If we presume to judge others, we may expect to be ourselves judged. He who usurps the bench, shall be called to the bar he shall be judged of men.

Commonly none are more censured, than those who are most censorious one will have a stone to throw at them he who, like Ishmael, has his hand, his tongue, against every man, shall, like him, have every man’s hand and tongue against him (Genesis 16:12) and no mercy shall be shown to the reputation of those that show no mercy to the reputation of others.

Yet that is not the worst of it they shall be judged of God from him they shall receive the greater condemnation, James 3:1. Both parties must appear before him (Romans 14:10-12), who, as he will relieve the humble sufferer, will also resist the haughty scorner, and give him enough of judging.

That if we be modest and charitable in our censures of others, and decline judging them, and judge ourselves rather, we shall not be judged of the Lord.

As God will forgive those that forgive their brethren so he will not judge those that will not judge their brethren the merciful shall find mercy.

It is evidence of humility, charity, and deference to God, and shall be owned and rewarded by him accordingly. See Romans 14:10-12.

Robert a humble obedient servant to Yeshua and his Father in heaven Yahewa.  And all of God’s children say Amen and Amen in the name of Jehovah Jireh!