Bible Verse of the Day Saturday April 29th ,2023

Romans 2:1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

If a person has the necessary understanding of God's Word's truth to judge other people, they judge themselves because they are demonstrating they know how to calculate their own sin. Satan will make it extremely easy for us to see sin in the lives of those around us while at the same time blinding our eyes to our own sin. People who choose to judge others are legalistic, who sit in the seats of the Pharisee. When we fall into Satan's trap of self-righteousness, we will, in most cases, apply the most extreme discernment on the ones of whom we are sitting in judgment. When we choose to judge others, we are guilty of the same infractions as the ones we judge. Not one person is exempt from the wrath of God because there is not one of us that measures up to the righteousness of God (Romans 3:10).

Jesus gave us the most excellent example of judging others when He told us that it is difficult for us to see the tiny speck in our brothers and sisters' eyes when we have a timber in our own eyes (Mathew 7:5) When we get to the point of believing that since we are not committing the same sin as the one we are judging, we will most certainly neglect to deal with the sin in our own lives. This verse indicates that we are not judged for judging others; we are judged for doing the same thing as the one we are passing judgment on. Paul is not accusing anyone specifically of the infractions pointed to in this verse because if he were to do that, he would be as guilty as the ones he was writing about. The council in this verse applies to all people, Paul included.

This self-righteousness is often referred to as the "blame game" and is a perilous and hazardous game to become involved with. Choosing to blame others and justify ourselves will always lead to a breakdown in the camaraderie we enjoy with our other brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus. It can destroy personal relationships, break up the continuity between family members, and cause irrefutable damage that could take years to repair. In some extreme cases, the connection we enjoy with our family members, and our brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, might never be restored.

There is an old story of a Pastor in the early 20th century that traveled to Europe. In those days, intercontinental air travel had not come to fruition, so the ocean liners were the only way to get from the U.S. to Europe.  After checking out his sea cabin and meeting his cabinmate, the Pastor went to the concierge and asked if he could leave his valuables in the ship's safe. He told the concierge that his cabinmate did not look too trustworthy, and he would feel safer if his valuables were locked in the safe. The concierge said, "no problem, Pastor, your cabinmate has already been up here with the same request."