Jesus said in Matthew 7:1-2. “Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” Then He goes on about the beam in the eye.
Also, James 2:12-13… “So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.”
I can say personally, that I have experienced those verses from the flip side. I have ALREADY seen what kind of judgment God has measured to me. It was mercy… mercy… and more mercy. So I can’t even imagine judging others without mercy! There’s real LIBERTY in that.
We could choose to bind each other to a whole lot of laws, but we all need mercy. Many, many relationships… marriages… even churches… would be healed and brought together in unity, if we would really judge and be judged, by that law of liberty.
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