Are you condemning them
Jesus said,
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:17.
As Christians we live in a world that contains many things that we disagree with. This is no different than in the time of Jesus.
Jesus and his disciples lived in a multi cultural society that was the Roman empire. There were horrifically immoral things happening at the time. Yet interestingly enough the Jesus and his disciples never passed judgement on them.
I think that perhaps this is one of the reason God sent Jesus at this time. God in his wisdom knew what kind of society we would be living in thus He gave us an example of how to live with those around us. Even those with whom we vehemently disagree with.
The apostle Paul stood in Athens speaking to those gathered in Areopagus, and never condemned their idol worship or their lifestyles. He simply presented the gospel of Salvation.
Jesus said,
“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.” Matthew 7:1,2.
We need to heed these words of Jesus carefully. The way I see it is the world will judge us according to how we judge them.
If they see us as bigots or insensitive or judgmental toward them. They will treat us the same way.
Tony Campolo the American evangelist makes a good point when he states,
“We ought to get out of the judging business. We should leave it up to God to determine who belongs in one arena or another when it comes to eternity. What we are obligated to do is to tell people about Jesus, and that's what I do.” Tony Campolo.
One of the first passages of scripture I ever memorized was the words of Jesus who said,
“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets” Matthew 7:12.
The sole reason for Jesus coming into this world was to save the world not to condemn it. We as Christians, as believers in Christ Jesus will not win souls for Christ if we judge them.
Thus my question,
Please think about it.
Jesus said,
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:17.
As Christians we live in a world that contains many things that we disagree with. This is no different than in the time of Jesus.
Jesus and his disciples lived in a multi cultural society that was the Roman empire. There were horrifically immoral things happening at the time. Yet interestingly enough the Jesus and his disciples never passed judgement on them.
I think that perhaps this is one of the reason God sent Jesus at this time. God in his wisdom knew what kind of society we would be living in thus He gave us an example of how to live with those around us. Even those with whom we vehemently disagree with.
The apostle Paul stood in Athens speaking to those gathered in Areopagus, and never condemned their idol worship or their lifestyles. He simply presented the gospel of Salvation.
Jesus said,
“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.” Matthew 7:1,2.
We need to heed these words of Jesus carefully. The way I see it is the world will judge us according to how we judge them.
If they see us as bigots or insensitive or judgmental toward them. They will treat us the same way.
Tony Campolo the American evangelist makes a good point when he states,
“We ought to get out of the judging business. We should leave it up to God to determine who belongs in one arena or another when it comes to eternity. What we are obligated to do is to tell people about Jesus, and that's what I do.” Tony Campolo.
One of the first passages of scripture I ever memorized was the words of Jesus who said,
“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets” Matthew 7:12.
The sole reason for Jesus coming into this world was to save the world not to condemn it. We as Christians, as believers in Christ Jesus will not win souls for Christ if we judge them.
Thus my question,
Are you treating others in the same way you want to be treated?
OR
Is your actions pushing people away from Christ?
Are you potentially condemning people to a Christless eternity?Please think about it.
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