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His Light, Your Path — Judging. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
You're listening to His light, Your Path, with Pastor Rod Holler Sr. Today's devotional is titled Judging. In this devotional, Pastor Holler will explore a kind of judgment that goes beyond daily choices, how we judge others. Matthew chapter 7 verses 1 and 2. Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye meet, ye shall be measured to you again. Every day we make decisions or judgments, we decide what to wear or what to eat. We decide how and what we will do for the day. These are not the judgments addressed in our text verses. Our text verses are considering how we judge other people to judge in this verse is very negative. It carries the meaning of condemning, punishing, or issuing a decree.
This is not a judgment of civil disobedience which is to be judged by men. Neither is it a judgment of one who is in sin against God's Word, where that does need correction. The passage is addressing the judgment of someone's motives. No man is qualified to make any such judgment on another. The judgment of motives is to be left with God for he alone knows the hearts and the intents of men. Every day we interact with people and we make judgments. With some people we find it easy to get along with, but with some people they're more challenging for us to get along with. This judgment is complicated by the truth that we all tend to think that we are right all the time. Proverbs 16-2, all the ways of a man
are clean in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits. So it is our reference point is faulty. We think that we are right and others are wrong. We minimize our faults and magnify the faults of others. That thinking leads to an unfair judgment of another person. Jesus addressed this issue. His message was simple and straightforward. Here we have a sober warning about judging other people. And herein we must heed these words of Jesus. Note Matthew 7-1, judge not that ye be not judged. If we judge others then we will be judged by others. In other words if we will not restrain ourselves in judging others then we cannot expect others to restrain their judgment of us. Further we can expect the same standards that we used to judge others
to be used against us. Matthew 7-2, for with what judgment ye judge ye shall be judged and with what measure ye meet it shall be measured to you again. When we judge others we are setting the conditions and standards wherewith we will be judged. Matthew 7-2, for with what judgment ye judge ye shall be judged. And with what measure ye meet it shall be measured to you again. Jesus started this teaching on judging by giving a conclusion. Note again 7 verse 1, judge not that ye be not judged. If you do not want to be judged by others then you must start with yourself. Do not judge others then you will not be judged. Think about the wisdom of Jesus' words concerning judging. He starts with every man and he teaches that every man must begin with himself.
Judge not that ye be not judged. And let us not forget that one day God will judge us. What a better place this world would be if every man would judge not. You've just heard Pastor Holler's devotional judging on his like your path. Jesus gave us a sober warning. The same standards we used to judge others will be used on us. Instead of pointing out the faults of others let's remember to first examine our own hearts to see if there's anything we need to change in our lives. Join us again tomorrow for more encouragement and truth from Pastor Holler here on his light your path.
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