Jas 4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Jas 4:12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
We have to answer only for ourselves, right? I can't answer for anyone else. I can't know the thoughts, the feelings, the ideas, the intricacies, the secrets, the heart of another. Not even the two closest people in the world could know all that, it's just not possible with us. We are limited by our inability to know all there is to know about another person. For many years, probably too numerous to count, people have been trying to find ways to understand each other more completely. Scientists have tried many experiments with the hope of gaining insight into the thoughts of others. In the end of it all the only one we have all the insight to is ourselves. So while we can see what others do and try to base our conclusions of them on what we see, we will never know it all, it's impossible. When we judge we are making assumptions about others. We might witness a person's vile temper first hand and pass judgment on them, when the truth is we do NOT know where their anger comes from, not the real deep down reason. We judge based on what we see, we pass judgment on people and we have to realize we have NO right to do so, no right at all because we cannot know them as God alone can know them.
When we presume to know enough to judge we do put ourselves in great danger, spiritual danger because we are trying to assume the role of God and that is wrong, extremely wrong. We are not God and we will NEVER be God and to try to assume the role of God in judging another we are breaking His law.
God alone is our lawgiver.
God alone is able to save eternally.
God alone is able to destroy eternally.
Who do we really think we are when we judge? Why do we feel we have a right to judge others? Why? Maybe because we feel as if we are judged that we learn to judge. If we feel as if others are judging us we in turn come to believe that judging is a good thing, or rather an acceptable thing. God forgive me for finding it all to natural to judge others based on what I know of them. It's not right and I have to learn that it is not right. I can make judgments on actions committed, I have to do that, but I cannot judge another person, I have no right.
That ol' 'He who is without sin cast the first stone' comes into play, doesn't it? How do we dare to judge others when we are so imperfect and easily judged and found wanting.
May God help us learn to stop judging others, that it is wrong to speak evilly of others no matter how deserving we assume in our finite, and very limited understanding, that they are. We cannot know their hearts! We cannot know their reasoning! We cannot know the walk God has for them to follow. We cannot understand the trials and chastening that God is using upon others, that is for Him and Him alone to determine.
Help us Lord to understand that when we speak evil of others we are speaking wrongly because we are not You and You alone know the end from the beginning, You alone know the heart.
Please Lord help us to do Your will in all things and to know we are not judges, You are judge.
In Your amazing name, in Your amazing love always!
Amen.
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