FAITH CAPSULE: Do not assume the position of a judge allow God to be God over His creation.

John 8:1-12

It is written, “…For there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” (Roman 2:22-24) All have sinned yet all are assuming the position of a judge. Are you quick to judging others for their sin?  The world today is full of sin and sinning but yet the world is always quick in passing judgment instead of being judged. The word God admonished self-appointed judges, “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” (Matthew 7:1-2) Judging others is not our own assignment. Assessing how we stand should be more of our own assignment. As a believer saved by grace, one must be concerned about the plank in his/her own eye before attempting to remove the plank in other people’s eye. Bible identified attempting to remove plank in other’s eye while having plank in one’s own eye as hypocrite. Are you a conscious or unconscious hypocrite? Word of God questioned, “…why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?  Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?  Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” (Matthew 7:3-5)
Why not pay more attention to yourself?
The story of an adulteress woman in the book of John 8:1-12 is a clear example of the world rushing into passing judgment instead of the world being rushed into facing judgment. The scribes and Pharisees attempted to disrupt Jesus’ teaching in the temple when an adulteress woman was brought to Jesus. The scribes and Pharisees quoted the law of Moses in their effort to justified judgment stating, “Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” (John 8:5) In the case of adulteress woman, the world wanted to rush into judgment. As it has often been, the world that needed to be put under judgment attempting to be the judge. Jesus responded by drawing a line in the sand to identify those who had never been a sinner and those who were sinners. Among the world, none could cross the line of “never had been a sinner”. No man has been assigned to be a judge. Do not assume the position of a judge allow God to be God over His creation. Answer to what the Lord called you to be.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to constantly answer only to His calling upon your life.