Excuse

"When you judge somebody you condemn yourself since you do the same thing," Romans 2:1.

It's true! There's no excuse for judging other people. No excuse at all. It's easy to think that by judging somebody else wrong that somehow that makes what we practice righteous. But it's wrong. Do we condemn others for making a federal case about racial rights as though biblical freedom were about social justice? (We know biblical freedom is about spiritual freedom from sin!) And then, we turn around and make a federal case about having to wear masks in church as an infringement on our social freedoms? No excuse. No excuse at all. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. We, every one of us, need someone to save us from ourselves.

With a brother or sister today we determine to stop judging each other. We will extend mercy to one another. And, together, we give thanks to God, the only God, very compassionate and merciful.