The one bible verse everyone knows is Matthew 7:1 “Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged”. But what is rarely shared is the rest of the verses that give this verse context. The very next verse is scary and should cause you to pause “For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measured you use”
Did you catch the end? It didn’t say you would be judged by the same standard you LIVE but by the standard, you USED to measure others. What is so scary? The standard you use is most likely the standard you would like to live by but can’t and so you project that standard on others. In other words it’s a standard you can never live up to and yet you expect others to reach it. That is the standard God is going to use to judge you! In the same set of verses, Jesus is addressing Hypocrisy, first take the plank of wood out of your own eye before you attempt to take a splinter out of your brother’s eye. When we read this passage we should be greatly humbled by our own shortcomings and how far God has brought us by his immeasurable grace, before we look to judge others sins. And when approach a brother or sister struggling you do so with gentleness and respect. Galatians 6:1 “Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle spirit, watching out for yourself so you won’t be tempted” God bless and live for God’s greater glory!
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