Passing Judgment on Others' Freedom, Part 1 (TMF:1849)

Thursday, May 12, 2022
Peace to Live By: Passing Judgment on Others' Freedom, Part 1 (TMF:1849) - Daniel Litton
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       I think a common one is a rule-oriented brother or sister who tries to call out a freer brother or sister for doing sin, when what the stronger person is doing actually isn’t sin. The weaker is judging the stronger, and may even try to aggressively come against the stronger person. I know this line of thinking first-hand, because, I must confess, back at the time I was in my beginning years of being a Christian, I got pretty systematic. And I would love to judge the stronger brothers and sisters as actually sinning, when in reality, I was just jealous of their freedom. Deep down, I wanted what they had, but I was too weak to allow myself to progress, to move up the freedom ladder. Paul said, “Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls.” One way to look at this verse is to say that God accepts people from all levels of Christians liberty, from the most free to the least free. He can work with them all.