have you ever
stopped to think that we have no right to judge other people’s motives and question
why they do what they do? of course we
haven’t or we wouldn’t do it. but the
bible advises us against doing it.
1 corinthians
4.5 (niv) says, therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; (nothing)
wait till the LORD comes. HE will bring
to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart.
now to
understand this you have to understand the verses around it. what is paul talking about? he’s talking about motives. everywhere paul went his motives were
constantly being challenged, questioned. he is saying don’t judge people’s motives, wait until the LORD comes. it’s premature to judge people’s motives.
why is it
premature? nobody really knows what’s in
somebody else’s heart. you can guess but
you don’t know. to judge somebody means
we’re judging without the facts. only GOD
has the right to judge because HE can see in the heart.
the bible
says that someday when the LORD comes back HE
will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of
the heart. i have a hard enough time
just trying to figure out my own motives about a lot of things, much less
making a good guess at yours. so do you.
a lot of
times we don’t know why we do what we do.
what makes us think we can figure out what makes other people do what
they do? we have a hard time just judging
our own selves but one day it’s going to be brought to light.
you can never
judge anybody’s motives, what they're doing.
you don’t know what going on in their lives.
just a
thought from the front porch…
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