even with other CHRISTians…

well it is the day after CHRISTmas here on long island and i hope it was a special day for you with your family and I hope your disagreements with them were at a minimum,  now many times judgment can lead to those disagreements and many times it starts with the CHRISTian in the family.  but the bible lets us know that judging isn’t acceptable to GOD even with other CHRISTians. 

james 4.11 tells us it’s wrong to judge when it causes you to speak evil about another CHRISTian.

(niv), brothers do not slander another.  anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it.

anything that causes me to speak evil about another CHRISTian maybe even to ruin their reputation is wrong.  we are to hate wrong but we’re to love people even when they are doing wrong.

ephesians 4.29 (msg) says, watch the way you talk. let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. say only what helps, each words a gift.  CHRISTians ought to be known for their encouragement not their criticism.  we don’t need nagging; we need encouragement.  we know what’s right, we just need encouragement to do it.  i would like to be known as an encourager.  i think that’s what GOD wants us to be.

just a thought from the front porch…