Do Not Judge

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

May 8, 2025

Do Not Judge

“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For the judgment you give will be the judgment you get, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.

Matthew 7:1-2 (NRSV) 

The passage above is a part of what we call Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. (Matthew 5-6-7) This sermon reminds me of William Law’s classic, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life. (1729) In this book, Law proclaims that God does not merely forgive our sins, He calls us to obedience and to a life completely centered in Him. One of my yearly goals is to read the Sermon on the Mount, and as we are almost half through this year, today’s text is my wakeup call to move the sermon up on my priority list.

The term, cancel culture entered our vernacular in 2018. The term refers to a cultural phenomenon in which an individual thought to have acted or spoken in an unacceptable manner is ostracized, boycotted, shunned or fired. The chief tool to cancel a person is through social media. Obviously, people who are ostracizing, boycotting, or shunning another person haven’t read Matthew 7:1-2. However, the danger for the Christian is that the cancel culture has become mainstreamed, even normalized in our culture. We must guard against being drawn into the ways of the world’s culture, or as Titus put it yesterday, “We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God.”

As I recall my conversations and interactions, just over the last few days, I shudder at how often my thoughts about other people have been judgmental. But I also take comfort knowing God is not through with me yet: “And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.” (Philippians 1:6)

My Takeaway: I believe in prevenient grace, God at work in people even before they are aware of God. This truth helps me stay in the grace for today as I interact with other people because I realize God is not through with them either.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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