PastorDave

“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.  Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned.” - Jesus, Luke 6:36-37

It is not my business, right, or even option to judge another person.  Yes, I can evaluate a thing or an action.  But when my conclusions and condemnations concern the value of a person, then I have crossed a moral and spiritual line.  The judgment of a person’s motives and eternal destiny- now, that is the responsibility of God alone.

This is a Seven-Minute-Sermon.  There is a lot packed into this little message.  It includes a humorous conversation between a paritioner and a priest.  And there is a lesson about passing judgment, learned well, by an attorney.  We consider the root meaning of the Biblical term “to judge”.  Then we look at the life of Jesus for examples of loving as opposed to condemning.

My hope is for this short message to motivate us all to be a bit more tolerant and merciful toward others.

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Perhaps it is the greatest word of the Christian faith.  Jesus said that all the teachings of the Commandments & the Prophets can be summarized in the necessity to love God and love your fellow man.  This short message emphasizes that it is most about action, not words- just like God.

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