Judge Not

I find it interesting that the people who have inflicted the most pain in my life were supposed "Christians". It astounds me that people who are supposedly under the control of the Holy Spirit are even capable of being as judgemental, self-centered, and disrespectful as they are. It is no wonder that Christians have a bad rap. It's funny that people think they even have the right to judge others, because outside a court of law, they don't. God warns us not to, telling us that we will reap what we sew, but people don't listen. It makes them feel good to look at someone else and point out everything that's "wrong" with him or her (and subsequently everything that's "right" with them.)

" ...but in humility consider others better than yourselves." Phillipians 2:3

"You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things." Romans 2:1

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." Matthew 7:1 & 2

"Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone." John 8:7