Judging others

Just read an article and I guess this ties in with the previous post.

http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/holli-mccormick/jumpin-jeepers--judgin-jesus.html?utm_source=Crosswalk_Daily_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=05/22/2012

It's about making judgement of others. Read it with light-heartedly though cos many are based on personal life experiences and perspectives :)

But the section which struck me was how God who was blameless, did not make judgement (Old testament) on the sinners, yet showed compassion and He was "slow to anger".

He had every right to do so, but he did not. 

And I quote, "So I find myself left asking this question: If Jesus had every right to judge these people, yet did not act on that right ... how can I ever, ever stand in judgment over someone else?!?!?!"

The section goes: - (P.S. you might need to read the entire link to get a better appreciation of what the author is saying :) )

So if we are not to judge, then whose job is it to judge?  

Get ready ... for this is a picture of Jesus that I so love! Turning to John 8:1-11 we find the Pharisees (our PCS) bringing a woman into Jesus. Only problem is they have caught her in the "act" -- and not with her own husband. They, the PCS, want Jesus to look at this woman and say, "See, we are better than her. We keep the rules and the laws. You have to condemn her ... which will make us look so good, so worth it!"

Akaine's Jesus

Yet, this is not what Jesus does. Jesus doesn't engage the PCS (rule #1 with this type) ... he doesn't ask for the woman's testimony either. He simply, calmly responds after a while of them prodding him ... referring them back to Matthew 7:2 ... telling them that the report card they wanted to use on this woman was fair -- but first they would have to realize it was going to also be used on them. When they realized this, when they realized the plank in her eye was really a plank in each of their own eyes ... they could do nothing but turn and walk away.

The amazing thing is ... the amazing part of this story is that Jesus had every right to judge not only this lady -- but also the Pharisees. He was fully God in the flesh ... he was and is the only human to live without sin. Can you imagine? Never having a bad thought that crossed the line? Never getting angry in self-righteousness? Never hurting someone -- unintentionally or intentionally? As hard for it is for me to imagine, this is a life he led ... in all he did he honored God and the people he helped to create.

Jesus, being fully God, could have stoned them right then and there for their hardness of heart and for her adultery ... yet he did not. He had compassion on them and on her. He extended all of them grace...

So I find myself left asking this question: If Jesus had every right to judge these people, yet did not act on that right ... how can I ever, ever stand in judgment over someone else?!?!?!

We have a perfect God!