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If you were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We
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therefore your sin remaineth. Jn9:41 The Pharisees had a very serious problem. They knew enough of the law to condemn, but not enough to love. They had only sight to see the faults of others and not enough sight to see there own. If they were blind to the faults of others and loved them just for who they were, they should not have sin, but because they were arrogant and conceited, they became judge and jury because they say, we see. This problem, however, is not relegated to the Pharisee alone, but to many self-professed Christians who have enough of the word to see the fault in others but not enough of the word to love them as Christ loved the church. Jesus did not come into the world to condemn it but to save it and so should we. Matthew in chapter seven tells us to remove the log from our own eye first before we can see clearly to cast out the splinter from our neighbor's eye. Roman's eight one tells us that there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ, neither condemn thyself or thy neighbor, rather God calls us to love. Jesus considered condemnation a greater sin than adultery in John chapter eight and it was the Pharisee that he disputed with and not the sinner. If you are prone to judge: repent. It is more serious to Jesus than even adultery. If you see yourself called to cast out splinters from your neighbor's eye, make sure you have removed the log from your own eye first. Better to be blind to the sin of others, than to see the sin and condemn them. It is better to love always. For most of us it is better to spend time cleaning up our own act than to think after a year or two we are called to ministry. Unfortunately, we find it easier to see others faults than our own and we think we can save them before we have worked out our own salvation. Remember if we say: we see, our sin remains. Be blind and have no sin. Amen |