Romans 14:10-13
10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God.” 12 So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. 13 Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother's way.
10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God.” 12 So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. 13 Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother's way.
God judges and condemns or pardons as He wills and tells us; that is never our task, for we ourselves are pardoned by Christ’s merit alone. We exercise discerning judgment but not condemning judgment for loving discipline that God works in them as He uses us, but they answer to Him. So we must not look down or badly on others, but commit them to the Judge of all who knows the hearts of us. We all submit to worship Him in the end, so we cannot condemn others and cause them to trip as they walk with our Lord. We should rather be looking to build up and correct with pure motives in resolve for their eternal welfare that they may be kept from falling.
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