Paul is on a roll.
For the second time in two chapters he declares that his readers therefore have no excuse!
First it was 1.20, now we come across it in the first verse of chapter two:
No excuse, you who judge, because you’re such a horrible hypocrite, doing the very things you tell others not to do! C’mon guys, what’s up with you, you think you can sidestep the wrath of God? You see He’s patient, and seems to pass over a lot of things, but really you are building a savings account of sins, and it is all going to come back to bite you in the butt! (Marcos Standard Version, 2.3-5)
I, unfortunately, seem to have the “gift” of judging.
So, I continuously remind myself what Jesus said over there in Matthew 7, verses 1 & 2:
Marcos, get it together. You like to judge? Fine, go ahead. But remember, at the end of that road there will be judgement on you, and it will be with the same measuring stick you were using on everyone else. (MSV, 7.1-2)
So, that’s one gift I try to not unwrap.
Do you ever find yourself judging others? How do you judge them? Is it in the way that you would want to be judged? Is it in the same way that Jesus, who gave His life for your sins, judged you? How about you, what standard do you use?