J.C. Pittman, 1917
Many assume an attitude of superiority over others. They arrogate to themselves work which rightly belongs to God.
They love to sit in judgment, heeding not the command: "Judge not — lest you be judged" Matthew 7:1. Fault-finding is their forte. They are never happy unless making others miserable. They close their eyes to the good — but never fail to notice inconsistencies, shams, abuses, and so on. This is the carrion upon which such vultures feed!
Such a censorious spirit is detrimental to the interests of Christ's kingdom. Such a spirit is injurious to self.
The hyper-critical hurl their anathemas, forgetting that they rebound upon themselves. "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 7:2.
We would be more slow to judge, if we realized that the judgment we utter transfers us instantly from the judge's bench to the prisoner's bar.
God is our Judge, and the judgment, which follows wrong-doing as surely as day follows night, is coming. "You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God's judgment seat!" Romans 14:10
Judge not your neighbor — until you have put yourself in his place!
