Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death(Rom 8:1)
As a believer of Jesus, we should know that there’s no more condemnation for us. Jesus came not to condemn us for our sin, to make us feel guilty and sorry but to give us an abundant life. But that’s not my focus on this writing. I’m moved to write about condemnation in Christianity. I found that Christ’s disciples are not following His example for this condemnation matters. I found that there’s no condemnation in Christ but there’s bunch of condemnation in Christ’s followers behavior.
I take Joel Osteen case for example. He once made a mistake in a national US TV Show by saying he’s not sure if Jesus is the only way to salvation. Since then, people started to condemn him, judge him, questioning his life. Even his newest book (every day is Friday) is also criticized because it doesn’t take Sunday as the day of example. I mean seriously people? Have you been PERFECT in life?
I witnessed many people condemned by Christians. People who commit failures usually become the victim of condemnation. I often saw a friend’s facebook status, he condemned and criticized every little thing a Christian does, and proclaiming that to be God’s disciple you have to be right every day, you have to study the bible in a perfect way. Yes you are right if you live in the old covenant time. But now, by grace, we don’t need to perform to look good for God, He already loved us the way we are.
And about Christians who condemned Non-Christians? I saw it too many times. People judge stupid behavior that comes out of a person because of his/her RELIGION instead of CHARACTER. Religion and Character don’t match! You can be extremely spiritual but your character is still bad.
Why Christians have to be exclusive and condemning? I thought it was clearly written on the Bible that all the good things that we have come from God not from our performance?
You can’t preach what you don’t do. You can’t give without love. You can’t bring people to know Jesus with condemnation. God showed us how to love by not condemning us, why don't we follow after His example? :)
Stop condemning, stop judging, and start loving.
A verse to contemplate for us
1 Cor 13:1-3 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Be blessed
