Introduction to Judgment vs Love

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Hello and welcome to Walk the Walk . Today's episode is , but I'm Just Calling it Like I See it , god , today we're talking about something that creeps in quietly , it hides behind discernment , it dresses itself up as concern , but deep down it's judgment . Let's talk about it . God , can I be honest ? Sometimes I look at people , their choices , their lifestyle , the way they talk about you , but don't live like it , and I just I just shake my head . Now , I'm not trying to be hateful , I just don't understand how can they call themselves Christians and act like that

God's Perspective on Judgment

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. And what do you call yourself , child , a Christian ? And have you always acted like me ? No , but it's different . I'm trying . Well , so are they , some of them . Some are lost , some are new to grace , some are hurting , some are hiding . See , you see the action , I see the heart . But , lord , isn't it okay to call it out when it's wrong ?

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There's a difference between judging and guiding , between condemning and caring . Judging says look at them . Love says there I go . But for the grace of God , judging separates , love restores . But it's hard not to feel like that . Well , at least I'm doing better than them .

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When your focus is on someone else's flaws , you stop growing yourself . I didn't call you to compare , I called you to be compassionate . You're not the judge ,

Viral Video and Internet Judgment

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you're the witness . So what do I do ? When I see someone clearly messing up , you pray for them , you model me , and if I lead you to speak , do it in truth , but do it wrapped in mercy , because that's how I spoke to you . You're right , lord . I've been quick with my opinions and slow with my compassion , and I don't want to be like that . Then love first , correct gently and , when in doubt , lead with grace .

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You know , a couple of days ago there was a huge thing on the internet where a couple was busted , I guess , if you will , for the camera was put on them and they ended up having an affair . You probably know exactly what I'm talking about . Well , the internet exploded and I thought to myself good grief if that was a Jesus thing , like if we would explode the internet talking about Jesus boy , that would be awesome . But this was people who seemed to know everything about this couple . They saw for 30 seconds on their computer screen or on their TV and made such judging statements . Now , I'm not condoning anything by any means . I did not know the people , I did not know who they were married to , or if they were married , and what their family like . People were making judgments about how the woman looked compared to how the wife looked , which would have made her a better wife , and blah , blah , blah .

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And I finally got so sick and tired of all of their comments that I finally said we have no idea . We have no idea what's really going on in the lives of these people . Not that anything that they were doing was correct , but it wasn't for us to make decisions for them . And if we listen to today's message where it says love first and correct , gently lead with grace . Don't jump in and make decisions when you don't even know I'm going to guess millions of people saw this video , millions . I cannot for one minute think that there are millions of people who were throwing the stones and deserved to throw them .

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We all know that story . When Jesus said he who you know can come

Call to Compassion and Grace

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up here and stand here before me and say I've never done anything like that or I'm not a sinner . None of them Everybody , like I said were judges . But God says you're not the judge , you're the witness . So we need to be really careful about how we judge others , and I'm not even talking about this kind of situation . We judge people by how they look , how poor they are , how rich they are . We make such judgments and you know what People are making the same things about us , so you might have felt the same as I did . Maybe you've caught yourself pointing fingers while forgetting the mirror . Let's lay that down together . Let's be people who correct in love and not from pride . Let's walk the walk and not just talk . Until then , keep walking .