ARE WE HYPOCRITE WHEN WE JUDGE OTHERS?

Sam Bristow  once wrote “Why Do You Judge Me? You have not walked in my shoes, You have not been down my road, You have not cried my tears, You have not carried my load, Why do you judge me? Wayne Dyer wrote, "When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself".

The late Mother Teresa once said that “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” 

Jesus through Matthew 7:2 says, For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. John 7:24 says, “Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.” Therefore  If you cannot judge correctly then don't judge at all.

Matthew 7:3-5 “Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.”

The main message of Jesus here is that we should not to judge others if we are doing so by blinding ourself in other words not to be a hypocrite when you judge. To be a hypocrite is the same like being blind, ignorant, hypocritical, self-righteous judging that overlooks one’s own faults, failures and sins and only sees faults, failures and sins in other people. Because of this behavior we find ourselves being critical people by nature. We tend to think that we see things rightly and that others are wrong. We tend to think that our reasonings and our perspectives are at least just a little better than the people we disagree with. We seem to be quick to find fault and condemn people.

According to Jesus the right judgement is first take the plank out of your eye and then you can judge others rightly.

Therefore don’t go around with a self-righteous attitude that points out where others have failed while neglecting to first evaluate your own life. Don’t be a hypocrite by pretending to have it all together but call other people on the carpet for their sins and shortcomings. First, repent of your own sin, and then you can lovingly speak truth into another person’s life. You must do this because God is going to judge you, and if you have not been cleansed of your own sin, your judgmental attitude toward others will be one of the things that condemn you on that final day.