OUR FATHER WHO COUNSELS US TO AVOID JUDGING OTHERS 

Mathew chapter 7 verses 1 - 2 says this;

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 

This passage reads like an axiom that governs the symmetry of judgement.

Simply said, if we judge others harshly or unfairly, we ourselves will be judged in a way that is commensurate with our own standard of judgement.

Jesus, speaking to his disciples and the multitude of people who followed him as well as we in the future, counselled us not to judge other people so that we may avoid judgement ourselves.

He advised us to take the plank out of our own eye before we undertake to remove the speck of sawdust from our brother's eye.

Such is the nature of acting in judgement over other people: We ignore our own glaring sins while prescribing action against the tiny sins of others.

Let us eschew judgement and always extend mercy and love to others.

Amen.