Benefits of God with you – Judging others – Part 2

Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to Bethel and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. Judges 20:26

I was asking God, Lord the Benjamite's were wrong. "They had committed a great sin and they didn't want to get rid of it. Israelites were standing for you, then how come they were defeated twice?" Yes, you read it right. Israelites were defeated twice. First time they lost and their 22,000 soldiers were killed. Second time, 18,000 Israelites were killed. The bible says, "These people who were killed were not people who didn't know to fight, but, they were actually the strongest and skilled warriors.

Here, I realized, that the Israelites were going to pronounce judgement on others (tribe of Benjamin), while they themselves were living a wicked life. They themselves were under addictions and they themselves didn't live a life, honoring God. Thats why, God didn't go with them to fight their battle. If you are going to judge others, then you have to be clean yourself. You can't remove the speck from your brother's eyes when you have a log in your own eye. You will not be able to see clearly and be helpful. You will try to remove the speck, but the log of your eyes may prick him and trouble him. God going with you for your battle should be the most important thing for you. Otherwise the battle is lost even before you begin. God will be with you when you stop judging others and condemning them and treat with love.

During the time of Jesus, when the Pharisees, i.e. the people following the customs and traditions wanted to judge an adulterous woman, by stoning her to death, Jesus simply said, "If you have not sinned then you be the first to pick up the stone and kill this woman." Everyone left and the woman was saved. Here, I'm not supporting adultery, but I'm supporting people. Don't love sin, but love sinners. The reason is we all are sinners. Jesus taught us, "As a Human being, He loved everyone, so we should love everyone. God the Father is there to judge the people, and Holy Spirit is there to convict." We ought to stop judging and condemning others and ourselves and start loving others and even ourselves. God bless you.

– Jimsen & Sneha