What does the bible say about judging others? In Matthew 7:1, it says there, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged”. Jesus warns us about judging other people who commit mistake or sin when you yourself is also a sinner. As Christian believers, we are to confront the person who sinned in a tactful way and with respect in hope of bringing out the ultimate goal – repentance and change.

Most of us judge other people’s doings and even criticize and talked back against them. We love to talk about other people’s lives which boosts our ego criticizing other people, what a weak personality that is! A hypocritical and self-righteous judgments of others. And remember, if you criticize other people in front of the others, the latter will mostly do the same with you.

“For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” – Matthew 7:2-5

Here’s one note I found on facebook. It’s a short story about anger and the importance of controlling one’s temper. Verbal wounds really are much painful than physical one. The scar it left will forever remain in our hearts. Jesus even stated in the book of Ephesians 4:26-27, “Be angry but do not sin: do not let your anger last until the end of the day, lest you give the devil a foothold.” Let us learn to control our temper, since anger may lead us to hurting others and committing sin.

Nail In The Fence

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same.
When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there.
” A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us.“