Daily Word

For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord of both of the dead and of the living. Why do you pass judgment on your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God. Romans 14:8-12. Christ alone is Lord and judge of His people. The cost to Him of this privilege was immense and exposes the inappropriateness of believers judging or despising their brothers. We must give an account of our own lives to the Lord, as those being judged, not as those who judge. Confronting sin in a fellow believer with integrity and sincerity in an attempt to help that person return to the righteousness of Godly living is not passing judgment as so many people seem to believe. However, pointing out the sin in a fellow believer with no intention of anything other than exposing and gossiping is the judgment spoken of here. Have you ever thought about standing before almighty God to give your account? Will you be one with many words, and excuses or one weeping and in silence?