Hypocritical Thinking

     Human nature tells us to do everything that is within our means to make ourselves look good.  This human quality often gets in the way when we look around and see the many people around us with sin in their life.  In fact, often times we are inclined to see the sin in the life of another before we see the same sin in our own lives.    The fact is, when we judge others and have the same sin in our own lives, we are storing up wrath against ourselves for the day of judgement.

     Romans 2:1 says, "For at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things."  It is easy to see from this passage that whenever we pass judgement, we are in fact judging ourselves.  Think about it, would you really want God to use the things that you judged others for on yourself.  If any of your judgments could also be used against you, then you are condemning yourself and not the person you thought you were condemning.  

     The question is, "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?"  What makes their sin more important then the same sin that is in our own lives? When the day of judgement comes, it will not matter how everyone else looks up next to you, because God will judge with truth and fairness.  Examine your life, have you been saved by the blood of Jesus Christ, or has hypocritical thinking caused you to stray away from the faith?