6月13日
不可论断人
“设立律法和判断人的，只有一位，就是那能救人也能灭人的。你是谁，竟敢论断别人呢？”
雅各书4:12
如何想象，在一个案件里面，律师可以直接做判决？又如何想象， 在一个案件里面，检控官不是去取证和起诉，而是迅速下结论说 是释放还是判刑？同样，如何想象，一个证人不是根据自己的见证，而只是凭借自己的偏见，就宣布别人无辜或有罪？如果是这样的话，司法体系也就彻底崩溃了。很显然，能够做判决的，只能是法官。法官有时候也参考陪审团的意见，但是陪审团也要遵守法官制定的规则。
如果人们根据自己的偏见，妄加判断一个人的好坏，公义也就被扭曲了。穷追猛打的公诉人或是口若悬河的辩护律师，他们的指控和辩护都是不可靠的。他们的判决态度本身也必将受到审判。我们每一个人有一天都会到上帝这个大法官面前接受审判。那些将神的职责为己任的，到时就很难交待了。
今日祷告：
主耶稣，让我不要论断别人，让我在你的面前站立得住。阿们。
June 13 – Pouncing Prosecutors
God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor?
JAMES 4:12
What if lawyers could make the judgment in a case? Instead of pleading or prosecuting, what if they just jumped to their own conclusions of freedom or condemnation? Or what if the witnesses in the case could declare innocence or guilt based not on what they had seen but on their one-sided perceptions? In either of these scenarios, the justice system would absolutely crumble. There is only one person who is ultimately allowed to make the final judgment, and that is the judge. The judge might use a jury occasionally, but even the jury relents to the rules established by the judge.
So when people are judgmental against or in favor of someone, justice is skewed. Pouncing prosecutors and drooling defenders are unreliable in their accusations and discernment. Ultimately, judgmental attitudes themselves will be tried and sentenced. Every person will appear before the Judge one day, and those who took the Lord’s responsibility upon themselves will have some pretty tricky explaining to do.
Pray for the Day:
Lord Jesus, make me slow to judge others and quick to place myself before the mercy of your court. Amen.
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