Judge Your Neighbor . . .

“At a pastor’s conference in Spokane, Chuck Swindoll told of being at a California Christian camp.  The first day there a man approached him and said how greatly he had looked forward to hearing Dr. Swindoll speak and his delight at now finally being able to realize that desire.  That evening Swindoll noticed the man sitting near the front.  But only a few minutes into the message the man was sound asleep.  Swindoll thought to himself that perhaps he was tired after a long day’s drive and couldn’t help himself.  But the same thing happened the next few nights, and Dr. Swindoll found his exasperation with the man growing.  On the last night the man’s wife came up and apologized for her husband’s inattention to the messages.  She then explained that he had recently been diagnosed as having terminal cancer and the medication he was taking to ease the pain made him extremely sleepy.  But it had been one of his life-long ambitions to hear Dr. Swindoll speak before he died, and now he had fulfilled that goal” (Source Unknown).

 

In James 4:11-12, James again warns us against sins with which we all wrestle: slander and judgment.  What are slander and judgment?  How are slander and judgment connected?  How do we judge others?  What does Scripture tell us in other places about judging others?  Does the Bible contradicting itself?

These are but a few questions we will deal with on Sunday morning.  Join us and may the Spirit prepare us to hear the truth of God’s Word, allowing it to fill us, change us, and transform us more into His Son.