James 3:1 - Geneva Bible
1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Father, forgive me for my sins, keep me on the right path, for I struggle at times and fall down many others. Help me to understand Your word this morning, amen.
It is rather difficult to write about this passage, but herein, the Apostle James is sayest that it is reserved unto to God Himself to judge, for if we judge we are likewise guilty of the same sins. Remember that all fall short of the glory that is God, therefore, no matter how godly a people we might be, we're still sinners, saved by grace and mercy. Now, that said, we can and should discern evil from good. We should abhor sin as best we can. “Judge not, less you be judged” RP. Woitowitz Sr.
“This exhortation may have respect to censorious persons, rigid and severe reprovers of others, who take upon them, in a haughty manner, to charge and rebuke others for their faults; reproof for sin ought to be given; sin should not be suffered upon the brethren; to reprove is not blameworthy, but commendable, when it is done in a right manner, with a good spirit, and to a good end: in case of private offences, it should be privately given, and for public ones, men should be rebuked before all; but then this ought to be done in a gentle manner, and in a spirit of meekness; and when it is a clear case, and plain matter of fact, and which ought not to be exaggerated and aggravated; mole hills are not to be made mountains of, or a man be made an offender for a word, or a matter of human frailty; and reproof should be given by persons not guilty of the same, or worse crimes, themselves, and always with a good end; not to screen and cover their own vices, or to be thought more holy and religious than others, or to satisfy a revengeful spirit, but for the glory of God, and the restoring of the person that has sinned.” John Gill
