No one is any better than anyone else!! Christ is good but man is not!
Have you ever been guilty, as I have, of judging a person of being less spiritual or perhaps not even born again because of a flaw we see in them, a chink in their armor? As though we have no chinks in our armor?
If we expect perfection in our brothers and sisters in Christ then we must think we are perfect ourselves. This is really shameful, no one is perfect, nor does any one....and I mean anyone.....have a perfect attitude, a perfect recollection of circumstances or a perfect lifestyle.
The following verse was not written to the unsaved, but to the saved.
God said this to believers;
1 John 1:8 King James Version (KJV)
"8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."
We have no righteousness of our own. Christ dwells in us to be our righteousness for us. We still have the choice to sin, but hate that we do and often are blinded to our own sin while there is a heightened awareness of the sins of others.
It is our responsibility to help our brothers and sisters by being honest about them and about ourselves. When we see sin, we need to just tell the truth with the hope and desire that there be growth.
God says this:
"By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments." 1 John 5:2
"14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death." 1 John 3:14
If we love our brethren's approval more than God, then we do not love our brethren.
"25 The fear of man [a]brings a snare, But he who trusts in the Lord will be exalted." Proverbs 29:25
