Who do you know, including yourself, that has never done anything wrong? Go back in your memory as far as you can, did you ever tell a fib? Did you ever let someone else take the blame for something you did? We’re all human and we all have made mistakes at some point in our lives, so how can we pass judgment on someone else who is or has made a mistake?
Here is what Paul has to say about that in his letter to the church in
Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. Romans 2:1 (NASB)
There is only One who is qualified to judge people on their actions and that is the One True God. Isaiah says this of the Almighty God in the 9th verse of the 26th chapter of the Old Testament book bearing his name:
For only when you come to judge the earth
will people learn what is right.
A better path is to try to be understanding and show some empathy toward those who have or are in the process of making mistakes.
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