Matt 7:1
“Judge not, that ye be not judged.” (Mt 7:1)

 

                God is the ultimate judge. Jesus means: do not set yourself up as a standard; do not make your opinions, your views of duty, your interpretations of Scripture, a criterion for others and in your heart condemn them if they do not come up to your ideal; do not criticize others, conjecturing as to their motives and passing judgment upon them. We cannot read the heart. Ourselves faulty, we are not qualified to sit in judgment upon others. Finite men can judge only from outward appearance. To Him alone who knows the secret springs of action, and who deals tenderly and compassionately, is it given to decide the case of every soul.

                The implication is that those who condemn or criticize others, proclaim themselves guilty, for they do the same things. In condemning others, they are passing sentence upon themselves, and God declares that this sentence is just. He accepts their own verdict against themselves. Christ is the only true standard of character, and he who sets himself up as a standard for others is putting himself in the place of Christ. And since the Father "hath committed all judgment unto the Son" (John 5:22), whoever presumes to judge the motives of others is again usurping the prerogative of the Son of God. These would-be judges and critics are placing themselves on the side of antichrist, "who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God." 2 Thess 2:4.

                The impact is that I will be asking God for wisdom in my corporate relations on the workplace. We know that everyone will be judged according to the light they have received. We don’t know what light has shone on the path of our colleagues, coworkers, superior and bosses. Therefore we cannot condemn them for being alcoholic, or drug addicts, or adulterous or gays. My prayer is that we will ask God the wisdom we need in our corporate relations on the workplace.