November 10th, 2019

The Four Last Things   “ Don’t judge me!” “Who am I to judge?” “Judge not lest ye be judged!” On the list of the ‘Four Last Things’, Judgement is perhaps the most misconstrued. “ Father, how could a good and loving God judge me?” Let’s back up the horse and cart here. What do we mean by judge? When someone says, “Don’t judge me!”, they usually mean, “Don’t judge me falsely or negatively!” Well, what about when I compliment someone? Or tell the ‘good job’? I don’t think I’ve ever gotten the ‘Don’t judge me’ response… yet that’s exactly what I’ve done. I’ve judged the job he or she has done, or the quality of their character, as ‘good’. To ‘judge’ simply means to evaluate, or to weigh against something else. How many times when faced with a decision do we hear someone tell us, “Use your best judgement.” Understandably, nobody likes to be judged negatively. And certainly nobody enjoys being judged falsely. So how do we know there’s going to be a judgement after death? Like all truths of our faith, it’s because God has [...]