Judging a Man

HonorBound Devotion: March 31, 2010

Read James 2:2-4 – Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

All of us consider, compare and form opinions on the impressions made by those with whom we come into contact. The problem lies when we make judgment with improper laws, mores and opinions. Never should a man be limited or lifted because of our own prejudice and bias. A man is not good because he looks good. He is good because he lives a good life. A person is not less because he has less and lives in less. A man is less when He lives his life shallow and empty. Men cannot judge this by the appearance of a man but by the application of the man. Don’t make a judgment of men by how they look when they enter your Church but how they live outside your Church.

– David Raley serves as the Field Representative for Light for the Lost.