555 中翻英 (255) Don't judge and despise your brother. 不要論斷和輕看你的弟兄 10/18/2023

555 中翻英 (255)     Don't judge and despise your brother.    不要論斷和輕看你的弟兄   10/18/2023

十月十八日

「你這個人，為什么論斷弟兄呢？又為什么輕看弟兄呢？因我們都要站在神的台前。」（羅14:10）

在這節經文里，神禁止我們兩件事，就是：「論斷」和「輕看」弟兄。前者是外面的行為，后者是內心的態度。我或者尚未達到公開論斷弟兄的地步，這是很好的，但我是否一直在心里計算他的惡呢？我是否因他尚未看見我所看見的，而暗地可怜他呢？我是否以他為軟弱或怪僻而心里輕視他呢？如果我是這樣，我就已經落在危險中了。因為在下一步，我就會認為自己比他更好。如果我輕視他，我一定是自視太高了。讓我小心提防，不要把自己看作屬靈的強人，因為這在神面前只顯出我是如何的屬肉體。當然，神愿意我清楚的分辨是与不是，但我永不可將別人當作我分辨是非的犧牲品。審判的寶座永是屬于基督的，何況這還是將來的事。我們是誰，竟敢現在就篡奪這審判權呢？

October 18

"Why do you, O man, judge your brother? And why do you despise your brother? For we all will stand before the judgment seat of God." (Romans 14:10)

In this verse, God forbids us from two things: "judging" and "looking down on" our brothers. The former is external behavior, and the latter is inner attitude. I may not have reached the point of publicly judging my brother, which is fine, but am I constantly counting his evil in my heart? Do I secretly pity him because he has not yet seen what I see? Do I regard him as weak or eccentric and despise him in my heart? If I were, I'd be in danger. Because in the next step, I will think that I am better than him. If I despise him, I must think too highly of myself. Let me be careful not to think of myself as a spiritual strongman, because this only shows to God how carnal I am. Of course, God wants me to clearly distinguish right from wrong, but I can never make others a victim of my sense of right and wrong. The throne of judgment belongs to Christ forever, not to mention that it is still a thing in the future. Who are we to usurp this right of judgment now?