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of human beings, He met them all with pitying tenderness. As we
partake of His Spirit, we shall regard all men as brethren, with similar
temptations and trials, often falling and struggling to rise again,
battling with discouragements and difficulties, craving sympathy
and help. Then we shall meet them in such a way as not to discourage
or repel them, but to awaken hope in their hearts. As they are thus
encouraged,
“So then every one of us shall give account of him-
self to God. Let us not therefore judge one another any
more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stum-
blingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.”
Romans 14:12, 13
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they can say with confidence, “Rejoice not against me, O mine
enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord
shall be a light unto me.” He will “plead my cause, and execute
judgment for me: He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall
behold His righteousness.”
Micah 7:8, 9
.
God “looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
He fashioneth their hearts alike.”
Psalm 33:14, 15.
He bids us, in dealing with the tempted and the erring, consider
“thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”
Galatians 6:1
. With a sense of
our own infirmities, we shall have compassion for the infirmities of
others.
“Who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou
that thou didst not receive? “One is your Master; ... and all ye are
brethren.” “Why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at
nought thy brother?” “Let us not therefore judge one another: ... but
judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to
fall in his brother’s way.”
1 Corinthians 4:7
;
Matthew 23:8
;
Romans
14:10, 13
.
It is always humiliating to have one’s errors pointed out. None
should make the experience more bitter by needless censure. No one