Brothers and sisters:
None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself.
For if we live, we live for the Lord,
and if we die, we die for the Lord;
so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
For this is why Christ died and came to life,
that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
Why then do you judge your brother or sister?
Or you, why do you look down on your brother or sister?
For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God;
for it is written:
As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me,
and every tongue shall give praise to God.
So then each of us shall give an account of himself to God. Rom 14:7-12
Paul reminds us that we will be judged by God and held accountable for all that we did and did not do. God does not condemn us we condemn our selves with our actions or lack of, but He will judge us. We must hold ourselves accountable and realize we will pay for every selfish act and sin we commit. Second, Paul reminds us not to be the judge. Let God judge, each of us have way too many faults to be judge. We falsely believe this gives us power or control. We are all sinners who need God’s mercy, stop judging.
The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus,
but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying,
“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
So Jesus addressed this parable to them.
“What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them
would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert
and go after the lost one until he finds it?
And when he does find it,
he sets it on his shoulders with great joy
and, upon his arrival home,
he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them,
‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’
I tell you, in just the same way
there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
than over ninety-nine righteous people
who have no need of repentance.
“Or what woman having ten coins and losing one
would not light a lamp and sweep the house,
searching carefully until she finds it?
And when she does find it,
she calls together her friends and neighbors
and says to them,
‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’
In just the same way, I tell you,
there will be rejoicing among the angels of God
over one sinner who repents.” Lk 15:1-10
Jesus teaches us a valuable lesson today that John the Baptist preached his whole life: repent. Allow God in, put all of your hurt, burden, and sin at the foot of the cross and be healed. Be set free! When we leave confession we feel exactly the way Jesus describes it in today’s parable, “And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.” Do not repent and be miserable or repent and experience joy and peace.
Today’s challenge: Do not judge and repent!
Become a saint! Christian YOLO
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