But do you suppose this, O man, when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?I try to keep an awareness of my actions versus how I look upon others. I'm sure that I don't do well at it a lot of the time, but it's something I work on. However, it's often hard, because we tend to give ourselves excuses we don't give others.
It's too easy to cut a corner in our lives because of this or that, some special exemption that we feels justifies our actions. However, we can't see those special circumstances in others, and often come down in a black-or-white decision. The real role of grace is to understand that God is the only one who can truly judge, but we should still hold each other to that perfect standard--after we hold ourselves.
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