LET NO ONE JUDGE YOU

Spirit & Life Devotional
Saturday, December 7
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

LET NO ONE JUDGE YOU

Colossians 2:16-17 NKJV "So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ."

You know, some people have made themselves Big Brothers over others; they want to be able to determine almost everything done by others; how many hours we should pray, where we should go, the day and time we should worship, how we should look, how we should talk, what we should eat, who we should talk to, etc.

Christmas is here again and the arguments about if it should be celebrated would have started. May I say this: how it started is irrelevant, why it started is irrelevant, who started it is irrelevant! What is relevant is that about 2040 years ago, Jesus was born of virgin Mary to save us from sin and Satan and that He fulfilled His purpose. I don't care about the date He was born; that too is irrelevant! To celebrate Christmas is a choice that is neither right or wrong.

We must stop wasting our time on shadows. While we condemn sin, we should understand that some matters will always be disputable; and concerning such Romans 14:22 NKJV says, "Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves." "Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way." Romans 14:13