“Judge not, that ye be not judged.”

So that those who stray can come back into the Kingdom without the fear of being judged by the others.

It’s easy to say “If one is close to God, it doesn’t matter who is in the church etc.”, but think: are people who are straying as close to God as before? Need we create an environment that implies “Suck it up, or just quit like a wuss”? Edify the crumbling, support the weak, not strike them down or say “Get up on your own”.

Japanese mothers teach their children how to be independent by making them get themselves up after they fall. They even have a proverb: “Fall seven times, stand up eight.”

However, mothers are parents, hence “above” their children in the hierarchy. EVERYONE is a SIBLING to one another, our only father God, so don’t think you’ve the right to tell others to get up and expect ANYONE to pick you up when you’re down.

“There’s freedom in the name of Jesus…”, so let’s keep it that way.

Peace.

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