Submit

Romans 10:2-4

English Standard Version

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.[a]

 Footnote a Or end of the law, that everyone who believes may be justified

A snitch might have a zeal for God but if they have not submitted themselves to God’s righteousness then they are in danger of missing the point that all who believe are justified in God’s sight. We do not have the right to judge others whom God has justified.

This is what judgment does in trying to promote self before others.

There is a line from a popular TV series that seems appropriate here. “We didn’t move ahead just because the line got shorter.”

The issue of the line getting shorter is directed at how judgment causes division and if left unchecked will cause people to leave fellowship. We cannot help those who leave and even more importantly, they cannot help us with our problems. Submitting to each other is meant to heal the body, not wound one another.

John 13:35 English Standard Version (ESV) By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

All people is a clear indication that our treatment of one another is seen in the community and if found to be lacking in love, they will not come in to discover what a life in Christ is really like. This after all is about introducing the lost to Christ.

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