Romans 14:13, "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."
Let us not judge one another: In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus helped us to understand what this means - it means judging others according to a standard that we would not want to have applied to our self.
This does not take away the need and the responsibility for admonishment (Romans 15:14) or rebuke (2 Timothy 4:2). When we admonish or rebuke, we do it over clear Scriptural principles, not over doubtful things. We may offer advice to others about doubtful things, but should never judge them.
Not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother's way: We might cause our brother to fall by placing them under the law.
Dear Holy God, fix my eyes on you as the author and renewer of my faith and as the only One who can judge. Thank you for freeing me to love!
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