Often, judgmental dogmatism can be a Christian’s downfall. For years I prided myself in being able to look at an individual or situation, and “size them up,” so to speak, in a moment’s time. I’m embarrassed to think of all the times I was horribly wrong. It takes some of us “experts” a long time to realize the truth of the old adage, “Things aren’t always the way they seem.”
This was the problem of the carnal Christians at Corinth. Paul said of them, “...ye look on the things after the outward appearance.” Jesus told the religious know-it-alls of His day “Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” Isaiah chapter eleven speaks prophetically of our Lord, but the text can also be applied to all Spirit-filled believers. One characteristic of a spiritual person is “...he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes.”
by an Aged Saint