Kevin Bussey, a Southern Baptist pastor, maintains a great blog that hits on a wide variety of subjects and current events. He constantly challenged his readers and himself to consider whether they are being pharisaical about their approach to things. In a recent post, he questioned how one can decide when repentance is real. It is worth the time to read the post and comments.
As I read it I began asking myself these questions, which I then wrote in the comments:
Do we edify or help anything by talking critically of someone who has fallen short of God’s glory? Isn’t it God’s job to convict, correct, and bring someone to repentance? And, isn’t it our job to love as we want to be loved, to forgive, to have compassion, never to let anything unwholesome come out of our mouths, to give, to live for others??