Kindness Over Rudeness Rules

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KINDNESS OVER RUDENESS RULES
Prov 14:21
21 He who despises his neighbor sins,
but blessed is he who is kind to the needy.
NIV
Sitting in church hearing a good sermon on righteous living and thinking of how someone else should have been to hear it surely is a form of despising a neighbor’s sin. How can any man stand or for that matter sit in judgment of another’s sin? Do we not all have enough sin of our own? Of course it has been said by some that they do not sin anymore. Could that not be the sin of pride? How can someone not sin anymore? If a person attained perfection then the purpose of the cross was for nothing. Jesus did not have to die, for man achieved perfection and reinstated himself into right relationship with God. How prideful is that? True, they might say it is because of Jesus they do not sin anymore, but that is simply not true. Who are they trying to convince, others or themselves? This use of all have fallen short of the glory of God as before being saved, but after no more falling short, is simply misused. Is any sin worse than another? So how can one despise another, all are sinners saved by grace. Every human is in the same condition and is the same condition and needs Christ. The greatest kindness one can exhibit to his neighbor is to share the joy of having sin forgiven and to have been brought back into right relationship with God by God. It seems right that having sin within self surely should bring acts of kindness to others who have sin within. Understanding the temptations which so easily entangle a person certainly should activate acts of kindness to those in need of salvation. If believers portray themselves as perfect and righteous people better than those sinful neighbors, it is no wonder the neighbor wants nothing to do with their religion for they feel the despise. The only true difference is the act of acceptance of Christ and the forgiveness of God. Other than that we are all sinners in need. If a believer loves his neighbor as himself than no more despising, just kindness is at hand. Even when a believer who knows of his own sin, despises other believers who do not act in accordance with the faith, but say they are perfect is another form of despising. No, it is apparent; each man must stand before God for his own life, and his alone. Judge not or be judged. Love covers a multitude of sins. Kindness over rudeness.