--One of the amazing aspects of the 9th Commandment for Christians is what it obligates us to do in terms of our relationships with other Christians.
--At the final judgment, The Devil will try to accuse us of all the things we’ve done wrong, but Jesus will stand there proving that whatever penalty we’ve earned has already been paid by Him.
--But in this life, so much of the time we fail to treat our fellow Christians according to this basic eschatological truth, instead playing the part of Devil’s Advocate ourselves, not in the sense that we argue deliberately for the wrong side, but in the sense that we wind up being like a prosecuting attorney taking up the Devil’s side here and now against someone whose sins have already been fully atoned through Jesus Christ.
--It’s bad enough when we do this against ourselves, feeling condemnation over our sins which the Bible tells us no longer exists, but when another Christian participates in this denial of the Gospel, we are literally being false witnesses against our brothers here and now.
--At the final judgment, The Devil will try to accuse us of all the things we’ve done wrong, but Jesus will stand there proving that whatever penalty we’ve earned has already been paid by Him.
--But in this life, so much of the time we fail to treat our fellow Christians according to this basic eschatological truth, instead playing the part of Devil’s Advocate ourselves, not in the sense that we argue deliberately for the wrong side, but in the sense that we wind up being like a prosecuting attorney taking up the Devil’s side here and now against someone whose sins have already been fully atoned through Jesus Christ.
--It’s bad enough when we do this against ourselves, feeling condemnation over our sins which the Bible tells us no longer exists, but when another Christian participates in this denial of the Gospel, we are literally being false witnesses against our brothers here and now.
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