CRITICISM

As sinners, we are all bound “to corruption.” Romans 8:21. The definition of corrupt is “to change from good to bad in morals.”

The human race was created in God’s image. We were holy. In His image we were not corrupted.

We chose to become corrupt. None of us escape this reality “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23.

Jesus makes us holy again. We are able to achieve once again the image of God through Christ’s blood. The Holy Spirit changes our poor thinking back to good and empowers us to love others as Jesus loves.

I find a significant corrupting pattern is that of criticism. The definition of criticize is “point out the faults of” or judge.

Whenever I judge I put myself as superior over the person I am judging. As soon as I chose to compare, I am embracing corruption because either I am envious since I judge the other person better than me or I am prideful since I judge I am better than the other person.

Criticism takes the sin of comparison and increases corruption. When criticizing another person, I intend to hurt the other person with my perception of the other person’s faults. This is most certainly changing the good of Jesus’ love to a bad moral result.

“Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!” Romans 7:25. The hope in Jesus with the strength of the Holy Spirit changes my thinking and allows me to behave within the will of my Father in Heaven. Jesus teaches me how to love others and His love does not criticize.