Who Art Thou That Judgest? by T. E. BOWEN

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 14, 1915

“Who Art Thou That Judgest?”

By T. E. BOWEN

T. E. BOWEN

JUDGES deal with law. A judge is supposed to hear all arguments, and then render a just sentence according to law. He can deal with only those who have transgressed the laws of the land.

In spiritual matters God is judge. He is the one lawgiver, and by that one spiritual law passes sentence after all evidence is in, upon every man. “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.” The sentence there rendered determines the case for either eternal life or eternal death. There is but one judge, one lawgiver, one spiritual law, by which all are judged.

None can judge in spiritual matters without being spiritual. One cannot judge perfectly without himself being perfect, and able to read the secret motives of the soul. No one has the right to judge another man’s servant. From every standpoint, therefore, judging another in spiritual matters is completely ruled out. Very pertinent the question, then, “Who art thou that judgest another?” No one can do so without putting himself in the place of God, assuming the prerogatives of the Most High.