Showing what your for or against

I heard a song on the radio that was saying in the verse how when your judgmental people only know what you are against and not what you are for. It's so easy as a christian to judge others and see them as below us because they aren't "right with God". Yet, we can't even see the big picture: My youth pastor explains it like this;

"We as Christians see ourselves as being this close to God" he says with his fingers 1 inch apart from each other.
"And we see not-yet-believer's as being this far from God" he demonstrates with his hands a foot apart.
"When in reality we are this far apart from God" his hands being a foot apart, "And not-yet-believer's are this far" his hands broaden by a 1/4 of an inch.
"As you can see, we like to think that we are righteous and near to perfect, but really we aren't that much more perfect than those who aren't with God because we still sin and make mistakes"

My youth pastor was not trying to say that it means nothing to be in a relationship with God, but merely that we are still human and make mistakes just like the others around us. And therefore we really have no right to judge them. We aren't a mountain higher than them because we have God in our hearts.

We need people not to know what we are against, but what we are for. It's as simple as making choices: Do you shun the person with tattoos and dyed hair, or do you greet them with a smile and reach out to them? Does the bible tell us to shun others or to love on others? If you say that you stand for what the bible says, then what do you think you should do? Maybe it means giving a friendly greeting to the one with tattoos and dyed hair even if you personally don't wear that kind of 'attire'.

I am not saying that we need to "conform" to the world, but merely show Gods love and reach out just like Jesus did. If you think about it, Jesus hung out with people that did things that God didn't approve of. Take Judas for example; Jesus spent time with Judas and even washed his feet! Yet Judas was a thief. Does that means that Jesus became a thief or conformed to what Judas did? Absolutely not!

So I challenge you all to step out of the box and set aside your judgements, do what Jesus would in a situation and in the end show others what you stand for.

Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? James 4:11-12

I think this verse is self explanatory on not judging others, and what we need to do instead is show others what being a christian is really about: How God loves us and how he loves you too.

Blessings,

Adriana