Episode Guide

You Be the Judge: Grace, Judgment, and Forgiveness

Why are we often quick to notice another person’s failures while overlooking our own need for grace?

In this episode of The Great Hope Message, Jack Alan Levine explores what Jesus taught about judgment, forgiveness, and the responsibility believers have to treat others with mercy.

Christians are called to recognize right and wrong, but we are not called to condemn people or act as though we are spiritually superior. Jesus warned against judging others hypocritically—focusing on the speck in someone else’s eye while ignoring the plank in our own.

Jack reminds listeners that every person has sinned and needs God’s forgiveness. When we remember how much grace God has shown us, it becomes harder to hold resentment, shame others, or define people o ...