（瑪10:7-13）
誰人有權判斷，判斷哪人堪當，哪一家人不堪當接受天主的祝福呢？不是你，也不是我，是天主（瑪7:1）可是，我們總喜歡判斷別人！總喜歡扮演天主的角色，喜歡越俎代庖，做天主所做的事。例如，很多基督徒喜歡引經據典，口誅筆伐同性戀者，在社交媒體上大肆攻擊，控訴那些素未謀面的人。他們忘記了主基督教導我們不要論斷別人的罪，而祂自己也沒有定淫婦的罪（若8:11）；反而是魔鬼日夜在天主前控告我們（默12:10）。倘若我們樂於控告別人，我們豈不成了魔鬼的幫兇嗎？倒不如把控告的精力，用來向他們傳福音吧！莫非，這些人得救無望嗎？
對於初次接觸的人，我們頂多祇有第一印象：對方的外貎、衣著和談吐等等。更何況是素未謀面的呢？就這樣，我們已經先入為主，覺得他們沒有得救的希望，不用費神向他們宣講天國的喜訊。可是，天主打算放棄這個靈魂嗎（路13:8）？
又或者我們第一眼便喜歡他們，很願意介紹耶穌基督給他們認識。可是，天主打算選拔這個靈魂嗎（撒上16:7）？天主不用我們去預先審查傳福音的對像，為的是要我們專心一意，一視同仁地宣講福音：對認識的講，對素未謀面的也要講；對有權勢的講，對無權無勢的也要講；對可愛的講，對不可愛的也要講…否則，我們對受眾的偏見，會影響我們的心情，影響我們的宣講，到頭來我們的心不平安，我們反而成了不堪當的人！
耶穌聖心，請憐憫我們這些無用的僕人（路17:10），以平安之心，向我們認為不堪當的人宣講福音。亞孟。
To Play God
(Matthew 10:7-13) Who has the authority to pass judgment on which house is worthy of God's peace? Not you nor me but God (Matthew 7:1). But we enjoy judging others! We enjoy playing God, to take His place to do things in His stead. For example, many Christians like to quote from the Bible to condemn the homosexuals, attacking them on social media and accusing many whom they have never met. They forget that Lord Jesus Christ teaches us not to pass judgment on others. Even He himself did not condemn the adulterous woman (John 8:11). On the contrary, it is Satan which accuses us before God day and night (Revelation 12:10). If we enjoy accusing others, have we become accomplices of Satan? Why don't we invest our energy onto evangelization instead of accusations! Are those people hopelessly unworthy of salvation?
For those we meet for the first time, at most we only have a first impression: from their look, their dress and their speech etc. What about those whom we have never met? With preconceptions, we feel that they do not have any hope of receiving salvation. So, don't bother evangelize them. But does God want to abandon this soul (Luke 13:8)?
Or we like a person very much at first sight and are willing to tell him about Jesus Christ. But, does God want to elect this soul (1 Samuel 16:7)? God exempts us from screening our audience of evangelization so that we may stay focused and preach the gospel to all without discrimination: proclaim to those we know and to those we have never met; to the people in power as well as the disadvantaged; to the lovable and the unlovable ... Otherwise, our preconceptions will affect our mood and affect our proclamation. In the end, there is no peace in our hearts and we become unworthy of God's peace!
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us, unprofitable servants (Luke 17:10). Let us preach the good news to unworthy people. Amen.
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