She’s A Sinner!

“This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.” —Luke 7:39

Simon was quick to see the sin in this woman’s life. And, like Simon, I can usually spot certain sins in people. How? Because they’re the same sins I’m most familiar with in myself.

We tend to see in others what we see in ourselves. For example, if you are one who is cynical, if you are one who constantly finds fault with this person or that group, more than likely you’re the one with the same problem. The person with certain character traits is best at recognizing those same traits in someone else.

I have observed over the years that preachers who constantly condemn certain sins in others all too often end up falling into those same sins themselves.

The common cliche goes like this: “It takes one to know one.” No one is better at finding a wrongdoer than another wrongdoer. Paul said it this way, “Thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judges another, thou condemnest thyself, for thou that judgest doest the same things” (Rom. 2:1).

So be careful about how to point out the sins of others, because when you point your finger at one, you have three fingers pointing back at yourself.