Articles by Trisha Smith

John 5:27 And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. In today’s passage we have Jesus speaking to a group of Jewish leaders in Jerusalem who were questioning […]

Psalm 50:4 He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people. Yesterday we had a dramatic courtroom scene where God was judging leaders for their abuse of power and oppression […]

Isaiah 3:13 The Lord takes his place in court; he rises to judge the people.  In the book of Isaiah we find this passage from chapter three that describes God as a Judge sitting in […]

Proverbs 31:9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.  This chapter in Proverbs starts out with the words and advice of a mother to her son, the King. She […]

Psalm 7:11 God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.  Today is the perfect example of why it is not good to pull a verse from context and why you […]

Romans 3:6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?  Today’s verse is the Apostle Paul’s response to an argument regarding God’s righteousness and how He is unjust for punishing sin. […]

1 Corinthians 5:13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”  On Day 2 we learned about the issue the church in Corinth was facing regarding an inappropriate relationship between a […]

John 8:15 You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one.  We are a very judgemental society, a people who often pass judgement on others without looking at the whole picture. We are […]

Psalm 96:13 Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.  In this verse, we […]

Luke 12:57 “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?  Today we find ourselves in the book of Luke where we receive an urgent message from Christ regarding hypocrisy and discernment before facing the […]

John 7:24 “Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”  In today’s verse from the book of John, we are taken to Jerusalem during the Feast of Tabernacles. Take a few minutes to read […]

Matthew 7:1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.”  To judge or not to judge, that seems to be the question we are going to ask every day. Day one we said no […]

Psalm 98:9 …let them sing before the Lord , for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity.  In today’s verse we return to only […]

1 Corinthians 5:12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?  Today may seem a little confusing after yesterday’s devotion where we learned there […]

James 4:12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you – who are you to judge your neighbor?  We begin our month of Judgement with […]