Section 24
wrong. Instead, we must confess before God and ask His forgiveness.
Paul said that he judged nothing by himself, but that only God judged him (1 Cor. 4:3-4). Many people do not understand this passage in 1 Corinthians. This sentence is very simple, but if we do not know life, it is very difficult. If we have an outward standard of good and evil, it is very easy to judge when we are wrong and right. Paul did not act according to an outward stan dard of right and wrong, so he could only say, "I do not even examine myself. For I am con scious of nothing against myself; but I am not justified in this, but He who examines me is the Lord." The one who examines us before the judgment seat is the Lord. In addition, we have a life within us that leads us on. That is the rea son 2 Corinthians 5:7 says, "We walk by faith, not by appearance." We do not determine things by an outward, visible law. We live according to the leading which the Lord gives us inwardly.
We must learn the lesson before God that we should never act merely according to the stan dard of right and wrong. The standard of right and wrong is not bad; it is a good standard, but it is not good enough for a Christian. The Chris tian's standard surpasses right and wrong. The