The praise of man brings condemnation from
God, and the praise of God brings condemnation from man. In
reality, one of the two who wants your praise has made himself
far more important than he is, or far more important than he can
ever be. The one who has made his role bigger than it is, is not
God. God’s is bigger than He can be made by man.
Any man who wants to be praised by other men
does not seek God. He seeks the praise of other men and will
miserably fail in receiving his praise because he never lives up
to what he wants to be praised for.
The only thing he earns from his praise
seeking is condemnation from God. Man condemns you for not
praising him and condemns himself for seeking the praise that
belongs to God.
Are you a seeker of the praise of men? Are
you a seeker of compliments? Do you want to be noted for
everything you do and think is great? Is it really great? Is
anything you do great? Do you constantly think of ways to
impress others? Are you the “life of the party?”
It’s better to be condemned by a glory
seeking man like you, than it is for me to praise you and be
condemned by God. Condemnation is about the only thing man has,
that his version is better for you than God’s version.
Everything from God is good. He will forgive
you of your sins if you ask. He will give you eternal life if
you believe Jesus was born, crucified, died on the cross and
resurrected to cleanse you of your sins, and obey His Word. If
you believe that, ask Jesus to come into your heart; He will and
you will be spared from the real condemnation as long as you
obey.
Take the condemnation from man. It means
nothing. God’s condemnation means everything. Everything forever
that is.