Are you “pursuing spiritual perfection”? Or: Are you deep in the miry clay, still, lost in your sinfulness? Want to get out? Turn. Get yourself to Jesus through sincere and truthful prayer. Christians do not have to sin. You once turned – to it. And so it is a choice also to turn from it, from what has ensnared you – and turn to Jesus in repentance. It’s a choice: be faithful once again, or stumble like a drunk, eat vomit like a dog, wallow like a pig.
Make judgements all day long
The message of the Bible is: Don’t do the business of a judge. Forgive “offenders” – and leave it to God to be the Judge of the Universe on that ominous Day of Judgement. Be the love of your little universe. But we are we are commanded to make judgements. Pick a sin – any sin – and discern where you are at. Judge yourself all day long.