"Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment." (John 7:24)

In certain locations, the contour of hills gives an illusion that the law of gravity is amiss. Near Los Angeles is a hill where hundreds of motorists stop their cars, shut off the engines, release the brakes and seemingly roll up hill. However, a level placed on the ground where the cars "roll up hill," will show immediately that the cars are actually rolling down hill. The eye can be deceived; the level cannot.

God has given us a similar measuring instrument: His holy word. His word establishes the true aspects of the matter and reveals whatever unevenness or distortion is involved. There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof is the way of death.

Let us not make judgments on the basis of appearance, but on God's infallible truth.